The BBC has released the first trailer and new artwork for its forthcoming adaptation of Lord of the Flies, written by Jack Thorne and directed by Marc Munden. All four episodes will be available on BBC iPlayer from 6am on Sunday 8 February, with a weekly broadcast on BBC One from 9pm that night.
The series is the first television adaptation of William Golding's classic novel, set in the early 1950s on an unnamed Pacific island. It follows a group of schoolboys stranded after a plane crash, who attempt to maintain civilisation but descend into savagery. Each episode is titled after a key character—Ralph, Piggy, Simon, and Jack—offering different perspectives on the boys' plight.
The ensemble cast features over 30 boys, many making professional debuts, led by Winston Sawyers as Ralph, Lox Pratt as Jack, David McKenna as Piggy, and Ike Talbut as Simon. Other castaways include Thomas Connor as Roger, Noah and Cassius Flemyng as twins Sam and Eric, Cornelius Brandreth as Maurice, and Tom Page-Turner as Bill.
The adaptation is produced by Eleven and One Shoe Films for the BBC and Stan, with Sony Pictures Television distributing internationally. Executive producers include Joel Wilson, Jamie Campbell, Jack Thorne, Marc Munden, Nawfal Faizullah, and Cailah Scobie. Original music is by Cristobal Tapia de Veer, with main theme from Hans Zimmer and Kara Talve.
Jack Thorne's script remains truthful to the original novel while delving deeper into themes of human nature, loss of innocence, and boyhood masculinity. The series has been made with the support of the William Golding family.
