You & Me (2023 British TV series)

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You & Me
Created by Jamie Davis
Directed by Tom Vaughan
Theme music composerVince Pope
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
ProducerMichael Ray
Production companyHappy Prince
Original release
Network ITVX
Release23 February 2023 (2023-02-23)

You & Me is a British three-part romantic comedy-drama television series written by Jamie Davis. It premiered on 23 February 2023.

Contents

Cast

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateU.K. viewers
(millions)
1"How We Used To Be"Tom VaughanJamie DavisFebruary 23, 2023 (2023-02-23)N/A
2"Who's Emma?"Tom VaughanJamie DavisFebruary 23, 2023 (2023-02-23)N/A
3"How Does The Story End?"Tom VaughanJamie DavisFebruary 23, 2023 (2023-02-23)N/A

Production

In March 2021, ITV commissioned You & Me from actor Jamie Davis, marking Davis' screenwriting debut. The series would be executive produced by Dominic Treadwell-Collins of Happy Prince, Alexander Lamb, and Russell T Davies. [1] Director Tom Vaughan would oversee the production.

It was announced in June 2022 that Harry Lawtey, Jessica Barden, and Sophia Brown would lead the series. [2]

Principal photography took place on location in South East London in the summer of 2022. [3]

Release

You & Me was presented at the 2022 MIPCOM in Cannes. [4] The series was released for streaming via ITVX on 23 February 2023, [5] and had a traditional terrestrial broadcast on ITV2 between 4 and 6 September 2023. [6]

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References

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