TV Review: With star turns from Hinds and Elordi, hats off to the casting director of The Narrow Road to the Deep North
The Narrow Road to the Deep North, based on Richard Flanagan's Booker Prize-winning novel, plays out over three timelines. It starts with a bang in Syria, 1941, and although it's quite hard to make out a lot of the action (it's beautifully shot but I questioned the strength of my glasses at how dark it was), this is a series to welcome you in from the start.
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