Keyword: northern england

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 ?

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.

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.

The Street

8.3

2006

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

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.

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.

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.

See No Evil: The Moors Murders

7.1

2006

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A vivid drama which documents the notorious Moors murderers; Ian Brady and Myra Hindley.

Edge of Darkness

8.3

1985

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When his daughter Emma is murdered, cop Craven discovers that she was in a GAIA group of activists occupied with exposing Northmoor nuclear waste storage facility for illegal activities.

Billy Liar

7.7

1963

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A lazy, irresponsible young clerk (Sir Tom Courtenay) in provincial Northern England lives in his own fantasy world and makes emotionally immature decisions as he alienates friends and family.

The Parole Officer

6.4

2001

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A failed parole officer framed for murder must enlist the help of his former clients to clear his name.

No Surrender

7.1

1985

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Its New Years Eve in Thatchers de-industrialising Britain. The scene is set at a seedy bar in Liverpool where a group of Irish Protestant and Irish Catholic pensioners will gather to clash and bash the new year in.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.