In a TV drama first, Channel 4 is fusing live-action with computer-generated sequences for its innovative new thriller Kiss Me First.
Digital Spy has your exclusive first-look at the series, adapted by Skins co-creator Bryan Elsley from Lottie Moggach's debut novel.
Kiss Me First follows Leila (Tallulah Haddon, Taboo) as she stumbles across Red Pill, a secret paradise, hidden on the edges of her favourite game.
In the image above, we get our first glimpse of Leila's virtual avatar, called Shadowfax.
Inside the VR paradise, Leila meets Tess (Simona Brown, The Night Manager), who's everything that Leila is not: hedonistic, impulsive and insatiable. So when Tess turns up in Leila's real life uninvited, Leila's world is forever changed.
But Leila's real journey begins when she starts to suspect maybe the hidden sanctuary isn't the digital Eden its creator, Adrian, claims it to be.
Kiss Me First – produced by Kindle Entertainment and Balloon Entertainment – will air on Channel 4 this spring.
The six-part series will also be available on Netflix outside of the UK.
Since co-creating E4's Skins with son Jamie Brittain in 2007, Elsley also devised the series Dates for Channel 4 in 2013. His latest project was originally announced in January 2016.
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