The Virtues review: 'I think we might be looking at one of the best dramas of the year'First, there was Russell T Davies’ nerve-janglingly on-point Brexitocalypse Years and Years. But when we first meet Joseph, who’s a recovering alcoholic, it’s the torments of the present that are tearing him apart. His ex-partner Debbie (Juliet Ellis) is about to take his adored nine-year-old son Shea (Shea Michael-Shaw) to Australia, where she and her new partner David (Vauxhall Jermaine) are starting a fresh life. As with Years and Years, it’s early to be sticking my neck out, but I think we might be looking at one of the best dramas of the year. Read more: Shane Meadows reveals new Irish set drama for Channel 4 is inspired by traumatic incident from his own childhoodHerald

Source: Irish Independent May 16, 2019 07:07 UTC