TV series

Vice Versa

1981 · 1 season

A gentle, playful Victorian body-swap comedy where the jokes come from manners and mishaps rather than anything sharp.

Overview: Vice Versa is a seven-part series produced by ATV and based on a story published in 1882 by F. Anstey, the pseudonym of Thomas Anstey Guthrie. In contemporary Victorian London, a father and son switch places by means of a magic talisman from India, thus live each other's lives, and gain a better understanding for each other before they switch back.
How it feels: Whimsical, light, warm and satirical. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Family, identity, parenthood, class
Content: No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: whimsicalstrength 3 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
identity
parenthood
class
coming-of-age
Places: big city
home
school
Era: period
Audience: family
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none