New six-part comedy drama Leonard and Hungry Paul, narrated by Julia Roberts, is set to premiere on BBC Two and drop as a box set on iPlayer this autumn.

Leonard & Hungry Paul follows two board-gaming friends in their thirties. Leonard, a ghost writer of children’s encyclopaedias, and Hungry Paul, a part-time postal worker who still lives at home, who meander through leafy suburban life finding solace in their quiet routines. The unexpected death of Leonard’s mother, the approaching wedding of Hungry Paul’s sister and a tentative new romance for Leonard, prompts both men to meet a world that is suddenly wider and full of unfamiliar possibilities.

The feel-good series stars Alex Lawther (The End Of The F***ing World, ALIEN: EARTH) as Leonard, Laurie Kynaston (Fool Me Once, Sandman) as Hungry Paul and Jamie-Lee O’Donnell (Derry Girls, Screw) as Shelley, with Julia Roberts as the show’s narrator.  The series is directed by Andrew Chaplin (Alma’s Not Normal). 

Leonard And Hungry Paul is a Subotica production for BBC Northern Ireland in association with BBC Comedy, Fís Éireann / Screen Ireland and RTÉ, and a co-production with Avalon who will also distribute the show internationally. Based on the award-winning, best-selling novel of the same name by Rónán Hession, Leonard & Hungry Paul has been adapted for television by writers Richie Conroy and Mark Hodkinson.