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Death and Nightingales

Summary Allan Cubitt's three-part miniseries adaptation of Eugene McCabe's novel set in 1883 where 23-year-old Beth (Ann Skelly) plans to kill her step-father Billy Winters (Matthew Rhys) with the help of one of his tenants, Liam Ward (Jaime Dornan). [Premiered originally in Ireland on RTE on 26 Nov 2018, in the UK on BBC 2 on 28 Nov 2018 an...

  • 2018
  • TV-MA
  • Starz
  • 2018
  • TV-MA
  • Starz

Death and Nightingales

Season 1 Premiere: Nov 26, 2018
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary Allan Cubitt's three-part miniseries adaptation of Eugene McCabe's novel set in 1883 where 23-year-old Beth (Ann Skelly) plans to kill her step-father Billy Winters (Matthew Rhys) with the help of one of his tenants, Liam Ward (Jaime Dornan). [Premiered originally in Ireland on RTE on 26 Nov 2018, in the UK on BBC 2 on 28 Nov 2018 an...

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60
May 12, 2021
As far as Irish tragedies go, Death and Nightingales gets points for authenticity in pain and suffering. However, if you were hoping for some frothiness and passion along with your doomed love story, this one isn’t for you.
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60
Apr 23, 2021
It is a heavy drama with lean dialogue and precious little mirth, but I'm being seduced.
By Carol Midgley FULL REVIEW
60
Apr 23, 2021
The desired tone, I think, is a kind of Ulster version of Deadwood, a creation parable for the problems of the 20th century, but there is a fine line between powerful and self-parodic. Without a novel’s finesse and complex sense of interiority, the characters fail to make us care.
By Ed Cumming FULL REVIEW
60
Apr 23, 2021
The politics and sectarianism have so far only been sketched lightly – although you can sense the palette being readied for the coming episodes – but Beth’s function as Ireland’s religious conflict made flesh, and her bid to escape her stepfather’s control and increasingly malign intent as an analogy for this period of Irish history, is clear without being heavy-handed.
By Lucy Mangan FULL REVIEW
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May 10, 2021
The performances are mostly strong, but the subject matter is so dense, the cultural and religious details so complex, and the affection toward melodrama so unrepentant that “Death and Nightingales” slides into tedium disappointingly often.
By Roxana Hadadi FULL REVIEW
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May 17, 2021
Despite the performances by the miniseries’ leads, Death And Nightingales is just too boring and inaccessible to really get into; by the end of the first episode, we were even more in the dark about the story than we were at the beginning.
By Joel Keller FULL REVIEW

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Production Company:
  • Soho Moon Pictures
  • Imaginarium Productions
  • Northern Ireland Screen
Initial Release Date: Nov 26, 2018
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-MA
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Awards

Irish Film and Television Awards
• 2 Nominations
BAFTA Awards, Wales
• 1 Nomination

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