TV series

My Mother and Other Strangers

2016 · 1 season

Quietly absorbing rural wartime drama where small tensions and ordinary lives carry surprising emotional weight.

Overview: Drama series set in 1943 following the Coyne family and their neighbours as they struggle to maintain a normal life after a US Army Air Force base is set up in the middle of their rural parish.
How it feels: Melancholic, warm, tense and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Family, war, identity, class
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
war
identity
class
love
Places: countryside
small town
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild