Out memories are everything, Without them we are just empty shells. These are the building blocks of our life and define what values we hold dear and virtues that matter to us. The Virtues series on Channel 4 brings themes of repressed memories, redemption, and revenge in the new drama.
The Virtues TV Show Cast
Shane Meadows directs and co-writes the new drama with Jack Thorne. The series comes with four sixty minute episodes and premieres on May 15 2019.
The Virtues (2019)
Developed By: Shane Meadows and Jack Thorne
Cast: Stephen Graham, Helen Behan, Frank Laverty, Mark O’Halloran
Network: Channel 4
Air Date: May 15 2019, 9 PM ET/PT
The Virtues Series Plot
The Virtues series follows Joseph as he tries to bring his life back on track after being estranged from his son and partner. But the road back to his roots and down the memory lane makes him question what it really means to have a family.
Joseph, a struggling alcoholic, faces precarious reality when his ex-partner moves abroad with their young son, from Liverpool to Australia, in search for a better life.
With no immediate family to live for, Joseph is haunted by a past he has tried, for decades, to forget. With the dry spell over he walks away from his present life and boards a boat bound for Ireland to confront hazy, fear-inducing memories from a childhood spent in the care system that he’s had to forget.
Emotionally and physically wrecked, Joseph reunites with an incredulous Anna, the sister he hasn’t seen since childhood. Anna asks her wary husband Michael to let Joseph stay and give him work in the family-owned building company. There, Joseph is forced to directly confront the demons of his past when he comes face to face with Craigy, a shadowy figure who is dogged by dark rumours, and who won’t leave Joseph alone.
Joseph’s precarious family reunion is further complicated when he is immediately drawn to Michael’s fiery sister Dinah. Angry and lost, Dinah is fiercely guarded, and, like Joseph, haunted by a deeply-held secret.
The Virtues Trailer
Watch this intense trailer of The Virtues TV show and tell us if you like this new drama.
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