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Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

1999 · 1 season

A warm, bittersweet period drama about family ties and small escapes, with a soapy pull and a nostalgic sixties backdrop.

Created by
Debbie Horsfield
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Gillian Kearney, Emma Cooke, Sue Johnston
Overview
Ellie and Arden Brooks seem to be destined to play out their lives behind a Manchester chip shop counter. Mercilessly put down by their strict grandmother, the swinging sixties have yet to impact upon their fun-starved, sexually repressed lives. But it's 1965 and times are changing - fast!

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Created by
Debbie Horsfield
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Gillian Kearney, Emma Cooke, Sue Johnston
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • identity
  • love
  • betrayal
  • freedom
Places
  • small town
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour4
Realism7
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Created by
Debbie Horsfield
Written by
Debbie Horsfield
Starring
Gillian Kearney, Emma Cooke, Sue Johnston, David Threlfall, Joseph McFadden, James Callis, Phil Daniels, Nicholas Farrell
Music
Mike Moran
Cinematography
Rex Maidment
Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes, 50 min each
Network
BBC One
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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