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'Mr Loverman': Tamara Lawrance and Sharon D. Clarke have boarded BBC Series of Bernardine Evaristo novel starring Lennie James

Alongside the previously announced James(Save Me, Line of Duty) as the exuberant protagonist Barrington Jedidiah Walker will be three-time Olivier Award winner Clarke, Time star Lawrance, Ariyon Bakare, Morris De La Roux and Sharlene Whyte ( Small Axe, Stephen). Noughts + Crosses and The Outlaws scribe Nathaniel Price is penning the eight-parter, director is Hong Khaou ( Baptiste) and production outfit is Fable Pictures, the Sony-backed indie that made Sarah Gavron’s Rocks. Kozak and her team also helmed many of Warner Bros. Discovery’s marquee series including the groundbreaking Evil Lives Here, House of Hammer, The Curious Case of Natalia Grace and Jared From Subway: Catching A Monster.

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