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Better

2023 · 1 season

A tense, morally tangled drama that grips you with its slow-burn redemption story and constant sense of dread.

Created by
Jonathan Brackley, Sam Vincent
Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Leila Farzad, Lucy Black, Olivia Nakintu
Overview
After a family tragedy is narrowly averted, a corrupt police detective undergoes a painful moral awakening and decides to put right twenty years of wrongdoing but satisfying her newfound conscience won't be straightforward.

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Created by
Jonathan Brackley, Sam Vincent
Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Leila Farzad, Lucy Black, Olivia Nakintu
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • corruption
  • guilt
  • redemption
  • family
  • morality
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, crime
Created by
Jonathan Brackley, Sam Vincent
Starring
Leila Farzad, Lucy Black, Olivia Nakintu, Carolin Stoltz, Andrew Buchan, Samuel Edward-Cook, Gavin Spokes, Mark Monero
Length
1 seasons, 5 episodes, 59 min each
Network
BBC One
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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