Everything I Know About Love is a seven-part series created by Dolly Alderton based on her Memoir of the same name. Set in Camden in the summer of 2012, the show follows Maggie (Emma Appleton), an aspiring writer living with her friends Birdy, Amara and Nell (Bel Powley, Aliyah Odoffin and Marli Siu). It aired on BBC One and Peacock in 2022.
Provides examples of:
- Alliterative Name: Maggie Marshall and Belinda "Birdy" Benowitz.
- Dating What Daddy Hates: Birdy's mum is horrified when Maggie spitefully lets it slip that Nathan isn't Jewish. She apologises to Birdy later and says that she would like to meet Nathan, although she still doesn't want Birdy to introduce Nathan to her grandmother.
- Fictional Counterpart: Heirs and Graces is based on Made in Chelsea, which Dolly Alderton worked on as a story producer.
- Genocide Survivor: Birdy's grandma is a Holocaust survivor who was smuggled out of Austria as a baby with the family jewellery in her nappy. Although according to Birdy, her mum tends to exaggerate that last part a litte:
"Every time you tell this story there's another item in the nappy. It's like Mary Poppins' handbag. What else was in there? The challah plate? The Kiddush cup?"
- Office Romance: Nell starts an affair with Simon, her married boss.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Birdy is only referred to by her full name, Belinda, by one of hers and Maggie's secondary school teachers in a Flashback.
- Sex Montage: After Roisin introduces Maggie and Amara to dating apps, there's a montage of them enjoying several one-night stands with different men.
