Sweetpea is the darkish comedy sequence all about feminine rage

One so as to add to your watchlist: Ella Purnell is ready to star in new TV sequence Sweetpea, exploring a girl’s ‘coming of rage’.

Primarily based on the 2017 novel of the identical identify by CJ Skuse, it has been described as “darkly comedic”, portraying an “intoxicating journey of self discovery, with lethal penalties”. A lady that nobody pays sufficient consideration to finally ends up resorting to some severely legal behaviour as an outlet for her rage.

A synopsis for the ebook factors out that “the woman everybody overlooks would possibly have the ability to get away with homicide”. Signal us up ASAP for a serving of this darkness.

“At its core, the sequence is a few lady lastly discovering her voice, instructed by way of a uniquely darkish and comedic lens,” Ella has mentioned of the sequence. “I hope audiences have as a lot enjoyable occurring Rhiannon Lewis’ wild, coming-of-rage journey as we did bringing it to life.”

Here is the whole lot else we find out about Sweetpea.

Sky

Sweetpea plot

Based on Sky’s plot synopsis, the six-part TV present will observe “wallflower” Rhiannon’s entering into her energy after a sequence of unlucky occasions.

“Rhiannon Lewis doesn’t make a lot of an impression – individuals stroll previous her on the street with no second look. She’s regularly neglected for a promotion at work, the man she likes received’t commit, and her dad is basically, actually sick,” it reads.

“Then the whole lot in her life turns the other way up. Rhiannon is pushed over the sting and loses management. Abruptly the wallflower is gone, and as an alternative is a younger lady able to something… Rhiannon’s life transforms as she steps into a brand new, intoxicating energy, however can she maintain her killer secret?”

Sweetpea solid

Becoming a member of Ella can be Smothered star Jon Pointing, Nicôle Lecky, Leah Harvey, Bridgerton‘s Calam Lynch, Ted Lasso star Jeremy Swift and Dustin Demri-Burns.