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Susannah Laing joins cast of new Michaela Coel series
The BBC have announced further cast joining First Day On Earth, the new original drama series created by, and starring, the multi-award winning Michaela Coel (I May Destroy You, Chewing Gum) and co-produced by the BBC and HBO.
Susannah Laing will feature in the 10-part series for BBC One and BBC iPlayer which sees British-Ghanaian novelist Henri (Coel) on the run - from herself, her life, her partner, and that weird guy at her book talk.
Susannah Laing will feature in the 10-part series for BBC One and BBC iPlayer which sees British-Ghanaian novelist Henri (Coel) on the run - from herself, her life, her partner, and that weird guy at her book talk.