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Somewhere Boy

2022 · 1 season

A quiet, unsettling coming-of-age story that slowly opens up a sheltered boy's world, mixing tenderness with a creeping sense of dread.

Created by
Pete Jackson
Genres
Drama
Starring
Lewis Gribben, Samuel Bottomley, Rory Keenan
Overview
Danny was a baby when his mother was killed in a car crash. Overcome with grief, his father locked him away in a house, telling him the outside world is full of monsters that will spirit him away like his mother.

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Created by
Pete Jackson
Genres
Drama
Starring
Lewis Gribben, Samuel Bottomley, Rory Keenan
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 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
  • isolation
  • grief
  • family
  • identity
  • trauma
Places
  • single country house
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour3
Realism7
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Pete Jackson
Written by
Pete Jackson
Starring
Lewis Gribben, Samuel Bottomley, Rory Keenan, Lisa McGrillis, Johann Myers, Yao Chin, Samuel McKenna, Shauna Shim
Length
1 seasons, 8 episodes
Network
Channel 4
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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