TV series

Master of the Game

1984 · 1 season

A sweeping, old-fashioned family saga that feels like a glossy page-turner, full of scheming and heartbreak across generations.

Tagline: If you want to be the winner you have to be... Master of the Game.
Overview: Elderly Kate Blackwell looks back at her family's life beginning with her Scottish father Jamie McGregor's journey to South Africa to make his fortune in diamonds. The family history is littered with revenge, lust, betrayal, manipulation, and murder.
How it feels: Dark, melancholic, tense and cynical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Power, greed, betrayal, family
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: power
greed
betrayal
family
revenge
Places: big city
countryside
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild