TV series

A Mug's Game

1996 · 1 season

A quiet, salt-bitten study of a community watching its livelihood slip away, carried by weathered faces and unspoken strain.

Overview: Four-part series that studies the personal lives of folk in a remote Scottish fishing village that is coming to terms with rationalisation, and globalisation of its fishing industry.
How it feels: Melancholic, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Work, class, family, isolation
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: work
class
family
isolation
survival
Places: small town
sea
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild