Producers Lisa Scott and Rebecca Summerton have said: "We fell in love with Pip's novel just as readers all over the world have and are excited to be bringing this beautiful and thought-provoking story to the screen. Inspired by actual events, this heartfelt novel shines a light on the ignored contribution of women's words and their history in the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary."
"The Dictionary of Lost Words" (2020) was the debut novel of authoress Pip Williams.
This production will be first broadcast about three years after its source novel of the same name by Pip Williams was first published in 2020.
The source Australian novel of the same name by Pip Williams has featured on 'The New York Times' best-seller list.
The source Australian novel of the same name by Pip Williams has sold 300,000 copies in Australia.