TV series

The Stars Look Down

1975 · 1 season

A slow, earnest immersion into a hardscrabble mining community, where every small joy and disaster feels deeply earned.

Overview: Mini series about a Northumberland mining village - the daily lives of the inhabitants and the tragedies and disasters that befell them.
How it feels: Melancholic, earnest, bleak and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Class, family, survival, grief
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
family
survival
grief
ambition
Places: small town
countryside
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild