Something British for you this Monday:
BBC has given us the first trailer for their new series
YEARS AND YEARS, a drama with a futuristic spin.
Russell Tovey and
Emma Thompson lead the six part drama in which
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| Years and Years will hit BBC One sometime next month! |
each episode covers a few years out of the 15 years in the life of one family with a humorous, positive approach. The series will air next month on BBC.
YEARS AND YEARS FOLLOWSthe Lyons, a busy Manchester family. Daniel’s (
Russell Tovey) getting married to Ralph. Stephen (
Rory Kinnear) and Celeste worry about their kids. Rosie’s chasing a new fella. Edith hasn’t been home for years. All
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| Emma Thompson plays the manipulative new prime minister! |
presided over by Gran (
Anne Reid), the imperial Muriel. But when their lives all converge on one crucial night in 2019, the story accelerates into the future, following the lives and loves of the Lyons over the next 15 years. Britain has withdrawn from Europe, America is isolationist, China is asserting itself, and a new world begins to form. But someone’s taking advantage, as MP Vivienne
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| Russell T. Davies is the show's writer and creator! |
Rook (
Emma Thompson) begins her rise to power – that new breed of politician, an entertainer, a rebel, a trickster and a terror, leading us into an unknown future. Set against this, the Lyons have to navigate their everyday hopes and fears, knowing that one ordinary family could never change the world. Or could they?
