TV series

Specials

1991 · 1 season

A grounded, low-key procedural that follows ordinary volunteers policing their own community, with a sober, lived-in texture.

Overview: Specials was a 1991 BBC Birmingham series about Special Constables in a fictional Midlands town. Twelve 50- minute episodes were made. The series was shot on videotape at Pebble Mill, Birmingham and using locations around West Bromwich and Birmingham, England.
How it feels: Earnest, tense and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Justice, work, class, loyalty
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 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: justice
work
class
loyalty
morality
Places: small town
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: procedural
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild