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BBC Together Start Date, Cast And Trailer

BBC Together Start Date, Cast And Trailer

It was filmed over 10 days in lockdown

Laura Sanders

Laura Sanders

James McAvoy is to star in a new drama from the BBC which focuses on the strain the pandemic has put on relationships.

The film is set in the UK from the first days of the Covid-19 lockdown in March 2020 until present day. It was shot in ten days.

Describing Together, BBC said: "This is the story of a family, like so many, who found a way to survive - together.

Together trailer

"It is the hilarious and heartbreaking story of a husband and wife who are forced to re-evaluate themselves and their relationship through the reality of lockdown," said the film's writer Dennis Kelly (Utopia, Pulling, The Third Day).

Check out the trailer to the new BBC drama below.

Together release date

Together is 1 hour and 30 minutes long and comes to BBC2 and BBC iPlayer on 17th June.

Together cast

With lockdown in full swing during the production of this film, the cast is very small.

Bafta award-winning and Golden Globe nominated James McAvoy (Split, X-Men franchise, His Dark Materials) and Bafta award-winning and Emmy nominated Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Military Wives) will star as the husband and wife stuck in lockdown together with their young son, Arthur.

"It's a hilarious, heartfelt, entertaining and unconsciously funny exploration of a relationship and a couple facing real tragedy across a year we have all lived through," said McAvoy.

"I think everyone who got involved in this film had no intention of doing a Covid drama but then we read [Dennis Kelly's] script and changed our minds," said Horgan.

Featured Image Credit: BBC

Topics: TV and Entertainment