Sweetpea Series Premiere Date, Trailer and Key Art Revealed

STARZ announced today that its new Sweetpea series will premiere on Thursday, October 10. The darkly comic coming-of-age story has already revealed a new trailer and key art.

Led by Ella Purnell (Fallout, Yellowjackets), the Sweetpea series premieres on Thursday, October 10, at midnight on the STARZ app. On linear, it will debut on STARZ at 8 p.m. ET/PT in the U.S. and on Friday, October 11 at 10 p.m. ET/PT in Canada.

The following week, Sweetpea will move to Fridays, dropping at midnight on the STARZ app and airing on linear at 8 p.m. ET/PT in the U.S. and 10 p.m. ET/PT in Canada for the remainder of the season.

The six-part episode series stars Ella Purnell as Rhiannon Lewis, a quiet wallflower who develops a vengeful and intoxicatingly liberating taste for murder. At its core, the series is about a woman finally finding her voice, told through a uniquely dark and comedic lens.

In the series, Rhiannon Lewis 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?

The ensemble cast includes Nicôle Lecky (Mood, Sense8) as Julia, Jon Pointing (Big Boys, Smothered) as Craig, Calam Lynch (Bridgerton) as AJ, Leah Harvey (Foundation) as Marina. The show also stars Jeremy Swift (Ted Lasso) as Norman and Dustin Demri-Burns (Slow Horses) as Jeff.

Sweetpea is a six-part series produced by See-Saw Films and fanboy in association with Sky Studios. The series is adapted from C.J. Skuse’s cult novel of the same name by executive producer Kirstie Swain (Pure); written by Kirstie Swain, alongside Krissie Ducker (Killing Eve), Laura Jayne Tunbridge and Selina Lim (Sex Education, Hanna).

The series is directed by award-winning director Ella Jones (The Baby, Back to Life), who also serves as executive producer. Commissioning editor, Manpreet Dosanjh, is executive producer for Sky Studios.

The executive producer for fanboy is Patrick Walters (Heartstopper), and the executive producers for See- Saw Films are Helen Gregory, Iain Canning, and Emile Sherman. Ella Purnell also serves as executive producer. Zorana Piggott (Heartstopper) is the series producer.