Falling, a brand new drama starring Bodyguard's Keeley Hawes and The Capture's Paapa Essiedu, is now available to stream in full on the Channel 4 service after premiering earlier this week. At just six episodes long, it's a pretty easy weekend watch.
The show is a love story, as Anna (Hawes) and David (Essiedu) realise that they have strong feelings for each other.
Complicating things is the fact that Anna is a nun and David is a priest, and they must try and reconcile their emotions with their faith and vocations.
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Also in the cast, we've got Gavin & Stacey's Adrian Scarborough, This Town's David Dawson, W1A's Jason Watkins, and Big Mood's Niamh Cusack.
Falling has been written and created by Jack Thorne, the man behind Adolescence, Toxic Town, the This Is England TV show trilogy, and His Dark Materials.
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Compared to those shows, this one has a bit more of a mixed reception.
The Times gave Falling a glowing review, writing that it captures "those wonderfully giddy feelings that envelop anyone plunging helplessly and completely in love. It's spellbinding. Thorne has done it again."
Herald Scotland called it "beautifully restrained", while Radio Times states that the two leads are on "top form", fronting a show that is "thoughtful, warm, witty, complex and chock-full of the sort of intimate one-to-one conversations in which Thorne specialises".
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On the other hand, The Star said: "You just can't help feeling that, with it's pedigree, it could have been so much better," while The Guardian called it a "god-awful mess" with inauthentic dialogue, writing: "Rarely does a moment of their relationship ring true."
Both The Mail and The Times knocked the show for not being as raunchy as they expected.
Falling is available to stream in full on Channel 4 now, while episode 3 airs at 9pm on Tuesday.
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