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My Father's House

1981 · 1 season

A gentle, observant coming-of-age drama that follows a shy girl's tentative steps into love and independence with quiet warmth and honesty.

Created by
Alan Grint
Genres
Drama
Starring
Terrence Hardiman, Judy Holt, Helen Ryan
Overview
Anna, a sheltered teenager, ventures out to reconnect with her estranged father, now living with a glamorous partner in Hampstead. she gains newfound confidence, visits her brother in Bath, and falls for his flirtatious roommate Jake.

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Created by
Alan Grint
Genres
Drama
Starring
Terrence Hardiman, Judy Holt, Helen Ryan
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • identity
  • love
  • parenthood
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Alan Grint
Written by
Paula Milne
Starring
Terrence Hardiman, Judy Holt, Helen Ryan, Steven Mann, Angela Morant, Rosy Clayton, Simon Shepherd, Elizabeth Bennett
Length
1 seasons, 7 episodes
Country
United Kingdom

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