LIFE: S01E01

Life
Series 1/Episode 1
Tuesday 29 September 2020
BBC One
21:00

Written by Mike Bartlett
Series Producer: Kate Crowther
Executive Producer: Jude Liknaitzky
Executive Producer: Roanna Benn
​​​Executive Producer: Mike Bartlett

Brand new series. 

In a house in Greater Manchester divided into four flats, we are introduced to four interweaving stories about love, parenthood, loss and self-discovery.

Gail bumps into an old friend who makes a startling observation about Gail's marriage to Henry.

The ordered life of Belle is thrown into disarray by the hospitalisation of sister Ruth, and the subsequent arrival of wayward niece Maya.

David goes on holiday without his wife Kelly and has his head turned unexpectedly by Saira.  And heavily pregnant Hannah, recently coupled up with Liam, is surprised by her connection with Andy - the father of her unborn child - who has been away travelling for the duration of the pregnancy.

​These disruptive arrivals turn each person's life upside down, setting off a chain of events which we will follow across the series.

STARRING​

​Susannah Fielding as Ruth
Alison Steadman as Gail
Peter Davison as Henry
Adrian Lester as David
Geoffrey Streatfeild as Jonathan
Rachael Stirling as Kelly
Luke Mullins as Chris
Saira Choudhry as Saira
Victoria Hamilton as Belle
Olwen May as Mary
Erin Kellyman as Maya
Melissa Johns as Hannah
Joshua James as Liam
Calvin Demba as Andy
Kate Ashfield as Rachel
Buffy Davis as Duffy
Karl Theobald as Dominic
David Troughton as Robert
Kika Markham as Angela
Christina Tam as Jan
Marvyn Dickinson as Kyle
Kirk Lake as Guy
Lisa Whiteside as Sales Assistant 
Chloe Aridjis as Student
Philip Abiodun as Paramedic