Review: HBO's 'Years and Years' finds entertaining family drama in the dystopian near-future
by Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times
Jun 24, 2019
3 minutes
Russell T Davies, who in 2005 rescued "Doctor Who" from suspended animation and who last year wrote the delicious fact-based miniseries "A Very English Scandal," has a new limited series, "Years and Years," which was to premiere Monday on HBO. Following a Manchester family for 15 years, from 2019 into a plausible dystopian near-future, it is something of a long, raw scream in the face of current events, even as it offers smart, superior entertainment - a marshmallow toasted over a burning world.
Meet the Lyons. Stephen (Rory Kinnear), a successful financial
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