Claire Mundell, Creative Director of Synchronicity Films, secured the adaptation rights to the novel after making a deal with Bonnier Books UK in 2018.

In 2023, Synchronicity Films announced it was developing a six-part series for Sky Studios and Peacock, directed by Tali Shalom Ezer with Jacquelin Perske as lead writer; Australian streamer Stan also co-commissioned the series, with All3Media handling worldwide sales.

Jonah Hauer-King, Anna Próchniak, and Melanie Lynskey were cast in March 2023, while Harvey Keitel joined the following month, in April 2023, to play the older Lale Sokolov.

The score was composed by Hans Zimmer and Kara Talve, who also wrote the closing original song 'Love Will Survive' with Walter Afanasieff and lyricist Charlie Midnight, performed by Barbra Streisand and released as a single on April 25, 2024.

On Rotten Tomatoes the series holds a 76% approval rating (average 6.5/10 from 34 critics), while Metacritic gives it 61/100 based on 16 critics, indicating 'generally favorable reviews'.

Critic Robert Lloyd of the Los Angeles Times praised Hauer-King and Próchniak's performances but criticized the recurring use of ghosts to represent Lali's survivor's guilt as feeling overused and trite.

The series was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode at the 23rd Visual Effects Society Awards and won Best Effects - VFX at the 2024 Royal Television Society Craft and Design awards.

At the 2025 British Academy Scotland Awards, the series was nominated for Best Scripted Television and Anna Próchniak received a Best Actress (film/television) nomination.