The Reunion, the latest BBC crime drama to hit the screens, has viewers on the edge of their seats as the crime thriller launched with a dramatic start.
This new four-part series, starring Matthew Gurney, Anne-Marie Duff, and Rose Alying-Ellis, among others, revolves around the life of Daniel Brennan (played by Matthew Gurney), a deaf man physically and emotionally disconnected from the world.
Fresh out of a ten-year prison sentence for murder, Daniel reenters society fuelled by vengeful desires.
Trapped between societal expectations and communal isolation, he finds difficulty adapting to the hearing community and faces rejection from his own within the deaf community.
As the protagonist attempts to pick up the threads of life post-incarceration, fans were quick to express their views online, reports the Express.
Over on social media site X, one fan commented: "Enjoying this new series tonight and very interesting way of doing it." While another enthused: "Absolutely loving this!"
A third chimed in: "As a deaf person, this programme is great to watch and learn the BSL again. Definitely more twist and turns to come!"
Another viewer was captivated: "Well I was hooked by #Reunion on @BBC1."
Further praise came from someone who said: "#Reunion was compelling. I went in tonight without knowing anything about it, but I'm used to watching Walter Presents subtitles on channel 4. Rare for the BBC to put signing in a mainstream TV slot. Bravo!!!"
Before the eagerly anticipated show's launch, William Mager, the brain behind it all—writer, creator, and executive producer—disclosed his personal connection to the storyline in a chat with the BBC.
Reflecting on the origins of Reunion, he said: "Reunion started as an idea a long time ago. Initially, it was from a place of emotion, a place of anger, sadness. It felt like I had something to say."
Delving into the evolution of the series, he revealed: "Originally, I wanted to write it as a short drama - that was ten years ago. But then three or four years ago, I started to look at that idea again and realised it would work better as a series, I just wrote it for myself."
"But what was interesting was that when I started to send out the script, everyone loved it. I was shocked by that because when you write something for yourself, you don't care what other people think about it but when people like it, it's great and kind of scary too."
Reunion is available to watch on BBC iPlayer
