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Mr Loverman: a beautifully realised TV drama that is faithful to the novel – with a few subtle changes

The first episode of the TV adaptation of Mr Loverman is preceded by the quotation: “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” Those words, voiced by protagonist Barry, belong to writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin, from his 1962…

The Conversation

Glasgow firm left 'floored' with requests from Hollywood

A GLASGOW-BASED firm has been ‘floored’ with requests from global film and TV productions...

The National (Scotland)

Sharon D Clarke: ‘When I first started being seen for TV roles it was just endless nurses’

The actor on playing Lady Bracknell at the National, the groundbreaking gay love story of Mr Loverman, and getting married on stage

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The week in TV: Rivals; Mr Loverman; Life and Death in Gaza; So Long, Marianne – review

The super-posh carry on like soft porn stars in a witty Jilly Cooper adaptation; Lennie James plays a man with a secret life; the day-to-day struggle of life in Gaza; and when Leonard Cohen met Marianne

The Guardian - UK

The Guide #161: Mr Loverman breaks new ground in golden age of Black British TV

In this week’s newsletter: Once deemed ‘too niche’ for telly, the adaptation of Bernardine Evaristo’s novel signals an exciting chapter for diverse, imaginative shows

The Guardian - UK

‘Beautiful, bittersweet’: black gay men respond to BBC’s Mr Loverman

Rare depiction of love between two elderly black men stirs emotions and realisations among its audience

The Guardian - UK

Mr Loverman review – magnificent TV that will tear your heart open

Lennie James and Sharon D Clarke are exquisite in this bold, spiky tale of a gay man who starts to regret living a lie. The awards are sure to flood in

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Mr Loverman review: A moving testament to the enduring power of self-acceptance

Lennie James is as good as he’s ever been as the dapper, mercurial Barry in this new adaptation of Bernardine Evaristo’s novel

The Independent UK

How to watch Mr Loverman online: stream the Bernardine Evaristo adaptation from anywhere

Lennie James and Sharon D Clarke star in the eight-part BBC series. Here's how you can watch Mr Loverman online.

WhatToWatch

‘I had a crush on him’: Bernardine Evaristo on writing Mr Loverman

Ahead of a BBC adaptation of her novel, the Booker-winning author reflects on failure, creative alchemy – and being consumed by her closeted seventysomething hero

The Guardian - UK

Bernardine Evaristo: ‘I’m grateful I was the first – but a Black woman hasn’t won the Booker prize since me’

The author of ‘Girl, Woman, Other’, who won the top literary prize in 2019, talks to Annabel Nugent about the moment in her career that made the world take notice, why she is channelling rage into energy, and her novel ‘Mr Loverman’ being adapted for the BBC

The Independent UK

What to know about Mr Loverman, the new BBC show set to be an autumn hit

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Evening Standard

New BBC drama adapted from Bernardine Evaristo novel will star Lennie James

Mr Loverman will be an eight-part drama ‘about family, love, and being true to yourself’.

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