BBC One drama Two Weeks In August has been maintaining viewers glued to their screens on Saturday nights and can also be obtainable to observe as an entire on BBC iPlayer
BBC One drama Two Weeks In August is presently broadcasting on Saturday evenings (Picture: BBC)
BBC One drama Two Weeks In August is presently broadcasting on Saturday evenings.
The brand new sequence, which includes a star-studded solid, can also be obtainable to stream in its entirety now on BBC iPlayer.
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Written and created by Sally4Ever’s Catherine Shepherd, the brand new ‘witty and painfully relatable’ sequence follows a gaggle of mates who reunite for a summer time getaway.
Nonetheless, the idyllic vacation is swiftly plunged into chaos by a bootleg kiss and issues deteriorate additional once they turn into stranded on the island.
In episode two, viewers witness the group embark on a ship journey, the place the aftermath of the illicit kiss and mounting rigidity show overwhelming for the chums who discover themselves confined on a ship collectively at sea.
Discussing filming the boat scenes, Jessica Raine and Damien Molony, who painting married couple Zoe and Dan on the programme, spoke candidly.
Damien, 42, joked: “There have been a variety of seasick tablets handed round!”
To which Jessica, 44, admitted: “That was like looming, as a result of I do get seasick and I’ve this monologue on it and I used to be completely scared of the day. I feel, and when it got here to it, all of us have been, proper? As a result of it was uneven.
The fallout from the illicit kiss and rigidity proves an excessive amount of for the chums who’re trapped (Picture: BBC)
“It was like, we won’t push this. We simply should get this achieved over the subsequent two days. We have been similar to taking journey illness tablets… and a few individuals did not make it.”
Damien added: “The choppiness, as a result of even in these scenes, you may see the water degree similar to arising and down. We should, it felt like we have been type of going up and down like six or seven toes. It was intense.”
In the meantime, Antonia Thomas, who portrays Jess, opened up about filming her nail-biting scene aboard the vessel. In the course of the episode, Jess reaches breaking level and leaps overboard, swimming her strategy to shore.
Antonia, 39, stated: “It was fairly nerve-wracking doing that as a result of we have been in the midst of the ocean. It was actually chilly and we solely had one go at it due to resets and hair and all of that stuff. I simply keep in mind being like, and it was fairly type of a giant deal made out of it.”
To which Nicholas Pinnock, who performs Solomon, joked: “We have been all nervous for you.”
Antonia continued: “Everybody was like nervous and the drone was up and it was like: ‘Okay, Antonia, are you prepared?’ And I used to be like: ‘Oh my god, if I get this unsuitable!’ However no, it was alright ultimately.”
Two Weeks In August airs Saturday nights on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, with all episodes obtainable to stream now.
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