Butterfly (TV series)

Butterfly
Genre	Drama
Created by	Tony Marchant
Written by	Tony Marchant
Directed by	Anthony Byrne
Starring	Anna Friel Emmett J. Scanlan Callum Booth-Ford Seán McGinley Millie Gibson Lorraine Burroughs Amy Huberman Alison Steadman
Composers	Michael Stein Kyle Dixon
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	3
Production
Executive producers	Tony Marchant Nicola Shindler Adam Kemp Caroline Hollick
Producer	Louise Sutton
Cinematography	Si Bell
Editor	Josh Cunliffe
Running time	44 minutes
Production company	Red Production Company
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	14 October (2018-10-14) – 28 October 2018 (2018-10-28)
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Butterfly is a three-part British television drama series that premiered on 14 October 2018. Made for ITV by Red Production Company, the series focuses on the family of 11-year-old Maxine (Callum Booth-Ford), who begins to realise that she is a transgender girl. Anna Friel and Emmett J. Scanlan play her parents, Vicky and Stephen, who reluctantly begin to accept Maxine's need to transition. The programme was also broadcast in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Sweden, and made available on the American subscription service Hulu.

The series was created by Tony Marchant, who met transgender people and their families during the writing process through trans charity Mermaids. Critical reception was very positive, with reviewers praising the actors and scenes that they found particularly emotive. Further praise was given to the subject matter of the story, though this also received some criticism. The miniseries was well received by social media users and several trans commentators, the first episode garnering 2.8 million overnight viewers. A scene in which Maxine attempts suicide was criticised by a gender clinic of the National Health Service.