{"id":519279,"date":"2026-04-08T09:47:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T09:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/519279\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T09:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T09:47:07","slug":"the-testaments-review-brace-yourself-for-a-bloody-sequel-to-the-handmaids-tale-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/519279\/","title":{"rendered":"The Testaments review \u2013 brace yourself for a bloody sequel to The Handmaid\u2019s Tale &#8211; The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuwFBVV95cUxQWEx6d2c1eVZBVHQ2cHNObXVDcTdmSFo4U0pkZ2tTbGRySEdxdWRpWHhHU0FPLVJvRy14ajllMUpMcnhxRHRKcE5hdWRQQThRZUdpOHNjT19pMzQ2RjF3MnpjSlVuTXFSWjRnU2hwaTdQZW5RNzlkeGlpNl96ZFd2aktDODM4Q01nWHZPTXc4ck9JUnFWVkNBbGhkTjRhYnREeUJyX1laS0U5Y3Rfa3dGektrV2NZRXhrNzdZ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Testaments review \u2013 brace yourself for a bloody sequel to The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxPblJyZ1JQTXE2NUZYSmFTTUgzbEtSeU1JLUZad21sUHFxWHpaeTFwU3l0cWZidGFCODZWLVo0SVVUT2EzUmZXTmVBUGVqLWpaTERFTG5sS19fRUMzZGFZdEt6Qy1hX2dUTEFEc1IxemlrcWRIVnBrTlRoM2stVmdOOWJ3NWtfUV9GMWVNazdRZmpTM1NuZkl1ZnRYRXBQUDJ0bnJBQ00wcWNtczN5RHJseFdCRGg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ann Dowd: \u2018I haven\u2019t been hired for my looks, so I\u2019ve never depended upon them\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixgFBVV95cUxOS3c2UFhSRFY2MndTZjZpb2pLcUF0ME8wcmdvY3FsZlpMRGwyTlNPVDV4OU90X1BxdmlSM3FNLTd0eXYzbWl4cXNOT3FfOWZYak9TZVYtaURoQmRYa01nSGhUNUFzOFBRLUpUaUk0ZW9uMGNiekhSbVBVNjBZMm9xNVpsazc4NncxcTkwTTF3cmw5UHBhUTAwalR0SGJFUG96X2tjWGpVWFRfNTdXT2VMaGc2VUdremwxTW1EZzgweG9WZi1FSlE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Testaments review \u2014 can we still be shocked by Margaret Atwood\u2019s Gilead?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMib0FVX3lxTFBTeHktazN4eUxZYjhWbXhWVTBORXZxR0JzemhuM3NGTnc5ZHZzVGhlSFpqSGdOWkFZV3ByeTRqVWVmbGN2cGJlNFNRZGc2YS1lZTU4NDFQYUU1TUVWTGxHWmN0MlhFek5EVUhiN1BDdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">This Handmaid\u2019s Tale sequel is like a dystopian Mean Girls \u2013 but it works<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;telegraph.co.uk<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxOVXZRN0plUmNMRmM5dWkzdXhXYW51SkRRSFdMbTg1cjE2V1JhWjA2cHIta2dEREVlNzc4c1NkQ1VrSXJtMkZmbE4xbDMta3FjSHRuc04zQjVzbjduSDQ2b1EtQkdFWUZIT2VyNWRLUlUwYmN1Z3lYbzJZd2NfVG9iRG9JQ0xkX1NKbDVnQmxkaGhVWlZBY3djRHllVzZvRTQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Elisabeth Moss Reprises \u2018Handmaid\u2019s Tale\u2019 Role On \u2018The Testaments\u2019 Series Premiere<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Deadline<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Testaments review \u2013 brace yourself for a bloody sequel to The Handmaid\u2019s Tale&nbsp;&nbsp;The GuardianAnn Dowd: \u2018I haven\u2019t&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-519279","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-gb","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}