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‘Dreamland’: Filming Begins On Margate-Based Sky Comedy Starring Lily Allen and Freema Agyeman

by Dave Elliott

‘Dreamland’: ‘Dreamland’: Filming Begins On Margate Based Sky Comedy Starring Lily Allen and Freema Agyeman

As the UK melts in a heatwave, Sky is taking a trip to Margate to shoot Dreamland, a new Sky Original comedy starring Freema Agyeman (‘Doctor Who’, ‘New Amsterdam’) and Lily Allen (‘How to Build a Girl’) in her debut TV role.

Based on Sky’s 2018 BAFTA-winning short of the same name, which was written by Sharon Horgan and produced by Merman, ‘Dreamland’ is a comedy-drama about secrets, lies, loves and aspirations within a family of four sisters. Set in the sun-drenched British seaside town of Margate, it is a dark comedic exploration of multi-generational female relationships, and their (somewhat dysfunctional) family dynamics.

Eldest sister Trish (Agyeman) is pregnant for the third time with her partner Spence (Kiell Smith-Bynoe – ‘Ghosts’). And this time, she’s decided: it’s going to be a girl. Her two sisters Clare (Gabby Best – ‘Top Coppers’, ‘I Want My Wife Back’) and Leila (Aimee-Ffion Edwards – ‘Peaky Blinders’) rally around her with their mum (Frances Barber – ‘Psychobitches’, ‘The Chelsea Detective’) and their Margate-legend nan (Sheila Reid – ‘Call the Midwife’, ‘Benidorm’), “manifesting” a little girl at Trish’s ‘mani-festival’. But when their other sister, Mel (Allen), makes an unexpected reappearance back into their lives, her return threatens to destabilise the entire family. A knock on their door and their ‘Dreamland’ is no more… The series also features a guest star appearance from Samantha Bond (‘Downton Abbey’) as Orla.

The Sky Original series is produced by Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford’s production company Merman, in association with Sky Studios. From Merman, the team behind some of the most distinctive, award-winning comedies of recent years, including ‘Motherland’ (BBC Two), ‘Frayed’ (Sky Max) and ‘This Way Up’ (Channel 4), ‘Dreamland’ promises a heartfelt exploration of the family relationships between these strong, vibrant women.

The comedy was commissioned by Jon Mountague, Director of Comedy, Sky Studios and Alex Moody, Commissioning Editor, Sky Studios, for Zai Bennett, Managing Director of Content, Sky UK. The series is executive produced by Clelia Mountford, Sharon Horgan for Merman with Jane Bell as Producer and Emma Jane Unsworth as Showrunner and Associate Producer. Alex Moody serves as Executive Producer for Sky Studios. Written by Emma Jane Unsworth, Gabby Best, Sharma Walfall and Sarah Kendall, the series will be directed by Ellie Heydon. NBCUniversal Global Distribution handle international sales of the series on behalf of Sky Studios.

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

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