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Cowboys

1980–1981 · 2 seasons

A gentle, chucklesome workplace sitcom where incompetent builders bumble through jobs, easy to dip into and never demanding.

Created by
Peter Learmouth
Genres
Comedy
Overview
Cowboys is a British sitcom that aired on the ITV network during the early 1980s. The show was created by Peter Learmouth whom would go on to create Granada television sitcom Surgical Spirit and starred Lancastrian Character-actor Roy Kinnear as Joe Jones "whose small building firm hardly seems to do anything right at all" with co-stars David Kelly as 'Wobbly' Ron, "Oscar-Winning Writer" Colin Welland as Geyser and James Wardroper with Debbie Linden and Janine Duvitski. The show is based on the British colloquial use of "cowboy" to describe a workman of doubtful professionalism e.g. a "cowboy builder".
How it feels
Light, satirical and warm. Brisk and easy to follow.
About
Work, friendship, class
Content
Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
Note
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Created by
Peter Learmouth
Genres
Comedy
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How it feels

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Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour7
Realism7
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
comedy
Created by
Peter Learmouth
Starring
Roy Kinnear, David Kelly, Colin Welland, James Wardroper, Debbie Linden, Janine Duvitski, Fred Evans
Length
2 seasons, 13 episodes, 30 min each
Network
ITV1
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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