First Day on Earth: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

British novelist Henri is stuck. Work has dried up, her relationship is going nowhere. So when she's offered a job on a film in Ghana, West Africa - her parents' homeland, where her estranged father lives - she can't resist the chance to reconnect with him and the country of her heritage.

But when she arrives neither the job nor her father turn out the way she expected, and soon Henri has to deal with danger and hypocrisy, form new friendships, lose her illusions, and create a new sense of identity - one that might leave her stronger, but could also break her.

Series details

• Title: First Day on Earth
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Status in TVmaze: In Development
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 79050
• IMDb ID: tt33184648
• TVDB ID: 453491

Cast and credited roles

• Michaela Coel — Henri
• Thandiwe Newton — Anya
• Maxine Peake — Helen
• Danny Sapani — Ernest
• Ncuti Gatwa — Darren

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from First Day on Earth on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.