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The Handmaid’s Tale

‘What was the point in rooting for her,

if she would inevitably end up back at the start?’ ...

Elisabeth Moss in The Handmaid’s Tale.

Photograph: MGM/Hulu

The Handmaid’s Tale:

will the TV hit break its cycle of cruelty?

‘What was the point in rooting for her,

if she would inevitably end up back at the start?’ ...

Elisabeth Moss in The Handmaid’s Tale.

Sun 22 Aug 2021    14.00 CEST

Last modified on Mon 23 Aug 2021    12.34 CEST

The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/aug/22/
the-handmaids-tale-season-four-finale-elisabeth-moss-margaret-atwood

The Handmaid's Tale    trailer    2019

The Handmaid's Tale

video    trailer    Hulu    4 February 2019

We were asleep before. Now we're awake.

Take a look back at June's journey and catch a peek of what's to come.

Season 3 arrives June 5. Only on Hulu.

ABOUT THE HANDMAID'S TALE

Adapted from the classic novel by Margaret Atwood,

The Handmaid's Tale is the story of life in the dystopia of Gilead,

a totalitarian society in what was formerly the United States.

Facing environmental disasters and a plunging birthrate,

Gilead is ruled by a twisted fundamentalism

in its militarized ‘return to traditional values'.

As one of the few remaining fertile women,

Offred (Elisabeth Moss) is a Handmaid in the Commander’s household,

one of the caste of women forced into sexual servitude

as a last desperate attempt to repopulate the world.

In this terrifying society, Offred must navigate between Commanders,

their cruel Wives, domestic Marthas, and her fellow Handmaids

– where anyone could be a spy for Gilead –

all with one goal:

to survive and find the daughter that was taken from her.

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The Handmaid’s Tale    USA    2017-2025

American dystopian television series

created by Bruce Miller,

based on the 1985 novel The Handmaid's Tale

by Canadian author Margaret Atwood.

The series was ordered

by the streaming service Hulu

as a straight-to-series order of ten episodes,

for which production began in late 2016.

The plot features a dystopia

following a Second American Civil War

wherein a theonomic, totalitarian society

subjects fertile women, called "Handmaids",

to child-bearing slavery.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
The_Handmaid's_Tale_(TV_series)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
List_of_The_Handmaid's_Tale_
and_The_Testaments_characters

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/
the-handmaids-tale

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Margaret_Atwood

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Elisabeth_Moss

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/may/05/
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the-most-frustrating-show-on-tv

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the-handmaids-tale-season-four-finale-
elisabeth-moss-margaret-atwood

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the-handmaids-tale-season-four-review-
hope-at-last-in-the-most-harrowing-show-on-tv

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/jun/20/
tv-tonight-the-handmaids-tale-returns

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elisabeth-moss-gilead-is-not-an-insane-dystopian-future-
handmaids-tale-invisible-man

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things-could-get-so-much-worse-inside-
the-handmaids-tales-darkest-season-yet

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/jul/14/
the-handmaids-tale-season-three-episode-six-recap-
beautiful-but-problematic

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/jul/07/
the-handmaids-tale-recap-season-two-episode-five-
breathtakingly-horrific

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/30/
margaret-atwood-the-handmaids-tale-sequel

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/jun/16/
handmaids-tale-season-2-elisabeth-moss-margaret-atwood

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/may/23/
westworld-annoys-me-but-is-it-ok-to-give-up-on-it

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elisabeth-moss-handmaids-tale-this-is-happening-in-real-life-
wake-up-people

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The Testaments    USA    2026

American dystopian drama television series

produced for Hulu,

based on the 2019 novel The Testaments

by Margaret Atwood.
 

It serves as a narrative continuation

to The Handmaid's Tale (2017–2025)

created by Bruce Miller.

The series premiered on April 8, 2026.

In May 2026,

the series was renewedfora second season.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/apr/08/
the-testaments-review-
bloody-sequel-the-handmaids-tale-disney-plus

https://www.npr.org/2026/04/07/
nx-s1-5649599/actress-chase-infiniti-new-handmaids-tale-
sequel-the-testaments

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/15/
the-testaments-margaret-atwood-review

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the-testaments-by-margaret-atwood-review

https://www.npr.org/2019/09/04/
754859270/first-read-hear-margaret-atwood-tell-
the-tale-of-the-testaments

https://www.npr.org/2019/09/03/
755868251/the-testaments-takes-us-back-to-gilead-
for-a-fast-paced-female-centered-adventur

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