New clip gives viewers a sense of what the much-anticipated series will be like

Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal inhabit lovers Marianne and Connell so utterly that it is instantly impossible to imagine them being played by anyone else

Smart debut skewers millennial manners

As Normal People makes its BBC debut, we pick our favourite books with Rooney-esque themes

On location in Dublin with the stars of Normal People Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones.

Intimacy coach Duchess Iphie analysed the sex scene from the second episode of BBC's Normal People, telling FEMAIL seeking consent and mutual nudity made it the perfect on-screen moment.

The show, which is based on Sally Rooney's best-selling second novel, follows troubled lovers Connell and Marianne from their school days in Sligo to university at Trinity College Dublin.

"Fresh and accessible . . . There is so much to say about Rooney's fiction-in my experience, when people who've read her meet they tend to peel off into corners to talk."-Dwight Garner, The New York Times

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