FILM CLUB: FURTHER CASTING ANNOUNCED TO JOIN AIMEE LOU WOOD IN NEW BBC COMEDY DRAMA

Nabhaan Rizwaan (Kaos, In Camera) and Suranne Jones (Vigil, Doctor Foster) have joined the cast for the BBC's forthcoming romantic comedy-drama Film Club.

A piercingly funny and utterly heart-warming screenwriting debut from two of the UK’s most exciting voices, actors Aimee Lou Wood (Daddy Issues, Sex Education, White Lotus S3) and Ralph Davis (House of the Dragon 2, Big Boys S3, Othello), Film Club is made by Gaumont (Obsession, Locked In, The Wives) for BBC iPlayer and BBC Three.

Alongside BAFTA award-winning co-creator Aimee Lou Wood, who was previously announced as playing Evie, Nabhaan Rizwan will star in Film Club as Noa. Suranne Jones will play Suz, Evie’s eccentric and unconventional mother. Also joining the cast are Adam Long (Happy Valley, Masters Of The Air) as Evie’s boyfriend Josh and Liv Hill (Three Girls, The Serpent Queen) as her sister, Izzie. Co-creator Ralph Davis will play Dominic, Film Club’s newest member.

Friday night. 7pm. Film Club Week 198. Evie hasn’t left the house in six months after a ‘wobble’, and Film Club is her escape. A weekly chance to create a world of wonder, deck the garage out in whatever the movie calls for and spend a few uninterrupted hours with Noa - her best friend and one of the few mates who still shows up.

But tonight, things are different. Noa’s got big news. A dream job is taking him across the other side of the country, which means that all of this is ending. That reality is hitting. That they’re going to be forced to consider for the first time they might be more than just friends. Neither of them are the best when it comes to emotions but this time those emotions might be impossible to ignore.

As if life weren’t challenging enough already, Evie is going to be navigating this amongst the eccentricity of her family home - living with her fiercely loving single mum Suz, sister Izzie, and handsome boyfriend/sometime man of the house Josh.

Film Club is a witty and emotional show about love and family, about whether we should follow our hearts or heads, and being in love with a friend.

Co-creator and star Aimee Lou Wood says: “I’m thrilled that our beloved TV series Film Club, a project that Ralph and I have been writing for the past decade, starts shooting this week. We couldn’t be more excited, and grateful, to the incredible team we have assembled with the BBC. To bring this to life with Nabhaan and Suranne, two exceptional actors I have always admired, is a real honour.”

Nabhaan Rizwan says: “I'm excited, I feel relaxed and I'm ready... to parrrtaaayyy with the best of them!”

Suranne Jones says: “I’ve loved Aimee for a while now and think she is a beautifully real, honest and brilliantly funny talent, so it was no surprise the script she and Ralph Davis have created was the same. It’s smart, sweet and punchy. I can’t wait to be her tiger mum... and I get to film in my home town too.”

Alison Jackson, President of Gaumont UK and executive producer on Film Club, says: “We are delighted to announce these wonderful actors - we couldn’t be more thrilled to have our dream cast for this precious show. It’s a real reflection of the fabulous scripts and we can’t wait to bring them to life.”

Lindsay Salt, Director of BBC Drama, says: “We’re so happy to welcome Nabhaan, Suranne and this incredibly exciting cast. Aimee and Ralph’s heartwarming, feel-good and utterly charming scripts have made Film Club a hot ticket for BBC viewers and we can’t wait for it to arrive on BBC iPlayer and BBC Three next year.”

Film Club has commenced filming in Manchester and will air next year on BBC iPlayer and BBC Three.