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9B

1988 · 1 season

A quiet, sincere drama about a teacher reaching troubled kids in a small town, with a gentle, hopeful tone.

Genres
Drama
Starring
Graham Greene, Mishu Vellani, Robert Wisden
Overview
Bob Dawson moves to the small Canadian town of Fort Hamilton to teach in peace. However, his new students are mostly local misfits and delinquents. He tries to help them with their problems. Inspired by the career of Don Hunter.

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Genres
Drama
Starring
Graham Greene, Mishu Vellani, Robert Wisden
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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 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
  • education
  • coming-of-age
  • found family
  • isolation
  • healing
Places
  • small town
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Starring
Graham Greene, Mishu Vellani, Robert Wisden, John Bayliss, Thomas Hauff, Sharon Dyer, Mark Wilson, Rachael Crawford
Length
1 seasons, 5 episodes, 60 min each
Network
CBC Television
Country
Canada
Languages
English

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