Back to Life (2019–2021)

TV ShowEndedBBC ThreeComedy, Drama2 seasons, 12 episodes
Back to Life posterReview score: 74%

Plot

When Miri Matteson returns home after eighteen years, can she integrate back into her old life? With a terrible event from her past hanging over her, it won’t be easy.

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Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Back to Life S01E01Episode 1S01E01 · 7.8When Miri Matteson returns home after eighteen years, she stumbles back into adult life in the coastal town she once knew, while the shadow of her past looms large.
  2. 02Back to Life S01E02Episode 2S01E02 · 7.5Miri is excited about her first day working at Nathan’s fish and chip shop, but the community aren’t taking kindly to her return.
  3. 03Back to Life S01E03Episode 3S01E03 · 7.0Miri and her neighbour Billy escape to an amusement park for the day, but Miri’s past continues to chase her. Meanwhile, Caroline attempts to end things with Dom for good.

Episodes by season

Season01Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2019Aired 7.0Season avg
  1. S01E01Back to Life S01E01Season's bestEpisode 1April 15, 2019 7.8When Miri Matteson returns home after eighteen years, she stumbles back into adult life in the coastal town she once knew, while the shadow
  2. S01E02Back to Life S01E02Episode 2April 15, 2019 7.5Miri is excited about her first day working at Nathan’s fish and chip shop, but the community aren’t taking kindly to her return.
  3. S01E03Back to Life S01E03Episode 3April 15, 2019 7.0Miri and her neighbour Billy escape to an amusement park for the day, but Miri’s past continues to chase her. Meanwhile, Caroline attempts t
  4. S01E04Back to Life S01E04Episode 4April 15, 2019 7.0Miri and Caroline embark on a road trip to visit Oscar’s aunt. But, when an accident stalls them, they are forced to discuss how Caroline tr
  5. S01E05Back to Life S01E05Episode 5April 15, 2019 6.0A terrible coincidence puts Miri back in the community’s firing line as she becomes the key suspect in a new crime. Caroline and Oscar attem
  6. S01E06Back to Life S01E06Episode 6April 15, 2019 7.0After being locked in a cell once again, Miri gets out determined to tell her side of the story and to finally get the town on her side.

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2021Aired 6.3Season avg
  1. S02E01Back to Life S02E01Episode 1August 31, 2021 6.0Miri is moving on with her life with a new job and a date with Billy. But her past returns to trouble her with the arrival of a surprise vis
  2. S02E02Back to Life S02E02Episode 2August 31, 2021 6.0Between modern day sex and bank accounts, Miri is once again baffled by the world today as she navigates both her new job and her budding re
  3. S02E03Back to Life S02E03Episode 3August 31, 2021 6.0While the town prepares for Lara’s vigil, Miri is unwittingly taken to meet Billy’s family for the first time, and attempts to reinvent hers
  4. S02E04Back to Life S02E04Season's bestEpisode 4August 31, 2021 7.0A series of disasters threaten to derail Miri’s first date with Billy. Meanwhile, Caroline and Oscar find a visitor on their doorstep and mu
  5. S02E05Back to Life S02E05Episode 5August 31, 2021 6.0With the former police chief still missing, Miri takes her driving test. Oscar enlists Dom to help with his environmental activism.
  6. S02E06Back to Life S02E06Episode 6August 31, 2021 7.0Knowing she must go to the police, Miri’s final day with Billy is interrupted by his domineering mother.

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Cast

Daisy HaggardDaisy HaggardMiri MattesonGeraldine JamesGeraldine JamesCaroline MattesonRichard DurdenRichard DurdenOscar MattesonJo MartinJo MartinJaniceAdeel AkhtarAdeel AkhtarBillyJamie MichieJamie MichieDomChristine BottomleyChristine BottomleyMandy

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