Coel will also serve as exec producer on the 10-part drama, called First Day on Earth.

The 10 x 60’ series is made by Various Artists Limited (VAL) in association with A24. It centres on British novelist Henri (Coel) whose life is grinding to a halt as her work has dried up and her relationship is going nowhere.

When a film job arises in her parents’ homeland, Ghana (where her estranged father lives), she takes the opportunity to move to the country to reconnect with her heritage. However, neither the job nor her father turns out how she expected and she has to negotiate a new sense of identity.

The executive producers are Coel, with Jesse Armstrong, Phil Clarke and Roberto Troni for Various Artists Limited, Jo McClellan for the BBC, and Piers Wenger for A24. Filming on First Day on Earth will take place next year.

Coel said: “I am delighted to be working with VAL, the BBC and HBO again, and to partner with A24; thanks to all of their combined taste, care and expertise, I feel our show is in great hands.

“The process of creating FDOE thus far has been a beautifully intimate experience, and I am excited to embark on the next phase to eventually offer this as another televisual gift for anyone willing to accompany Henri on what will be a wild odyssey!”

VAL executive producers Phil Clarke and Roberto Troni say: “We’re delighted and feel extremely lucky that Michaela chose to bring her brilliant new show to us, after the extraordinary experience we had working together on I May Destroy You.

“Yet again, Michaela delivers a highly original, singular story that explores the relationship between England and Ghana via a second generation British-Ghanaian woman who takes up the opportunity to return to the homeland of her parents and finds herself encountering a cast of memorable characters and experiences that force her to face some painful home truths. But as ever with Michaela, it is by turns shocking, funny and unforgettable, and done in her inimitable style.”