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Heart of the Country (1987)

  • Drama
  • 60 min episodes
  • 1 seasons
  • ★ 7.0/10 from 1 ratings

The ‘Heart of the Country’ was a four part series by Fay Weldon set in Somerset which was broadcast in spring 1987.

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    Pride and Prejudice

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    1995 · 55 min · Drama

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    Set in England in the early 19th century, Pride and Prejudice tells the story of Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters after the rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his status-conscious friend, Mr Darcy, have moved into their neighbourhood. While Bingley takes an immediate liking to the eldest Bennet daughter, Jane, Darcy has difficulty adapting to local society and repeatedly clashes with the second-eldest Bennet daughter, Elizabeth.

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    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared theme: countryside
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    The Darling Buds of May

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    1991 · 60 min · Comedy · Drama

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    An idyllic picture of 1950's rural England as seen through the lives of the Larkins, a farm family living in Kent. The show revolves around Pa Larkin, a man of a kind and mischievous nature with a penchant for getting into scrapes and talking his way out of them with equal equanimity; and his daughters, as they deal with growing up and discovering the joys and sorrows of young love.

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    • substantial genre overlap
    • shared theme: countryside
    • a closely matched era
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    Fox

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    1980 · 60 min · Drama

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    The thirteen-part series was based around the lives of the titular Fox family, who lived in London and had gangland connections.

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    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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    Pride and Prejudice

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    1980 · 55 min · Drama

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    In early 19th century England, Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters vie for the affections of rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his status-conscious friend, Mr Darcy, who have moved into their neighbourhood. While Bingley takes an immediate liking to eldest daughter Jane, Darcy has difficulty adapting to local society and repeatedly clashes with second-eldest Elizabeth.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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  5. 06

    Heart of the City

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    1986 · 60 min · Crime · Drama

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    Wes Kennedy is a cop who works long hours at night in order to spend the daytime with his two teenage kids Robin and Kevin... Heart of the City was a crime drama that aired on the ABC television network from September 1986 to January 1987.

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    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era
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    Love and Marriage

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    1984 · 50 min · Drama

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    An anthology of six standalone plays presented relationships either beginning or ending in love – but the outcome was not always marriage (or happiness). A second series of five episodes aired in 1986.

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    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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    The Play on One

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    1988 · 59 min · Drama

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    A series of television plays, some original, some based on pre-existing plays or novels.

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    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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    Where the Heart Is

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    1997 · 60 min · Drama

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    In the small, fictional Yorkshire town of Skelthwaite is an engaging story of life, love, family and people’s ever-changing fortunes in rural England. Set against the rugged landscape of Yorkshire, it follows the busy professional and family lives of District Nurses, as they bring nursing and emotional care to young and old alike. The first four series concentrates on the lives of district health nurses Peggy Snow and Ruth Goddard. The story expands to focus on the lives of more Skelthwhaite residents, particularly those related to the nurses as well as those employed in a local toilet tissue factory.

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    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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    Born and Bred

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    2002 · 60 min · Drama

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    In the 1950s at the fictional Lancashire village of Ormston, a father and son, both doctors, navigate the challenges of running a cottage hospital under the newly established National Health Service.

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    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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