Macfadyen & Foy Lead BBC/Starz 'You Are Here' Adaptation
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- Matthew Macfadyen and Claire Foy are set to lead the 8-part BBC/Starz adaptation of David Nicholls' bestselling novel "You Are Here," playing strangers Marnie and Michael who unexpectedly find love on an epic walk.
- Lenny Abrahamson is directing, reuniting with the BBC for the first time since "Normal People"; Element Pictures (Fremantle-owned) is producing, also returning from "Normal People."
- The series follows two strangers thrown together by a mutual friend as they walk the Coast to Coast trail from the Lake District to Robin Hood's Bay in North Yorkshire, with filming set around the Lake District and Manchester.
- David Nicholls adapted his own novel and serves as executive producer alongside Abrahamson, Foy, Macfadyen, and the Element Pictures and BBC teams; Clare Shepherd is the credited producer.
- Fremantle is handling global sales, with De Maio Entertainment spearheading the partnership with Starz, framing the series as "a romantic comedy with real emotion."
Why it matters: The project reunites the director-producer team behind BBC/Starz's last breakout hit "Normal People," pairing two prestige British actors with Nicholls adapting his own work — a creative-stakeholders stack that signals BBC and Starz are positioning the series as a tentpole for their prestige-TV slate, with Fremantle controlling worldwide distribution.
