Overview
- The four-part adaptation, the first television version of William Golding’s novel, debuted Feb. 8 on BBC iPlayer in the U.K. and on Stan in Australia.
- Sony Pictures Television also licensed the series to buyers including Sky (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy), CBC/Radio-Canada, TVNZ, U-NEXT, Globoplay, HBO/HBO Max in Central and Eastern Europe and Poland, and beIN in the Middle East and North Africa.
- The series screened in the Berlinale Specials Series program at the Berlin International Film Festival.
- Netflix has not announced a U.S. release date for the series.
- Written by Jack Thorne and directed by Marc Munden, the show stars newcomers Winston Sawyers, Lox Pratt and David McKenna, with a score by Cristobal Tapia de Veer and a main theme and additional music by Hans Zimmer and Kara Talve.