Everything you need to know about Matt Smith’s upcoming TV series, The Death of Bunny Munro

Following his wife Libby’s suicide, sex addict, door-to-door beauty product salesman and self-professed lothario Bunny finds himself saddled with his young son and only a loose concept of parenting.

With nine-year-old Bunny Junior by his side, he embarks on an epic and increasingly out-of-control road trip across Southern England as the two struggle to contain their grief in very different ways.

As Bunny bounces from one sales pitch to the next, trying to seduce any woman he meets, Bunny Junior kills time talking to the ghost of his mother and distracting himself from the dawning realisation that his dad isn’t just fallible, he’s a f**king mess.

However, as Bunny spirals, he realises he must do something to rescue his son from his own outdated notions of what it is to be a man.

The Death of Bunny Munro is a darkly comic and unflinching modern-day parable as well as a tender portrait of the relationship between father and son.

The six-part limited Sky Original series, The Death of Bunny Munro is based on Nick Cave’s sophomore novel of the same name.

Nick Cave executive produces the series alongside Matt Smith, who also stars as the titular troubled salesman.

What is the release date?

All six episodes of The Death of Bunny Munro became available to watch on Sky Atlantic and NOW from Thursday 20 November.

**Where can I watch The Death of Bunny Munro in the UK?**

As a Sky Original, The Death of Bunny Munro will be available to watch on Sky Atlantic and streaming service NOW in the UK.

The Death of Bunny Munro will not be available to watch on Netflix, Amazon Prime, or Disney+.

**Who stars in The Death of Bunny Munro?**

BAFTA and Emmy-nominated actor Matt Smith (House of The Dragon, Doctor Who) leads the cast as Bunny Munro.

He is joined by newcomer Rafael Mathé, who plays his young and doting son, Junior.

Additional cast names include:

Sarah Greene (Bad Sisters, Dublin Murders) as Libby Munro
Johann Myers (Without Sin, The Wheel of Time) as Poodle
Robert Glenister (Sherwood, The Night Caller) as Geoffrey
Alice Feetham (Boiling Point, Save Me) as Yvonne
David Threlfall (Shameless, Funny Woman) as Bunny Snr
Lindsay Duncan (The Morning Show, A Discovery of Witches) as Doris Pennington
Elizabeth Berrington (Last Night in Soho, Frauds) as Charlotte Parnovar

**Is The Death of Bunny Munro a movie?**

No. The Death of Bunny Munro is a six-part television series coming to Sky Atlantic in the UK.

What is the age rating of The Death of Bunny Munro

The Death of Bunny Munro has been certified 15 – meaning the series is considered unsuitable for younger audiences.

Reasons for this rating is due to the show containing:

Multiple scenes of an explicit sexual nature
Scenes of suicide including method and depiction of a dead body
Use of profane language
Upsetting themes related to grief
Depiction of alcohol and drug use and abuse

**Is The Death of Bunny Munro based on a book?**

Yes – The Death of Bunny Munro was originally a fiction novel created by Nick Cave, and was first released in 2009.

Interestingly, before becoming a novel, the concept was created with the intention to become a film. When the team were unable to get the project off the ground, Cave decided to turn the story into a book.

Speaking about the journey to bringing The Death of Bunny Munro to screen, and how it ended on the page, Cave explains: “I just sat down and worked on it. [John Hillcoat] sent me a lot of research on the world of the door-to-door salesman, which has largely disappeared from the world now, and a beautiful book on Butlin's seaside resorts. These were the elements that went into the writing of this script. I just found the whole thing fascinating. Then John shopped it around.

“I think we had Ray Winstone attached to it. He loved the character of Bunny Munro. He said he was Bunny Munro. But he was young then – this was 20 years ago – and we couldn't find anyone to get behind it. Eventually I got impatient with the idea of it being a film, and sat down and wrote it as a novel, maybe a couple of years later.”