TV series

The Franchise Affair

1988 · 1 season

A quiet, methodical legal puzzle that slowly tightens its grip as a small-town lawyer races to dismantle a convincing lie.

Overview: A schoolgirl who has been missing for weeks returns home covered in bruises. She says two women kidnapped her, held her captive in an isolated house and beat her. Taken by the police to the house she described, she identifies it and the mother and daughter who live there. They call in a lawyer, who has only days to find evidence that will break the girl's story.
How it feels: Tense, melancholic and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Deception, justice, identity, isolation
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Full breakdown

Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 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: deception
justice
identity
isolation
class
Places: small town
single country house
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none