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Streetwise

1989–1992 · 3 seasons

A grounded, character-driven look at young couriers navigating friendship and city streets, with a gentle, earnest tone and modest stakes.

Created by
Peter Tabern
Genres
Drama, Kids
Overview
Drama about the lives of a team of bicycle couriers in London.

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Created by
Peter Tabern
Genres
Drama, Kids
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • friendship
  • work
  • coming-of-age
  • found family
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
drama, kids
Created by
Peter Tabern
Written by
Al Hunter Ashton, Christina Reid, Jon Hardy, Matthew Graham
Starring
Stephen McGann, Andy Serkis, Sara Sugarman, Garry Roost, Nicola Cowper, Suzanna Hamilton, Joanne Ridley, Ellie Beaven
Length
3 seasons, 27 episodes
Country
United Kingdom

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