Character comedian Gemma Whelan, who is best known these days as Yara Greyjoy from Game of Thrones, is to appear as a detective in a new C4 comedy entitled  The End of the F***ing World.

The series will launch as a complete box set exclusively on All 4 later this month, with the first episode premiering on Channel 4. 

An 8-part darkly comic road trip tale, The End of the F***ing World invite viewers into the confused lives of teen outsiders James (Alex Lawther – Black Mirror, The Imitation Game) and Alyssa (Jessica Barden – The Lobster, Ellen, Penny Dreadful) as they decide to escape from their families and embark on a road trip to find Alyssa’s estranged father. As the pair get caught up in a series of violent events, they find themselves on a journey of discovery that becomes progressively ominous, trailed by two uniquely mismatched police detectives – played by BAFTA-winning Wunmi Mosaku (Damilola Our Loved Boy) and Gemma Whelan (Game of Thrones, The Moorside).