{"id":20932,"date":"2022-08-26T13:29:20","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T11:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1699054"},"modified":"2022-08-26T13:50:12","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T11:50:12","slug":"happy-valley-creators-disney-adventure-series-casts-derry-girls-star","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/happy-valley-creators-disney-adventure-series-casts-derry-girls-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Valley creator\u2019s Disney+ adventure series casts Derry Girls star"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Patrick Cremona\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 26 August 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Disney Plus has announced that Derry Girls star Louisa Harland will take on the lead role in The Ballad of Renegade Nell \u2013 the upcoming adventure series from Happy Valley and Gentlemen Jack creator Sally Wainwright.<\/p>\n

Harland \u2013 who played Orla on the popular Channel 4 sitcom Derry Girls \u2013 will star as Nell, described as \u201ca quick-witted and courageous young woman who finds herself framed for murder and unexpectedly becomes the most notorious highwaywoman in 18th Century England.\u201d<\/p>\n

She is joined in the cast by the likes of Ted Lasso star Nick Mohammed, who plays a \u201cplucky but prickly little spirit\u201d called Billy Blind, Trigger Point\u2019s Adrian Lester, who takes on the role of Nell\u2019s formidable adversary the Earl of Poynton, and Line of Duty\u2019s Craig Parkinson, who plays Nell\u2019s father.<\/p>\n

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Craig Parkinson stars as Nell\u2019s father in The Ballad of Renegade Nell.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Meanwhile, newcomers Bo Bragason and Florence Keen will star as Nell\u2019s two younger sisters Roxy and George, while the cast also includes Alice Kremelberg (The Sinner), Frank Dillane (The Essex Serpent), Joely Richardson (Nip\/Tuck), Pip Torrens (The Crown), Jake Dunn (Get Even) and Enyi Okoronkwo (The Lazarus Project).<\/p>\n

The series, which is described by Disney Plus<\/a> as \u201ca swashbuckling new action and fantasy adventure series\u201d will consist of eight 45-minute episodes, directed by Ben Taylor (Sex Education), Amanda Brotchie (Gentleman Jack) and MJ Delaney (Ted Lasso).<\/p>

It follows Nell as she \u201crealises that fate has put her on the wrong side of the law for a reason much bigger than she could\u2019ve ever imagined.\u201d<\/p>\n

With help from Roxy, George and Billy, she faces off against the Earl of Poynton and his widowed accomplice Sofia Wilmot (Kremelberg) \u2013 whose quest for independence becomes indelibly entwined with Nell\u2019s own.<\/p>\n

No release date has been provided for the series as yet, nor have any details been given as to when production will begin, but we\u2019ll keep you posted as soon as more information is released.<\/p>\n