A family reunion where everyone's pretending to be normal. Spoiler: absolutely no one is.
87 minSeason 1 • Episode 3
LatestDaniel finally learns the source of conflict among Alice, Rebecca, and Charles; acting as a go-between delivering messages, he tries to heal old wounds.
Daniel Symon comes face to face with his extended family – a cadre of eccentrics, all of whom hiding their own secrets. At a reunion, patriarch Raymond is presented with a copy of the family tree and is enthralled by the complexity of his family ties.
Acting
Michael Gambon's patriarch simmers with terrifying charm
Direction
Poliakoff frames wealth as its own kind of prison
Creator
Stephen Poliakoff
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Poliakoff wrote this after his own family discovery, using the 'family tree' as metaphor for how bloodlines obscure as much as they reveal. The lavish London setting intentionally recalls Merchant Ivory to subvert that polished nostalgia.
The house is a real Hampstead mansion — Gambon reportedly refused to leave between takes, staying 'in character' by wandering rooms alone. Macfadyen called it 'the most unsettling location I've ever worked.'
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