The story centres around five women who are later dubbed the ‘Monterey Five’.

The ensemble cast is led by:

• Reese Witherspoon (Little Fires Everywhere, The Morning Show) as Madeline Mackenzie

• Nicole Kidman (Nine Perfect Strangers, Moulin Rouge) as Celeste Wright

• Shailene Woodley (Divergent, The Fault In Our Stars) as Jane Chapman

• Zoë Kravitz (The Batman, Mad Max: Fury Road) as Bonnie Carlson, Nathan's wife

• Laura Dern (Jurassic Park, Marriage Story) as Renata Klein

Other key members of the cast include:

• Alexander Skarsgård (True Blood, Infinity Pool) as Perry Wright, Celeste's husband

• Adam Scott (Severance, Parks and Recreation) as Ed Mackenzie, Madeline's husband

• James Tupper (A Million Little Things, The Hardy Boys) as Nathan Carlson, Madeline's ex-husband and Bonnie's husband

• Jeffrey Nordling (24, Walker, Proven Innocent) as Gordon Klein, Renata's husband

• Iain Armitage (Young Sheldon, Scoob!) as Ziggy Chapman, Jane's son

• Darby Camp (Gaslit, NOS4A2) as Chloe Mackenzie

Joining the cast in season two were:

• Kathryn Newton (The Society, Lisa Frankenstein) as Abigail Carlson

• Meryl Streep (Mamma Mia, Doubt) as Mary Louise Wright

Good news! A season three has been confirmed to be going ahead by Nicole Kidman, who is also an executive producer for the show.

She told Entertainment Tonight in January 2024 there “was a timeline” for filming, having previously noted to the Television Critics Association a big roadblock on season three was the hectic schedules of the lead cast.

She said the cast almost didn’t go ahead after the death of season one director, Jean-Marc Vallée, in December 2021.

She said: “We're obviously all devastated at the loss of Jean-Marc Vallée. That made us go, ‘Can we move forward?’ But Reese and I, and all of the other women have decided yes we can.”

It is currently not known when filming will begin, or when the season will be released.

Big Little Lies was a massive success, with season one in particular landing a string of awards. To date, the show has been nominated for 102 awards, winning 54.

Nominations include:

• Eight Critics Choice awards (winning four - limited series, and acting gongs for Alexander Skarsgård, Laura Dern and Nicole Kidman)

• 21 Primetime Emmys (winning eight - acting for Alexander Skarsgård, Laura Dern and Nicole Kidman, best director for Jean-Marc Vallée, outstanding casting, outstanding limited series, outstanding costumes, and outstanding music supervision)

• Nine Golden Globes (winning four – acting gongs for Alexander Skarsgård, Laura Dern and Nicole Kidman and best limited series)

• Six Satellite Awards (winning two – one for Nicole Kidman, and best limited series)

• Five Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards (with Alexander Skarsgård and Nicole Kidman each winning)

Big Little Lies’ official rating in the UK, as certified by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), is 15 for the complete run.

This means scenes may not be suitable for a younger audience.

Reasons for the rating include:

• Nudity – including one scene of full frontal

• Depictions of sex and discussions of sex

• Scenes of violence including frequent scenes of domestic abuse and child abuse

• Scenes of peril including pillow smothering

• Murder as a core story element

• Use of profanity

• Depiction of a dead body

Big Little Lies seasons one and two are available in full on Sky Atlantic and NOW.

Sky is the exclusive home of Big Little Lies in the United Kingdom, with HBO distributing the show in the United States. It is not available on Netflix.

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If you’re already a Sky subscriber, you will get complete continuity of the service at no extra cost via the Max app. The new deal means Sky and NOW customers benefit from more content through bundled access to the streaming service that will exclusively feature new HBO Original and Max Original shows and more.

And in the case of Big Little Lies and a range of other series, as part of Sky’s new deal with HBO, customers will continue to find shows such as House of the Dragon, The White Lotus, and The Last of Us, and any new series aired before the end of 2025, on Sky Atlantic and through Sky’s On Demand service.

Cecile Frot-Coutaz, CEO of Sky Studios and chief content officer of Sky, said: “What’s really good about the deal that we struck is that if you’re a Sky subscriber, at no additional cost, you will have access to the Max app within your Sky platform. So if you’re already a Sky subscriber, you have complete continuity of service. Actually, you probably have more because Max will have more content than what we have today with the HBO shows and the Warner Bros. films.

“It’s going to be completely seamless for those customers, so you’ll have a really rich experience, and that’s at no additional cost.

“Any show that we’ve had historically on our channels you’ll continue to get on the channels, including future seasons of The Last of Us and The White Lotus.”

In addition, NOW UK and Ireland Entertainment members will also receive bundled access to the ad-supported version of Max, seamlessly integrated into the NOW experience alongside other premium content. They will also continue to get the existing series which were available on Sky as part of their subscription.