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''Reunion'' is a British television drama
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that aired from 7 to 15 April 2025 on
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. The cast is led by Matthew Gurney as Daniel Brennan and includes Lara Peake,
Anne-Marie Duff Anne-Marie Duff (born 8 October 1970) is an English actress and narrator. She is best known for her BAFTA nominated television roles in '' Shameless'' and '' The Virgin Queen'', and her performance as Grace Williams in '' Bad Sisters'', for wh ...
,
Eddie Marsan Edward Maurice Charles Marsan (born 9 June 1968) is an English actor. He won the London Film Critics Circle Award and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film '' Happy-Go-Lucky'' (2008). Early life and ...
, and
Rose Ayling-Ellis Rose Lucinda Ayling-Ellis (born 17 November 1994) is an English actress, television presenter and writer of children's books. Deaf since birth, she is a British Sign Language user. On television, she is best known for her role as Frankie Lew ...
. The majority of the cast and the crew on the series are deaf or use
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.


Synopsis

Daniel Brennan is a deaf man released from prison, ostracised by friends and family, seeking to discover and unravel the events that led to his imprisonment.


Cast

* Matthew Gurney as Daniel Brennan * Lara Peake as Carly *
Anne-Marie Duff Anne-Marie Duff (born 8 October 1970) is an English actress and narrator. She is best known for her BAFTA nominated television roles in '' Shameless'' and '' The Virgin Queen'', and her performance as Grace Williams in '' Bad Sisters'', for wh ...
as Christine *
Eddie Marsan Edward Maurice Charles Marsan (born 9 June 1968) is an English actor. He won the London Film Critics Circle Award and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film '' Happy-Go-Lucky'' (2008). Early life and ...
as Stephen *
Rose Ayling-Ellis Rose Lucinda Ayling-Ellis (born 17 November 1994) is an English actress, television presenter and writer of children's books. Deaf since birth, she is a British Sign Language user. On television, she is best known for her role as Frankie Lew ...
as Miri * Stephen Collins as Sean *
Ace Mahbaz Ace Mahbaz (born 25 June 1986) is an actor and writer, known for ''Small World'' and ''Sehen statt Hören''. He was born in Tehran and raised in Europe, currently residing in London and Berlin. Personal life Ace Mahbaz is a well-known figure in ...
as Ray Mokhtar *
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as Naomi Brennan *
Olive Gray Olive Grant (born 3 December 1994), known professionally as Olive Gray, is a British actor. They first gained prominence through their role in the CBBC series '' Half-Moon Investigations'' (2009). They have since starred in the Paramount+ series ...
as Anna Shenford * Joe Sims as Joe Summers * Julian Peedle-Calloo as Gardner * Cherie Gordon as Tasha * Rinkoo Barpaga as Vinay * James Joseph Boyle as Matthew * Sophie Allen as Danni * Joanne Harrison as Brennan’s Mum * David Hirshman as Brennan’s dad.


Production

The four-part series is produced by
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for ''
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'' and ''
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''. It is created and written by William Mager and directed by
Luke Snellin Luke Snellin (born 9 March 1986) is a British film and television director and screenwriter. He was nominated for a British Academy Film Awards, BAFTA Film Award in 2010 and named as one of ''Screen International'' "Stars of Tomorrow" in 20 ...
, with Helen Ostler as producer, and Siobhan Morgan as associate producer. Mark Herbert and Gwen Gorst are executive producers for Warp Films, alongside series writer William Mager and series director
Luke Snellin Luke Snellin (born 9 March 1986) is a British film and television director and screenwriter. He was nominated for a British Academy Film Awards, BAFTA Film Award in 2010 and named as one of ''Screen International'' "Stars of Tomorrow" in 20 ...
, with Rebecca Ferguson and Jo McClellan for the BBC. The majority of cast and many members of the crew are deaf or use British Sign Language. The cast is led by Matthew Gurney with Lara Peake,
Anne-Marie Duff Anne-Marie Duff (born 8 October 1970) is an English actress and narrator. She is best known for her BAFTA nominated television roles in '' Shameless'' and '' The Virgin Queen'', and her performance as Grace Williams in '' Bad Sisters'', for wh ...
,
Eddie Marsan Edward Maurice Charles Marsan (born 9 June 1968) is an English actor. He won the London Film Critics Circle Award and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film '' Happy-Go-Lucky'' (2008). Early life and ...
and
Rose Ayling-Ellis Rose Lucinda Ayling-Ellis (born 17 November 1994) is an English actress, television presenter and writer of children's books. Deaf since birth, she is a British Sign Language user. On television, she is best known for her role as Frankie Lew ...
. The cast also includes Stephen Collins,
Ace Mahbaz Ace Mahbaz (born 25 June 1986) is an actor and writer, known for ''Small World'' and ''Sehen statt Hören''. He was born in Tehran and raised in Europe, currently residing in London and Berlin. Personal life Ace Mahbaz is a well-known figure in ...
,
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,
Olive Gray Olive Grant (born 3 December 1994), known professionally as Olive Gray, is a British actor. They first gained prominence through their role in the CBBC series '' Half-Moon Investigations'' (2009). They have since starred in the Paramount+ series ...
, Sophie Allen, Joe Sims and Julian Peedle-Calloo. Filming took place in
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in the summer of 2024. Other filming locations included
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.


Broadcast

Reunion was broadcast on
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and
BBC One BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's oldest and flagship channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television b ...
from Monday 7 April 2025.


Reception

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in ''
The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardi ...
'' awarded the show four stars saying that the performances are "uniformly excellent" but that "Gurney is a revelation. He is an effortlessly compelling physical presence, but makes Brennan a mass of delicate layers". Vicky Jessop, reviewing the series in ''
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'', gave it four stars, praising Gurney's performance as "stunning" and calling the series "a long overdue reckoning of how our system fails the hard of hearing". Phil Harrison of ''
The Independent ''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was publishe ...
'' also gave it four stars, calling the series "groundbreaking" and mentioning the
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as an integral element of its success.


References


External links

* {{IMDb title, tt29768339 2025 British television series debuts 2025 British television series endings BBC crime drama television shows 2020s British television miniseries Television shows set in Yorkshire Television shows shot in Yorkshire British English-language television shows Television shows about deaf people