No. 85 George & Tammy (TV) (2022) 91/100
Another TV miniseries now and probably one that I was putting off. I’m not a big fan of country music so this six-episode bio-pic of George Jones and Tammy Wynette didn’t really appeal. It was however really enjoyable and, although some of the music could have been trimmed a bit, the two leads were excellent. I was familiar with Tammy, but hadn’t previously heard of George. It seems that he was quite the big deal though, and even today he has twice the Spotify plays as Tammy, despite them both now being dead. The programme starts in 1968 but the timeline does jump about a bit. Tammy is an aspiring singer whilst George, played by our Mr Shannon is the big star. Tammy has a herd of kids and a husband, but George takes a shine to her and whisks her away after an eventful dinner at her house. ‘Which kids are yours?’ he asks as they run off with George having overturned the table – well he won’t be asked back. There is a ‘Star is Born’ vibe going on as...