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What It Feels Like for a Girl is about to take viewers on a journey back to the heady club scene of the year 2000.

The coming-of-age drama, inspired by the memoirs of writer Paris Lees, tells the story of 15-year-old Byron coming to terms with their sexuality and gender identity.

Lees, who wrote and executive produced the show, said: “I’m excited, hysterical, thrown and overblown with bliss, but most of all I’m just having so much fun bringing this universe to life in a visual medium.

“It’s a primal scream – from the depths of a council estate – against a world that would prefer people who don’t fit the norm didn’t exist.

“But we do and we’re not going away, we’re not apologising and we’re not shutting up.

“This is a deeply personal project and I’m thrilled to be working with the BBC and the team at Hera who have been so supportive of both me and my creative vision.”

It launches on the BBC this week with a cast which includes Laura Haddock, Michael Socha and Hannah Walters.

It is a new millennium, Madonna, Moloko and Basement Jaxx top the charts and there’s a whole world to explore.

But teenager Byron feels stuck in a small, working-class town that hasn’t been the same since the coal mine shut down in the 1980s.

Tired of being torn between living with his mum, his dad and his granny Mommar Joe, the 15-year-old wants to get away and doesn’t care how.

Making a bid for freedom, Byron escapes to Nottingham’s nightclub scene and meets the East Midlands’ premier podium-dancer-cum-hellraiser Lady Die.

Adopted into Lady Die’s chaotic family of trouble-makers “The Fallen Divas”, Byron joins a rollercoaster ride of hedonism at the heart of the UK’s early 2000s club scene.

However, the party can’t last and when Byron is seduced by bad-boy Liam events occur which will change their lives forever.

What It Feels Like for a Girl is about a journey of self-discovery and self-destruction.

Who is in the cast of What It Feels Like for a Girl?

Ellis Howard stars as Byron in the series (Photo: Enda Bowe/BBC/Hera)

Ellis Howard stars as Byron, a teenager stuck in a small town struggling with his own identity.

Howard said of the role, which was inspired by the life of Paris Lees: “Byron is at school, without much of a support system, bouncing between their mum’s, dad’s and Mommar Joe’s homes with a desperate internal desire to escape.

“It’s the story of someone who has grown up in a small town with people who aren’t like them, dreaming of a life bigger and bolder.”

The actor starred as Antony Longwell in the 2022 television series Red Rose and has appeared in the mini-series Catherine the Great and the TV films Romeo & Juliet and Help.

Laquarn Lewis

Laquarn Lewis plays Lady Die, a podium dancer in the nightclubs of Nottingham.

Speaking about the role, Lewis said: “Lady Die is eye-catching, fashionable, and super stylish.

“She’s over-caring, loving, fun, wild and crazy!

“She’s someone everyone would want as a friend, and that’s what I love about her.”

Lewis previously played Elliott in the television series Jamie Johnson.

Laura Haddock is Lisa, Byron’s mum (Photo: Enda Bowe/Hera/ BBC)

Laura Haddock appears as Lisa, Byron’s mother, in the show.

She said of the role: “Lisa and Byron’s relationship isn’t what it was; there is a lot of tension between them, and she is doing what she can to reconnect.

“She also feels like she’s done the hard bit bringing them up and she deserves to have a life now.

“Their relationship is really strained; she is struggling to understand Byron and accept who they want to be.”

The actress, 39, has starred in films such as Guardians of the Galaxy, The Laureate and Downton Abbey: A New Era.

She has also had leading roles in Da Vinci’s Demons, White Lines and The Recruit.

Michael Socha

Michael Socha plays Byron’s father Steve, a working class man knonwn around town as “Hucknall’s most feared man”.

Describing his character, Socha said: “He struggles to accept Byron’s femininity and is determined to toughen them up, which can come across as aggressive and even violent at times.

“His frustration stems from Byron not fitting the traditional idea of masculinity, and this manifests in harsh demands for Byron to ‘man up’.”

The British actor, 37, has appeared in films such as This is England, Spike Island and Killers Anonymous.

He has also starred in the television shows Being Human, Once Upon A Time, The Gallows Pole, Showtrial and Toxic Town.

The cast What It Feels Like for a Girl also includes:

Set in Nottingham and its suburbs, What It Feels Like for a Girl was filmed on location in the East Midlands city but also in South Wales.

Byron hails from Hucknall, near Nottingham but heads to the city to experience the nightlife and is drawn into the underbelly of life there.

Jake Dunn, who plays Liam, said: “My first impression of the script was a sense of familiarity.

“I’m from Nottingham and grew up there, living there until I was 19.

“The places mentioned, Sherwood, Hucknall, St. Anne’s, felt very familiar to me.”

Some filming also took place in Newport, South Wales, last year using town locations to recreate scenes for Byron’s hometown in the early 2000s.

When is What It Feels Like for a Girl on the BBC, and how many episodes are there?

What It Feels Like for a Girl launched on BBC iPlayer on Tuesday 3 June, with all eight episodes available.

The show also airs on BBC Three and BBC One on Tuesday evening, starting at 10.40pm on BBC One and 9pm on BBC Three the first two episodes will be shown on each channel.

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