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Sharing Time

1984 · 1 season

Quiet, stage-like domestic dramas that shift with each new guest, offering small human revelations in an ordinary shared setting.

Created by: Mike Vardy, David Askey
Genres: Drama
Starring: Julia McKenzie, Alun Armstrong, Robert Lang

Overview: Anthology of stories set in a timeshare flat.

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Created by: Mike Vardy, David Askey
Genres: Drama
Starring: Julia McKenzie, Alun Armstrong, Robert Lang

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 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: family
identity
betrayal
memory
class
Places: home
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: anthology
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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

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Genres: drama
Created by: Mike Vardy, David Askey, Nicolas Kent, Peter Cregeen, Robert Tronson, Michael Custance
Written by: Wally K. Daly, Don Webb, Julia Jones, Donald Churchill
Starring: Julia McKenzie, Alun Armstrong, Robert Lang, Anton Rodgers, Gwen Watford, June Whitfield, Terence Rigby, Carroll Baker
Length: 1 seasons, 9 episodes
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom

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