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What It Feels Like for a Girl

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To find yourself, sometimes you need to lose yourself. It's Y2K, and Byron's flirting with discovery and destruction, love and anarchy. Inspired by Paris Lees's raw, riotous memoir.

Drama

2.7 / 5

3rd June 2025 - 24th June 2025
Director
Brian Welsh
Producer
Frances du Pille
Top Cast
Calam LynchEllis HowardHannah Walters
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Episode 1
3rd June 2025

Episode 1

It’s the dawn of the new millennium, and rebellious teenager Byron is determined to escape their small town at any cost. They find their lifeline in the most unlikely of places.

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Episode 2
3rd June 2025

Episode 2

Byron roams Nottingham in search of Max. They find belonging among a group of hedonistic misfits, but bad boy Liam threatens to throw everything up in the air.

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Episode 3
10th June 2025

Episode 3

Byron is pulled into Liam’s dangerous and intoxicating web, offering Byron a chance to reclaim power for themselves and make serious money in the process. But can Liam be trusted?

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Episode 4
10th June 2025

Episode 4

Buzzing from the encounter with Liam, Byron goes out on the town with The Divas.

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Episode 5
17th June 2025

Episode 5

The walls close in on Byron, sparking a drug-fuelled psychosis as a way to outrun their demons. But their grip on reality fractures, leaving them with nowhere left to run.

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Episode 6
17th June 2025

Episode 6

With Byron’s sentencing looming, Lisa tries to make amends by taking Byron on holiday.

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Episode 7
24th June 2025

Episode 7

Byron faces the consequences of their actions, but struggles to navigate their new reality.

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Episode 8
24th June 2025

Episode 8

Byron’s dreams of escaping Hucknall are dealt a major blow after a devastating turn of events.