If you've been enjoying the new season of Black Mirror and are hoping for some more televisual dystopia in your life, then you're in luck.
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Years and Years, the 2019 series from Doctor Who's Russell T Davies, is now available to stream on Netflix, meaning fans can rewatch it now, or new viewers can come to it for the first time.
The series stars Rory Kinnear, Jessica Hynes, Russell Tovey, Ruth Madeley, T'Nia Miller, Anne Reid and Emma Thompson, and follows one family through an era of political turmoil, starting in 2019 and running through until 2034.
The official synopsis for the drama says that it is "an epic saga that takes an ordinary family and catapults them through the next 15 years".
"As society changes, faster than ever, the Lyons will experience everything we hope for in the future, and everything we fear.
"They’ll fall in and out of love and grow old, fall apart and come back together, while constantly looking forward."
Emma Thompson as Vivienne Rook in Years and Years. BBC
The synopsis says that the series sees the family "navigate a world made unstable by politics, the economy and technological advances".
"But this isn’t a dark, fearful show," it continues. "It’s full of wit, warmth, and hope. Years and Years is about family. It shows how we survive against the backdrop of a political world in which you can’t tell right from left any more.
"The tone is fierce, funny, heartbreaking and, ultimately, shows one family’s determination to survive the future."
Since the release of Years and Years, Davies has been behind the dramas It's a Sin and Nolly, before returning to Doctor Who for the first time since 2010.
He has also re-teamed with Tovey for a new Doctor Who spin-off, The War Between the Land and the Sea, which is set to arrive on BBC One and BBC iPlayer later this year.
James Hibbs is a Drama Writer for Radio Times, covering programmes across both streaming platforms and linear channels. He previously worked in PR, first for a B2B agency and subsequently for international TV production company Fremantle. He possesses a BA in English and Theatre Studies and an NCTJ Level 5 Diploma in Journalism.
