Mrs. Wilson (TV Mini Series) Episode #1.1 (2018) User Reviews

Another superb drama.

[Sleepin_Dragon · 9/10 · 13 December 2018]

2018 seems to be the year that everyone is happy to criticise the BBC, but I have to strongly stand up for the institution, 2018 has been the year for drama, quality productions galore, bodyguard, Killing Eve, Drummer Girl etc, the list goes on, and up at the end of that fine year comes Mrs Wilson.

A fantastic story, a true to life tale from Ruth Wilson herself. It's such an unusual, different, but hugely absorbing story. The production values are stupendous, the performances terrific, Ruth Wilson perfection itself.

Terrific start, I can't wait to see how this one unfolds. 9/10

Great stuff

[dazzerdutch · 9/10 · 28 December 2018]

Very interesting story made more so by It being Ruth Wilson's family! Makes you think that we may never know what Alex was up to for the government as a spy! Brilliant scenery, costumes music etc and acting very good

The Silent Service

[lavatch · 8/10 · 13 October 2020]

In the opening episode of "Mrs. Wilson," the hard-working typist, Alison Wilson, leaves the office for an hour to prepare lunch for her husband, Alec. While she is setting the table, he dies of a heart attack. The balance of the episode is the shocking revelation to Mrs. Wilson that her husband led a secret life with a second wife and family.

The setting for the film is in the 1960s, but the narrative includes flashbacks to the war years. Alec Wilson worked as a British spy, which is where he met Alison McKelvie, who was his secretary. Due to his knowledge of Arabic, Alec was sent to Northern Africa at the time of the crucial battle of El Alamein. Alison never learned the details of the duties he performed.

With superb period costumes, the filmmakers move the action along at a deliberate pace, as we observe Alison react to double life of her husband. A conflict arises when the son of the second family insists on the burial of his "father' at Southsea in an unmarked grave. To avoid scandal and humiliation to her two sons, Alison agrees to the demands.

At the funeral, Alison meets Bert Ashby, one of her deceased husband's apparent colleagues. A more mysterious figure named Asabay Karim arrives and mentions the name of Dorothy. Is it possible that Alec had a third spouse? Karim suggests that Alison see Alec's wartime supervisor Coleman for the details.

Episode 1

[Prismark10 · 6/10 · 18 December 2018]

Alex Wilson (Iain Glen) dies early on in this episode. He leaves a mystery behind. Just who was this writer turned soldier working for the secret service?

Ruth Wilson plays her own grandmother, Alison who is distraught that the older man she met during the war has suddenly died. Then to be confronted by his first wife who he never actually divorced. There is a glimpse of another woman played by Keeley Hawes who might be another woman that Alex married.

All of a sudden Alison finds out that her marriage was a sham, her husband a bigamist ans she has no right to his pension or to even bury him.

The first episode works because it is framed as a mystery. It lends it intrigue as we question if Alex was just a charlatan.