A new academy school in a Yorkshire mill town merges the lives and cultures of the largely divided white and Asian community
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The people behind it
Sunetra Sarker
Kaneez Paracha
Laila Zaidi
Asma Farooqi
Tony Jayawardena
Rashid Hyatt
Robert James-Collier
Martin Evershed
Charlie Hardwick
Sue Carp
Phoebe Tuffs-Berry
Rukhsana Ibrahim
Zara Salim
Kacey "Spud" Gartside
Hareet Deol
Hassan Hussein
Robyn Cara
Kayla Azfal
Yasmin Al-Khudhairi
Fizza Akhtar
Marry Queer' features the stories of queer couples on their "coming out" journeys, whether it be revealing their "unconventional" relationships to families, friends, or the world.
When a burnt-out composer loses his melody, he finds a new rhythm in a local cafe and a barista whose charm is more addictive than caffeine.
After getting caught in the middle of a gunfight, a young man is shot, leaving his arm injured. A week later, an unfamiliar man named Time, appears at his doorstep claiming to be the one who shot him. At first, the young man was, of course shocked, but yet Time vows to help and not leave him until his arm has healed.
All You Need is a Dramady series about four gay men in Berlin, searching for love and security in the age of Grindr.
Suyol is deeply committed to her relationship with Ajin. However, unbeknownst to her, Ajin is secretly having an affair. While Suyol remains blissfully unaware of the betrayal, her close friend Harry struggles with her own hidden feelings towards her. Will Suyol’s world come crashing down when she discovers the truth about Ajin’s affair? And could this painful revelation open the door for Harry to finally confess her love?
Damian returns to Taiwan, opens a restaurant, and starts a family with Jerry via surrogacy, navigating parenthood and societal pressures while raising their son.
Pørni is about the dilemmas that you end up in when you, to the best of your abilities, try to do the right thing for your loved ones, and yourself. In that order. Pørni has two daughters with a jerk of an ex who has moved to Copenhagen, who focuses mainly on himself.
A group of college students navigate the passions and awakenings of youth, experiencing friendship, first love, and the journey of coming of age.
Birdie and Rooney navigate their first years on campus. In doing so, they’ll form their own groups of “chicken girls”.
In a small Korean town, two 18-year-old girls, Su-yi and Yi-gyeong, fall in love, dreaming of moving to Seoul together after graduation.
A popular teen and a cheerful classmate fall into a secret romance, facing insecurities and learning to meet each other halfway.
When clues to his brother's murder lead Poncho to a fire brigade, he joins it to investigate further and finds romance, family... and a serial killer.
Abby is a 45-year-old self-identified fat, queer dyke whose misfortune and despair unexpectedly lead her to a vibrantly transformative relationship.
Over four years, two queer men's friendship evolves, as they learn to accept and love themselves and each other.
"Never lose that strength or nobility, even when you grow up." When Utena was just a child and in the depths of sorrow, she found salvation in those words. They were the words of a prince, who bestowed upon her both a ring and the promise that it would lead her to him again. She never forgot the encounter. Now a teenager, Utena attends the prestigious Ohtori Academy; however, her strong sense of chivalry soon places her at odds with the student council and thrusts her into a series of mysterious and dangerous duels against its members.
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.
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.
From musical tales of forbidden love to idols waking up in Busan with no memory, this anthology explores the messy lines between friends and lovers.
When his mother dies, Éric inherits a pet shop and a huge void... One thing is sure: he wants to become a father. A desire that will bring him face to face with the realities of same-sex parenthood and help him discover the truth about himself.
Stef Foster, a dedicated police officer, and her partner Lena Adams, a school vice principal, have built a close-knit, loving family with Stef's biological son from a previous marriage, Brandon, and their adopted twins, Mariana and Jesus. Their lives are disrupted in unexpected ways when Lena meets Callie, a hardened teen with an abusive past who has spent her life in and out of foster homes. Lena and Stef welcome Callie and her brother, Jude, into their home thinking it's just for a few weeks, until a more permanent placement can be found. But life has something else in store for the Fosters.
Teens Charlie and Nick discover their unlikely friendship might be something more as they navigate school and young love.
Waterloo Road is a British television drama series set in a comprehensive school of the same name, first broadcast on BBC One on 9 March 2006, and concluding its original run on 9 March 2015. It was recommissioned in 2021, and resumed starting 9 January 2023. At the failing comprehensive school, and later academy of the same name, the professional and personal lives of the students and staff are examined. Affairs, scandals, blackmail and many, many headteachers. Who said education was easy?
A seemingly perfect interracial first family becomes the White House's newest residents. But behind closed doors they unleash a torrent of lies, cheating and corruption.
The life of a group of adolescents going through the trials and tribulations of teendom at Degrassi Community School.
An exuberant drama set in Melbourne's Fitzroy, centering on Nina Proudman and her struggle to deal with her fabulously messy family, her hunt for a decent love life and her tendency to overthink and fly off into fantasy.
The various generations of the Hughes family, who all love, work and fight like any other clan, find they must learn to communicate all over again when the youngest member is diagnosed with autism.
The Village is a BBC television drama created and written by Peter Moffat. Consisting of two six-episode series—the project intended as a 42-hour televised epic—the first series covers 1914 to 1920; the second continued the story into the 1920s. However, it was not commissioned for a third series. An epic drama charting the turbulent times experienced by one English village throughout the 20th century; births, deaths, political events and rebellions are among the events that occur during the time. Bert Middleton lives across the entire 100-year period, and his story from boyhood to old age forms the crux of the story, seen via flashbacks as Bert is interviewed in the present day by a documentarian working on a project about the second eldest man in the United Kingdom and his village.
A penniless mother makes an impulsive decision in the jewellery shop where she works, and is propelled into a different world.
In the fictional Yorkshire town of Wetherton, the unlikely duo of politically incorrect elephant-in-a-China-shop-copper DS Andrew Dalziel (pronounced Dee-ell) and his more sensitive and university educated sidekick DS, later DI, Peter Pascoe is always on hand to solve the classic murder mystery, while maintaining down-to-Earth wit and humour.
The close-knit Walker family deals with struggles and triumphs.
A divorced mom deals with an old romance and complicated family issues when she returns to her hometown with her twin daughters.
The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II.
Upstairs: the wealthy, aristocratic Bellamys. Downstairs: their loyal and lively servants. For nearly 30 years, they share a fashionable townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in London’s posh Belgravia neighborhood, surviving social change, political upheaval, scandals, and the horrors of the First World War.
A coming-of-age story about an outsider who, against all odds and numerous challenges, fights for love and acceptance and for her place in the world. The series centers on a young orphaned girl in the late 1890s, who, after an abusive childhood spent in orphanages and the homes of strangers, is mistakenly sent to live with an elderly woman and her aging brother. Over time, 13-year-old Anne will transform their lives and eventually the small town in which they live with her unique spirit, fierce intellect and brilliant imagination.
Follow a group of high school freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors from Degrassi Community School, a fictional school in Toronto, Ontario, as they encounter some of the typical issues and challenges common to a teenager's life.
Evie and Pete move into an upscale neighborhood and find themselves in a world of curtain twitching and status anxiety. They find friendship in the shape of the couple next door, alpha traffic cop Danny and his wife, glamorous yoga instructor Becka, but after Danny and Evie share a passionate night together there is trouble ahead.
The personal and political struggles, setbacks and triumphs of a diverse family of LGBT men and women who helped pioneer one of the last legs of the U.S. Civil Rights movement from its turbulent infancy in the 20th century to the once unfathomable successes of today. The period piece tells the history of the gay rights movement, starting with the Stonewall Riots in 1969.
Dickensian intertwines the realm of fictional characters in Charles Dickens’ novels—including Scrooge, Fagin and Miss Havisham—in half-hour episodes, as their lives intertwine in 19th century London. The Old Curiosity Shop sits next door to The Three Cripples Pub, while Fagin’s Den is hidden down a murky alley off a bustling Victorian street.
The early days of a young Endeavour Morse, whose experiences as a detective constable with the Oxford City Police will ultimately shape his future.
