Full Trailer for Angry Dark Comedy Series ‘Sweetpea’ with Ella Purnell
by Alex Billington
September 19, 2024
Source: YouTube
“She’s not who you think she is!” She’s a killer! But a righteous killer. Sky TV / Starz have both revealed the official trailer for a dark comedy series called Sweetpea, ready to watch starting in October coming up this fall. “The girl everyone overlooks might just be able to get away with murder.” It’s adapted from the book of the same name written by CJ Skuse, the first in a series of books about a sweet young woman who starts killing people. The TV series is described as “a deviously twisted coming-of-‘rage’ story.” Ella Purnell (from Yellowjackets, Sweetbitter, and the recent Fallout series) who also serves as executive producer, stars as Rhiannon, a quiet wallflower who develops a vengeful and intoxicatingly liberating taste for murder. The series cast includes Nicôle Lecky, Jon Pointing, Calam Lynch, Leah Harvey, Jeremy Swift, Dustin Demri-Burns, and Luke McGibney. This series looks extremely cathartic, an outburst of intense emotion from all the women who are tired of all the bullshit. Rage on! Looks damn good! Purnell on a roll this year.
Here are both the US & UK trailers (+ a poster) for Sky TV’s series Sweetpea, direct from YouTube:
You can rewatch the quick teaser trailer for Sky TV’s Sweetpea series right here, for the first look again.
Rhiannon Lewis (Purnell) doesn’t make much of an impression – people walk past her in the street without a second glance. She’s continually overlooked for a promotion at work, the guy she likes won’t commit, and her dad is really, really sick. Then everything in her life turns upside down. Rhiannon is pushed over the edge and loses control. Suddenly the wallflower is gone, and in its place is a young woman capable of anything… Rhiannon’s life transforms as she steps into a new, intoxicating power, but can she keep her killer secret? Sweetpea is a series created by English writer Kirstie Swain, also a writer on the TV series “EastEnders”, “Holby City”, “Pure”, and “Run” previously. Adapted from the book of the same name written by CJ Skuse. With writing by Kirstie Swain, Krissie Ducker, Laura Jayne Tunbridge, & Selina Lim. And with episodes directed by Ella Jones (director many shorts + episodes of “Back to Life” and “The Baby”). Made by See-Saw Films and Sky Studios. Executive produced by Patrick Walters, Helen Gregory, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Ella Jones, Kirstie Swain, Ella Purnell, Manpreet Dosanjh. Sky will debut Sweetpea streaming on Sky and NOW in the UK, and Starz in the US, starting October 10th, 2024 this fall. Who wants to watch?