TV review: Conversations with Friends — Sally Rooney and Lenny Abrahamson know what it feels like to fancy the arse off someone

Cork-born actress Alison Oliver is achingly credible in the part and Conversations with Friends is a stunning watch, mainly because we’ve all been there

Melissa (Jemima Kirke), Bobbi (Sasha Lane), Frances (Alison Oliver), Nick (Joe Alwyn). Images: Element Pictures/Enda Bowe,Enda Bowe

Sally Rooney and Lenny Abrahamson know what it feels like to fancy the arse off someone.

It’s what made her writing and his direction of Normal People addictive for so many people. Forget the privilege and the nice houses and the Dublin-ness of it all. We’ve all felt like this and they know how to recreate the feeling, on the page and on-screen.