Director: Kirstie Swain
A woman nobody notices finally gets noticed for the wrong reason in Sweetpea, a six-part British drama built around one very bad decision.
What is Sweetpea about?
Rhiannon Lewis spends her days being overlooked at work, at home, and pretty much everywhere in between. Coworkers talk over her, a bully from school still haunts her confidence, and her family barely registers she's in the room. Then a single moment of pushed-too-far rage changes everything. Rhiannon crosses a line she can't walk back from, and the show follows what happens next: how an invisible woman starts to feel powerful for the first time, and how far she's willing to go to protect that feeling. Adapted from C.J. Skuse's novel, the series balances pitch-black comedy with genuine unease, using Rhiannon's flat, deadpan narration to pull viewers uncomfortably close to her point of view.
Cast & crew
Ella Purnell carries the series in the lead role, shifting between meek and menacing sometimes within a single scene. Nicôle Lecky, Jon Pointing, Calam Lynch, Leah Harvey, Jeremy Swift, and Dustin Demri-Burns round out the cast of people orbiting Rhiannon's unraveling life, several of whom have no idea how close they are standing to danger.
Context & significance
Sweetpea comes from creator Kirstie Swain and premiered in 2024, based on the novel by C.J. Skuse. The story is set in the UK and leans into a very specific strand of British dark comedy, where the humor sits right next to something genuinely disturbing. Its structure as a six-episode limited series keeps the pace tight, with each installment pushing Rhiannon further from the woman she was.
Where & how to watch
Sweetpea is available to stream on K-Time with a Farsi-friendly interface, and this page can be read without an account. Watching the series does require logging in with a free K-Time account. Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles are both available for this title, so viewers can choose whichever fits how they like to watch.