Home > The Virtues > Series 1 « TV Series Page The Virtues: Series 1 (2019) + WANT TO SEE Episode List All Critics | Top Critics TOMATOMETER 95% Average Rating: 8.92/10 Season Reviews: 19 Fresh: 18 Rotten: 1 Critics Consensus: Stephen Graham gives a masterful performance in Shane Meadows' deeply personal depiction of trauma, gifting viewers with a raw account of self-destruction and a hopeful promise of renewal. 100% Average Rating: 10.0/10 Season Reviews: 4 Fresh: 4 Rotten: 0 Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Critic Consensus: Stephen Graham gives a masterful performance in Shane Meadows' deeply personal depiction of trauma, gifting viewers with a raw account of self-destruction and a hopeful promise of renewal. AUDIENCE SCORE No Score Yet Average Rating: N/A User Ratings: ADD YOUR RATING Share on Facebook Post Want to See Add Rating My Rating × Want to See Post Share on Facebook Episodes 1 Episode 1 Air date: May 15, 2019 Atroubled man travels to Ireland to confront demons from a childhood spent in the care system. More 2 Episode 2 Atroubled man travels to Ireland to confront demons from a childhood spent in the care system. More 3 Suffering the hangover from hell, he walks away from his present life and boards a boat bound for Ireland to confront hazy, fear-inducing memories from a childhood spent in the care system that he's had to forget. As he tries to come to terms with his past, Joseph revisits a place he has confused and fractured memories of, with tough consequences. More 4 (Episode 4) The final part of Shane Meadows' powerful new four-part drama, co-written by Jack Thorne, that tackles themes of repressed memory, revenge and the hope of redemption. More Tv Season Info A troubled man travels to Ireland to confront demons from a childhood spent in the care system. Genre: Drama Network: Channel 4 Premiere Date: May 15, 2019 Cast Deirdre Donnelly as Susan James Nelson -Joyce as Ryan Episodes 1 Episode 1 Air date: May 15, 2019 Atroubled man travels to Ireland to confront demons from a childhood spent in the care system. More 2 Episode 2 Atroubled man travels to Ireland to confront demons from a childhood spent in the care system. More 3 Suffering the hangover from hell, he walks away from his present life and boards a boat bound for Ireland to confront hazy, fear-inducing memories from a childhood spent in the care system that he's had to forget. As he tries to come to terms with his past, Joseph revisits a place he has confused and fractured memories of, with tough consequences. More 4 (Episode 4) The final part of Shane Meadows' powerful new four-part drama, co-written by Jack Thorne, that tackles themes of repressed memory, revenge and the hope of redemption. More Critic Reviews for The Virtues Series 1 All Critics (19) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (18) | Rotten (1) nyone who'd seen the first three parts of The Virtues... might have predicted that the finale would not be candyfloss and hugs. But it did, in its own way, achieve something close to redemption. Jun 6, 2019 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review… Benji Wilson Daily Telegraph (UK) Top Critic There are times when The Virtues veers too close to abject "misery porn", taking an almost fetishistic glee in showing Joseph plummeting into new depths. Then again, Shane Meadows didn't create a name for himself making feel-good TV. May 17, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… Dan Einav Financial Times Top Critic Graham is an actor of raw emotional power, nakedly honest and unpredictable, but I spent whole minutes of the first episode wanting to be anywhere else but in a room with him, as he suffered and tried to deal with his suffering. May 16, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… Chris Harvey Daily Telegraph (UK) Top Critic Bleakness and despair were also in abundance in the feature-length finale of The Virtues. As TV dramas go, they don't come much darker. They also don't come more brilliantly acted. Jun 12, 2019 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review… Claudia Connell Daily Mail (UK) There's never any danger of The Virtues descending into poverty porn - Meadows knows how to pile on the misery without making it gratuitous. Instead, suffering always has a point and serves a semi-religious purpose. Jun 6, 2019 | Full Review… Thomas Barrie GQ Magazine [UK] Pavarotti luxuriates in beauty and pain, savoring everything. It's not just an introduction to its subject; it shows us how to live. Jun 4, 2019 | Full Review… Kyle Smith National Review It's early to be sticking my neck out, but I think we might be looking at one of the best dramas of the year. May 24, 2019 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review… Pat Stacey The Herald (Ireland) The concluding episode of The Virtues saw Meadows working on a new level, blending raw feeling and technical mastery to create drama that will live in viewers' minds for days, weeks, maybe years to come. Jun 6, 2019 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review… Jack Seale Guardian Top Critic [Stephen] Graham deserves a real Bafta for an outstanding performance in what is, in all honesty, a pretty harrowing tale. May 30, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… Sean O'Grady Independent (UK) Top Critic I'd underestimated Meadows's ability to make you sympathise with nearly anything... The trick is not to give viewers the impression they are being manipulated, and somehow he manages it. 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