TV Review Years And Years
@arthurchappell (45002)
Preston, England
May 15, 2019 4:17am CST
Watched Years And Years, the new Russell T Davies series on the BBC.
Spoilers
Some SF aspects to its chilling predictions of the near future - it makes Survivors look Utopian. Very much a projection from present day news in the very literal sense. A radio news broadcast mentions that 'Doris Day died yesterday. The really bleak stuff grows from the last days of Trump's second term in office.
Great performances from Russel Tovey & Emma Thompson among others. There is some humour too, as with the sex robot and the girl who wants to be digitized managing to be as funny as it is rather sad. The last five minutes are incredibly tense.
Arthur Chappell
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@Ronrybs (17849)
• London, England
16 May 19
@arthurchappell I shall have to wait for it to repeat or maybe Iplayer
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
17 May 19
@Ronrybs It will be on Iplayer for about three weeks
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
16 May 19
yes @LadtDuck it has only just started showing here
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
16 May 19
@LadyDuck hopefully they will show / release it there soon
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@LadyDuck (458007)
• Switzerland
16 May 19
@arthurchappell I have searched and it is not available here for the moment.
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@LindaOHio (156056)
• United States
15 May 19
I didn't see this one. Thanks for the review.
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@thedevilinme (3904)
• Northampton, England
15 May 19
I find Russell T almost subvesive. As a gay man all he writes is gay characters all the time.
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@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
15 May 19
It is on my list, but honestly I am so far behind I may never catch up.
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