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‘The Lovers’: Sky Orders Darkly Comic Romance Starring Johnny Flynn & Roisin Gallagher

by Dave Elliott

‘The Lovers’: Sky Orders Darkly Comic Romance Starring Johnny Flynn & Roisin Gallagher

Sky has given a series order to darkly comic romantic drama The Lovers, starring Johnny Flynn and Roisin Gallagher from award-winning playwright David Ireland.

The series follows Janet (Gallagher), a foul-mouthed, hilarious, Belfast supermarket worker who couldn’t give a shit about anything much at all, including her life, and Seamus (Flynn) a handsome, self-centred, political broadcaster with what looks to be a perfect London life and a celebrity girlfriend.

So when Seamus unexpectedly drops into Janet’s world (literally over the wall and into her backyard) they instantly clash – and yet also find themselves inextricably drawn to each other…

Set in Belfast, this is a sexy, funny, fight-y love story about two people who appear to be utterly wrong for each other – yet may just be utterly right.

Johnny Flynn is probably best known for his role in the Channel 4/Netflix series ‘Lovesick’. He also appeared as David Bowie in the film ‘Stardust’, played the young Albert Einstein in ‘Genius’, and appeared in ITV/Amazon series ‘Vanity Fair’. He can next be seen as Dickie Greenleaf in Showtime drama Ripley, a series adaptation of ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’, opposite Andrew Scott.

Roisin Gallagher has popped up in ‘Doctors’, and ‘The Fall’, along with the movie ‘Nowhere Special’ with James Norton. She is currently starring in Britbox Original Irish comedy-drama ‘The Dry’.

Alongside Gallagher and Flynn, the series also stars Conleth Hill, best known as ‘Game of Thrones’ Varys, as Janet’s supermarket boss, Philip.

“We can’t wait to start filming The Lovers and see our two brilliant leads, Johnny and Roisin, bring our love-struck odd couple to life,” said Liz Lewin & Manpreet Dosanjh, Executive Producers, Sky Studio. “David has written the most unique, funny and heart-warming scripts and we look forward to shooting against the iconic backdrops of Belfast and London.”

The series is written by award-winning playwright David Ireland (‘Cyprus Avenue’, ‘Ulster American’) and directed by BAFTA-winning Justin Martin (‘Together’, ‘Prima Facie’). Drama Republic produces, in association with Sky Studios.

“We are so excited that David’s beautifully crafted, romantic and subversive story is being brought to life by such a brilliant team and cast – with the hugely talented Justin Martin at the helm,” adds Roanna Benn and Rebecca de Souza, Executive Producers, Drama Republic.

The series was commissioned by Gabriel Silver, Director of Commissioning for Drama at Sky Studios for Zai Bennett, Managing Director of Content at Sky UK. Roanna Benn and Rebecca de Souza are executive producers for Drama Republic, with commissioning editors Liz Lewin and Manpreet Dosanjh as executive producers for Sky Studios. Hannah Pescod also serves as executive producer, with Chris Martin as producer. The Lovers is written by David Ireland and directed by Justin Martin. NBCUniversal Global Distribution handles international sales on behalf of Sky Studios.

The Lovers‘ will be coming to Sky Atlantic and streaming service NOW in 2023. If you want to keep track of this or any other show, you can add them via our Never Miss system, and you’ll be notified when it gets a UK premiere date.

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