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Did Normal People Not Destroy You Enough? This New BBC 80s Drama Is Your Next Binge Watch

Did Normal People Not Destroy You Enough? This New BBC 80s Drama Is Your Next Binge Watch
The six-parter is a soul-wrencher.Fleabag shook us to our core, Normal People kicked us in the gut and One Day still keeps us up at night – so naturally, we’re ready for a new heartbreaking TV show contender to shatter our hearts.Enter the new BBC romance-drama Mix Tape – packed full of will-they-won’t-they moments and a sizzling 80s soundtrack (the clue is in the title of the show people!) that’ll make you debate texting your ex, it’s a must watch. The four-part series – which jumps between the 80s and modern day – follows Daniel (Jim Sturgess) and Alison (Teresa Palmer) as they reconnect through a song from their shared past and, as the series synopsis reads “explore their burning curiosity to understand if this is the love, and the life, they were meant to have.”We’re crying already.The series kicks off in Sheffield, 1989, as teenage Daniel and Alison meet at a house party and bond over their shared love of music. The relationship they forge that night “follows them forever and leaves them wondering what could have been.”Twenty years later, Daniel is in Sheffield and Alison in Sydney. Despite the distance, freelance music journalist Daniel reaches out to (a very married) Alison in the hope that they might be able to rekindle that spark that once illuminated their young lives.What follows is a heady mix of heartbreak and romance and the ever-present question of what happens when you get a second chance with the one who got away?As for you the viewer? You’ll be thinking about it for weeks once you’ve finished it. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.All episodes of Mix Tape are available on BBC iPlayer now. Related...This True Crime Documentary Just Knocked Squid Game Off The Top Spot On Netflix UKSarah Jessica Parker Reflects On Carrie And Big’s Troubled Romance In And Just Like ThatPaul Mescal Responds To 'Lazy And Frustrating' Comparisons Of His New Queer Romance Film

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