TV series

Claire

1982 · 1 season

A quiet, talky domestic drama where polite middle-class calm slowly frays under the strain of an unsettling newcomer.

Overview: A middle-class family take in a teenage girl as a foster child, and her arrival has a disrupting effect on the household.
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, earnest and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Family, identity, found family, class
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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
found family
class
coming-of-age
Places: home
suburbs
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild