{"id":51010,"date":"2024-05-08T18:01:26","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T16:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2037338"},"modified":"2024-05-08T19:30:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T17:30:22","slug":"derry-girls-and-sex-education-stars-in-netflixs-the-decameron-first-look","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/derry-girls-and-sex-education-stars-in-netflixs-the-decameron-first-look\/","title":{"rendered":"Derry Girls and Sex Education stars in Netflix\u2019s The Decameron first look"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saoirse-Monica Jackson and Tanya Reynolds both star in the upcoming “period dramedy”. <\/p>

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

Published: Wednesday, 08 May 2024 at 16:01 PM<\/p>

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Netflix has released a bunch of first-look images for its upcoming \u201cperiod dramedy\u201d The Decameron \u2013 which features Sex Education\u2019s Tanya Reynolds and Derry Girls star Saoirse-Monica Jackson among its star-studded main cast.<\/p>\n

The eight-part series is inspired by the 14th century short-story collection of the same name by Giovanni Boccaccio and according to the streamer aims to \u201cexamine the timely themes of class systems, power struggles, and survival in a time of pandemic\u201d.<\/p>\n

The cast for the show also includes Girls star Zosia Mamet, I Hate Suzie\u2019s Leila Farzad, Arrested Development\u2019s Tony Hale and former EastEnders<\/a> regular Jessica Plummer.<\/p>\n

There are, additionally, roles for Amar Chadha-Patel (Willow), Lou Gala (Julia), Karan Gill (I May Destroy You) and Douggie McMeekin (Harlots).<\/p>\n

\"Zosia\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>
Zosia Mamet as Pampinea and Saoirse-Monica Jackson as Misia in The Decameron.<\/span><\/figcaption> Giulia Parmigiani\/Netflix <\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Most of those stars can be seen in the new first-look images, which tease the various \u201cridiculous and ill-fated\u201d characters we can expect to meet in the show, including Mamet as \u201clady of the villa\u201d Pampinea, and Jackson and Reynolds as servants Misia and Licisca.<\/p>\n

\"Tanya\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>
Jessica Plummer as Filomena and Tanya Reynolds as Licisca in The Decameron.<\/span><\/figcaption> Giulia Parmigiani\/Netflix <\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Meanwhile, Hale plays Sirisco, the \u201caffable steward of Villa Santa\u201d, Farzad stars as Stratilia, the \u201cstalwart backbone of Villa Santa\u201d, and Plummer is a \u201cspoiled oddball\u201d named Filomena.<\/p>\n

\"Karan\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>
Karan Gill as Panfilo, Saoirse-Monica Jackson as Misia, Douggie McMeekin as Tindaro and Tony Hale as Sirisco in The Decameron.<\/span><\/figcaption> Giulia Parmigiani\/Netflix <\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

A fuller synopsis for the series provided by Netflix reads: \u201cSet in 1348, the Black Death strikes hard in the city of Florence.<\/p>\n

\u201cA handful of nobles are invited to retreat with their servants to a grand villa in the Italian countryside and wait out the pestilence with a lavish holiday.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut as social rules wear thin, what starts as a wine-soaked sex romp in the hills of Tuscany descends into an all out scramble for survival.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"McMeekin\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>
Leila Farzad as Stratilia, Douggie McMeekin as Tindaro, Zosia Mamet as Pampinea, Saoirse-Monica Jackson as Misia and Tony Hale as Sirisco in The Decameron.<\/span><\/figcaption> Giulia Parmigiani\/Netflix <\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

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