Years and Years

Years and Years

One family. A Lifetime of changes.

On BBC One

20191 season6 episodes60 min7.5 / 10

A cerebral, politically urgent family drama that tracks one household through 15 years of dystopian near-future Britain, balancing intimate character work with large-scale social collapse.

As Britain is rocked by unstable political, economic and technological advances, members of the Lyons family converge on one crucial night in 2019. Over the next 15 years, the twists and turns of their everyday lives are explored as we find out if this ordinary family could change the world.

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  • Is Years and Years sad? Yes. More sad than 84% of series.

  • Is Years and Years scary? Yes. More frightening than 79% of series.

  • Is Years and Years easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 70% of series.

  • Does Years and Years leave you hopeful? Not especially. Less hopeful than 63% of series.

  • Is Years and Years violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the series comes across across its whole run, compared with other well-known series. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked episode by episode, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity68

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Surprise45

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Love47

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