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Love and Marriage

1984–1986 · 2 seasons

Quiet, stage-like relationship dramas that unfold with gentle tension and bittersweet honesty, leaving a lingering sense of what might have been.

Created by: David Cunliffe
Genres: Drama
Starring: William Gaunt, Janet Maw, Wensley Pithey

Overview: An anthology of six standalone plays presented relationships either beginning or ending in love – but the outcome was not always marriage (or happiness). A second series of five episodes aired in 1986.

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Created by: David Cunliffe
Genres: Drama
Starring: William Gaunt, Janet Maw, Wensley Pithey

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
betrayal
family
identity
grief
Places: home
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: anthology
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
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Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	6
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Created by: David Cunliffe
Written by: Martyn Wade, Mervyn Watson, James Andrew Hall, T.R. Bowen
Starring: William Gaunt, Janet Maw, Wensley Pithey, Olive Pendleton, Anne Reid, Andrew Groves, Barbara Thorn, Kathleen Byron
Length: 2 seasons, 11 episodes, 50 min each
Network: London Weekend Television, ITV2
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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