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Created and written by Welsh screenwriter Russell T. Davies (It’s a Sin), this compelling six-part mini-series is co-directed by the UK’s Simon Cellan Jones and Ireland’s Lisa Mulcahy. Featuring an exceptional British cast that includes Emma Thompson, Rory Kinnear, T’Nia Miller, Jessica Hynes, Lydia West and Russell Tovey, the show is co-produced by London-based BBC and Manchester-based Red Production Company.

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Members of the Lyons family assemble for the birth of their newest family member, while an outspoken celebrity transforms into a divisive political figure that will turn Britain into a dictatorship. As the country experiences political and economic turmoil, the family’s futures contain all the hopes and fears they’d imagined.