When a group of boys crash‑land on a deserted island, their fight for survival spirals into something much darker...This new adaptation of William Golding's seminal Lord of The Flies is attracting a lot of buzz because it's the work of Jack Thorne, creator of Adolescence (and a name strongly promoted by some fans for the role of showrunner on Doctor Who).
Watch Lord of The Flies on iPlayer in the UK and Stan in Australia from February 8.
All four episodes of the series will be on BBC iPlayer from 6am on Sunday, February 8, and BBC One will air the series weekly from 9pm that night.
The BBC's own publicity says this about the adaptation:
Truthful to the original novel – set in the early 1950s on an unnamed Pacific island – Thorne’s adaptation delves further into the book’s emotive themes; human nature, the loss of innocence and boyhood masculinity.
Each of the four episodes is titled after a character at the core of the story – Ralph, Piggy, Simon, and Jack – offering a subtly different perspective on the boys’ collective plight and manner in which they cope with their predicament.
The series has been made with the support of Lord of the Flies author William Golding’s family.
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