Lena Headey will write and star in a new BBC audio drama launching in July.
The eight part series, Intimacy, will launch as a boxset on BBC Sounds on 22nd July before airing weekly on BBC Radio 4 from 27th July.
Produced by Merman, the company behind Bad Sisters and Amandaland, the series stars Lena Headey alongside Hannah Waddingham, Maisie Williams, Alison Steadman, Thaddea Graham, Matthew Broome and Tom Goodman Hill.
Lena plays Liza Simmons, an intimacy coordinator working on a major film production in Greece. Her professional role centres on consent and protecting performers, but her personal life is under strain from financial problems, family pressures and unresolved issues from her acting career.
The situation worsens when Liza realises the film’s director is a man she believes ruined her life years earlier. As tensions rise on set, she is forced to decide whether to speak out or remain silent.
Intimacy will be released first on the Arc podcast feed on BBC Sounds, with weekly double episodes available through
Lena Headey said: “It’s been a joy to create Intimacy alongside this incredibly talented cast and production team.”
Dylan Haskins, Commissioning Executive, BBC Sounds, added: “We’re thrilled to be working with Sharon Horgan’s Merman again on Intimacy: a bold, darkly funny new series written by and starring Lena Headey, with a truly knockout cast.”
