Keyword: northern england

Cracker

8.5

1993

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Dr Edward \Fitz\ Fitzgerald is a criminal psychologist. He is rather anti-social and obnoxious but he has a gift for solving crimes. Thus he is employed as a consultant by the Manchester Police.

Still Open All Hours

6.4

2014

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Having inherited the shop from his uncle, its business as usual for Granville at Arkwrights corner shop.

No Offence

8.1

2015

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Follows a group of police officers on the front line wondering what they did to end up where they are now, on the ugly side of Manchester.

The Royle Family

8.2

1998

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A British sitcom about the everyday life of a working-class family in Northwest England: watching telly, smoking, drinking, and bickering.

The New Statesman

7.8

1987

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The ultra right-wing Alan BStard, the most selfish, greedy, dishonest, sadistic and sociopathic Conservative MP of them all, plots to achieve his meglomaniacal ambitions.

Queer as Folk

8.6

1999

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A groundbreaking gay adult drama which chronicles the lives of Stuart and Vince, as well as 15-year-old Nathan, who is in love with Stuart.

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

7.6

1996

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Hetty wakes on her 60th birthday and decides to become a private investigator. With assistance from a teenager called Geoffrey and her husband Robert, combined with her own common sense, Hetty is confident she can solve any case.

Born and Bred

7.5

2002

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A 1950s set, British drama series about life in the fictional Lancashire village of Ormston. The main focus of the series was the two doctors, father and son, who run the cottage hospital under the new National Health Service.

The Likely Lads

7.1

1964

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Terry and Bob have been friends since childhood. Bob is the sensible one, trying hard to get on with his job and life. Terry is the wild one, always ready to lead Bob astray.

Drifters

7

2013

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After graduating from university, twenty something year-olds Meg, her cousin Bunny and their friend Laura share a flat and face the ups and downs of love and life.

Fat Friends

7.5

2000

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Drama series following eight womens struggle to lose weight at a weekly slimming club.

Clocking Off

7.7

2000

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Interconnected dramas about the lives of a group of workers at a Manchester textile factory, with each episode focusing on the home life of a different character.

Tyrannosaur

7.6

2011

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Joseph, a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction, earns a chance of redemption that appears in the form of Hannah, a Christian charity shop worker.

Brassed Off

7.1

1996

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The coal mine in a northern English village may be closing, which would also mean the end of the miners brass band.

The Nature of the Beast

6.4

1988

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A boy reads about the attacks of a unknown animal on livestock in the town. He plans to run his own investigation. The so called beast however is also used as a metaphor for every day problems the townsfolk face.

The History Boys

6.9

2006

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An unruly class of gifted and charming teenage boys are taught by two eccentric and innovative teachers, as their headmaster pushes for them all to get accepted into Oxford or Cambridge.

The Trip

7

2010

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Steve Coogan has been asked by The Observer to tour the countrys finest restaurants, but after his girlfriend backs out on him he must take his best friend and source of eternal aggravation, Rob Brydon.

Shirley Valentine

7.2

1989

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Shirley is a 42-year-old bored Liverpudlian housewife who takes a holiday trip to Greece and meets a local man who bolsters her self-confidence. She evolves and transforms to the point that her husband doesnt even recognize her.

Value for Money

5.9

1955

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A wealthy young man from Yorkshire visits a London nightclub and meets a performer. She decides to take him for every penny he is worth, and he decides to let her.

The Rise

6.5

2012

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A young man recently released from prison recruits his three best friends to rob the local drug kingpin who is responsible for his incarceration. Can he get revenge and win back his fed-up girlfriend?

Little Voice

7

1998

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A shy reclusive lady is convinced by an invisible entity to sing. Subsequently, she finds herself noticed by a sleazy talent agent and her talent being showcased on-stage. She also meets a kind but nervous man who becomes her best friend.

Calendar Girls

6.9

2003

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A Womens Institute chapters fundraising effort for a local hospital by posing nude for a calendar becomes a media sensation.

A Private Function

6.6

1984

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In post-World War II Britain, food rationing continues, leading a married couple to become involved in the flourishing bacon black market.

Hobson's Choice

7.7

1954

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Widower Henry Hobson (Charles Laughton) is a successful bootmaker and a tyrannical father of three daughters who all want to leave him by getting married, but he refuses because marriage traditions require him to pay out settlements.