Two Weeks to Live (TV series)
Two Weeks to Live is a six-part 2020 TV mini series, produced for Sky UK and HBO Max starring Maisie Williams as Kim Noakes, a misfit, who has been raised in almost total isolation "living off the grid" in rural Scotland for most of her life by her overprotective survivalist mother, Tina (Sian Clifford).
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Composer | Toydrum |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
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Cinematography | Mattias Nyberg |
Editor | Mike Holliday |
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Distributor | Sky UK |
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Original network | Sky One |
Original release | 2 September – 7 October 2020 |
Plot summary
Kim goes to a pub for the first time as an adventure and meets two brothers. She is naive and goes home with them where a practical joke is played on Kim : a fake video depicting a nuclear explosion apocalypse and that everybody had just Two Weeks to live. Kim – raised to believe the end times were close – sets off to kill the man who murdered her father in front of her when she was a child.[2][3][4]
Cast
- Maisie Williams as Kim Noakes
- Sian Clifford as Tina Noakes
- Mawaan Rizwan as Nicky
- Taheen Modak as Jay
- Jason Flemyng as Brooks
- Michael Begley as Ian
- Thalissa Teixeira as Thompson
- Kerry Howard as Beth
- Sean Knopp as Kim's dad
- Sean Pertwee as Jimmy
Episodes
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.K. viewers (millions) |
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1 | "Episode 1" | Al Campbell | Gaby Hull | 2 September 2020 | N/A |
2 | "Episode 2" | Al Campbell | Gaby Hull | 9 September 2020 | N/A |
3 | "Episode 3" | Al Campbell | Gaby Hull | 16 September 2020 | N/A |
4 | "Episode 4" | Al Campbell | Phoebe Eclair-Powell | 23 September 2020 | N/A |
5 | "Episode 5" | Al Campbell | Lucy Montgomery | 30 September 2020 | N/A |
6 | "Episode 6" | Al Campbell | Gaby Hull | 7 October 2020 | N/A |
Production
The UK series, written by Gaby Hull[1] and produced by Kudos, debuted on 2 September 2020. The six part series also stars Sean Knopp, Mawaan Rizwan and Taheen Modak.[5][1][6]
Reception
The Guardian considers that Williams "excels in her fish-out-of-water role, flitting between hapless and determined, worldly and childlike".[2] Two Weeks To Live lets Williams flex comedy muscles while also show off her stunt fighting and stunt skills. The NME described the action drama as also genuinely funny.[3]
References
- "'Game of Thrones' Star Maisie Williams to Star in Sky Comedy 'Two Weeks to Live'". Variety. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ": 'The people at the top of TV don't want equality'". The Guardian. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- "Maisie Williams: "Following 'Game Of Thrones' is an impossible challenge"". NME. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- "Maisie Williams: 'When I was 12 people were like, Ooh, are you gonna get a drug habit and ruin your life?'". The Independent. 29 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- "When is Two Weeks to Live on Sky One and NOW TV? What is it about?". Radio Times. 17 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- "Maisie Williams To Lead Sky Original Comedy 'Two Weeks To Live' For 'The Tunnel' Outfit Kudos". Deadline Hollywood. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2020.