Dangerous Liaisons (2022 series): Trailer, certificate and where to watch
Adaptation of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' classic 18th-century novel
Year: 2022
Certificate: 18
Pierre Choderlos de Laclos's deliciously cruel novel about sex, seduction and power in 18th Century Paris has already been made into at least two movies, not to mention inspiring the brilliant modern-day version in 1999, Cruel Intentions.
Now this prequel series charts the early lives of its lead characters, the fabulously amoral and power-hungry Valmont and Merteuil (played by John Malkovich and Glenn Close in the Oscar-winning 1988 movie). Full of beautiful costumes, steamy scheming and Machiavellian plotting, it's a heady eight-part series with a killer cast: Alice Englert and Nicholas Denton are superb as Merteuil and Valmont, but look out too for Lesley Manville, Paloma Faith and Game Of Thrones' Carice van Houten. (Eight episodes)
