E4 and Netflix have ordered a brand new eight-part drama from the makers of Misfits and Lovesick.

Written by Charlie Covell (Banana) and based on the award-winning series of comic books by Charles Forsman, The End Of The F***ing World is described as “dark, intriguing, tense and chilling … shot through with moments of dark absurdity and humour.”

The series began filming last week, with Alex Lawther (Black Mirror) and Jessica Barden (Penny Dreadful) leading the cast.

Writer Charlie Covell commented: “From the minute I got sent Chuck Forsman’s comics to read, I wanted in. They’re beautiful, and they tell a dark, unconventional coming-of-age love story. It has been a massive privilege to bring Chuck’s characters to screen.”

Roberto Troni, commissioning editor at Channel 4, added: “From the instant we were introduced to the utterly original Charles Forsman graphic novel we knew it was something special. Reimagined by the multi-talented Charlie Covell, Jon Entwistle and the guys at Clerkenwell for this side of the Atlantic, it’s by turns funny, brutally violent, ultimately quite uplifting in a screwed up way. If David Lynch made a rom-com road movie about a pair of teen misfits in British suburbia it might look something like The End of the F**cking World. What could be more E4?”

The official synopsis reads: “The End Of The F***ing World invites viewers into the dark and confusing lives of teen outsiders James (Lawther) and Alyssa (Barden) as they embark on a road trip to find Alyssa’s father, who left home when she was a child.

“James, 17, is pretty sure he’s a psychopath – emotionally detached, cold and disdainful, he’s decided he’s ready to graduate from killing animals. He thinks it might be interesting to kill something bigger…a human. And he’s got the perfect person in mind…

“Alyssa, also 17, is new in school – cool and moody, she’s existential angst made flesh. But despite being popular at school, she still feels like she doesn’t belong. Spotting James one day at school, however, she thinks she may have found a soulmate…

“When things come to a head at home between Alyssa, her mother and stepdad, she leaves and persuades James to join her in search of her real father. And so begins a journey of discovery that becomes progressively ominous as James’s urge to act on his sociopathic and violent inclinations increase while Alyssa, blinded by young love, remains wilfully ignorant of the consequences that lie at the end of the road. One night, however, the pair find themselves caught up in events that lead them down an ever more menacing and surreal path.”

The End Of The F***ing World will air on E4 later this year and will be available on Netflix globally.

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