Sex Education star Aimee Lou Wood 'moved' to film new BBC comedy in hometown of Stockport
manchestereveningnews.co.ukAimee Lou Wood said filming her latest BBC comedy in her Greater Manchester hometown 'moved her.' The Sex Education star will play pregnant, 24-year-old Gemma in the upcoming series Daddy Issues, which comes to BBC Three this month.
Sherwood’s David Morrissey stars as her dad, Malcom - a hapless man-child who, recently divorced from Gemma’s mother, is living in a grubby shared flat for divorced men and is unable to perform basic life tasks.
When Gemma’s flatmate decides to move out, she asks her dad to move in with her – after all, it must be better than financial ruin and crippling loneliness while raising a baby.
The series is set and was shot in Stockport, where Wood grew up. On filming in her hometown, Wood said: "I didn’t think it was important to me until I got there and started filming it, I didn’t think it was going to move me as much as it did.
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