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Truckers

1987 · 1 season

A grounded, wry look at working lives under economic strain, mixing dry humour with quiet desperation.

Created by
Jeremy Summers, Jan Sargent
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
James Hazeldine, Caroline Ryder, Julie Shipley
Overview
Comedy Drama about a Northern Haulage Firm struggling in the recession hit 1980's in the UK

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Created by
Jeremy Summers, Jan Sargent
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
James Hazeldine, Caroline Ryder, Julie Shipley
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • work
  • class
  • survival
  • family
  • friendship
Places
  • workplace
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Created by
Jeremy Summers, Jan Sargent, Laurence Moody
Written by
Jan Needle
Starring
James Hazeldine, Caroline Ryder, Julie Shipley, Jayne Dowell, Phil Davis, Daragh O'Malley, Maynard Williams, Clive Duncan
Length
1 seasons, 8 episodes
Network
BBC One
Country
United Kingdom

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