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Close to Home

1989–1990 · 2 seasons

A gentle, cosy Sunday-night sitcom that ambles through domestic muddles and mild farce with a warm, undemanding charm.

Created by
Brian Cooke
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Paul Nicholas, Lucy Benjamin, Andrew Read
Overview
A situation comedy about divorcee James Shepherd, a charismatic vet, who struggles to run both a successful surgery and a home for his two teenage children.

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Created by
Brian Cooke
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Paul Nicholas, Lucy Benjamin, Andrew Read
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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • love
  • work
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance4
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy
Created by
Brian Cooke
Written by
Brian Cooke, Brian Leveson, Ken Steele, Lucy Flannery
Starring
Paul Nicholas, Lucy Benjamin, Andrew Read, Jane Briers, Angharad Rees, Pippa Guard, Stephen Frost, John Arthur
Music
Warren Bennett, Brian Bennett
Length
2 seasons, 19 episodes, 30 min each
Network
ITV1
Languages
English

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