Love is a strange thing. And even when life seems to be over and the passion has fizzled out, true love still wields the power to fill our life with color and turn all the grey into a kaleidoscope. Gold Digger on BBC One brings a romance drama with a hint of thrill as we follow this tale of second chances, family and betrayal.
Gold Digger Cast
Developed by Marnie Dickens the series premieres in November with six episodes. Legends of the Fall star Julia Ormond and Narnia Chronicals’ Ben Barns star in the lead role.
Gold Digger (2019)
Developed By: Marnie Dickens
Cast: Julia Ormond, Ben Barnes, Sebastian Armesto, Jemima Rooper, Archie Renaux
Network: BBC One
Air Date: November 12 2019, 9 PM
Gold Digger Series Plot
Gold Digger TV Series follows Julia Day and Benjamin as the younger man once again reignites the desire for life and love in older Julia.
The series begins with Julia waking up on her 60th b’day feeling all blue and lonely. One married to Ted, her husband of 35 years, Julia is free once again and alone. Determined to have a good day, Julia leaves her Devon home and heads to London to celebrate with her children – but one by one they let her down.
Patrick, her oldest, high achieving and always trying to be a good man, is now struggling to maintain a hectic work and home life – all whilst fighting an attraction to a colleague.
Her daughter, Della, is the middle child whose finger is permanently on the self-destruct button, and the youngest, Leo, is the baby of the family who still lives with his mother and idolises his father.
Feeling adrift, Julia’s at a low ebb when she happens upon a young man in a museum, Benjamin. The pair get talking and before she’s quite sure what’s happening they’re beginning a whirlwind romance. All that’s left to do – introduce him to her children.
Benjamin isn’t walking into some gloriously functioning happy family, and much of the hostility he encounters is as much to do with events that happened long before he was on the scene as it is to do with his own behaviour.
He’s almost damned from the off. Julia and her children have spent years not addressing what happened, but it’s leaked out in their behaviour, their choices, their ability to face themselves. Benjamin’s arrival causes the past to come to light, with devastating consequences.
Gold Digger TV Series Trailer
Watch this trailer of BBC One series Gold Digger and tell us if you like this new drama.
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