Nicola Walker, Jemaine Clement bring Alice and Steve to Disney+ June 8
nicola walker and Jemaine Clement will debut Alice and Steve on June 8, when the six-part dramedy starts streaming on Disney+ and Hulu. The series arrives after drawing buzz at Canneseries, with a premise built around a friendship that turns unstable when Steve begins dating Alice’s 26-year-old daughter, Izzy.
Walker and Clement
Walker plays Alice, while Clement plays Steve, putting two performers known for very different lanes into their first onscreen pairing. Walker has spent over 30 years in the business, with work that includes Spooks and The Split, while Clement is known for Flight of the Conchords and for creating What We Do in the Shadows.
The show was written by Sophie Goodhart, and that matters because the setup is narrow rather than sprawling: six episodes, one pressure point, and a family dynamic that moves quickly from social awkwardness to open conflict. In a crowded streaming market, a short run like that usually means the platform is betting on a tight hook rather than a long burn.
June of last year
In June of last year, the set visit in southwest London showed how far the series pushes that hook. One episode-two scene filmed that day had Alice flipping out on family board game night, and Walker said she felt very angry after shooting the scene.
“I feel very angry today,” she said after filming the scene, then added, “I have to apologize.” Clement cut off the apology with “No!” and later said, “I felt like the fan.”
Karaoke scene first
Walker and Clement shot their first scene together in a drunken karaoke bar, and both actors described that day as difficult. “That was a hard day,” Walker said, then explained that the early scheduling helped them reach the point where “Alice and Steve really know each other.”
She also told Clement, “I’ve been a fan of yours forever,” before adding, “I’ve just been really, really shit the last two hours,” while referring to the board game takes. The exchange gives the series its main tension before release: a comic premise built around two people who have to sell anger, embarrassment, and familiarity at the same time.
For viewers, the practical takeaway is simple. Alice and Steve lands on June 8 on Disney+ and Hulu, and the first thing to watch for is whether a six-episode run can sustain the same friction that helped it sweep Canneseries. If it does, the series will have done what short-form streaming comedies increasingly need to do: make one sharp relationship problem carry the entire season.
