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''Last Tango in Halifax'' is a British romantic drama series that started airing on BBC One on 20 November 2012. The series was written by Sally Wainwright, who was inspired by witnessing the happiness that her mother's second marriage brought her late in life. It stars Derek Jacobi and Anne Reid as widowed septuagenarians, Alan and Celia, childhood sweethearts who have been apart for 60 years. Reunited via Facebook, they meet, fall in love, and plan to marry. Reid and Jacobi enjoyed having the chance to play out a love story between older people. Sarah Lancashire and Nicola Walker star as Caroline, Celia's daughter, and Gillian, Alan's daughter, respectively. Other characters are played by Nina Sosanya, Tony Gardner, Ronni Ancona, Dean Andrews, Sacha Dhawan and Josh Bolt. The United States broadcast television network PBS picked up the first series and began airing it in September 2013. The series has been praised for its depiction of the older generation, strong acting, and believable dialogue. A critic for ''The Daily Telegraph'' summarised the series as "a triumph against TV's ageism", and it has been endorsed by an executive member of the charity Age UK. Ahead of the series' American premiere, a critic for the ''Los Angeles Times'' described it as "the best new show of the fall". ''Last Tango in Halifax'' accrued four nominations for the 2013 British Academy Television Awards and won the British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series. A second series was commissioned, and filming began in summer 2013. It was broadcast on BBC One from 19 November 2013 to 24 December 2013. A third series was commissioned prior to the final episode of the second, aired between 28 December 2014 and 1 February 2015. A fourth series has been confirmed by the BBC. ==Overview== Celia Dawson and Alan Buttershaw are both widowed and in their seventies. They were attracted to each other in the 1950s, but never expressed their feelings, and Celia moved away with her parents. In the present day, they are reunited after being persuaded to join Facebook by their respective grandchildren. Alan has loved Celia since he was 16 years old,〔 whilst Celia is described as a woman who is "unfulfilled" and was unhappily married to a man she grew to hate.〔 After their reunion, Alan and Celia discover that they still feel as passionately for each other as they did when they were teenagers. Their story is described as a "testament of the uplifting power of love at any age".〔 Alan and Celia's romance is depicted alongside the troubles of their own grown-up daughters, and the series' official description says that its portrayal of family is "as dark as it is comic".〔 Alan's daughter Gillian and Celia's daughter Caroline are complete opposites: widowed Gillian runs a farm and works part-time in a supermarket,〔 whilst Oxford-educated〔 Caroline is the headmistress of a successful school.〔 Their parents' engagement affects both daughters' lives. Gillian wonders how she and her son will cope without her father around to help,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gillian )〕 whilst Caroline, struggling with depression and her feelings for a female colleague, feels that her mother's unconventional romance gives her "permission to finally admit to being who she really is".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Caroline )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Last Tango in Halifax」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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