James Walton

A gentle soap opera with nudity and book chat: Conversations with Friends reviewed

Plus: BBC2’s extraordinary Floodlights will pin you to the sofa

Sasha Lane as Bobbi and as Alison Oliver as Frances in Conversations with Friends. Credit: BBC/Element Pictures/Enda Bowe
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