Jane Garvey sits down with Dolly Alderton – the best-selling author and Sunday Times columnist to talk about BBC One’s highly-anticipated series Everything I Know About Love.
The seven-part series is inspired by Alderton’s 2018 memoir of the same name. The show follows four graduates who move to London – Maggie (played by Emma Appleton is based on Dolly) – and is a homage to the golden grubbiness of yours 20s, a celebration of female friendships and captures the essence of female hedonism.
Alderton discusses how working in TV has exposed the loneliness of writing, the difficulties of womanhood (namely having to spray-tan, clip in fake hair and select three million outfits before screenings – which male counterparts can avoid) and the difference between the memoir and the TV series. She talks of the liberation she felt changing her and Farley into Maggie and Birdy – and how part of this was self-preservation (she didn’t have to listen to TV producers talking about how “unlikeable” Dolly was).
What else can I expect from Episode 38?
Jane Garvey is joined by Radio Times staff writer Kelly-Anne Taylor to mark your cards for the week ahead. They review BBC’s My Name is Leon, Netflix’s Borgen and BBC’s Avoidance.
Everything I Know About Love starts on BBC One on 7th June. Check out our Drama hub for all the latest news. If you’re looking for something to watch tonight, check out our TV Guide.