Falling brings us into the religious world, where nun Anna (Keeley Hawes – The Assassin) and priest David (Paapa Essiedu – Babies) meet because he’s going to take a group of young girls to her nunnery, so they can get an idea of whether or not they like it.
This includes teenager, Tina, who’s thinking of living a nun’s life, while her mum reckons she doesn’t know which way’s up. Well, when I was a kid, I wanted to be Buck Rogers!
The rules in Anna’s place are certainly harsh, so you have to give your lives to the mythical deity, and not have a mobile phone in order to check out Snapchat.
However, for this pair, they have a bit of a disagreement at the start, but an accidental moment leads to a close moment. But for the day job, he has to put up with the daily grind of listening to his flock’s ridiculous confessions, while at this time of the day, she’s out and about… and delivering goods to OAPs.
Are they… falling for each other? And what happens when the news gets out?
Still, it’s quite a slow burn, but good and well-acted, and if God’s meant to be omipotent, then so is Jason Watkins (Dirty Business), who plays devout Priest Peter 😉
It also comes from writer Jack Thorne, with some of the best work of his I’ve seen in recent years being The Hack, Kiri and The Virtues.
Falling begins tomorrow night at 9pm on Channel 4, after which, the episodes will be on with new episodes All4.
It’s available to pre-order on Blu-ray and DVD, ahead of its release date on June 22nd.
Series Directors: Sasha Ransome, Peter Hoar
Producer: Joe Donaldson
Writer: Jack Thorne
Music: Adiescar Chase
Cast:
Anna: Keeley Hawes
David: Paapa Essiedu
Francesca: Niamh Cusack
Francis: Adrian Scarborough
Peter: Jason Watkins
Tina: Holly Rhys
Charlie: Anthony Cozens
Muriel: Rakie Ayola
Gertrude: Sandra Voe
Derrick: David Hargreaves
Bianca: Kerrie Hayes
Carla: Jessica Temple
Father Clarey: Charles Dale
Father Bennet: Simon Ludders
Dave: Samson Agboola
Polly: June Watson
Lindsay: Tess Endacott-Isaeva
Molly: Theia Eminyan
Susan: Sophie Stone
Graham: Jon Bard
Phil: David Dawson
Young Anna: Eloise Little
Ben: Ali Cook
Shane: Robert MacPherson
Bimpe: Shayde Sinclair
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