TV review: Tonnes of heart in The Bear and The Lying Life of Adults is absolutely brilliant

The only downside with The Lying Life of Adults is that they are making period pieces about the 1990s now, and that makes me feel really old

The lying life of adults is a powerful and singular portrait of Giovanna's transition from childhood to adolescence in the 1990s. 

Things are looking up. We just finished watching The Bear (Disney Plus), a high-octane comedy drama about life in the kitchen of a Chicago restaurant. It had tonnes of heart, good and bad, reminding me of The Sopranos.

Now we’re onto The Lying Lives of Adults (Netflix). This is a slower burn, watching the world through the eyes of 15-year-old Giovanna from the plush apartment she shares with her parents in 1990s Naples.