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Screenplay

1979–1981 · 1 season

A quiet, thoughtful anthology of standalone plays that asks you to settle in and pay attention to each self-contained story.

Created by: Gordon Flemyng, June Wyndham-Davies
Genres: Drama
Starring: Pamela Austin, Hugh Burden, Ronald Hines

Overview: This was a series of summer plays, one of which ("Waxwork") led to the popular series Cribb (1980).

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Created by: Gordon Flemyng, June Wyndham-Davies
Genres: Drama
Starring: Pamela Austin, Hugh Burden, Ronald Hines

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
family
class
memory
morality
Places: None
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: anthology
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	3
Realism	7
Romance	3
Tension	5
Darkness	5
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Created by: Gordon Flemyng, June Wyndham-Davies, Jeremy Summers, Baz Taylor, Howard Baker, Brian Gibson
Written by: Victoria Wood, Barry Purchese, Pieter-Dirk Uys, Thomas Keneally
Starring: Pamela Austin, Hugh Burden, Ronald Hines, Michael Mellinger, John Shrapnel, Victoria Wood, Freddie Jones, Warren Clarke
Length: 1 seasons, 9 episodes, 90 min each
Network: ITV1
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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