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  • PBS
  • Feb 24, 2020
  • PBS
  • Feb 24, 2020

Summary Vivien (Francesca Annis) is dating a retired surgeon (Stephen Rea) but her three children; Helen (Claudie Blakley), Natalie (Lydia Leonard) and Jake (Russell Tovey) are suspicious of him in this drama created and written by Sarah Williams. [Premiered originally in the UK on ITV on 24 Feb 2020; set to air as a part of PBS' Masterpiece ...

Created By: Sarah Williams

  • PBS
  • Feb 24, 2020
  • PBS
  • Feb 24, 2020
Flesh and Blood
Season 1
Season Premiere: Feb 24, 2020
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
75
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Summary Vivien (Francesca Annis) is dating a retired surgeon (Stephen Rea) but her three children; Helen (Claudie Blakley), Natalie (Lydia Leonard) and Jake (Russell Tovey) are suspicious of him in this drama created and written by Sarah Williams. [Premiered originally in the UK on ITV on 24 Feb 2020; set to air as a part of PBS' Masterpiece ...

Created By: Sarah Williams

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Episode 1 • Feb 24, 2020 • 46 m
Episode #1.1
When recently widowed Vivian announces her love for a new man Mark, it throws her adult children into chaos. (ITV description.)
Episode 2 • Feb 25, 2020 • 45 m
Episode #1.2
Helen, Jake and Natalie are shocked when they discover Vivien plans to sell their childhood home and go travelling with Mark. ITV description.
Episode 3 • Feb 26, 2020 • 46 m
Episode #1.3
Vivien and Mark plan their trip to India, but the children's ongoing distrust of Mark starts to put a strain on the couple's relationship. ITV description.
Episode 4 • Feb 27, 2020 • 47 m
Episode #1.4
Vivien tries to dismiss her children's fears about Mark, even as serious doubts creep into her mind. Jake's chances of reconciling with Leila suffer a potentially fatal blow. ITV description.

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
75
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40% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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60% Positive
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40% Mixed
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0% Negative
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90
Oct 2, 2020
Enthralling. ... We’ve seen this character before, a cliché of sorts, but as portrayed by Imelda Staunton this Mary is unforgettable—utterly convincing. ... Richly compelling narrative of Vivien, her children, and the ever-present Mary—not to mention Vivien’s love affair and her children’s steely resistance to the idea of their mother marrying the man.
By Dorothy Rabinowitz FULL REVIEW
80
Aug 7, 2020
Flesh and Blood is a curious beast. It is stuffed with middleclass cliché — Heal's interiors, crisp white wines, Boden shirts — yet the finished product feels light and tight, promising four hours of guilty pleasure.
By Carol Midgley FULL REVIEW
80
Aug 7, 2020
There is a cherishable sense of deftness and overarching control about the whole endeavour that leaves you longing to find out what will happen rather than anxious amid proliferating possibilities. If there is nothing groundbreaking or fabulously innovative here (you can see shades of many previous dramas – most recently perhaps Gold Digger and Deadwater Fell), it is no problem at all. If there is nothing groundbreaking or fabulously innovative here (you can see shades of many previous dramas – most recently perhaps Gold Digger and Deadwater Fell), it is no problem at all. It is a good story well told and those two things, done well, are quite rare enough.
By Lucy Mangan FULL REVIEW
60
Oct 8, 2020
Watching these actors over the course of “Flesh and Blood” is consistently enjoyable. ... Alas, the story line, written by Sarah Williams (“Small Island,” “Becoming Jane”), is a bit less compelling. ... It’s all fairly juicy and melodramatic, but ultimately not especially original or surprising.
By Matthew Gilbert FULL REVIEW
60
Aug 7, 2020
At points, Flesh and Blood’s writing is too on the nose. ... But elsewhere, Williams is great at showing the speed with which siblings transition from laughing through games of charades to jabbing at each other’s drinking habits. Your family knows you better than anyone else, that’s why they end up hurting you so much.
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