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HOPE eternal

THE END

Starts February 2, Tuesdays at 8.30pm and watch all episodes On Demand

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The topic of euthanasia might not sound like a rollicking good time, but when it comes to new 10-part FOXTEL Original drama The End, writer Samantha Strauss – along with an outstanding ensemble cast led by Dame Harriet Walter and Frances O’Connor (pictured from left) – has managed to find the perfect balance of humour amongst the sadness, making this multigenerational local offering a real joy to consume.

Based on Strauss’s own grandmother’s experience of finding a new lease on life after moving into a retirement village as a widow at the age of 80, the series centres around uptight Englishwoman Edie (Walter). Desperately depressed after discovering her

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