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The Contenders

1969 · 1 season

A quiet, talky chamber drama of rivalry and longing, played with restraint and a melancholy sense of lives measured against each other.

Created by
Graham Evans
Genres
Drama
Overview
Two childhood friends continue to rival each other in their adult lives, competing in their careers and for the love of a woman.
How it feels
Measured and needs your attention.
About
Ambition, friendship, love
Content
Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
Note
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Created by
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Genres
Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism7
    Romance5
    Tension4
    Darkness4
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight5

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Created by
    Graham Evans
    Written by
    Dennis Woolf
    Starring
    Alan Lake, Keith Drinkel, John Bryans, Joan Scott, Victor Henry, Clifford Parrish, Peter Sproule, Jocelyne Sbath
    Length
    1 seasons, 4 episodes, 30 min each
    Country
    United Kingdom

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