The End Of The F***ing World
- TV comedy drama
- Channel 4 / Channel 4 (Online)
- 2017 - 2019
- 16 episodes (2 series)
Comedy drama about teen outsiders James and Alyssa, on a road trip to find her father. Stars Jessica Barden, Alex Lawther, Naomi Ackie, Christine Bottomley, Steve Oram and more.
Streaming rank this week: 810
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1
Further details
James is a loner who doesn't engage with other people. His world is one of violent inner fantasies. No one talks to him at school, and he's happy with that. But everything changes in an instant when new girl Alyssa accosts him in the canteen...
Alyssa is teenage angst made flesh. She feels estranged from her mum; hates her stepdad; and rejects pretty much everyone she meets. That is until she sees James sitting alone one day. Alyssa sees a kindred spirit in James - just as he identifies her as a potential victim. And so their journey begins...
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 24th October 2017
- Time
- 10:20pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 25 minutes
Cast & crew
| Jessica Barden | Alyssa |
| Alex Lawther | James |
| Christine Bottomley | Gwen |
| Steve Oram | Phil |
| Navin Chowdhry | Tony |
| Jack Veal | Little James |
| Kelly Harrison | Vanessa |
| Emma Appleton | Kelly |
| Holly Beechey | Little Alyssa |
| Juliet Cowan | Diner Waitress |
| Charlie Covell | Writer |
| Emily Harrison | Script Editor |
| Jonathan Entwistle | Director |
| Kate Ogborn | Producer |
| Petra Fried | Executive Producer |
| Ed Macdonald | Executive Producer |
| Andy Baker | Executive Producer |
| Dominic Buchanan | Executive Producer |
| Jonathan Entwistle | Executive Producer |
| Murray Ferguson | Executive Producer |
| Rhian Griffiths | Line Producer |
| Charlie Covell | Associate Producer |
| Mike Jones | Editor |
| Grenville Horner | Production Designer |
| Kharmel Cochrane | Casting Director |
| Justin Brown | Director of Photography |
| Emma Rees | Costume Designer |
| Helen Speyer | Make-up Designer |
| Graham Coxon | Composer |
| Leonie Tucker | Graphics |
| Sam Okell | Crew |
| Natalie Segal | 1st Assistant Director |
Press
The End of the F***ing World review
It's so dark that you can barely make out the humour at all - and yet this adaptation of Charles Forsman's comic is totally convincing.
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian, 25th October 2017Preview - The End of the F***ing World
Channel 4 is showing the first episodes of this new comedy drama on TV before making the rest of the series online only.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 24th October 2017Based on the comic by Chuck Forsman, this show, stripped across the week, finds Alex Lawther and Jessica Barden as misfit teens James and Alyssa. Alyssa is looking for someone with an edge amid stultifying suburbia and she finds it in James. Sadly, he's a budding psychopath who is looking for someone to murder. Which creates a queasy dynamic for a black comedy - there really had better be a good reason for it down the line.
Ben Arnold, The Guardian, 24th October 2017Review: The End of the F***ing World, an effing triumph
Goodbye Christopher Robins's Alex Lawther and Jessica Barden (The Lobster) star as teen outcasts on the run
Ben Allen, Radio Times, 24th October 2017The End of the F***ing World review
A stylish American road drama with British accents.
Alex Nelson, i Newspaper, 24th October 2017End Of The F***ing World review: dark, funny & fearless
Channel 4's new 8-part comic book adaptation is an all-round winner. Great writing, top performances, well-paced and stylish...
Loulsa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 24th October 2017