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As If (2001)

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • 30 min episodes
  • 4 seasons
  • ★ 7.7/10 from 6 ratings

Jamie, Sooz, Nicki, Alex, Sasha and Rob - all friends, all around eighteen, and all stars in their own drama.

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  1. 01

    Cold Feet

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    1998 · 60 min · Comedy · Drama

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    Follow the lives and loves of a group of thirtysomethings in a heart-warming comic drama as they try to find true love - or at least keep their relationships on track. In this wry and funny look at a generation which is as confused as it is liberated by the choices it faces, will the chill in their feet put out the passion that burns in their hearts?

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  2. 02

    The Inbetweeners

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    2008 · 25 min · Comedy

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    Suburban teenage friends Will, Simon, Jay and Neil, students at Rudge Park Comprehensive, attempt to navigate the social scene, attract members of the gentler sex, and saunter amongst the cool crowd. However, despite their best efforts, the four hapless lads usually end up on the side of the nerds.

    Why it connects

    • substantial genre overlap
    • similar audience response
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  3. 03

    My So-Called Life

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    1994 · 48 min · Comedy · Drama

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    The life of a 15 year-old high school student, whose angst-ridden journey through adolescence, friendship, parents, and life teaches her what it means to grow up.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared themes: romance and teen drama
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  4. 04

    Peep Show

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    2003 · 25 min · Comedy

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    Two dysfunctional flatmates reveal all their inner thoughts - whether dark, stupid or embarrassing. Or, occasionally, all three...

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    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era
    • similar audience response
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  5. 05

    My Mad Fat Diary

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    2013 · 45 min · Comedy · Drama

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    Set in 1996 in Lincolnshire, the show tells the tragic and humorous story of a very troubled young girl Rae, who has just left a psychiatric hospital, where she has spent four months after attempting suicide, begins to reconnect with her best friend Chloe and her group, who are unaware of Rae's mental health and body image problems, believing she was in France for the past four months.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared themes: group of friends and teen drama
    • similar audience response
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  6. 06

    Undressed

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    1999 · 30 min · Comedy · Drama

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    A peek behind closed doors at the intricacies of modern relationships. Each episode features three different fictional stories and follows various characters to see what happened during their most intimate moments. No subject is too taboo. All the stories have one very important thing in common, though: someone inevitably gets undressed.

    Why it connects

    • strong shared themes: lgbt and teenager
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  7. 07

    Fleabag

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    2016 · Comedy · Drama

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    A portrait into the mind of a dry-witted, sexual, angry, porn-watching, grief-riddled woman, trying to make sense of the world. As she hurls herself headlong at modern living, Fleabag is thrown roughly up against the walls of contemporary London, with all its frenetic energy, late nights, and bright lights.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared themes: breaking the fourth wall and london, england
    • similar audience response
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  8. 08

    The Residents

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    2001 · Comedy · Drama

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    Satirical drama about the residents of a suburban English street, including a racist bully, a single mum who works on a phone-sex line, a gay couple, a pair of spaced-out students, a cross-dressing teenage boy and a newly arrived family from hell.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  9. 09

    Friends

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    1994 · Comedy

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    Six young people from New York City, on their own and struggling to survive in the real world, find the companionship, comfort and support they get from each other to be the perfect antidote to the pressures of life.

    Why it connects

    • shared themes: group of friends and young adult
    • substantial genre overlap
    • similar audience response
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  10. 10

    United States of Tara

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    2009 · 30 min · Comedy · Drama

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    Tara's multiple personalities include "T" the wild-child teenager, "Buck" the rough and tumble biker dude, and "Alice" the type-A homemaker. But with a family that loves her just the way she is, Tara never gives up hope that someday she can just be herself.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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