Back to Life (Seasons 1–2)

Back to Life (2019) is a British tragicomedy you can watch online on iFILM. Miri Matteson walks out of prison after eighteen years and moves back to the small seaside town where everyone remembers exactly what she did.

Daisy Haggard plays Miri with a mix of awkward cheer and stubborn hope that never quite settles. Home means ageing parents (Geraldine James), an ex who has lived a whole life without her, and neighbours who cross the street to avoid her. She needs a job, a fresh start, and an answer to the thing people keep whispering behind her back — whether this clumsy, good-natured woman could really have killed anyone.

Haggard co-created the show as well as starring in it, which is why the dark humour never tips a heavy subject into farce. Director Chris Sweeney holds the tone between comedy and grief without sliding into pity. The half-hour episodes go down in a single evening. Stream Back to Life (2019) online on iFILM.