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At Home with the Braithwaites

2000–2003 · 4 seasons

A wry, gossipy suburban dramedy where sudden wealth exposes every crack in a family, mixing sharp laughs with genuine domestic mess.

Created by: Sally Wainwright
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Amanda Redman, Peter Davison, Sarah Smart

Overview: The lives of a suburban family from Leeds are turned upside down when the matriarch wins £38 million on the lottery.

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Created by: Sally Wainwright
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Amanda Redman, Peter Davison, Sarah Smart

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Tone: satiricalstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
melancholicstrength 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
greed
class
identity
betrayal
Places: suburbs
small town
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	6
Realism	8
Romance	5
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: comedy, drama
Created by: Sally Wainwright
Written by: Jonathan Harvey, Katie Baxendale, Sally Wainwright
Starring: Amanda Redman, Peter Davison, Sarah Smart, Sarah Churm, Keeley Fawcett, Ishia Bennison, Lucy Whelan, Julie Graham
Length: 4 seasons, 26 episodes, 48 min each
Network: ITV1
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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