Nicola Walker and Jemaine Clement introduced Alice and Steve, a British comedy about a lifelong friendship turned feud, at its UK premiere in Leicester Square.
Nicola Walker and Jemaine Clement introduced Alice and Steve at its UK premiere at the Odeon Luxe West End in Leicester Square on Monday 1 June 2026. Disney+ hosted the evening for the British comedy.
Walker was born in Stepney in 1970 and started out with the Cambridge Footlights while reading English at New Hall. She played Ruth Evershed in Spooks, led Unforgotten and The Split, and won the Olivier Award in 2013 for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
Clement, from New Zealand, made his name with Bret McKenzie as Flight of the Conchords, a double act that became a series for the BBC and HBO. In 2014 he co-wrote and co-directed What We Do in the Shadows with Taika Waititi.
Sophie Goodhart, a writer on Sex Education, created the series for Clerkenwell Films, the company behind Baby Reindeer. A friendship of 25 years sours when Steve begins dating Alice’s daughter, Izzy, played by Yali Topol Margalith.
It had won Best Series at Canneseries in April. Guests watched the first two episodes before a Q&A with the cast, and streaming began on Monday 8 June.
Tom Kingsley, of Stath Lets Flats, directed all six episodes.