The first of the four-part drama aired on the broadcaster on Sunday, starring Tom Hollander as Douglas Peterson. Tom Hollander and Saskia Reeves play a couple on the brink of divorce in 'Us… This is bad news for Douglas – not only because he still loves Connie madly, but because they have recently booked an expensive grand tour of Europe as a final family holiday before Albie, their 18-year-old son, goes to college. Us follows One Day, which was ultimately a sort of rom-trag, in admitting scenes and sentiments of unsettling bleakness. They are set up by his sister and it is a case of opposites attracting — Douglas falls madly in love with her, and Connie is drawn to his stable personality, his methodical approach to life, which is so different from her intense and often turbulent life as an artist. In One Day, which is among the biggest-selling British novels of recent times, one-night lovers spend 20 years finding and losing each other, while in the TV two‑parter The 7:39 a male and female commuter argue on a train and almost destroy two relationships. When an acquaintance revealed recently that he'd married a woman he met by chance on a train, I said, "Very David Nicholls", to which he replied: "Yes, very. Comments are subject to our community guidelines, which can be viewed, BBC viewers were less than impressed with the TV adaptation of David Nicholls book, Us, One viewer branded the action as 'very slow', The plot, spread across four episodes, details Douglas' emotions after his wife tells him she wants to leave him, The family of three still press ahead with their grand tour of Europe despite the strife, Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). I mean, I know Sunday night TV is traditionally the home of cosy tweeness but, come on… this was pretty bad. And Trump Is to Blame….

Trump to vote in Fla., hold 3 rallies; Biden focuses on…, PG&E to Cut Power to More Than 1 Million People in California – Jaweb, Halloween Should Be Canceled This Year. One night, Douglas Petersen, a 54-year-old industrial biochemist, is woken by his art gallerist wife of almost a quarter of a century, Connie, and informed that she thinks their marriage may be over. Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. In contrast, his wife, Connie, has an artistic temperament and is very free-spirited, with a laissez faire to life. I started the book, preparing to abandon it after a few pages if it did not grip me right away. Despite Douglas’s wishful thinking, as well as ours as readers — we are rooting for him, the protagonist — there is no “happy ending” here where the marriage is saved. (I do this for a lot of the books that I borrow, and since I do not buy them, I feel no compulsion to read them if I do not find them engaging.). The rest of the book narrates his various adventures and misadventures as he embarks upon this quest. A mismatched couple take a make-or-break European tour in this funny but curiously buttoned-up successor to the bestselling One Day, 'He might usefully let himself go a bit more' … David Nicholls. [2] The BBC screened a four-part TV adapation of the novel, by Nicholls, in 2020, starring Tom Hollander, Saskia Reeves and Tom Taylor. ( Log Out /  Other members of the show’s cast include Curfew’s Thaddea Graham as Kat, Father Brown’s Gina Bramhill, Agents of SHIELD star Iain DeCaestecker, and The Killing’s Sofie Gråbøl. “The Women Who Ruled India” by Archana Garodia Gupta, View bookswehaveread’s profile on Facebook, “The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl” by Issa Rae, “The 3 Mistakes of My Life” by Chetan Bhagat, “Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here” by Karima Bennoune, “Amrita: Or to Whom She Will” by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, “Island of a Thousand Mirrors” by Nayomi Munaweera, “Good Omens” by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. As the Radio Times reports, Luther star Saskia Reeves appears in the comedy-drama as wife Connie, whilst Doctor Foster’s Tom Taylor stars as the pair’s teenage son Albie. For other inquiries, Contact Us. So I am not sure I entirely agree with Hollander. Us begins on Sunday, September 20 at 9 p.m. on BBC One.