1 week Ago By Niamh Kirk
If you have already binge watched the whole of the brand new Black Mirror series , Netflix has got you covered. The streaming giant is launching an "absolutely breathtaking" drama that Black Mirror fans will love . Charlie Brookers' Black Mirror season seven was released on April 10 and now the perfect follow up is here .
Years and Years is a dystopian drama written by Doctor Who writer Russell T Davis and it's definitely a series that will make you think deeply about the world. TV fanatics may be aware this isn't a new show and was aired on BBC in 2019, but it's now coming to Netflix to watch on demand. The series stars an A-list cast of major celebrities including Emma Thompson, Rory Kinnear, Russell Tovey, Lydia West and Jessica Hynes, and it follows the lives of the Lyons family as they face tumultuous global and political affairs.
Set over a 15 year period between 2019 and 2034, the Lyons family are battling against the problems technology brings. It also highlights current social affairs and Emma Thompson plays successful businesswoman and politician Vivienne, who divides the public with her controversial opinions like voters needing to take IQ tests and saying she "doesn’t give a f---" about the Israel-Palestine conflict. Rory, Jessica, Russell and Ruth Madeley play the Lyons siblings, who are all dealing with their own family dramas as well as the drastically changing technological landscape they find themselves in.
Rory's character Stephen and his onscreen wife Celeste (played by T’Nia Miller) find themselves working through the decision of their daughter Bethany (played by Lydia) saying she wants to identify as transhuman and turn herself into data. As the world around them appears to be disintegrating, it also raises important issues about technological advancements, immigration and attitudes towards asylum seekers and global politics. Speaking about the show, Russell told Metro , "Even when the world is going to s---, you still drink, you still make love, you still laugh, and you still text people.
Even though terrible things have happened you can still relate. Even as we go through this terrifying world you’re still part of a family." The synopsis for the series said, "Years and Years, by Russell T Davies, is an epic saga that takes an ordinary family and catapults them through the next 15 years.
As society changes, faster than ever, the Lyons will experience everything we hope for in the future, and everything we fear. "They’ll fall in and out of love and grow old, fall apart and come back together, while constantly looking forward. Each episode propels us a year or two ahead, following the lives of Daniel, Stephen and his wife Celeste, sisters Rosie and Edith, Gran Muriel and the family’s children, as they navigate a world made unstable by politics, the economy and technological advances.
"But this isn’t a dark, fearful show. It’s full of wit, warmth, and hope. Years and Years is about family.
It shows how we survive against the backdrop of a political world in which you can’t tell right from left any more. The tone is fierce, funny, heartbreaking and, ultimately, shows one family’s determination to survive the future." The series has scored huge praise from fans and an impressive 89 percent Rotten Tomatoes score.
One fan wrote, "One of the most brilliant series I’ve ever seen," while another penned, "Great show. Think Black Mirror meets This Is Us." Click here to follow the Mirror US on Google News to stay up to date with all the latest news, sport and entertainment stories.
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