The BBC’s brilliant comedy-drama, Everything I Know About Love, is hitting Netflix this June, and if you’re a fan of heartfelt stories about friendship, you might want to add it to your watchlist.
Based on Dolly Alderton’s best-selling memoir, the series follows childhood best friends Maggie and Birdy as they navigate life, love, and career missteps while living in a London flatshare.
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Bel Powley as Birdy and Emma Appleton as Maggie in Everything I Know About Love
I completely devoured this show when it first dropped in 2022, and its arrival on Netflix is the perfect excuse for a rewatch. Fun, nostalgic and deeply relatable, it’s an authentic look at love, work and adulting in your early 20s. If you haven’t tuned in yet, you’re in for a treat!
Keep reading to find out all you need to know about the show…
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What is Everything I Know About Love about?
Set in 2012, the drama follows four friends living in London as they hurtle towards adulthood while trying to navigate love and friendship in their early 20s.
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The series is coming to Netflix on 1 June
At the heart of the story is the friendship between childhood best friends Maggie and Birdy, who move into their first flatshare with two friends, Nell and Amara. The series follows the quartet as they navigate bad dates, career struggles, hangovers and heartaches.
What have viewers and critics said about the show?
The series, which boasts a 96 per cent Rotten Tomatoes rating, has been hailed by viewers as “outstanding” and a “must-watch”.
One person wrote on social media: “Just binged watch this fabulous series! Brilliant! Superb casting! Storylines that are scarily relatable, serious and funny! This really is a MUST-watch,” while another added: “An amazing show. Funny, relatable, so sad and just brilliant.”
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The series follows four friends living in London as they hurtle towards adulthood
The drama received positive reviews from critics, with The Guardian awarding three stars and RadioTimes.com describing the show as “joyful and comfortingly nostalgic” in its four-star review.
Meanwhile, W Magazine hailed the drama as a “joyful, hilarious, and utterly chaotic love letter to the meaningful love that exists between friends”.
Who stars in Everything I Know About Love?
Emma Appleton (The Road Trip) stars as Maggie, alongside Bel Powley (The Morning Show) as Birdy, Marli Siu (Alex Rider) as Nell and Aliyah Odoffin (All My Sons) as Amara.
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Marli Siu plays Nell in the drama
Other cast members include Connor Finch (Bookish) as Street, Jordan Peters (My Lady Jane) as Neil, Jill Halfpenny (The Feud) as Roisin, Sophie Thompson (Detectorists) as Liz and Craig Parkinson (Line of Duty) as James.
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