Film to be made on The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society book

The famous book, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, will be made into a film.

It will feature a number of Downton Abbey stars, including Lily James, Penelope Wilton and Matthew Goode.

The story is set on Guernsey Island in the aftermath of World War II and sees free-spirited journalist Juliet Ashton, played by Lily James, form a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, when she decides to write about the book club they formed during wartime.

The screenplay was adapted from the Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows international best-selling novel, of the same name.

The book sold 7.5 million copies in 37 countries.

Filming is due to begin in the UK this spring.