TV series

Personal Affairs

2009 · 1 season

A glossy, gossipy office mystery that mixes light comedy with secrets and betrayal, easy to watch but with a tense undertow.

Tagline: What a way to earn a living...
Overview: Personal Affairs is a six-part 2009 BBC Three comedy-drama miniseries created and written by Gabbie Asher. A quartet of Desperate Workwives—Lucy Baxter, Nicole Palmerston-Amory, Michelle Lerner, and Doris Siddiqi—try to break through the glass ceiling.
How it feels: Satirical, light, tense and melancholic. Brisk and easy to follow.
About: Friendship, identity, betrayal, work
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: satiricalstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
identity
betrayal
work
mystery
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild