BBC's Two Weeks in August: A Greek Island Holiday Gone Wrong

The BBC drama Two Weeks in August, airing on BBC One and BBC iPlayer from May 23rd, follows a group of university friends reuniting on a Greek island. Beneath cocktails and villa life, tensions simmer as marriage, children, and mental health struggles reshape relationships. An illicit kiss threatens to change their lives. The series stars Jessica Raine as Zoe, a people-pleasing teacher unraveling under pressure, Damien Molony as her depressed husband Dan, Antonia Thomas as Jess struggling to reconnect, and Nicholas Pinnock as actor Solomon unable to disconnect from work. Writer Catherine Shepherd distinguishes it from The White Lotus by focusing on "relatively normal people with normal concerns" rather than the super-rich. Filmed in Malta and Gozo, the series also features Leila Farzad and Hugh Skinner. Greek mythology, including the Fates (Moirai), increasingly intrudes on Zoe's psyche. Raine notes the script explores modern expectations on women, while Molony highlights Dan's dark comedy. The show captures the gap between expectation and reality, creating a "pressure cooker" dynamic.