Mr Loverman

The eight-part series adapts Bernardine Evaristo’s 2013 novel of the same name, following Barrington ‘Barry’ Jedidiah Walker. Barry has been married to Carmel for 50 years, who has begun to worry that there are other women on the side.

She’s right, in a way: he is having an affair, but not with a woman. Barry’s lover is his best friend of several years, Morris De La Roux. As they reach the end of their lives, Barry reckons with big decisions which could call his entire family’s future into question.

The life-affirming story of family, love and being true to yourself was widely acclaimed for its trailblazing depiction of homosexuality in Britain's elder Caribbean community.

Lennie James will star as the flamboyant and retro-suited Barrington Jedidiah Walker, or Esq. Barry to his friends. He said: "I can't wait to get Barrington's swagger on and help tell this crucial and complicated love story. As funny as it is sad. As full of heart as it is heartache..."