Leo Woodall and Ambika Mod star in steamy first look at Netflix’s anticipated film adaptation of David Nicholls’ bestseller One Day
First images have been released from Netflix’s adaptation of David Nicholls’ novel One Day.
The expected TV series will hit the streaming service on February 8, 2024.
The 14-episode series, starring White Lotus actor Leo Woodall and This Is Going To Hurt’s Ambika Mod, follows Emma Morley and Dexter Mayhew who, speaking for the very first time on July 15, 1988, the evening of their graduation from the University of Edinburgh.
The next morning they go their separate ways, but the novel and the TV series catch up with them on the same day every year.
In each episode, we see Dex and Em, a year older, on this one specific date, as they grow and change, together and apart, experiencing joy and heartbreak.
First images of Netflix’s adaptation of David Nicholls’ novel One Day have been released ahead of its February 8 release
The 14-episode series, starring White Lotus actor Leo Woodall and This Is Going To Hurt’s Ambika Mod, follows Emma Morley and Dexter Mayhew
The cast also includes Poldark’s Eleanor Tomlinson, who will play Dex’s wife Sylvie.
The cast is completed by Essie Davis (Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries), Tim McInnerny (Blackadder), Toby Stephens (Die Another Day) and Joely Richardson (Lady Chatterley).
The decades-long love story is based on David Nicholls’ 2009 novel, which has sold more than five million copies worldwide.
It is not the first time that the story of Emma and Dexter has appeared on the cinema. A film starring Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess was released in 2011, but received mixed reviews.
Jan Moir, writing for the Daily Mail at the time, described the film as “as fake as Anne Hathaway’s accent.”
While Nicholls wrote the screenplay for the 2011 film, Scottish screenwriter Nicole Taylor led the writing team for the Netflix adaptation.
Taylor won a BAFTA for Best Writer for her 2017 BBC series Three Girls, about the Rochdale grooming scandal.
Nicholls is on board as executive producer.
On July 15, 1988, the night of their graduation, they speak for the first time before going their separate ways, but the story catches up with them on the same day every year.
In each episode, we see Dex and Em, a year older, on this one specific date, as they grow and change, together and apart, experiencing joy and heartbreak.
The decades-long love story is based on David Nicholls’ 2009 novel, which has sold more than five million copies worldwide.
The 14-part series stars White Lotus actor Leo Woodall, 27, who won fans as Jack in the HBO hit
Ambika, 28, is best known for her role as Shruti Acharya in the BBC drama This is Going to Hurt
It is not the first time that the story of Emma and Dexter has appeared on the cinema. A film starring Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess was released in 2011, but received mixed reviews
Lead star Ambika told this earlier RadioTimes.com that the series can spend “more time” on the decades-spanning book, with each episode dedicated to each year of the friends’ lives.
‘I really enjoyed the film, but I think a lot of people felt – and I agree – that an hour and a half film is usually not enough to dedicate to this epic novel that spans twenty years.’ explained.
“So hopefully in our series we can cover more ground and dig into the story with more detail.”
“I really like the way our writers are going about it, and hopefully people can just see more of the book in the series.”