Lord of the Flies: Book vs. Series
Jack Thorne's 2026 series Lord of the Flies adapts William Golding's book, with Marc Munden directing. Four episodes follow schoolboys trying to survive together after a plane crash leaves them without adults.
About the book and the series
- Author
- William Golding
- Year
- 1954
- Pages
- 196Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 6 hr 35 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- William Golding
A plane crash leaves a group of British schoolboys on an island without adults. Ralph tries to organize shelters and a signal fire, while Jack draws followers toward hunting and the promise of protection from a feared beast. Their disagreements turn the effort to survive into a struggle over who makes the rules and what happens to anyone who resists.
- Creator
- Jack Thorne
- Writer
- Jack Thorne
- Year
- 2026
- Episode
- 58 min
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 4
- Network
- BBC One, BBC iPlayer
- Cast
- David McKenna, Winston Sawyers, Lox Pratt, Ike Talbut
- Genre
- adventure fiction, drama fiction, Thriller
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
Stranded without adults, a group of English schoolboys begins to build a society from assemblies, shared tasks and the hope of rescue. Piggy, Ralph, Simon and Jack each experience the island differently, and their competing needs shape the group's fragile rules. Isolation and fear give the promise of force an appeal that reason struggles to match.
Other adaptations of this book
Lord of the FliesMovie · 1990Details
- Director
- Harry Hook
- Writer
- Jay Presson Allen
- Year
- 1990
- Runtime
- 1 hr 30 min
- Cast
- Balthazar Getty, Chris Furrh, Danuel Pipoly, James Badge Dale
American military cadets survive a plane crash near a deserted island with an injured pilot who cannot guide them. Ralph tries to preserve order and a route to rescue, but Jack's hunting group offers a more immediate sense of strength and belonging. As fear spreads through the camp, the boys' training provides little defense against their growing hostility toward one another.
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