Writer: Bryan Elsley
Director: Misha Manson-Smith
Starring: Simona Brown, Tallulah Rose Haddon, Misha Butler, Matthew Aubrey, Haruka Abe
Production Company: Balloon Entertainment and Balloon
Kent Locations Used: Shellness, Leysdown

Based upon Lottie Moggach’s young adult novel of the same name, Kiss Me First (2018) is about Leila, a lonely girl who finds solace in the online game Agora. She befriends fellow player Tess, a cool and confident party girl. When Tess suddenly disappears, Leila assumes her friend’s identity.

Starring Simona Brown (The Night Manager) as Tess and Tallulah Rose Haddon (Taboo) as Leila, the series was adapted by and produced by Bryan Elsley (Skins) through his production company Balloon.

The Shellness Road Car Park was used in a sequence in which one character uses a pipe bomb to blow up his abusive carers. A further scene was filmed on Leysdown Promenade showing the arrival by one of the leads on a bus. Leysdown is a coastal town on the Isle of Sheppey, where previously Channel 4 show The End of the F***ing World (2017) and the film adaptation of The Sweeny (2012) were also shot.

Kiss Me First (2018) aired on Channel 4 on Monday 2nd April 2018.

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