TV series

Strumpet City

1980 · 1 season

A slow, earnest immersion into historical hardship, where poverty and class struggle weigh heavily on ordinary lives.

Overview: Strumpet City was a 1980 television miniseries produced by Irish broadcaster RTÉ, based on James Plunkett's 1969 novel Strumpet City. It was RTÉ's most ambitious and expensive production to date. The script was written by Hugh Leonard, and Peter O'Toole played James Larkin, the union leader.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Class, survival, politics, faith
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 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: class
survival
politics
faith
family
Places: big city
workplace
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild