{"id":64153,"date":"2025-03-21T02:55:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T06:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=64153"},"modified":"2025-03-31T02:56:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T06:56:32","slug":"the-bbc-dropped-the-first-look-at-the-upcoming-trans-series-what-it-feels-like-for-a-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/the-bbc-dropped-the-first-look-at-the-upcoming-trans-series-what-it-feels-like-for-a-girl\/64153\/","title":{"rendered":"The BBC dropped the first look at the upcoming trans series, What It Feels Like for a Girl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The BBC has unveiled the first look at its upcoming drama series, <em>What It Feels Like for a Girl<\/em>, an adaptation of Paris Lees\u2019 acclaimed memoir. Set in the early 2000s, the eight-part series chronicles the journey of Byron, portrayed by Ellis Howard (<em>Catherine the Great<\/em>, <em>Red Rose<\/em>), a teenager from a small working-class town who ventures into Nottingham\u2019s vibrant underworld. There, Byron becomes part of the \u201cFallen Divas,\u201d a group immersed in the city\u2019s club scene.<\/p>\n<p>The ensemble cast includes Hannah Walters, Laura Haddock, Michael Socha, Laquarn Lewis, Hannah Jones, Adam Ali, Alex Thomas-Smith, Calam Lynch, Jake Dunn, and Dickie Beau. Paris Lees, who adapted her memoir for the screen, expressed enthusiasm about the casting, particularly highlighting Ellis Howard\u2019s embodiment of Byron\u2019s complexity and charm.<\/p>\n<p>The series delves into themes of self-discovery, identity, and resilience, set against the backdrop of the early 2000s UK club scene. Filming commenced in Wales in April 2024, with Chris Sweeney serving as the lead director. Executive producers include Liza Marshall and Ron O\u2019Berst for Hera Pictures, Nawfal Faizullah for the BBC, along with Paris Lees and Chris Sweeney.<\/p>\n<p><em>What It Feels Like for a Girl<\/em> is slated to premiere later in 2025 on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer. Further details regarding the release date will be announced in due course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BBC has unveiled the first look at its upcoming drama series, What It Feels Like for a Girl, an\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":64154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[24930],"class_list":["post-64153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ott","tag-what-it-feels-like-for-a-girl"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}