Little Birds (TV series)

Little Birds is a British drama television series starring Juno Temple and produced by Warp Films. Inspired by Anaïs Nin's posthumously published 1979 collection of erotic short stories of the same name, Little Birds weaves stories of love and desire together with personal drama and political intrigue, set against a distinctive backdrop of hedonism and conflict. The series was filmed in Andalucia with studio elements in Manchester.

Little Birds
Genre	Drama
Based on	Little Birds by Anaïs Nin
Developed by	Sophia Al Maria
Written by	Sophia Al Maria Stacey Gregg Ruth McCance
Directed by	Stacie Passon
Starring	Juno Temple Yumna Marwan Hugh Skinner Raphael Acloque Rossy de Palma Nina Sosanya Matt Lauria Kamel Labroudi Amy Landecker Jean-Marc Barr David Costabile
Composer	Anne Nikitin
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producers	Kara Manley Peter Carlton Ruth McCance Mark Herbert Stacie Passon
Producers	Ruth McCance Peter Carlton
Cinematography	Ed Rutherford
Editor	Celia Haining
Running time	49–50 minutes
Production company	Warp Films
Original release
Network	Sky Atlantic
Release	4 August (2020-08-04) – 1 September 2020 (2020-09-01)

The six-episode series was released^{[failed verification]} on Sky Atlantic and Now TV on 4 August 2020.^[1]

Premise

Little Birds is set in Tangier International Zone in 1955, one of the last outposts of colonial decadence, and a culture shock in more ways than one for American debutante Lucy Savage (Juno Temple). Lucy desires an unconventional life free from the societal cage she's been kept in and, along with Tangier itself, finds herself on the cusp of achieving a painful yet necessary independence.

Cast and Characters

Main

• Juno Temple as Lucy Savage Cavendish-Smyth
• Yumna Marwan as Cherifa Lamour
• Hugh Skinner as Hugo Cavendish-Smyth
• Raphael Acloque as Adham Abaza
• Rossy de Palma as Contessa Mandrax
• Nina Sosanya as Lili von X
• Matt Lauria as Bill
• Kamel Labroudi as Leo
• Amy Landecker as Vanessa Savage
• Jean-Marc Barr as Secretary Pierre Vaney
• David Costabile as Grant Savage

Recurring

• Alexander Albrecht as Frederic

Guest

• Fady Elsayed as Aziz

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date [1]	U.K. viewers (millions)
1	"Episode 1"	Stacie Passon	Sophia Al Maria	4 August 2020 (2020-08-04)	N/A
2	"Episode 2"	Stacie Passon	Sophia Al Maria	4 August 2020 (2020-08-04)	N/A
3	"Episode 3"	Stacie Passon	Sophia Al Maria	11 August 2020 (2020-08-11)	N/A
4	"Episode 4"	Stacie Passon	Sophia Al Maria	18 August 2020 (2020-08-18)	N/A
5	"Episode 5"	Stacie Passon	Sophia Al Maria & Stacey Gregg	25 August 2020 (2020-08-25)	N/A
6	"Episode 6"	Stacie Passon	Ruth McCance	1 September 2020 (2020-09-01)	N/A

Production

In February 2019, it was announced Juno Temple, Yumna Marwan and Raphael Acloque had joined the cast of the series, with Stacie Passon directing from a screenplay by Sophia Al-Maria, and Warp Films producing. In April 2019, Hugh Skinner, Jean-Marc Barr, Rossy de Palma and Nina Sosanya joined the cast.^[2] In June 2019, Dave Constabile, Amy Landecker and Matt Lauria joined the cast.^[3] Anne Nikitin composed the score.^[4]

Filming

Principal photography began in March 2019.^[5] Production on the series took place in Tarifa, Spain and Manchester, England.^[6] Production concluded in June 2019.^[7]

Release

The series aired on Sky Atlantic in the United Kingdom and Sky in Spain.^{[failed verification][8]} In Australia, it is available on Stan.^{[citation needed]} The series made its US premiere on the Starz channel on 6 June 2021.^{[citation needed]}