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Years and Years · Season 1 · BBC One / HBO

Years and Years Season 1

Years and Years Season 1 is a MUST-WATCH, BollyMeter 8.8/10. 6 episodes on BBC One / HBO from 14 May 2019.

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BollyMeter8.8/1089 percent on Rotten Tomatoes from 65 critics and an 8.2 IMDb score reflect near-consensus that Davies fused domestic emotional realism with prescient political dread more effectively than almost any British drama of its decade.

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Years and Years premiered on BBC One on 14 May 2019, then aired in the US on HBO the following month. Russell T Davies wrote all six episodes, tracing the Lyons family from 2019 to a destabilised 2034 as each instalment jumps two or three years forward. The finale lands with a dystopia that functions less as spectacle and more as pressure applied to recognisable family dynamics, including debt, immigration, disability, and sexuality. Emma Thompson's populist politician Vivienne Rook draws comparisons to real-world figures without turning into a caricature of any one person. Rotten Tomatoes credits the show with an 89 percent score from 65 reviews, while Metacritic places it at 78 out of 100 from 24 critic reviews. IMDb sits at 8.2. Despite its awards recognition, the series flew under commercial radar, peaking at 4.26 million UK viewers for the premiere.

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  • “Among the most emotionally involving, and best, series to air so far this year.”
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Standout Episodes

The hours worth arguing about - premieres, finales, and the turning points. BollyAI reads the room episode by episode.

  1. E1Episode 18.0

    A sharp opener that makes apocalypse feel domestic, even when its early political shorthand outruns character depth.

    The moment: A teenage family member's encounter with emerging technology sets the series' central anxiety about bodies and transformation into motion.

    Full review of E1 →
  2. E6Episode 69.0

    The finale arrives at 2034 and pays off both the political arc and the family's accumulated emotional damage. It is where the show's apparent nihilism gives way to something more defiant. Emma Thompson's final scenes stand out as career-best work.

    The moment: The Lyons family's collective response to the crisis they have been living through - the moment the series earns its tonal gamble.