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A Taste of Honey

1984 · 1 season

A quiet, earnest chamber piece about love's collateral damage, played with theatrical sincerity and a lingering ache.

Created by
Michael Simpson
Genres
Drama
Starring
Peter Egan, Jane Freeman, Sara Sugarman
Overview
A girl's undying passion towards her first love. A young man makes an enemy of society in order to accept her feelings. The sorrow and redemption of a woman who, despite abiding strictly to her principles, is derailed by her husband's change of heart. The story of three people whose lives are placed at the mercy of the monster known as love.

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Created by
Michael Simpson
Genres
Drama
Starring
Peter Egan, Jane Freeman, Sara Sugarman
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • identity
  • family
  • class
  • betrayal
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Michael Simpson
Written by
Shelagh Delaney
Starring
Peter Egan, Jane Freeman, Sara Sugarman, Tony Armatrading
Length
1 seasons, 3 episodes
Country
United Kingdom

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