New series Thirteen is the first original drama from BBC Three since it went entirely online earlier this month.

The five-parter starring Doctor Foster's Jodie Comer was commissioned before the move was set in stone - but the actress told Digital Spy that she doesn't feel any extra pressure in heading up Three's big online push.

"I think it's genuinely exciting about BBC Three - and for Thirteen to be the first drama to take that online, I think is a real privilege," she said.

"Nowadays everyone's so busy - running round like headless chickens - and sometimes the only way to watch something is to catch up. I think it's just the way things are going and people should just go with the change - change is good, I feel."

22-year-old Comer even suggested that she may not have landed the lead role of Ivy Moxam if not for BBC Three - since it gives opportunities to new talent and rising stars.

"Sometimes all people need is the opportunity to prove what they can do - and I think BBC Three really allows that to happen.

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"This is such a big role for me and to play the lead, and such an amazing part, and maybe not be as known as other people, I feel really grateful for that."

Thirteen follows Ivy as she escapes after 13 years in captivity and attempts to piece her old life back together.

Series creator and writer Marnie Dickens told DS that she was allowed "total freedom" by BBC Three's digital controller Damian Kavanaugh.

"He just allowed us to do what we want - and therefore we could carry on in the way that we envisaged it," Dickens said.

The only change resulting from BBC Three's shift online was an extra interactive component - Find the Girl, which will exist as a companion piece to Thirteen.

"It's just a whole other way of engaging in shows," explained Dickens. "I actually do think it's very exciting - but equally I wanted to keep an eye on not harming people's traditional ways of viewing.

"I hope it does both, in that it's embracing the brave new world of BBC Three online, but equally satisfying traditional drama viewers."

Thirteen will be available to watch online from 12pm on Sunday, February 28. The series will launch on BBC Two on Sunday, March 6 at 10pm.