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The End of the F***ing World

2017 · TV series

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Crime

Plot

James is 17 and is pretty sure he is a psychopath. Alyssa, also 17, is the cool and moody new girl at school. The pair make a connection and she persuades him to embark on a darkly comedic road trip in search of her real father.

About The End of the F***ing World

The End of the F***ing World is a British black comedy television programme. Based on the 2011–13 minicomics The End of the Fucking World by Charles Forsman, the eight-part first series premiered its first episode on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom on 24 October 2017. Later episodes were released on All 4. Netflix handled international distribution and released it internationally on 5 January 2018. The programme follows James (Alex Lawther), a 17-year-old who believes himself to be a psychopath, and Alyssa Foley (Jessica Barden), an angry classmate who sees in James a chance to escape her tumultuous home life. Gemma Whelan, Wunmi Mosaku, Steve Oram, Christine Bottomley, Navin Chowdhry, Barry Ward and Naomi Ackie appear in supporting roles. Series creator Jonathan Entwistle contacted Forsman about making a film, and a short one was made in 2014. The short film is now considered lost, with no way to access it online. Instead, an eight-part serial was commissioned, and filming began in April 2017. It was written by Charlie Covell and episodes were directed by Entwistle and Lucy Tcherniak. In August 2018, the programme was renewed for a second series, which premiered on Channel 4 on 4 November 2019, after which all eight episodes were released on All 4, and internationally on Netflix the next day. Before the second series's release, Covell said a third series was not planned. The…

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Cast

  • Alex LawtherJames
  • Jessica BardenAlyssa Foley
  • Naomi AckieBonnie
  • Josh DylanTodd Alan King
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