Last Tango in Halifax (2012)

Genre

comedy drama, LGBT-related television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

5 seasons, 24 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 57 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two widowed pensioners reconnect after decades apart and fall in love. The series follows their new relationship and the complications it brings with their grown children.

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What happens

Last Tango in Halifax is a British romantic comedy drama series that began broadcasting on BBC One on 20 November 2012 until 15 March 2020. The series stars Derek Jacobi and Anne Reid as Alan and Celia, two widowed old aged pensioners (OAPs) who reconnect and fall in love after decades apart. The series has been praised for its acting and dialogue, as well as its portrayal of the older generation. Jane Shilling of The Daily Telegraph summarised the series as "a triumph against TV's ageism", while Lucy Harmer, an executive of Age UK, endorsed the programme's portryal of Alan and Celia as "two real, rounded individuals". Last Tango in Halifax accrued four nominations for the 2013 British Academy Television Awards and won the British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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