Gold Digger

Name: Gold Digger
Genre: Drama, Movie/Mini-Series, Suspense
Released: May 4, 2020
Rating: 66

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Acorn TV | BBC One | Release Date: May 4, 2020

Summary: 60-years-old Julia (Julia Ormond) falls in love with 36-year-old Ben (Ben Barnes) but her three grown children are suspicious he is after her money in this six-part miniseries created and written by Marnie Dickens.

Genre(s): Drama, Movie/Mini-Series, Suspense

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S1:E6. Her Love
Air Date: December 10, 2019
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S1:E6. Her Love
Air Date: December 10, 2019
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S1:E5. Her baby
Air Date: December 10, 2019

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The Guardian Lucy Mangan

May 14, 2020

Season 1 Review: Gold Digger works beautifully as a soapy drama that promises to be full of twists and turns but emotional and psychological substance too. Jennings surely has much more to show us with Tom (otherwise, y’know, you don’t get Jennings) and Ormond grounds the whole thing in truth. Read full review

Dorothy Rabinowitz

May 14, 2020

Season 1 Review: A blend of romance and mystery, borne up by delectable touches of soap opera, the series races along charged with suspense—excruciatingly so, sometimes—from the first of its six parts to the last. This is the gold in “Gold Digger,” and there’s a lot of it. Read full review

Allison Keene

May 14, 2020

Season 1 Review: On the whole, the miniseries misses an opportunity to really lean into its unconventional premise and explore both Benjamin and Julia’s pasts, and how their experiences inform their current relationship. And yet, there is still something worthwhile about the way it addresses, at least in part, considerations about love and aging. Read full review

Joel Keller

Jun 24, 2020

Season 1 Review: Stream it, but only for Ormond’s fine performance and vulnerability. The rest of Gold Digger has yet to show us that it’s going to be anything more than Dirty John for Brits. Read full review

The Independent Ed Cumming

May 14, 2020

Season 1 Review: The problem is that minimal trouble is taken to establish the relationship. Other than asking her a couple of questions, Benjamin does nothing obvious to impress Julia, and while both actors do their best, there’s not much chemistry between them. Read full review

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jeremyp

May 19, 2020

While it has it's problems the show manages to maintain interest throughout. The main question: "Is he or isn't he?" remains hanging in the air as the series ends. As a Family Therapist I found plenty of grist for the mill here. Dysfunction galore, secrets galore, many RUFKM moments. TheWhile it has it's problems the show manages to maintain interest throughout. The main question: "Is he or isn't he?" remains hanging in the air as the series ends. As a Family Therapist I found plenty of grist for the mill here. Dysfunction galore, secrets galore, many RUFKM moments. The story is told with the intent to tease it's audience. Brief flashbacks, information gleaned to wreck the relationship briefly explained away,relevant issues ignored, there's enough stuff to yell at the TV about.
A brave-heavier-Julia Ormond, manages a good job of being a little too foggy to see the warning signs of the attentions of a much younger man, and bats away her family's constant attempts to unmask (the scoundrel!) and give the heave ho to him. The writers deliberatly avoid the Elephants in the room (she's rich, he's poor; she's upper middle class, he's lower class) and try and make LOVE the issue. Take your pick!… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

66

Series Overview
Season 1

66
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: November 12, 2019
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  S1:E6. Her Love
  Air Date: December 10, 2019
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  S1:E6. Her Love
  Air Date: December 10, 2019
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  S1:E5. Her baby
  Air Date: December 10, 2019
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  S1:E4. Her Husband
  Air Date: December 3, 2019
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  S1:E3. Her Rival
  Air Date: November 26, 2019
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  S1:E3. Her Rival
  Air Date: November 26, 2019
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  S1:E2. Her Daughter
  Air Date: November 19, 2019
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  S1:E2. Her Daughter
  Air Date: November 19, 2019
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  S1:E1. Her Boy
  Air Date: November 12, 2019
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  S1:E1. Her Boy
  Air Date: November 12, 2019