Tony Curran and Martin Compston picture as they star in Mayflies
(Picture: Jamie Simpson/BBC/© Synchronicity Films/PA)Festive cheer is overrated, what about a good festive cry? Well, for those of us too repressed to let emotion out to family members, thankfully we have TV to help us at least let some out in their general vicinity.
And so to Mayflies, a BBC two-part series about how brief and precious life is. Adapted by Andrea Gibb, whose own partner died from cancer in 2018, this is a heartfelt and personable show delivered with a deeply sensitive sincerity. Basically, it’s ugly sob time, folks.
