Mix Tape: A Nostalgic Love Story with a Soundtrack That Hits Home
So, I just watched Mix Tape , and let me tell you—it’s the kind of drama that takes you by the hand and walks you straight back into your teenage bedroom, headphones on, heart full, and dreams scribbled in the margins of a school notebook.
Airing on BBC Two, Mix Tape is a four-part Irish-Australian co-production that's part romance, part memory lane, and part bittersweet reflection. Think One Day with a little more grit and a lot more music. It opens in 1989, at a Sheffield house party, where shy teenagers Daniel and Alison first connect over a mixtape—yes, an actual cassette mixtape. That one little object becomes a symbol of their feelings, their youth, and everything they never quite said. The soundtrack? Oh, it’s fire. New Order’s “Bizarre Love Triangle,” The Cure, Nick Drake—it’s like someone cracked open a time capsule of emotion and let it bleed into every scene.
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Fast forward 20 years. Daniel, now a worn-out music journalist played by Jim Sturgess, is still in Sheffield. Alison, brilliantly portrayed by Teresa Palmer, is now a bestselling novelist living oceans away in Sydney. Life has moved on. They both have families, responsibilities, routines. And yet, the ghosts of those mixtapes—and all the unanswered questions they carry—linger like an old tune stuck on repeat.
The show asks a huge question: can you ever really go back to your first love? And more importantly, should you? It’s romantic in that classic, slightly unrealistic way where people throw logic out the window and chase what might have been .
I won’t lie—there are moments that stretch believability. Like, would someone really risk their marriage for a teenage crush decades old? Probably not. But does it make for a compelling, yearning drama soaked in nostalgia? Absolutely.
Yes, it’s filmed in Dublin while pretending to be Sheffield. Yes, the leads are a bit young for their characters’ timelines. And yes, it flirts dangerously with the line between touching and implausible. But despite its flaws, Mix Tape has a heart. And it plays its emotions through the speakers loud and clear.
If you're a sucker for romantic what-ifs and music that aches with memory, Mix Tape might just hit the spot. Just don’t expect Normal People levels of depth—this one’s more like a cover version with a great backing track. Still, some tunes are worth a replay.
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