Matt Haig's bestseller Reasons to Stay Alive is being made into a TV show - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Celebrity Matt Haig’ s bestseller Reasons to Stay Alive is being made into a TV show By You Magazine - February 7, 2019 If you’re one of the hundreds of thousands that have read it and loved it, you’ll be pleased to hear that Matt Haig’s bestselling memoir Reasons to Stay Alive is being adapted for television. Haig confirmed the news by sharing a link to a news story from The Bookseller reporting that Two Brothers Pictures – the same production team behind Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s hit BBC dark comedy Fleabag – were developing a show based on the book, which has published in 2015 to global acclaim. The story is described as ‘part memoir, part manual’ and follows Haig’s journey with depression, which began when he was 24 and a ‘partier’ in Ibiza. Author Matt Haig, whose book Reasons to Stay Alive is being adapted for TV. Image: Getty Images Reasons to Stay Alive approaches the subject of mental health in an accessible, warm and welcoming way, listing advice for topics like ‘things you think during your first panic attack’ and ‘things people say to depressives that they don’t say in other life-threatening situations’. Since its publication, it has sold hundreds of thousands of copies and received praise from a number of famous faces; after reading the book, Stephen Fry called it ‘astounding’, while Joanna Lumley said: ‘For anyone who has faced the black dog, or felt despair, this marvellous book is a real comfort, dealing sympathetically with depression, written with candour and from first-hand experience. I think it is a small masterpiece. It might even save lives.’ https://twitter.com/matthaig1/status/1093484769164361728 The television adaptation of Reasons to Stay Alive will be made for UKTV, who revealed to Deadline that the project was happening, but was still in its ‘very early stages’. Reasons to Stay Alive, £9.99, MailShop Speaking to The Telegraph previously, Haig explained of his motivation for writing the book: ‘It can be difficult for people to talk about [depression], because there still is that stigma around mental illness. ‘But I would encourage people to do that, because they’ll be surprised once they do “come out” how many other people have had similar experiences.’ RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR 50 of the best celebrity Halloween costumes of all time Shirley Ballas ‘ Strictly gave me back my hope’ Davina McCall discusses how men can help women going through the menopause Popular in Celebrity TV chef Gino D Acampo on Sardinia Sophia Loren and scary salads May 25, 2017 The Evergreen Goddess Exercise guru Diana Moran on looking fit and July 10, 2017 More more Julianne Moore November 13, 2017 Author Jill Mansell on designer notebooks commissioning art and the family January 16, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES Kelly Hoppen on vodka vintage finds and being a April 4, 2018 ‘ I have no regrets’ Millie Mackintosh on divorce debt and reuniting May 20, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES TV presenter and tennis player Annabel Croft shares her July 1, 2018 Stella Parton ‘ Dolly and I have always been close’ August 12, 2018 Anna Friel on getting jeered in the street shared parenting with September 23, 2018 Queen of primetime Charlotte Riley on juggling rising stardom with pregnancy October 21, 2018 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved