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TV series

The Way We Live Now

1969 · 1 season

A stately, talky Victorian serial that watches polite society chase money and status with cool, ironic detachment.

Genres
Drama
Overview
London in the 1870s is gripped in a fever of speculation. The latest figure to emerge at the centre of this scene is Augustus Melmotte, a man reputed to possess a large fortune.
How it feels
Measured and needs your attention.
About
Greed, class, corruption, ambition
Content
Mild sexual content. No violence, gore or swearing.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 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 none
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour3
    Realism7
    Romance3
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight5

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Created by
    James Cellan Jones
    Written by
    Simon Raven
    Starring
    Jeremy Clyde, Colin Blakely, Angharad Rees, Rachel Gurney, Charles Lloyd Pack, Richard Heffer, Sharon Gurney, Cavan Kendall
    Length
    1 seasons, 5 episodes, 45 min each
    Network
    BBC One
    Country
    United Kingdom

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