Series Review

Period miniseries 'Alias Grace' will intrigue fans 'The Handmaid's Tale'

Based on the book by Margaret Atwood, this true tale of a young woman jailed for murder encourages empathy for her circumstances

12 November 2017 - 00:00 By tymon smith

It has been a good television year for Margaret Atwood. In the age of Donald Trump and the #MeToo fightback against sexual assault, the Canadian novelist's works have seemed ever more prescient and ripe for adaptation.
On the back of Hulu's Emmy win for the channel's adaptation of The Handmaid's Tale comes Netflix's six-part series based on Atwood's 1996 novel Alias Grace, written by Canadian actress and director Sarah Polley and directed by fellow Canadian Mary Harron...

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