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Any Human Heart

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Any Human Heart

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PBS | Channel 4 | Release Date: November 21, 2010

Starring: Gillian Anderson, Matthew Macfadyen, Tobias Menzies, Jim Broadbent, Tom Hollander, Samuel West, Hayley Atwell, Sam Claflin, Ed Stoppard, Emerald Fennell

Summary: Logan Mountstuart is a writer with a very interesting life.

During his time he travelled a lot and a war, the death of a prime minister and the abdication of a king. But this is not what interests him - that remains the individual consciousness of these events, which he documents in a journal. Based on the novel of the same name thisLogan Mountstuart is a writer with a very interesting life.

During his time he travelled a lot and a war, the death of a prime minister and the abdication of a king. But this is not what interests him - that remains the individual consciousness of these events, which he documents in a journal.

Based on the novel of the same name this four-part adaptation for Channel 4 is scripted by the book's original writer, William Boyd.… Expand

Genre(s): Drama

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S1:E4. Episode Four
Air Date: November 12, 2010
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S1:E3. Episode Three
Air Date: December 5, 2010
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S1:E2. Episode Two
Air Date: November 28, 2010

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Boston Globe

Matthew Gilbert

Feb 11, 2011

Season 1 Review: While it's not the triumph that "Downton" was, it's a special, lovely miniseries that lingers in your imagination like a richly drawn memoir. Read full review

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The New York Times

Ginia Bellafante

Feb 11, 2011

Season 1 Review: Any Human Heart is a kind of "Forrest Gump" for the literate: an intimate, picaresque chronicling of the life of a fictional British writer who intersects with notable events, ideas and personages of the 20th century in ways both amusing and catastrophic. Read full review

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Los Angeles Times

Mary McNamara

Feb 14, 2011

Season 1 Review: It is a long journey and at times a slow one, but with more than a few delightful oases. Read full review

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Variety

Brian Lowry

Feb 14, 2011

Season 1 Review: As handsome as the production is, the nature of Boyd's novel makes the miniseries episodic, and the tone of those encounters tends to be highly uneven. While experiencing abundant tragedy in his life, the protagonist's vulnerability doesn't translate very well in carrying the story, even with such a stalwart trio of actors playing him. Read full review

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TV Guide Magazine Matt Roush

Feb 11, 2011

Season 1 Review: Even the people who matter to him most are sketchily drawn, while others are almost laughable caricatures, including a friend's saucy cheating wife, purred by Kim Cattrall. Read full review

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San Francisco Chronicle

David Wiegand

Feb 11, 2011

Season 1 Review: The conceit of Boyd's book and this mini-epic is provocative, but unfortunately, the reality is something else. Read full review

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  Air Date: November 21, 2010
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  S1:E4. Episode Four
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  S1:E3. Episode Three
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  S1:E1. Episode One
  Air Date: November 21, 2010