Sally Rooney’s First Book, Conversations With Friends, To Be Adapted By The BBC

Normal People hasn’t even dropped yet - but, good news, because the BBC has signed up to create a 12-part adaptation of Sally Rooney{ =nofollow}’s first book, Conversations With Friends. (And we already can’t wait, even though we don’t know exactly when Normal People is going to drop on BBC Three...)

Conversations With Friends follows the story of two Dublin college students, Frances and Bobbi, and the strange and unexpected connection they forge with married couple, Melissa and Nick. The series will be directed by Irish film-maker Lenny Abrahamson - who earned an Oscar nomination for 2015’s Room (starring Brie Larson) - and produced by Element Pictures for BBC Three.

‘I am so pleased to be working with the team at Element, Lenny Abrahamson and the BBC to produce an adaptation of Conversations with Friends,’ Sally said, talking about the production. ‘I’m confident we’re going to find fresh and interesting ways of dramatising the novel’s dynamics, and I’m excited to watch the process take shape‎.’

Normal People, starring Cold Feet actress Daisy Edgar-Jones as Marianne and Paul Mescal as Connell, is also going to be directed by Abrahamson. It's set to air in spring.

‘I love Conversations With Friends, its depth, humour and freshness, and it’s an honour to be involved in bringing it to the screen,’ the director said. ‘I’m particularly happy that my connection to Sally and her work is set to continue. Making Normal People has been a singular pleasure and I’m excited to be working with the same brilliant team again on Conversations With Friends.’

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