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Last of the Summer Wine (1973)
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never really grown up explore their world in the Yorkshire Dales. They spend their days speculating about their fellow townsfolk and thinking up adventures not usually favored by the elderly. Last of the Summer Wine premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse in 1973. The show ran for 295 episodes until 2010. It is the longest running comedy Britain has produced and the longest running sitcom in the world.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, talky, realistic, witty, semi serious, slapstick comedy, clever, contemplative, philosophical
Plot:
small town, countryside, old man, friendship, elderly, library, british, working class, trio, pub, retirement, social relations, unemployment, veteran, childhood friend, friends, widower, english countryside, cafe, husband wife relationship, conversation, eccentricity, small community, cafe owner, scenery ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s, 70s, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century ...
Place:
northern england, england, united kingdom, yorkshire, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, sitcom, realistic and semi serious films and TV series with plots about british humour, friends, friendship, society, working class, variety and family relations mostly in Comedy and History genres. Some movies like Last of the Summer Wine: Jam and Jerusalem (2006), Father Ted (1995), Men Behaving Badly (1992), Early Doors (2003), Vicious (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Place:
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Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 25 min.
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Style:
surreal, sitcom, semi serious, not serious, realistic ...
Audience:
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Time:
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Duration: 45 min.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 23 min.
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Style:
light, humorous, not serious, sitcom, entertaining ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
sitcom, game show, hilarious, funny, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 28 min.
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Sitcom following the ups and downs of three retired couples living in Thurnemouth, 'Norfolk's only West-facing resort'.
Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
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Style:
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Place:
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Country: UK
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Place:
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sitcom, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot:
working class, friendship, friends, workplace, buddies, society, workplace situations, factory worker, old woman, dysfunctional relationship, electrician, rivalry ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
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Desmond's was a British television situation comedy broadcast by Channel 4 from 1989 to 1994. With 71 episodes, Desmond's became Channel 4's longest-running sitcom. The first series was shot in 1988, with the first episode broadcast ...
Style:
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TV show
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Style:
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Place:
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Country: UK
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Country: UK
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Style:
sitcom, not serious, humorous, realistic, witty
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: UK
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Country: UK
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Country: UK
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Plot:
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Country: UK
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sitcom, semi serious, realistic, humorous, comfort
Plot:
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Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place:
northern england, england, europe, manchester, yorkshire
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35%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
sitcom, realistic, semi serious, clever, offbeat ...
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
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Style:
sitcom, realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, yorkshire, northern england
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 28 min.
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sitcom, humorous, witty, lighthearted, semi serious ...
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Israel
Duration: 30 min.
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