The Lovers: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Lovers follows Janet, a foul-mouthed, hilarious, Belfast supermarket worker who couldn't give a shit about anything much at all, including her life, and Seamus, a handsome, self-centred, political broadcaster with what looks to be a perfect London life and a celebrity girlfriend.

So when Seamus unexpectedly drops into Janet's world (literally over the wall and into her backyard) they instantly clash – and yet also find themselves inextricably drawn to each other…

Series details

• Title: The Lovers
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance
• Premiere date: 2023-09-07
• Status in TVmaze: To Be Determined
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Now
• Typical episode runtime: 27 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.6/10
• TVMaze ID: 62822
• IMDb ID: tt21282348
• TVDB ID: 421837

Cast and credited roles

• Johnny Flynn — Seamus O'Hannigan
• Roisin Gallagher — Janet
• Alice Eve — Frankie
• Evelyn Miller — Ndidi
• Conleth Hill — Philip
• Simon Paisley Day — Tim
• Jenn Murray — Gemma
• Sunetra Sarker — Nisha Anand

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2023-09-07; final listed air date 2023-09-07; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Lovers 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.