First Day on Earth

British novelist Henri is stuck. Work has dried up, her relationship is going nowhere. So when she's offered a job on a film in Ghana, West Africa - her parents' homeland, where her estranged father lives - she can't resist the chance to reconnect with him and the country of her heritage. But when she arrives neither the job nor her father turn out the way she expected, and soon Henri has to deal with danger and hypocrisy, form new friendships, lose her illusions, and create a new sense of identity - one that might leave her stronger, but could also break her.

Michaela Coel

Henri

Ncuti Gatwa

Darren

Thandiwe Newton

Anya

Maxine Peake

Helen

Danny Sapani

Ernest

• Johann KnobelProducer
• Jesse ArmstrongExecutive Producer
• Piers WengerExecutive Producer
• Phil ClarkeExecutive Producer
• Jo McClellanExecutive Producer
• Roberto TroniExecutive Producer
• Michaela CoelExecutive Producer
• Sam MillerExecutive Producer

Status

In Production

Original language

English

Genres

Drama

• Season 10 episodes

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