‘The Death Of Bunny Munro’: Matt Smith stars in Sky’s first trailer at Nick Cave adaptation

Sky is hoping for that energy when the six-part limited series, adapted from Nick Cave’s 2009 novel, launches on November 20. Smith, popularly known from Doctor Who and The Crown, plays Bunny Munro, a womanizing salesman whose existence spirals following his wife, Libby, dies by suicide. Left with his nine-year-old son, Bunny Junior, he traverses on a turbulent journey across southern England where both father and son confront grief in very several ways.

The junior role, played by newcomer Rafael Mathé, starts talking to the ghost of his mother while eventually realizing his father is intensely flawed. Bunny, meanwhile, continues chasing women and clinging to bravado, until he realizes he must change to prevent his son from inheriting the same broken trajectory.


“Dad, can you teach me how to be a salesman like you?” Junior asks in the trailer. “You’ve got to sell them the dream,” Bunny says, before clarifying with a grin, “me.”

“You’ve got to sell them the dream,” Matt Smith cites in the recently released trailer for The Death of Bunny Munro.

Creative Team & Production

The series is adapted by BAFTA-winning writer Pete Jackson (Somewhere Boy), who evaluates another difficult father-son bond in this project. Isabella Eklöf (Industry) directs. The production arrives from Clerkenwell Films (Baby Reindeer) with Sky Studios.

Nick Cave executive produces and also contributes to the soundtrack along with his longtime collaborator Warren Ellis. Other executive producers are Manpreet Dosanjh for Sky and Petra Fried, Ed Macdonald, and Emily Harrison for Clerkenwell. Matthew Mulot produces.

Cast

Along with Smith and Mathé, the cast also includes:

• Sarah Greene (Bad Sisters) as Libby
  
• Johann Myers (Somewhere Boy) as Poodle
  
• Robert Glenister (Sherwood) as Geoffrey
  
• Alice Feetham (Boiling Point) as Yvonne
  
• David Threlfall (Shameless) as Bunny Snr
  
• Lindsay Duncan (Truelove) as Doris Pennington
  
• Elizabeth Berrington (Last Night in Soho) as Charlotte Parnovar
  
  

Release Date

The Death of Bunny Munro will premiere on Sky Atlantic and NOW on Thursday, November 20, 2025.

FAQs:

Q1: What is The Death of Bunny Munro about?
It’s a drama exploring a flawed father and his young son going through grief following a family tragedy. Their road trip uncovers love, loss, and survival.

Q2: Who stars in the series?
Matt Smith stars as Bunny Munro, with Rafael Mathé playing his son. The cast also has Sarah Greene, Robert Glenister, and others.