Frances (played by magnetic newcomer Alison Oliver) is a bisexual student at Trinity College Dublin who performs spoken-word poetry with her ex-girlfriend, Bobbi. Although Conversations with Friends (BBC Three) is actually Rooney’s debut novel, it’s a much more complex and challenging premise. The creative band is back together, led by director Lenny Abrahamson and co-writer Alice Birch, and they’ve reprised their winning format: 12 extremely moreish half-hour episodes which sensitively tease out everyone’s fraught feelings via charged silences, cryptic text messages and intimate, authentic sex scenes.Īdmittedly, it’s not as voraciously carnal as Normal People, but that’s because we’ve moved on from teen lust. Well, if there’s any justice, this sensational follow-up should be just as big of a hit – if not bigger. Connell’s iconic chain necklace even got its own Instagram account. Can the BBC’s second Sally Rooney adaptation possibly live up to Normal People mania? One of the buzziest shows of lockdown, that aching romance between tongue-tied adolescents Connell and Marianne racked up an astonishing 62 million views on iPlayer in 2020, while its leads, Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones, shot to stardom.
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