Keyword: northern england

Rising Damp

7.7

1974

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Popular sitcom set in a seedy bedsit lorded over by the mean, vain, boastful, cowardly, racist landlord Rigsby. In each episode, his conceits are debunked by his long-suffering tenants.

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

7.8

1973

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Terry and Bob from The Likely Lads (1964) continue their life after Terry arrives home from serving in the Army to discover that Bob is about to marry his girlfriend Thelma. Can Thelma lead Bob onto the straight and narrow path or will Terry divert things once again ?

The Syndicate

7.3

2012

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Each series features a different group of people whose lives turn upside down after they jointly win the lottery.

Band of Gold

7.2

1995

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In Bradford, England, several desperate streetwalkers team up to run the business for themselves. They must deal with competition, mobsters, moralists, psychos and cops, but at least now they have each other and a plan.

Dinnerladies

7.8

1998

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Comedy about the workers in a factory canteen.

The Street

8.3

2006

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Series of one-off dramas, each focusing on a different house within the same street.

Hullraisers

7.1

2022

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Following the ups and downs of life, friendship, and family for three women living in Hull: self-described actress Toni and her sister Paula and best friend Rana.

Early Doors

8.6

2003

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Set in The Grapes, where the daily life of the locals, including jack-the-lads Joe and Duffy, landlord Ken and his police officer cronies Phil and Nige, old git Tommy and single mum Janice - revolves around love, loneliness and urinals.

Funland

8.2

2005

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Carter Krantz arrives in Blackpool to investigate who killed his mother. He gets a job in the local strip club. He soon realizes that the town has many dark secrets and that the killer may even be his boss - the clubs owner.

Our Friends in the North

8.6

1996

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Drama examining the politics and change across Britain from the Sixties to the Nineties seen through the varying fortunes of four friends.

White Van Man

6.8

2011

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Ollie is a helpless handyman who is somewhat hindered by his lazy, freeloading right-hand-man Darren. This series follows the pairs hilarious capers as they leave a trail of destruction after every job.

Broken

8.1

2017

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Father Michael, a Catholic priest who presides over an urban northern parish that is modern, nonconformist, and reassuringly imperfect; he must be confidant, counselor, and confessor to a congregation.

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.

Room at the Top

5

1958

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An ambitious young accountant plots to wed a wealthy factory owners daughter despite falling in love with a married older woman.

The Railway Children

7.4

1970

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After the enforced absence of their father, three children move with their mother to Yorkshire, where during their adventures they attempt to discover the reason for his disappearance.

When Saturday Comes

6.4

1996

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Jimmy Muir is a hard-drinking brewery worker in the city of Sheffield, with an arrogant lack of respect for authority. His entire life has been orientated by football and he possesses the potential, but has never had the courage or discipline to make anything of it. Jimmy is spotted by Ken Jackson, whilst playing for his pub team. Ken is the manager of Hallam football club, a local non-league team. After continually playing brilliantly for Hallam, Jimmy gets offered a trial at Sheffield United. The evening before the trial he gets drunk, and wakes up feeling very rough. Consequently he fails to impress the Sheffield United manager. Jimmy then has to consider his future and his choices and if he has the self discipline to succeed!

Hell Is a City

6.9

1960

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In Britain, a Manchester police inspector becomes obsessed with capturing a criminal who escapes from prison.

This Sporting Life

7.8

1963

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Despite success on the field, a rising rugby star senses the emerging emptiness of his life as his inner angst begins to materialize through aggression and brutality, so he attempts to woo his landlady in hopes of finding reason to live.

Funny Cow

6.5

2017

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A comedian uses her troubled past as material for her stand-up routine, trying to rise up through the comedy circuit by playing Northern Englands working mens clubs.

Tread Softly Stranger

6.7

1958

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An irresistible temptress causes trouble between two brothers when the more handsome charismatic ones turns up, leading to robbery and death.

No Blade of Grass

6

1970

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An environmental catastrophe destroys civilization. Led by father John and mother Ann, the Custance clan sets out on a quest for safety in a savage world that may just end up turning them into the very thing they are fleeing.

Yanks

6.4

1979

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Joining WWII, USA ships soldiers to UK. Matt and John arrive in 1942. Each see a local woman - married or to be engaged with soldiers serving faraway.

Black Jack

6.5

1979

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When honest young Tolly is forced on the run with Black Jack, adventure and mishap are never far away. Based on Leon Garfields popular novel, Ken Loachs Black Jack is a dark, complex adventure film set in the 18th century.