UK viewers face agonising wait for masterpiece show that left fans ‘crying messes’
It's set to air on the BBC sometime in the next few months.
UK viewers will have to wait to be able to tune into an ‘utterly immersive’ wartime drama starring Jacob Elordi.
Released in Australia today, The Narrow Road to the Deep North has already been praised by critics.
Based on the 2014 Booker Prize winning novel of the same name by Richard Flanagan, the novel follows Australian doctor Dorrigo Evans who is haunted by memories of an affair with his uncle’s wife and his experiences as a Far East prisoner of war during the construction of the Burma Railway.
Decades after the harrowing experience, he finds ‘his growing celebrity at odds with his feelings of failure and guilt’.
At the time the book was released, one critic wrote it was ‘both harrowing and deeply humanist’.
When it was announced as the winner of the Booker Prize, chair judge A.C. Grayling described the novel as a ‘remarkable love story as well as a story about human suffering and comradeship’.
The Narrow Road to the Deep North stars Jacob Elordi as Dorrigo, while Ciaran Hinds plays an older version of him (Picture: Amazon Prime Video)In 2018 it was announced that the book was being turned into a TV series, which was released this week.
It stars Jacob Elordi (Saltburn, Euphoria) as a young Dorrigo, while Ciaran Hinds (Harry Potter, Belfast) plays him as an older man.
Other cast members include Odessa Young, Olivia DeJonge, Heather Mitchell, Thomas Weatherall and Simon Baker.
Ahead of its release, critic reviews of the 5-part series were glowing.
