Years and Years (TV series)

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Years and Years
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Genre
Created byRussell T Davies
Written byRussell T Davies
Directed by
Starring
Music byMurray Gold
Country of origin
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producers
ProducerKaren Lewis
Production locationManchester
Running time57–60 minutes
Production companyRed Production Company
Original release
Network
Release14 May (2019-05-14) –
18 June 2019 (2019-06-18)
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Years and Years is a dystopian science fiction drama[2] television miniseries[3][4] written by Russell T Davies. Taking place between 2019 and 2034,[5] the six-part series follows the lives of the Lyons family, who witness increasingly tumultuous global affairs and the rise to power of Vivienne Rook, an outspoken British celebrity businesswoman turned populist politician whose controversial opinions divide the nation.[2][6] The series was a co-production between the BBC and HBO, and premiered on BBC One on 14 May 2019[7][8] and on HBO on 24 June 2019.[9] Years and Years stars Emma Thompson as Rook, alongside Russell Tovey, Rory Kinnear, T'Nia Miller, Ruth Madeley, Anne Reid, and Jessica Hynes as the Lyons family.[6]

The series was directed by Simon Cellan Jones (episodes 1–4) and Lisa Mulcahy (episodes 5–6), with Davies, Cellan Jones, Michaela Fereday, Lucy Richer, and Nicola Shindler serving as executive producers. It received praise for its writing, characterisation,[1] and exploration of modern political anxieties in a dystopian future.[2] The show received three nominations at the 10th Critics' Choice Television Awards, in the categories of Best Limited Series, Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries (for Tovey), and Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries (for Thompson).

  1. ^ a b "Years and Years". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Modini, Tanya (31 October 2019). "'Years and Years' imagines a terrifying dystopian future that looks very much like right now". SBS. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Official Website for the HBO Series". HBO. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  4. ^ Ling, Thomas (19 June 2019). "Russell T Davies on why he'll never do a Years and Years series 2". Radio Times. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  5. ^ Martin, Laura (1 January 2019). "Years & Years: Everything we know about the new Russell T Davies and Emma Thompson dystopian drama". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  6. ^ a b "BBC – Emma Thompson cast in Russell T Davies' BBC One drama Years and Years – Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  7. ^ "BBC – Get Obsessed – 2019 BBC Drama – Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  8. ^ "BBC One – Years and Years, Series 1, Episode 1". BBC. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  9. ^ Poniewozik, James (23 June 2019). "Review: In 'Years and Years,' Things Fall Apart, Fast". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 24 June 2019.