Which J.K. Rowling book was adapted into the 2015 BBC miniseries The Casual Vacancy?

The 2015 BBC miniseries The Casual Vacancy was adapted from J.K. Rowling’s novel The Casual Vacancy.

The television adaptation was broadcast in three parts in the United Kingdom. It dramatizes the novel’s story about Pagford, a fictional English community divided by local politics, social inequality, and a dispute over the future of a housing estate.

The cast included Michael Gambon, Keeley Hawes, Rory Kinnear, Monica Dolan, and Simon McBurney. Rowling’s novel was published in 2012, making the miniseries one of the earliest screen adaptations of her work outside the Harry Potter film franchise.

The title can cause confusion because Rowling’s crime novels were also adapted for television as Strike. The Casual Vacancy is not part of that detective series and contains no wizarding setting or magical storyline.