The Pursuit of Love

Name: The Pursuit of Love
Genre: Drama
Released: July 30, 2021
Rating: 76

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The Pursuit Of Love: Season 1

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Prime Video | BBC One | Release Date: July 30, 2021

Summary: The adaptation of Nancy Mitford's novel about Fanny Logan (Emily Beecham) and her cousin Linda Radlett's (Lily James) search for love that includes Lord Merlin (Andrew Scott), Tony Kroesig (Freddie Fox), Christian Talbot (James Frecheville), and Fabrice De Sauveterre (Assaad Bouab).

[Premiered originally in the UK on BBC One on 9 MayThe adaptation of Nancy Mitford's novel about Fanny Logan (Emily Beecham) and her cousin Linda Radlett's (Lily James) search for love that includes Lord Merlin (Andrew Scott), Tony Kroesig (Freddie Fox), Christian Talbot (James Frecheville), and Fabrice De Sauveterre (Assaad Bouab).

[Premiered originally in the UK on BBC One on 9 May 2021 and in the US on Prime Video on 30 Jul 2021]… Expand

Genre(s): Drama

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The Guardian Lucy Mangan

May 10, 2021

Season 1 Review: The insistent intertwining of the pain with the laughter, instead of flattening the tale into a Wodehouse-with-women yarn, makes this adaptation feel like a classic in its own right. It is a treat for all. Read full review

Anna Russell

Aug 10, 2021

Season 1 Review: Scott is a joy to watch; he is consistently, convincingly vivacious—the embodiment of Mitford charm. ... This is a period drama that makes fun of its period’s stuffiness, playing on its stilted conventions. ... The adaptation is also funny, and not shy, on certain unflattering truths regarding motherhood. Read full review

The Independent Ed Cumming

May 10, 2021

Season 1 Review: James relaxes more into her role than she did on her last outing, as a lovestruck archaeologist in The Dig. Fox has a ball in a part he was born to play. ... This adaptation, for all its technical proficiency, crisp one-liners and confident performances, sometimes feels a little chilly. Read full review

i Gwendolyn Smith

Dec 3, 2021

Season 1 Review: Some of the script was a little clunky – Fanny’s status as an outsider was rather overdone – and there were signs that the characters had been given an unnecessary feminist makeover (Fanny lectured Linda about female ambition). But when something is such extraordinarily good fun, it feels churlish to nitpick too much. Read full review

Caroline Siede

Jul 26, 2021

Season 1 Review: Like the glam rock montages and wry Wes Anderson-inspired cutaways, Linda’s glamorous nihilism adds a spiky edge that occasionally jazzes up The Pursuit Of Love’s classic period piece formula with something new. Read full review

Tom Long

Jul 29, 2021

Season 1 Review: Despite its straightforward plotting and the obvious contrast in cousins, Mortimer lets “The Pursuit of Love” play messy, since that’s how life itself plays. Read full review

Mike Hale

Jul 29, 2021

Season 1 Review: Mortimer generally follows the novel’s plot and incorporates a lot of its words directly into Fanny’s narration, and her “Pursuit of Love” is better the closer it sticks to the book. Unfortunately, when she strays from it, expanding on Mitford’s story, she has mostly bad ideas. Read full review

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redhawk

Sep 4, 2021

Lily James. My god. That was one of the worst performances I have ever seen. The writing is atrocious— the characters don’t make sense and don’t have motivations. Literally one of the worst things I’ve ever seen. Andrew Scott was fantastic in a limited role.

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Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: July 30, 2021
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  S1:E1. Episode 1
  Air Date: November 30, -0001