“It’s important for viewers, especially women, to feel comforted and to know how important female desire is, and really going after what it is that you want,” Marissa Abela who plays Yasmin told Helen Bownass. American audiences will get it the same day, on PBS. SPOILER WARNING Now that the secrets are out the creatives and cast of The Abominable Bride can finally talk openly about the amazing 'one-off special.' S. The show’s been praised for the way it represents female desire so it’s a pretty empowering watch. In the UK, The Abominable Bride is set to air on the 1st of January, 2016, in the now-traditional New Year’s Day slot on BBC One. Set to the background of London’s booze-filled, sexually-charged finance scene, Industry tracks the lives of five young graduates as they compete for permanent positions at an investment bank Harper Stern (played by Myha’la Herrold) is trying to keep a secret that got her this graduate job from getting out, Yasmin Kara-Hanani (Marisa Abela) is the resident ‘coffee getting’ graduate looking to prove herself, Robert Spearing (played by Harry Lawtey) is trying to shake his working class roots to fit into this world and Gus Sackey (played by David Jonsson) is made for this world, but his laser focus for a permanent position is shifted after a tragic accident. Watch I May Destroy You on BBC iPlayer now
She took to Instagram saying it’s “the best thing I’ve seen on British TV for yeaaaarssss!! It’s wholesome, uncomfortable, hilarious but terribly sad and then awkward…and then it makes you cough a bit for no reason and also makes you go put the kettle on, for no reason.” You’ll want to put this one at the top of your to watch list. That is transparency.”Īs nominations for the Golden Globes were announced last year, those in and out of the industry were horrified when the show didn’t receive any. When you talk about it as an idea: why did they do it? Oh they said they felt uncomfortable… But when you actually see it, that’s different.
“Somebody took the condom off in the middle of having sex with you. “What I’m doing is shining a torch on the grey areas and suddenly they’re not that grey,” she told Helen Bownass.
The brainchild of actor, writer and producer Michaela Coel, this groundbreaking show follows Arabella, a woman who was sexually assaulted in a nightclub and is grappling with the after effects.īased on Coel’s own experience, it’s a clever, powerful exploration into consent in the modern age.