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Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Kate Rice

The Lovers on Sky Atlantic review: a brilliant rom-com with as much bite as it has heart

You never know when love’s around the corner – or clambering over your garden wall. That’s the message of Sky’s latest, Belfast-set series, The Lovers.

Seamus (Johnny Flynn) is – in a word – slimy. He’s a political broadcaster whose world expands no further than the borough of Islington. As he readies himself for work, he reads tweets from adoring fans (ignoring one calling him a “f***ing dick brain”), before taking a nauseating selfie with his homemade green juice.

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