TV series

Death and Nightingales

2018 · 1 season

A slow, brooding period drama that feels claustrophobic and tense, with a constant undercurrent of unease and buried secrets.

Overview: Fermanagh, Irish countryside, 1885. On her 23rd birthday, Beth, who lives on a remote farm with Billy Winters, her tyrannical stepfather, whom she can barely stand, prepares to flee from such a suffocating life with the help of the seductive Liam Ward, without being aware that her decision will unearth deeply buried secrets a long time ago.
How it feels: Dark, tense, melancholic and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Isolation, family, betrayal, sexuality
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
family
betrayal
sexuality
freedom
Places: countryside
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild