Re-united after 50+ years apart, Celia and Alan decide to marry. At age 16, Alan's late wife failed to pass on a letter from Celia, his longtime crush, with an apology for missing their first date and her forwarding address. Both now have daughters with lover troubles.
30 December 1996, Derby, England, UK
29 May 1969, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
1958, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
4 October 1964, Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK
15 May 1970, Stepney, London, England, UK
12 July 1935, Preston, Lancashire, England, UK
4 December 1942, Marylebone, London, England, UK
20 October 1934, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
30 July 1966, Wellington, New Zealand
November 25, 2013
If you want real emotional depth and nuanced backstory - the stuff of real drama, in other words - try two pensioner protagonists.
November 25, 2013
It is kind, and it is warm, but it is also blunt. There's no faff. And it's lovely.
June 27, 2014
Season 2 of Last Tango in Halifax is immeasurably richer and darker-in all the best ways-than Season 1, which is saying a great deal.
August 10, 2017
There's no doubting the real key to the programme's success lies with its two main stars: Anne Reid and Derek Jacobi, who leave you enraptured with the joy of their late life love.
June 26, 2014
The audacity of building a show around a couple in their 70s is so refreshing in this age of demographic pandering that it probably does more to brand Last Tango in Halifax as "public television" than virtually any other attribute in the program.
June 27, 2014
His chemistry with Anne Reid as Celia, the woman he let get away some 60 years ago, is both delicate and deep, warming the soul.
