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The Girls of Slender Means

1975 · 1 season

A quiet, bittersweet memory piece that drifts between wartime London and later reckoning, asking patience and rewarding it with gentle melancholy.

Created by
Ken Taylor
Genres
Drama
Overview
The Girls of Slender Means is a 1975 BBC television mini-series based on Muriel Spark's novel. The drama, aired in three parts, follows a group of young women living in a London boarding house in 1945, and is framed by a death that occurs in 1960.
How it feels
Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Memory, friendship, love, class
Content
Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
Note
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Genres
Drama
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How it feels

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Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour3
    Realism8
    Romance4
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Created by
    Ken Taylor
    Written by
    Ken Taylor
    Starring
    Miriam Margolyes, Patricia Hodge, Mary Tamm, James Laurenson, Jack Shepherd, Judith Paris, Tony Millan
    Length
    1 seasons, 3 episodes, 50 min each
    Network
    BBC Two
    Country
    United Kingdom
    Languages
    English

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