TV series

The Hard Word

1983 · 1 season

A quiet, heavy slice of social realism that lingers on the emptiness left when work and purpose disappear.

Overview: Unemployment causes emptiness and desolation for two families who thought they had everything.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Work, isolation, family, class
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Full breakdown

Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 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: work
isolation
family
class
loneliness
Places: small town
home
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild