The four-episode adaptation launches on 4 May after an acclaimed BBC run, with reviewer praise of four stars and “best show of the year.”
Written by Jack Thorne and directed by Marc Munden, it stars Winston Sawyers, David McKenna, Lox Pratt and Ike Talburt as stranded schoolboys descending into violence.
Based on William Golding’s 1954 novel, the series is framed as newly resonant amid debates over boyhood, democracy, war and the manosphere.
Does the series' modern psychology and diverse cast ignore the novel's original critique of British colonialism?
Does blaming trauma for the boys' savagery weaken Golding's warning about the darkness inside us all?