TV tonight: Nigel Havers and Anita Dobson’s retirement village romance
The BBC’s classic strand Play for Today finds a new home on Channel 5. Plus: it’s the reliably bizarre Taskmaster final. Here’s what to watch this evening9pm, Channel 5“Of all...
By Hollie Richardson, Jack Seale, Hannah J Davies and Graeme Virtue · The Guardian Culture
The BBC’s classic strand Play for Today finds a new home on Channel 5. Plus: it’s the reliably bizarre Taskmaster final. Here’s what to watch this evening 9pm, Channel 5 “Of all the retirement villages, she walks into mine.” In the first of this drama anthology inspired by the classic BBC strand, Anita Dobson plays quick-witted septuagenarian Cynthia, who realises charismatic old flame Frank (Nigel Havers) is her new nextdoor neighbour. Old wounds are reopened as Cynthia reckons with ageing – will she come to accept her second act? Tracy-Ann Oberman and Nina Wadia also star. Hollie Richardson Continue reading...