Mayflies
Everyone has a Tully Dawson: the friend who defines your life. In the summer of 1986, in a small Scottish town, Jimmy and Tully ignite a brilliant friendship based on music, films and the rebel spirit. With school over they rush towards the climax of their youth: a magical weekend in Manchester, the epicentre of everything that inspires them in working-class Britain. There, against the greatest soundtrack ever recorded, a vow is made: to go at life differently. Keeping that vow, Jimmy is now a successful writer, living in London. He might have escaped his small-town roots, but he hasn't cut all ties with his past. He's still deeply connected through his thirty-year friendship with Tully. Even the prospect of turning 50 can't dent their boyish optimism. They've worked this whole life thing out. Somehow. Till the night Tully phones Jimmy; Tully has the worst kind of news and a request that will test their friendship, love, and loyalty to the limit.
- Metascore82
- 2022-2022
- 1 season
- Drama
Everyone has a Tully Dawson: the friend who defines your life. In the summer of 1986, in a small Scottish town, Jimmy and Tully ignite a brilliant friendship based on music, films and the rebel spirit. With school over they rush towards the climax of their youth: a magical weekend in Manchester, the epicentre of everything that inspires them in working-class Britain. There, against the greatest soundtrack ever recorded, a vow is made: to go at life differently. Keeping that vow, Jimmy is now a successful writer, living in London. He might have escaped his small-town roots, but he hasn't cut all ties with his past. He's still deeply connected through his thirty-year friendship with Tully. Even the prospect of turning 50 can't dent their boyish optimism. They've worked this whole life thing out. Somehow. Till the night Tully phones Jimmy; Tully has the worst kind of news and a request that will test their friendship, love, and loyalty to the limit.
Season 1 Episode Guide
2 Episodes 2022
Episode 1
Episode #1.1
Mon, Oct 30, 2023 58 mins
Tully and Jimmy's 30-year friendship is tested when Tully asks Jimmy to help him take control of a terminal cancer diagnosis by taking him to Switzerland to die on his own terms.
Episode 2
Episode #1.2
58 mins
Moral dilemmas occupy Jimmy as he plans the Switzerland trip, but tempers flare when Tully's wife Anna discovers the plan and declares she will not support Tully's assisted dying.