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Season 1 – Life After Life

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Award-winning playwright Bash Doran, known for "The Looming Tower" and "Traitors," has created an adaptation of Kate Atkinson's celebrated novel "Life After Life." The series tells the story of Ursula Todd, who dies one night in 1910 before she can draw her first breath. On that same night, however, she is reborn and survives. Time and time again, living and dying in different circumstances, Ursula is reborn into new, alternative lives. The story follows Ursula as she navigates each life through a critical era that spans two world wars, an encounter with Hitler and other major life events.
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Life After Life — Season 1

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Ben Pobjie The Age (Australia) 02/29/2024
4/5
The story of Ursula Todd is not a puzzle to be solved, but an exquisite mystery to sink into and allow its depiction of the impossible make us think about what’s possible. Go to Full Review
Kylie Northover The Age (Australia) 08/18/2022
5/5
It’s such a fully realised world, beautifully written and directed (by Brooklyn’s John Crowley), that Life After Life’s lack of traditional storytelling is, despite so much suffering and death, rather life-affirming. Go to Full Review
Robert W. Butler Butler's Cinema Scene Jun 27
Holding it all together is McKenzie, whose ability to convincingly transform from freckled youngster to embattled adult and back again is positively superhuman. Go to Full Review
Alison Rowat The Herald (Scotland) 04/29/2022
Outstanding performances, particularly from Sian Clifford (Fleabag’s sister) as Ursula’s mother, even if it made for harrowing viewing waiting for the next tragic incident to occur so life could begin again. Go to Full Review
Eilis O'Hanlon Sunday Independent (Ireland) 04/27/2022
Throughout, Life After Life was a beautiful, strange, enthralling watch. Go to Full Review
James Walton The Spectator 04/27/2022
For all its brilliance, Kate Atkinson’s 2013 novel Life After Life has never seemed an obvious candidate for a screen adaptation, let alone a faithful one. Nonetheless, BBC2’s new four-part drama takes a fairly creditable stab at it. Go to Full Review
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Walt S @RT36330541 Feb 22 Oh my goodness. Lots of positive reviews and know it all critics with perfect scores. We found the show a bit confusing and not particularly interesting. However, interesting idea of life after life but just did not live up to our expectations. We kept watching hoping it would get more interesting. Kinda a waste of time for us. See more Heidi O @RT78977918 Jan 29 The writer must hate women. The poor girl is drowned, raped, has an abortion that goes bad, is beaten by her husband and that is just up to episode 2. I don't think I can finish. Episode 3 she goes to Germany before WWII to a youth group. I had to turn it off. The acting, lighting, sets and dialog are good. That's what makes it so painful. See more Sandie D @Sdennis1950 Nov 12 This limited series is intriguing for sure. The acting is quite well done. The repetitive new life experiences became a bit nerve wracking with such sadness each time. I'm still mulling over the ending. I just might have to rewatch the entire series again. See more Nancy B @RT86369098 03/09/2025 I knew nothing about the book or series when I watched Life After Life, so I got exposed cold turkey to the full effect of this incredible ride. I am really grateful for that because the impact has stayed with me for days, and it has given me a new awareness that the emotionally charged decisions I make, that I don’t always understand but feel are ‘important’ somehow, might actually be a driving intuitive response to change my circumstances in real time. Life is a grand mystery…or is it? Perhaps there is far more I understand than I have allowed myself to recognize. Neo’s red pill!! See more MaryEllen A @RT06018754 01/08/2025 This was an incredible series. It was thought provoking, extremely emotional. Powerful performances by truly gifted actors. Although, it was quite disturbing at times, I found it wonderful. It's heavy material, not for people who like fluff. See more Peter T @DogeRangler 01/05/2025 Incredibly well acted, great sets, and what should have been an interesting story, but I think it was massively depressing and basically came off as weird trauma porn in the end. No real conclusion of the story and left off making you feel hollow and unsatisfied. Hard to recommend this to anyone. See more Read all reviews
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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Apr 19, 2022 Ursula's birth sparks a thrilling journey as she dies and is reborn time and time again; in a country on the brink of change, she navigates through childhood in rural England. Details Episode 2 Aired Apr 26, 2022 Ursula visits a psychiatrist to help with her dark thoughts and disturbing dreams; a memorable birthday has shocking repercussions; help comes from an unexpected place. Details Episode 3 Aired Apr 19, 2022 Following a whirlwind romance Ursula struggles to adapt to married life with Derek; a desire for independence leads Ursula to spend the summer in Germany, and war grows closer. Details Episode 4 Aired Apr 19, 2022 Ursula grapples with life and death during the Blitz; as the future of England hangs in the balance, Ursula attempts to save Teddy, and the country, from an inevitable fate. Details
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Season Info

Director
John Crowley
Executive Producer
Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell
Network
BBC
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Drama
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Apr 19, 2022