{"id":3301,"date":"2021-08-19T12:34:41","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T10:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1322715"},"modified":"2021-08-19T12:51:07","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T10:51:07","slug":"i-am-maria-preview-gives-a-glimpse-at-lesley-manvilles-starring-role","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/i-am-maria-preview-gives-a-glimpse-at-lesley-manvilles-starring-role\/","title":{"rendered":"I Am Maria preview gives a glimpse at Lesley Manville\u2019s starring role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> The second series of Dominic Savage&#8217;s anthology concludes tonight on Channel 4. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Patrick Cremona\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 19 August 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n<p>The second run of Dominic Savage\u2019s <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/i-am-season-2-release-date\/&quot;\">I Am<\/a> series concludes on Channel 4 tonight, with Lesley Manville starring in the third and final film I Am Maria.<\/p>\n<p>The programme follows the titular character, who has a moment of clarity on her 60th birthday and realises it\u2019s time to leave her unhappy marriage and start a fresh life.<\/p>\n<p>According to Channel 4, the episode, \u201cexplores thought-provoking, universal issues of identity, doubt and the painful cracks that can slowly form in lifelong relationships\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> can exclusively reveal a preview clip of the episode, which shows Maria explaining her decision to her husband, played by Darkest Hour star Michael Gould.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going to apologise because I don\u2019t see why I should have to,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;embed&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <video data-video-id=\"6268596016001\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\" controls=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div> <p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to shout, I don\u2019t like shouting, but I would like it if you could understand that what we did when we were young\u2026 we got this home and we had the children and we absolutely did it, but there was so much that I didn\u2019t do \u2013 things I really achingly wanted to do and just couldn\u2019t do them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The cast for the episode also includes Gershwyn Eustache Jnr (Small Axe, I May Destroy You), Daryl McCormack (Pixie), Ziggy Heath (Harlots) and Ellie James (I May Destroy You).<\/p> <p>It follows two previous episodes, I Am Victoria, which starred Gentleman Jack actor Suranne Jones, and I Am Danielle, which saw Black Panther\u2019s Letitia Wright take on the lead role.<\/p>\n<p>The first series, which aired in 2019, included episodes starring Vicky McClure, Samantha Morton and Gemma Chan.<\/p>\n<section class=\"&quot;template-article__editor-content\"><strong>The I Am anthology concludes tonight, with Lesley Manville\u2019s I Am Maria on Thursday 19th August at 9pm on Channel 4. 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