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The First Years

2014 · 15 seasons

Short, bite-sized slices of school life that feel like eavesdropping on real teenagers working through everyday problems.

Created by
Raymond Grimbergen, Eva Leysen
Genres
Soap, Drama
Starring
Younes El Hassani, Roos Steenbergen, Keisha Doest
Overview
The First Years is a Dutch series for young people in which real-life situations are recreated. The series sheds light on subjects that pupils in the first year of secondary school may be confronted with.

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Free in the UK
  • Tubi TV
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Created by
Raymond Grimbergen, Eva Leysen
Genres
Soap, Drama
Starring
Younes El Hassani, Roos Steenbergen, Keisha Doest
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • friendship
  • identity
  • family
  • education
Places
  • school
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • mockumentary
  • anthology
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity2
Emotional weight5

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
soap, drama
Created by
Raymond Grimbergen, Eva Leysen, Nicolien Kool
Starring
Younes El Hassani, Roos Steenbergen, Keisha Doest, Wendy Ruijfrok, Sabijn Dunnewijk, Yip Andjar, Jasmien Bosveld, Déjan Tromp
Length
15 seasons, 1213 episodes, 10 min each
Network
NPO 3
Country
Netherlands
Languages
Dutch

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