{"id":17058,"date":"2022-06-21T10:31:51","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T14:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/itv-unveils-cast\/"},"modified":"2022-06-21T10:31:51","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T14:31:51","slug":"itv-unveils-cast-for-you-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/itv-unveils-cast-for-you-me\/","title":{"rendered":"ITV Unveils Cast for You &amp; Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>You &amp; Me<\/em>, a London-set drama coming to ITV and ITVX, has commenced filming with Harry Lawtey, Jessica Barden and Sophia Brown among its cast.<\/p>\n<p>In the series, Lawtey (<em>Industry<\/em>, <em>The Pale Blue Eye<\/em>) plays Ben, for whom catastrophe strikes on the happiest day of his life, and Barden (<em>The End of the F***ing World<\/em>, <em>Pieces of Her<\/em>, <em>Far from the Madding Crowd<\/em>) plays Emma, a rising theater star who hides tragedy behind her success. Brown (<em>The Witcher: Blood Origin<\/em>, <em>Giri\/Haji<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Borderland<\/em>), meanwhile, stars as Jess, whose life takes an unexpected turn when she\u2019s running for a bus.<\/p>\n<p>Written by Jamie Davis, the three-part drama will premiere on ITV\u2019s brand-new free streaming service ITVX in 2023 before transferring to linear transmission months later.<\/p>\n<p><em>You &amp; Me<\/em> is produced by Happy Prince, part of ITV Studios, and executive produced by Dominic Treadwell-Collins (<em>A Very English Scandal<\/em>, <em>Holding<\/em>, <em>Eastenders<\/em>) and Alexander Lamb (<em>We Hunt Together<\/em>, <em>The Bay<\/em>, <em>Ackley Bridge<\/em>), with Russell T Davies (<em>It\u2019s A Sin<\/em>, <em>Doctor Who<\/em>, <em>Years and Years<\/em>, <em>Queer As Folk<\/em>, <em>A Very English Scandal<\/em>) also serving as executive producer. The series is produced in association with, and distributed by, ITV Studios. BAFTA-winning director Tom Vaughan (<em>Doctor Foster<\/em>, <em>Press<\/em>, <em>Screw<\/em>) directs.<\/p>\n<p>Also featured in the cast are Julie Hesmondhalgh (<em>Coronation Street<\/em>, <em>Broadchurch<\/em>, <em>The A Word<\/em>) as Ben\u2019s mum Linda, Andi Osho (<em>Stay Close<\/em>, <em>The Sandman<\/em>, <em>Breeders<\/em>) as Jess\u2019s mum Pam, award-winning stage star Janie Dee (<em>Crashing<\/em>, <em>Me and Orson Welles<\/em>) as Emma\u2019s mum Hannah, with Lily Newmark (<em>Sex Education<\/em>, <em>Temple<\/em>) playing Joey, Emma\u2019s sister.<\/p>\n<p>Lawtey said: \u201cIt\u2019s a real privilege to be trusted with Ben\u2019s story. <em>You &amp; Me<\/em> is a brilliant, contemporary look at what it means to love. It\u2019s about hope, heartache and that tendency for life to move a little faster than you\u2019re able to keep up. Working alongside Sophia, Jess and this great crew is a joy\u2014I can\u2019t wait to share what we\u2019ve made.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barden said: \u201cI feel so lucky to be working with so many talented and iconic people. The type of story we are telling is what the British film and TV industry does best, and I can\u2019t wait for people to see the show!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brown said: \u201cI\u2019m thrilled to be working alongside the brilliant Jess and Harry to help bring Jamie\u2019s beautiful scripts to life. I fell in love with the characters so quickly\u2014at every turn they made me laugh, then made me cry. What makes the project so special is how swiftly we capture the intricacy of life\u2014how delicate love, loss, friendship and parenthood are in the modern world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You &amp; Me, a London-set drama coming to ITV and ITVX, has commenced filming with Harry Lawtey, Jessica Barden and Sophia Brown among its cast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":17059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[321,5052,5053],"class_list":["post-17058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-itv","tag-itvx","tag-you-me","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>ITV Unveils Cast for You &amp; Me - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/itv-unveils-cast-for-you-me\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ITV Unveils Cast for You &amp; Me - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"You &amp; Me, a London-set drama coming to ITV and ITVX, has commenced filming with Harry Lawtey, Jessica Barden and Sophia Brown among its cast.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/itv-unveils-cast-for-you-me\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-06-21T14:31:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/you-and-me-itv-0622.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"380\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/itv-unveils-cast-for-you-me\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/itv-unveils-cast-for-you-me\/\",\"name\":\"ITV Unveils Cast for You &amp; Me - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-06-21T14:31:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-06-21T14:31:51+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/itv-unveils-cast-for-you-me\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/itv-unveils-cast-for-you-me\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/itv-unveils-cast-for-you-me\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"ITV Unveils Cast for You &amp; Me\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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