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LIFE BBC1, 9pm BIG drama, huge stars, several massive plotlines and all emerging from one large house in Manchester.
From Doctor Foster writer Mike Bartlett, this is not quite a spin-off of the 2015 drama but it inhabits the same universe, with a couple of returning characters.
Starring Alison Steadman, Peter Davison, Adrian Lester, Rachael Stirling and Victoria Hamilton, this has an epic feel to it.
It follows the residents of one house divided into four flats. And in Love Actuallystyle, as each of the stories unfolds, they begin to intertwine in surprising ways.
There’s a hell of a lot going on with several different characters and strands, but give it half an episode and you’ll be fully invested.
Steadman and Davison play couple Gail and Henry, who have two grown-up kids and are preparing to celebrate Gail’s 70th birthday.
Meanwhile, David (Lester) is happily married to Kelly (Stirling) but a temptation on holiday threatens trouble.
Hannah (Melissa Johns) is pregnant and in a relationship with Liam ( Joshua James) but still friends with Andy (Calvin Demba) – a one-night-stand and father of her child.
Hamilton plays Belle, who has split from husband Neil, moved away and changed her name.
As each tale unfolds, the situations become more tense and fraught. There is some comedy, but mostly it’s an emotional saga.
Exploring love, loss, the ordinary and the extraordinary, this is set to be the next big addictive drama we’re all talking about.