Back to Life
TV Show · Comedy · Drama

When Miri Matteson returns home after eighteen years, can she integrate back into her old life? With a terrible event from her past hanging over her, it won’t be easy.

2019 · 26m
Starring Daisy Haggard, Richard Durden, Geraldine James

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Episode 1
    After 18 years in prison, Miri Matteson has just arrived back in her home town, a place she no longer recognises, in the dysfunctional family home she involuntarily vacated as a teen, living with parents she can no longer hold a conversation with.
    25 min
  • EPISODE 2
    Episode 2
    Miri is excited about her first day working at Nathan's fish and chip shop, but the community are making it very clear that she is not welcome. Meanwhile, Miri's childhood best friend, Mandy, is eager to rebuild their old friendship.
    24 min
  • EPISODE 3
    Episode 3
    Miri's memories of that terrible night at the Sound Mirror just aren't going away. She lies awake at night, obsessively listening to a cassette recording of her and her friends singing when they were teenagers.
    25 min
  • EPISODE 4
    Episode 4
    Miri is trying hard to navigate the strange new relationship with her parents and when Oscar, still reeling from Caroline's betrayal, feigns a migraine to get out of a family road trip, Miri must face the journey with her mother alone. While Miri relishes the opportunity of a day trip together, Caroline seems more reluctant and as the day rolls on, it becomes quite clear that she dreads spending time alone with her daughter.
    24 min
  • EPISODE 5
    Episode 5
    Miri tries to mend her friendship with Billy after his terrible reaction to the truth of who she really is. She seems to make progress until an encounter with his wife Anna takes a dark turn, and Miri ends up under the scrutiny of the local police.
    23 min
  • EPISODE 6
    Episode 6
    After being locked in a cell once again, Miri gets out determined to tell her side of the story and to finally get the town on her side. She agrees to meet the mysterious Scandinavian man who has been following her since her return.
    23 min

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Cast & Crew

  • Daisy Haggard
    Miri Matteson
  • Richard Durden
    Oscar Matteson
  • Geraldine James
    Caroline Matteson
  • Christine Bottomley
    Mandy
  • Jo Martin
    Janice
  • Adeel Akhtar
    Billy
  • Lizzy McInnerny
    Norah Boback
  • Ade Edmondson
    John Boback
  • Daisy Haggard
    Producer
  • Daisy Haggard
    Writer

About

Back to Life

Comedy

When Miri Matteson returns home after eighteen years, can she integrate back into her old life? With a terrible event from her past hanging over her, it won’t be easy.

Information

Studio
BBC1
Released
2019
Rated
G
© Two Brothers Picture Ltd MMXIX

Languages

Original Audio
English (United Kingdom), English
Audio

English (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩)

Subtitles

Danish , Dutch , Finnish , French (France) , Norwegian , Portuguese (Portugal) , Swedish

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  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Botswana
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Cape Verde
  • Egypt
  • Eswatini
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • India
  • Israel
  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
  • Mauritius
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niger (English)
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uganda
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Zimbabwe

Asia Pacific

  • Australia
  • Cambodia
  • Fiji
  • 香港 (廣東話–繁體)
  • Indonesia (English)
  • 日本
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • 澳門 (廣東話–繁體)
  • Malaysia (English)
  • Micronesia, Federated States of
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  • Chile (Español)
  • Colombia (Español)
  • Costa Rica (Español)
  • Dominica
  • República Dominicana
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  • El Salvador (Español)
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