TV series

Pig Heart Boy

1999 · 1 season

A serious, medically tense drama that follows a boy's risky surgery and its emotional fallout, asking viewers to sit with ethical unease.

Overview: Pig Heart Boy is a children's novel by Malorie Blackman which was first published in 1997. It was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. The novel was adapted into a television series, which was broadcast by the BBC in 1999.
How it feels: Earnest, tense and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Survival, identity, family, science
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 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: survival
identity
family
science
death
Places: hospital
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none