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Fairy Tales

2008 · 1 season

A mixed bag of modern fairy-tale retellings, each with its own mood, some wry and some tender, never quite settling into one flavour.

Created by
Mark Redhead
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Sci-fi & fantasy
Overview
Four contemporary adaptations of classic fairy tales, Rapunzel, Cinderella, The Emperor's New Clothes and Billy Goats Gruff.
How it feels
Measured and needs your attention.
About
Identity, love, class, family
Content
Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
Note
Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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Created by
Mark Redhead
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Sci-fi & fantasy
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror2
    Humour5
    Realism7
    Romance5
    Tension4
    Darkness4
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight5

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, comedy, sci-fi & fantasy
    Created by
    Mark Redhead
    Written by
    Anil Gupta, Ed Roe, Jeremy Dyson, Richard Pinto
    Starring
    Charity Wakefield, Lee Ingleby, Maxine Peake, James Nesbitt, Denise Van Outen, Paul Nicholls, Mathew Horne, Bernard Hill
    Music
    Ben Bartlett, Jim Meacock
    Cinematography
    Andy Hollis, David Marsh
    Length
    1 seasons, 4 episodes, 60 min each
    Network
    BBC One
    Country
    United Kingdom
    Languages
    English

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