Series like Secret Lives

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   No One Like You

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   2005 · 60 min · Drama · Soap

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   A story with multiple plotlines, portraying the 24 hours of life in the beautiful city of Lisbon. It begins with three significant events: a wedding that is about to be cancelled, a crime, and the disappearance of a child. This plot centers on the lives of three sisters.

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   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • shared theme: soap opera

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   Marienhof

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   1992 · 30 min · Drama · Soap

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   Marienhof is a German soap opera, first shown on October 1, 1992 on German TV channel, Das Erste. It started as a weekly series, before becoming a daily program on January 2, 1995. The show was canceled in February 2011 and aired its last episode on June 15, 2011. In the 90s, the Marienhof became a huge success in Finland and remained a fan favorite until it was canceled to license problems. Over the years, the show became known for tackling several social issues, such as homosexuality, homelessness, private bankruptcy, rape, drug abuse, AIDS, child abuse, suicide, cancer, adultery and murder. The show focuses on the everyday life of the residents of the Marienhof, a fictional suburb in Cologne.

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   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • shared theme: soap opera

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   Sana Maulit Muli

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   2007 · 25 min · Drama

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   Sana Maulit Muli is a Filipino primetime soap opera produced by ABS-CBN. It was considered as one of the most watched television shows in the Philippines from January 8, 2007 to April 20, 2007 . In Taiwan, the soap premiered on February 18, 2008 with the title, Chances.

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   • substantial genre overlap
   • shared theme: soap opera

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   Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten

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   1992 · 23 min · Drama · Soap

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   Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten is a long-running German television soap opera, first broadcast on RTL in 1992. The programme concerns the lives of a fictional neighborhood in Germany's capital city Berlin. Over the years the soap opera tends to have an overhaul of young people in their late teens and early twenties; targeting a young viewership.

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   • strong genre and series-style overlap

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   Skilda världar

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   1996 · Drama · Soap

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   Skilda världar was a Swedish soap opera from 1996-2002 about two families in Stockholm and their friends. One rich family and one poor and about Daniel and Sandra who are from the two families and fall in love. Later in the series it is discovered that Daniel and Sandra are twins. The series goes further and further away from their story and goes more towards the hate from all characters against Rebecka who is trying to destroy the relationship between Sandra and Daniel. Skilda världar is one of TV4's most watched shows in history and was the longest running daily soap opera in Swedish television. The series was based on the 1980s Australian soap opera, Sons and Daughters.

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

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   Love in Difficult Times

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   2005 · 60 min · Drama · Soap

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   Amar en tiempos revueltos is a Spanish soap opera set in the times of the Spanish civil war and the early Francoism. The serial has been aired from 2005 and has won prizes in Spain and a Silver Medal in the «New York Festivals». In January 2013 will air on Antena 3 with new name, Amar es para siempre

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   • strong genre and series-style overlap

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   Melrose Place

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   1992 · Drama · Soap

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   Follow the lives of a group of young adults living in a brownstone apartment complex on Melrose Place, in Los Angeles, California.

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   • strong genre and series-style overlap

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   Familiesagaen De syv søstre

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   1996 · 25 min · Drama · Soap

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   Familiesagaen De syv søstre is a Norwegian soap opera that was broadcasted from 1996 to 2000.

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   • strong genre and series-style overlap
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   Meu Amor

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   2009 · 60 min · Drama · Soap

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   Meu Amor is a Portuguese telenovela which aired from October 19, 2009 to October 23, 2010 on TVI. The show won the 2010 International Emmy award for best telenovela.

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   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • shared theme: soap opera

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    Isidingo

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    1998 · 30 min · Drama · Soap

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    South African soap opera centering around the lives of the wealthy Haines family, the Matabanes, and the lives of the inhabitants of the mining town Horizon Deep.

    Why it connects

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

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