The hugely acclaimed BBC drama Normal People has found a new streaming home in the UK.

Set in Ireland, the 12-part series follows a couple from their teenage years through to adulthood, as they bump into each other over the years after school, and bond over the ups and downs of their lives.

First premiering in 2020, the show was a huge success and launched the careers of Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones.

As of today, it has been added to Disney+, meaning subscribers get to see what all the fuss is about.

Just make sure you're ready to get emotional, as you're very likely to have cried a few times by the end.

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Don't believe us? Fans over on IMDB have left plenty of reviews stating how devastated they felt watch Normal People.

"I AM INDEED IN RUINS" reads the headline of viewer's review, which reads: "Give yourself over to this wonderful story and be ready for a genuine rollercoaster."

One self-depreciating fan said that "it pierced the heart of this wretched old soul", while another asked "Why does this show hurt so much?" and dubbed it "oh so painful".

"I lost so much sleep when I discovered this heart-warming, heart-wrenching, and heart-breaking masterpiece," someone else admitted, while a fellow viewer even called the show "like a modern War and Peace".

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Since the show's debut, Mescal has gone into to star in the similarly heartbreaking Aftersun and All of Us Strangers, the recent gay romance The History of Sound, and the blockbuster Gladiator II.

Meanwhile, Edgar-Jones went on to star in Where the Crawdads Sing and the legacy sequel Twisters.

Normal People is available to stream on Disney+.


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