Overview

• The eight-part series, based on Paris Lees's memoir, premiered on BBC iPlayer on June 3 and charts trans teenager Byron’s coming-of-age journey.
• Ellis Howard stars as Byron in a cast that includes Laquarn Lewis, Hannah Jones, Michael Socha and Laura Haddock.
• Critics from The Guardian and The Standard awarded four stars, praising the drama’s raw honesty and genre-bending storytelling.
• Social media reactions describe it as a “must-watch”, with fans binge-watching all episodes and highlighting its 2000s soundtrack.
• Storylines tackle gender dysphoria, sex work, generational trauma and the search for a chosen family among a queer clique known as the Fallen Divas.