Two Weeks to Live (TV series)

Two Weeks to Live is a British television comedy drama miniseries created by Gaby Hull that stars Maisie Williams as a misfit teenager who has been raised living "off-the-grid" by her overprotective survivalist mother. The series premiered on 2 September 2020 on Sky One.

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Premise

Kim goes to a pub for the first time as an adventure and meets two brothers. She is naive and goes home with them where a practical joke is played on Kim – a fake video depicting a nuclear apocalypse and that everybody has just two weeks to live. Kim, raised to believe the end times were close, sets off to kill the man who murdered her father in front of her when she was a child.

Cast and characters

Main

Maisie Williams as Kim Noakes
Sian Clifford as Tina Noakes
Mawaan Rizwan as Nicky
Taheen Modak as Jay
Sean Pertwee as Jimmy
Jason Flemyng as DI Alan Brooks
Thalissa Teixeira as Thompson
Kerry Howard as Beth

Supporting

Michael Begley as Ian
Sean Knopp as Kim's dad
Pooky Quesnel as Mandy

Production

The series was written by Gaby Hull and produced by Kudos. It stars Maisie Williams, Sian Clifford, Mawaan Rizwan, and Taheen Modak in main roles.

Broadcast

The six-part series premiered on 2 September 2020 on Sky One in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the series was acquired by HBO Max and released on 5 November 2020.

Reception

The Guardian considers that Williams "excels in her fish-out-of-water role, flitting between hapless and determined, worldly and childlike". The Independent reviewer wrote "Two Weeks To Live lets Williams flex comedy muscles while also show off her stunt fighting and stunt skills." The NME described the action drama as also genuinely funny.