



The series has received mixed reviews from critics, though it went on to earn 14 nominations at the 2020 New Zealand Television Awards, winning 8 of them.Įleanor Catton's novel was awarded the 2013 Man Booker Prize. In New Zealand The Luminaries premiered on TVNZ 1 on and then had its first broadcast in the UK on BBC One on 21 June 2020. The series is centred on a young adventurer named Anna Wetherell ( Eve Hewson), who has travelled from the United Kingdom to start a new life in New Zealand during the 1860s West Coast Gold Rush. The Luminaries is a 2020 drama television miniseries written by Eleanor Catton (based on her 2013 novel The Luminaries) and directed by Claire McCarthy.
