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They are joined by Patsy Ferran (Black Narcissus), Harry Michell (Yesterday), Laurie Kynaston (The Trouble with Maggie Cole) Joshua Hill (Small Axe) and Maria Laird (Derry Girls).
The series is being directed by BAFTA award-winning director John Crowley (Brooklyn, Boy A).
Main character: Jojo Rabbit s Thomasin McKenzie (pictured), 20, will take on the lead role of Ursula, while Sian, 39, will play her mother Sylvie
The story will follow Ursula as she is born one night in 1910, but dies before she draws her first breath.
On that same night in 1910, Ursula is reborn and survives. Time and time again, living and dying in different circumstances, Ursula is reborn into a new, alternative iteration of life once more.
Cast revealed for BBC adaptation of Kate Atkinson’s novel Life After Life
Sian Clifford (Ian West/PA)
Sian Clifford, Thomasin McKenzie and James McArdle are to star in new BBC One series Life After Life.
Filming has now begun for the programme, which is an adaptation of Kate Atkinson’s 2013 novel of the same name.
Downton Abbey’s Jessica Brown Findlay, Years And Years star Jessica Hynes and Derry Girls actress Maria Laird will also appear in the programme.
Thomasin McKenzie (Ian West/PA)
The book has been adapted by screenwriter Bash Doran.
Life After Life tells the story of Ursula Todd, played by McKenzie, who dies in 1910 before she is able to take her first breath.
The Trouble with Maggie Cole),
Small Axe s Joshua Hill and
Derry Girls star Maria Laird have also joined
Jojo Rabbit s Thomasin McKenzie in the BBC series.
McKenzie s character Ursula Todd is born in 1910 but dies before she can even draw her first breath. However, Ursula s story is just beginning as she s reborn numerous times to live new lives.
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Ursula is desperate to stay alive as she endures two world wars and even an encounter with Hitler, with a secret driving her to find her place in the world. I m drawn to
Life After Life because it makes me laugh, cry, clench my fists in anger or whoop with empowerment, McKenzie said.
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