From the stunning scenery to the graphic sex scenes, it’s the TV show everyone is talking about. But as it’s called everything from a beautiful snapshot of teenage angst to a snooze-inducing borefest, we ask two writers… Is Normal People a masterpiece?
Set in the fictional Sligo town of Carricklea, it’s become the unlikely global hit of lockdown. Based on the book by Sally Rooney and directed by Lenny Abrahamson and Hettie Macdonald, Normal People is being feted by critics and viewers alike.
It tells the story of Marianne Sheridan (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and Connell Waldron (Paul Mescal), who meet and begin a relationship at school that he insists must be kept secret.