{"id":836986,"date":"2026-06-01T14:33:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T14:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/836986\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T14:33:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T14:33:20","slug":"what-it-feels-like-for-a-girl-prime-video-buys-bbc-paris-lees-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/836986\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;What It Feels Like For A Girl&#8217;: Prime Video Buys BBC Paris Lees Drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/bbc\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bbc\" data-tag=\"bbc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a>\u2019s triple-BAFTA nominated drama <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/what-it-feels-like-for-a-girl\/\" id=\"auto-tag_what-it-feels-like-for-a-girl\" data-tag=\"what-it-feels-like-for-a-girl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">What It Feels Like for a Girl<\/a> based on Paris Lees\u2019 memoirs is heading to <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/prime-video\/\" id=\"auto-tag_prime-video\" data-tag=\"prime-video\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prime Video<\/a> in the States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe show launches on the Amazon streamer today to mark the start of Pride Month. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAdapted from the memoir by journalist and author Lees, What It Feels Like for a Girl follows teenager Byron (Ellis Howard) as they escape a former mining town and are swept into its underground club scene, discovering identity, friendship and survival among a chaotic chosen family known as the Fallen Divas. Show also stars Ellis Howard (Catherine the Great, The Rachel Incident) as Byron, with Hannah Walters (Adolescence, A Thousand Blows, Boiling Point), Laura Haddock (The Recruit, The Capture) and Michael Socha (Showtrial, This is England).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe BBC series from Hamnet producer <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/hera-pictures\/\" id=\"auto-tag_hera-pictures\" data-tag=\"hera-pictures\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hera Pictures<\/a> was critically acclaimed and nominated for five BAFTAs including best actor for breakout Howard and Best Limited Drama up against the likes of Adolescence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tLiza Marshall, Founder of Hera Pictures and What It Feels Like for a Girl EP, said:<strong> <\/strong>\u201cWe are immensely proud of What It Feels Like for a Girl. From its glowing critical reception to its significant awards recognition, the series resonated with UK audiences in a way that felt truly profound. Our exceptional cast and crew have delivered a piece of television that is fearless, funny, and deeply human. We are delighted that the show has found its U.S. home, and we look forward to American viewers meeting Byron and the Fallen Divas on this unforgettable journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIt\u2019s been a good week for sales of BBC shows to the U.S. On Friday, Paramount+ <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/05\/paramount-plus-buys-wild-cherry-eve-best-carmen-ejogo-1236930160\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">revealed it had picked up <\/a>Nic\u00f4le Lecky\u2019s Wild Cherry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/itv-studios\/\" id=\"auto-tag_itv-studios\" data-tag=\"itv-studios\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ITV Studios<\/a> struck the deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The BBC\u2019s triple-BAFTA nominated drama What It Feels Like for a Girl based on Paris Lees\u2019 memoirs is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":836987,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[30],"tags":[6531,171,343075,40007,8266,173,67,132,68,343076],"class_list":["post-836986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-bbc","tag-entertainment","tag-hera-pictures","tag-itv-studios","tag-prime-video","tag-tv","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-what-it-feels-like-for-a-girl"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116675346825778471","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=836986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/836987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=836986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=836986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}