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The Syndicate (2012)

  • Drama
  • 60 min episodes
  • 4 seasons
  • 15 age guide
  • ★ 7.6/10 from 27 ratings

A drama exploring how winning the lottery transforms the lives of ordinary people.

Created byKay Mellor

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  1. 01

    In the Club

    Same creator

    2014 · 60 min · Drama

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    In The Club follows six pregnant women and their partners as they get ready for the arrival of their babies at the local parenting class. Housewife Diane, schoolgirl Rosie, newlywed Jasmin, businesswoman Roanna, midwife Vicky and writer and teaching assistant Kim all have their own issues to deal with.

    Why it connects

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

    The Street

    Shared cast

    2006 · 60 min · Drama

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    Anthology drama following the lives and passions of neighbors on a northern English street.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • a principal cast member
    • shared network: BBC One
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  3. 03

    The Chase

    Same creator

    2006 · 60 min · Drama

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    Set around the employees of Yorkshire's 'Chevin Chase Veterinary Surgery', sisters Anna and Sarah Williams couldn't be more different: hardworking mother Anna runs the clinic with her father, while glamourous Sarah left for London years ago. A wedding brings them all together, but long-simmering secrets may soon tear them apart.

    Why it connects

    • the same creator
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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  4. 04

    Playing the Field

    Same creator

    1998 · 60 min · Drama

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    The on-the-field trials and tribulations and the off-the-field lives, loves and infidelities of 'The Castlefield Blues', an under funded, badly managed ladies football team from South Yorkshire in the north of England whose loyalty to the team, the game and each other far exceeds their chances of ever winning the championship.

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    • the same creator
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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  5. 05

    A Passionate Woman

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    2010 · 90 min · Drama

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    1950s period drama based on the true story of a housewife and mother whose life is turned upside down by a handsome Polish man at her local dance hall.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
    • shared network: BBC One
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  6. 06

    Ackley Bridge

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    2017 · 45 min · Drama

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    A new academy school in a Yorkshire mill town merges the lives and cultures of the largely divided white and Asian community

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared themes: northern england and yorkshire
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  7. 07

    Sugartown

    Shared themes

    2011 · 60 min · Comedy · Drama

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    Comedy drama revolving around a small seaside hamlet in the north of England, as a former resident returns with big plans for the community's re-development.

    Why it connects

    • substantial genre overlap
    • shared theme: england
    • a closely matched era
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  8. 08

    Fat Friends

    Same creator

    2000 · 60 min · Drama

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    Fat Friends is an ITV drama created by Kay Mellor, broadcast from 12 October 2000 to 24 March 2005. It follows a group of overweight people, their laughter and pain and addresses the absurdities of dieting in our modern age. It examines people and how they relate to one another and use body weight as an excuse for all sorts of failings in their relationships, or not living their lives to the full. Four cast members—Ruth Jones, James Corden, Sheridan Smith, and Alison Steadman—went on to appear in Gavin & Stacey.

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    • the same creator
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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  9. 09

    Bridgerton

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    2020 · Drama

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    Wealth, lust, and betrayal set in the backdrop of Regency era England, seen through the eyes of the powerful Bridgerton family.

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    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • similar audience response
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  10. 10

    Belonging

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    2000 · 30 min · Drama

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    Drama revolving around the lives of the Lewis family, and their various trials and tribulations in the changing environment of their South Wales town Bryncoed and modern Wales.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared network: BBC One
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