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Years and Years — the new BBC drama
This is the Most Terrifying Drama on TV: Everyone Should Watch it
It’s about time TV bridged reality and fiction
They say that the truth can be stranger than fiction so it’s no wonder the BBC have created a new series that is so close to the bone you’d be forgiven for thinking it was real.
It could well be. It still might.
The six-part drama, launched in the UK in May ostensibly follows a sprawling British family as they navigate the increasingly bizarre political upheaval that is currently in full swing here.
Historically it’s been easy to separate ourselves from the news. No matter what happens, usually we assume that, by and large, our lives won’t be much effected.
Sure we get a new government, maybe our taxes change, maybe they implement incomprehensible foreign policies. Yadda yadda.
But in the last few years the news has captivated the nation. Seldom a day goes past where something mad doesn’t occur politically.
It’s become farcical. We are no longer surprised when the government say or do something we’d have found unbelievable just ten years ago.
