Everything you need to know about Chewing Gum’s Bafta winning star Michaela Coel’s “fearless, frank and provocative” new BBC drama
Michaela Cole, star of Chewing Gum and Black Earth Rising, is back with a “fearless, frank and provocative” new BBC drama about consent, gratification, and modern dating.
Set in London, it will explore “the question of sexual consent in contemporary life and how, in the new landscape of dating and relationships, we make the distinction between liberation and exploitation”.
Set in the UK capital (“where gratification is only an app away”) the drama explores modern society’s understanding of sex, relationships and dating.
The story centres on Arabella (Coel), a novelist who found fame with her first-time book ‘Chronicles of a Fed-Up Millennial’. It’s Arabella’s “raw and personal experience of consent” that’s the heart of the story.
According to the BBC, “through Arabella we meet a group of fictional friends and colleagues whose sexual adventures frequently collide with a world in which new codes of sexual practice are emerging…”
The broadcaster adds: “Feted as the ‘voice of her generation,’ Arabella is complex, original and highly talented. But, distracted by the pressures of her first triumph, she is struggling to write her second novel and is in danger of becoming destructive and self-absorbed.
“After being sexually assaulted in a nightclub, her life changes irreversibly and Arabella is forced to reassess everything: her career, her friends, even her family. As Arabella struggles to come to terms with what has happened, she begins a journey of self-discovery. Often painful, sometimes funny, it leads her to some surprising places – and controversial conclusions.”
BBC Two controller Patrick Holland has said that drama “promises fearless, provocative and gripping storytelling exploring one of the defining issues of our times”.
‘I May Destroy You’ is on BBC 1 on Monday and Tuesday at 10:45pm
