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Starting Out (1999)

Female friends Samantha and Carly are thrown together with males Dean and Monty during an eventful flight home, but relationships are never easy. Stars Siobhan Hayes, Ricci Harnett, Samantha Lavelle, Simon Sherlock, Danny Swanson and more.

Created byLaurence Marks, Maurice Gran

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    Get Real

    Similar atmosphere

    1998 · 30 min · Comedy

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    Louise, Adam and Lestor are good friends. They meet up in each other's flats or in a coffee bar to drink and discuss life, love and sex.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared theme: sitcom
    • a closely matched era
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    Believe Nothing

    Same creator

    2002 · 30 min · Comedy

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    Quadruple Professor Adonis Cnut is the cleverest man in Britain and Oxford's leading moral philosopher. He is paid huge amounts of money for his views, consulted by the government, but he is bored and wants adventure, so he joins the shadowy organization The Council which controls everything going on in the world.

    Why it connects

    • the same creator
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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    Townies

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    1996 · 22 min · Comedy

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    Life-long friends Carrie, Shannon and Denise grew up together. Now in their mid-twenties, the threesome work together as waitresses but wish they had more to their lives than that. Together the girls make their way though life knowing no matter what, they'll always have each other.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared theme: sitcom
    • a closely matched era
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    Coupling

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    2000 · 30 min · Comedy

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    Six friends in their thirties navigate dating, sexual adventures, and mishaps on their quest to find love.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared theme: sitcom
    • a closely matched era
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    iCarly

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    2007 · Comedy

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    Watch Carly, Sam, and Freddie, as they try to balance their everyday 8th grade lives with their newfound fame managing and starring in the most awesome show on the web.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared theme: sitcom
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  6. 08

    Snakes and Ladders

    Same creator

    1989 · Comedy

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    In the future (1999), the UK is subdivided into two regions by barbed wire and border patrols. Northern Britain is cold, bleak and impoverished, while sunny South Britain is a place of relative luxury. When Lord Tewkesbury, the owner of rich conglomerate, decides his son Giles needs more real-life experience, he arranged for Giles to work under an assumed name. Unfortunately, this results in Giles being sent to North Britain to do menial labor, while previously impoverished Gavin is transferred to sunny South Britain.

    Why it connects

    • the same creator
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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    The Big Bang Theory

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    2007 · 22 min · Comedy

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    Physicists Leonard and Sheldon find their nerd-centric social circle with pals Howard and Raj expanding when aspiring actress Penny moves in next door.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared theme: sitcom
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    Kiss Me Kate

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    1998 · 30 min · Comedy

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    A look into the everyday life of a counsellor, Kate, who must not only manage her clients' problems, but must also help her neighbours and unsuccessful business partner, Douglas.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared theme: sitcom
    • a closely matched era
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