TV series

Love for Lydia

1977 · 1 season

This series offers a richly detailed, beautiful look at youthful passion unfolding against the backdrop of a changing historical era.

Created by: Simon Langton, Michael Simpson
Genres: Drama
Starring: Mel Martin, Jeremy Irons, Peter Davison

Tagline: ... A Fatal Obsession.
Overview: A story of the joy and sorrow of young love that recreates late 1920s and early 1930s England in exquisite detail, tracing heiress Lydia Aspen's evolution from bashful teen to wild jazz-age flapper.

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Created by: Simon Langton, Michael Simpson
Genres: Drama
Starring: Mel Martin, Jeremy Irons, Peter Davison

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Tone: romanticstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
coming-of-age
class
identity
memory
Places: countryside
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	8
Tension	4
Darkness	3
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Created by: Simon Langton, Michael Simpson, John Glenister, Piers Haggard
Starring: Mel Martin, Jeremy Irons, Peter Davison, Christopher Blake, Elizabeth Benson
Length: 1 seasons, 13 episodes, 60 min each
Network: ITV1
Languages: English

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