TV series

The Red Band Society

2015–2017 · 3 seasons

A tender, bittersweet coming-of-age story set in a hospital ward, balancing illness and mortality with friendship and wry humour.

Overview: Based upon the Catalan drama series Polseres vermelles, the series focuses on a group of teenagers living together as patients in a hospital's pediatric ward.
How it feels: Warm, melancholic, earnest and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Friendship, coming-of-age, death, found family
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
coming-of-age
death
found family
healing
Places: hospital
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild