What It Feels Like for a Girl (TV series)

Main Guest • Oliver Huntingdon as Bradley • Sekou Diaby as Rinze • Rhys Connah as Carl • Fay Ripley as Tessa • Selina Mosinski as Mikey • Juliet Cowan as Alison • Lorn Macdonald as Tony • Emma Naomi as Miss Meadows • Conor Deane as Wayne ==Episodes==

In June 2023, it was announced BBC Three had commissioned an 8-episode adaptation of Paris Lees' coming-of-age memoir What It Feels Like for a Girl, produced by Hera Pictures and penned by Lees herself. Chris Sweeney was originally attached as lead director, but the position later went to Brian Welsh. Lees was joined in the writing room by Georgia Christou, Paul Williams, Sarah Simmonds and Mika Onyx Johnson, while Ng Choon Ping and Marie Kristiansen supported Welsh as directors. == Reception ==

The first season of the show received universal critical acclaim. The Guardian hailed it as a "memorably complex psychological portrait" and praised Howard as "charismatic and convincing" in the lead role. Financial Times also singled out Howard for praise, calling the performance "at once charismatic and vulnerable, exhilarated and fatalistic, sharp-tongued and soft-hearted". The Telegraph hailed Howard as "magnetic", uplifting the story from being a generic entry in the "misunderstood child coming of age in a small town" genre. Digital Spy said, "It's no exaggeration to suggest that What It Feels Like for a Girl could do for trans representation what ''It's a Sin'' did a few years back for gay storytelling and awareness around the AIDS crisis”. ==References==