The Sex Education star has co-written Film Club and appears opposite Nabhaan Rizwan and Suranne Jones. 

As the launch pad for a generation of talent, it’s hard to deny the impact of Sex Education. The Netflix show has propelled Ncuti Gatwa, Emma Mackey and Conor Swindells, amongst others, on to bigger things.

It’s also supercharged the career of Amiee Lou Wood, who’s gone on to play Sally Bowles in Cabaret on the West End stage, as well as star opposite Bill Nighy in Heaven. On television, she’s paired up with David Morrissery for the sitcom Daddy Issues. and appeared in Channel 4’s Alice & Jack.

Wood has also joined the cast of The White Lotus for season 3, as well as playing opposite Jodie Whittaker in the forthcoming drama Toxic Town.

Somehow, she’s also finding the time to write too. The result is the forthcoming romantic comedy-drama Film Club, co-created with Ralph Davis (House of the Dragon).

Film Club

The six-part show has now wrapped filming in Manchester and the BBC have shared some first images.

Film Club stars Wood as Evie, alongside Nabhaan Rizwaan (KAOS,) as Noa, Suranne Jones (Vigil) as Suz, Evie’s eccentric and unconventional mother, and Liv Hill (The Serpent Queen), as Evie’s sister, Izzie.

Here’s the setup:

It’s Friday night. 7pm. Film Club Week 198. Evie hasn’t left the house in six months after a ‘wobble’, and 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.

Also in the cast are Adam Long, Arian Nik, Fola Evans Akingbola and Owen Cooper, alongside Ralph Davis.

The show comes from co-creators Aimee Lou Wood & Ralph Davis, with Anna Jordan writing one episode. The series is produced by Gaumont UK with the support of ZDFneo in Germany. Catherine Morshead (Daddy Issues) directs.

Film Club is headed to BBC Three and iPlayer later in 2025. We’ll keep you posted.