It's Official! 'Last Tango in Halifax' Will Return in 2020
It’s literally been years since we last heard from the Buttershaws and their extended brood. So it was a pleasant surprise, to say the least, when reports started surfacing this week that Last Tango in Halifax’s extended hiatus is at last coming to an end.
For those who aren’t familiar or need a quick refresher, the BAFTA-winning dramedy starring Derek Jacobi and Anne Reid tells the story of a pair star-crossed teenage sweethearts who reunite on Facebook over fifty years later. Their respective adult daughters (played by Nicola Walker and Sarah Lancashire) and their complicated lives also figure significantly in the series.
The show first premiered on PBS in the fall of 2013 and ran for three full seasons. However, after the broadcast of a two-part Christmas special in 2017 (we had to wait an extra year here in the US), the general feeling was that Last Tango in Halifax had, well, danced its last tango. Star Jacobi, who plays Alan Buttershaw, even went so far as to declare the series finished, citing the increasingly busy professional schedule of Halifax creator Sally Wainwright.
