Back to Life
“Back to Life” is a British dark comedy-drama about Mira Matteson. After serving a sentence of 18 years in prison for a terrible crime she committed in her teens, Miri is finally able to return home to her small town.
TV Series 2019 – 2021
2 Seasons – 12 Episodes
Haggard plays Miri Matteson, a thirtysomething woman returning to her parents and childhood home in Hythe, Kent, after an 18-year stretch in prison. Her crime is revealed fairly early on, though its gravity is evident from the off by the length of her sentence and by the hostility with which her home town greets her – faeces is sent through the post, abusive graffiti painted on her parents’ garden wall and job applications rejected (“You can clean offices in hell, you sick bitch”). At one point, an effigy of her is tied to a tree in their garden. “This is exactly what she wears,” notes her mother, played by Geraldine James with her customary precision-with-heart. “But ironed.”
