Based on the novels by Jonathan Stroud and starring Bridgerton\u2019s<\/a> Ruby Stokes (Lucy Carlyle) alongside Cameron Chapman (Anthony Lockwood) and Ali Hadji-Heshmati (George Karim), Lockwood & Co<\/a> follows three teens running a start-up ghost hunting agency in a London that\u2019s plagued by large-scale hauntings.<\/p>\n Writer and director Joe Cornish was eager to keep the series as faithful to the books as possible, but admitted there were some changes that had to be made, including a huge fight scene that didn\u2019t make the cut.<\/p>\n He told RadioTimes.com<\/a>: \u201cThere is a big sequence at the beginning of book two, where George and Lockwood go off and fight spectres on a common and they get beaten by Kipps\u2019 crew.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt was just a massive set piece that didn\u2019t actually advance the story and we didn\u2019t have the time or money for it. Having said that, we\u2019ve had the time and money for absolutely every other set piece in the books. But that one we didn\u2019t get to do.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cInstead the characters come in and talk about it. It would be lovely for it to have been a 20-episode series with \u00a320 million per episode, then we could have done all that stuff!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Cornish and Stroud also worked together on important character changes.<\/p>\n The writer and director explained at a Q&A: \u201c[Casting] George was really difficult, a really particular character.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s very clever but slightly socially dysfunctional, incredibly loyal to Lockwood and gets very jealous with Lucy as the series proceeds. And again, Ali just walked in and had exactly the right chemistry for the character.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cHe happens to be British-Iranian, who the character in the book isn\u2019t but we thought, well, that\u2019s a really great chance to enhance the character with all these different elements that come in later in the series. So we just got really lucky to find three really, really lovely, brilliant, hard-working young actors.<\/span><\/p> \u201cThe surname [Karim] we worked out with Jonathan and Ali. We worked it out together, because he\u2019s called George Cubbins in the books. But Ali, the actor, and Jonathan Stroud, the author of the books, got together and gave him a new surname.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The series, which is based on the first two books of Stroud\u2019s series, follows Lockwood, the mysterious owner of the agency, Lucy, a psychically talented teen, and George, the pair\u2019s genius pal, as they embark on an investigation that could cost all of them their lives.<\/p>\n Lockwood & Co is available to stream on Netflix<\/a>.\u00a0Sign up for Netflix from \u00a36.99 a month<\/a>. Netflix is also available on\u00a0Sky Glass<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Virgin Media Stream<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Lockwood & Co books are available in a collection now<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Check out more of our\u00a0Fantasy<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 12 issues for only \u00a31 with delivery to your home\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0<\/strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a>. 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