TV series

The Write Offs

2020 · 1 season

A gentle, hopeful documentary that follows adults facing a lifelong shame, quietly moving as they gain confidence and dignity.

Overview: Sandi Toksvig hosts this look at Britain's low adult literacy rates, as a group of adults overcome the one thing that's always held them back and lift the stigma around illiteracy
How it feels: Warm, earnest, uplifting and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Education, identity, healing, class
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 1 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: education
identity
healing
class
trauma
Places: workplace
school
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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