Is The Split based on a book?

THE Split returns to the BBC one last time for its final season.

We’re looking to see if this explosive drama is based on a book – find out here.

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Is The Split based on a book?

The popular BBC drama is not based on a book.

Welsh screenwriter and playwright Abi Morgan is the creator and writer behind the series.

Morgan is best known for her work including River, The Hour, Suffragette, Shame, Sex Traffic and The Iron Lady.

Speaking of the final season, Morgan said, “It’s great to be back writing for the Defoe family and delving once again into the complications of their lives and those of their clients.

“In the final series of this bittersweet trilogy, Hannah faces the heartbreak of her own divorce and the struggle to save her family and marriage.

“Siblings clash, past mistakes are exposed and hearts are broken as Noble Hale and Defoe rack up more billable hours in the divorce capital of the world.”

What happens in The Split Season 3?

The Split is set in the fast-paced, intense world of London’s high-end divorce scene.

It’s a multifaceted and witty take on modern marriage and the legacy of divorce.

It follows the lives of the three Defoe sisters Hannah (Nicola Walker), Nina (Annabel Scholey) and Rose (Fiona Button) and their impressive mother Ruth (Deborah Findlay).

Viewers last saw Hannah’s solid marriage to Nathan, played by Stephen Mangan, fall apart due to her affair with her former partner Christie (Barry Atsma).

Christie will be returning in the new series, which is sure to make things worse.

Will Hannah and Nathan be able to forget past mistakes, or is this the end of the road?

The BBC teases a “shocking revelation that dramatically changes the stakes,” adding: “The battle lines are being redrawn, her dream of achieving the ‘good divorce’ is in tatters.”

When is Split back on BBC?

The final and final season of The Split will air on BBC One on 4 April 2022 at 9pm.

Filming for the new series began in June 2021 and ended in September of the same year.

The second season averaged over six million viewers and over 19 million streams.

It was the third most watched drama series on BBC iPlayer in 2020.