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A Bit of a Do (1989)
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A Bit of a Do (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A Bit of a Do is a British comedy drama series based on the books by David Nobbs. The show starred David Jason and was aired on ITV in 1989. It was made for the ITV network by Yorkshire Television. The show was set in a fictional Yorkshire town. Each episode took place at a different social function and followed the changing lives of two families, the working-class Simcocks and the middle-class Rodenhursts, together with their respective friends, Rodney and Betty Sillitoe, and Neville Badger. The series begins with the wedding of Ted and Rita Simcock's son Paul to Laurence and Liz Rodenhurst's daughter Jenny; an event at which Ted and Liz begin an affair. The subsequent fallout from this affair forms the basis for most of the first series.
Style: sitcom
Plot: working class, middle class, newlywed, adulterous husband, wedding, divorce, new life, dentist, starting over, divorced woman, social status, divorced man, hypocrisy, extramarital affair, social satire, class conflict, ethical dilemma, adultery, family relations, mother daughter relationship, two brothers, father son relationship, widower, drunkenness, marital infidelity ...
Place: yorkshire, northern england

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, sitcom and semi serious films and TV series with plots about family relations, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, family life, parents and children, couple relations and couples mostly in Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like A Bit of a Do: Common As Muck (1994), Barbara (1995), Divorce (2016), Open All Hours (1976), The Darling Buds of May (1991). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Common As Muck (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Common As Muck is a gritty BBC comedy drama serial focusing on the lives of a crew of bin men and their management staff. It ran for two series.
Plot: father, job interview, stripper, boss, son, college, betrayal, cheating on husband, love affair, drunkenness, working class, friendship ...
Place: northern england
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Barbara (1995)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 27 min.
TV show
Story: Barbara is a British sitcom starring Gwen Taylor in the title role. A pilot was broadcast in 1995, and three series were then televised from 1999 to 2003. It was made by Central Television, and filmed at their Lenton Lane studios in Nottingham in ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, semi serious, offbeat, humorous
Plot: family relations, couples, perversion, couple relations, society, suburban life, family life, eccentric family, suburbs, workplace situations, male female relationship, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 90s
Place: yorkshire, england, northern england
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Divorce (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A couple goes through a long, drawn-out divorce.
Style: feel good, humorous, captivating, touching, sentimental ...
Plot: divorce, relationships, marriage, marital separation, husband wife relationship, love and romance, family problems, marriage crisis, male female relationship, crumbling marriage, family drama, family relations ...
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Open All Hours (1976)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Open All Hours is a BBC sitcom written by Roy Clarke and starring Ronnie Barker as a miserly shop keeper and David Jason as his put-upon nephew who works as his errand boy. It ran for 26 episodes in four series, which premiered in 1976, 1981, 1982 ...
Style: sitcom, contemplative, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Plot: humour, cooking show, nephew, uncle, storekeeper, customer, nurse, miser, working class, bicycle, workaholic, generation gap ...
Time: 80s, 70s, 20th century
Place: northern england, yorkshire, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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The Darling Buds of May (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story: An idyllic picture of 1950's rural England as seen through the lives of the Larkins, a farm family living in Kent. The show revolves around Pa Larkin, a man of a kind and mischievous nature with a penchant for getting into scrapes and talking ...
Style: not serious, realistic, witty, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: english countryside, countryside, girl, post war, summer, family relations, rural area, taxes, lifestyle, fall in love, farm, family life ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century, 50s
Place: england, europe
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25%
Still Open All Hours (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Still Open All Hours is a sitcom set in a grocer's shop. It is a sequel to the series Open All Hours, written by original series writer Roy Clarke and featuring several of the permanent cast members of the original series
Style: sitcom, humorous, light, captivating, feel good ...
Plot: store, family relations, workplace, workplace situations, parents and children, family business, friendship, cooking show, storekeeper, salesman, customer, photograph ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, yorkshire, northern england
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Life Begins (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Life Begins is a British television drama first broadcast on ITV between February 2004 and October 2006, starring Caroline Quentin and Alexander Armstrong, Anne Reid and Frank Finlay.
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, captivating, sitcom
Plot: love triangle, changing lives, starting over, workplace situations, couple relations, family relations, parents and children, job seeking, couples, summer vacation, marital problem, family life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Wagle Ki Duniya (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Three generations of the family live together, who share all their happiness and sorrows. Follow the story of this family as they bring laughter to each other's lives and will make your heart melt. A new generation of the old critically ...
Style: funny, entertaining, feel good, humorous, captivating ...
Plot: large family, life, family relations, three generations, father son relationship, family problems, family life, parents and children, satire, lifestyle, father daughter relationship, humour ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Delicious (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Gina is a Cornish chef who is suddenly forced to evaluate her closest relationships. A comedic drama series about food, love and infidelity in Cornwall.
Style: captivating, satirical, disturbing, psychological, comedy drama
Plot: food, infidelity, love, ex wife, love triangle, unfaithful husband, ex couple relations, ex husband ex wife relationship, adulterous husband, romantic triangle, adultery, family problems ...
Time: future
Place: cornwall
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23%
Only Fools and Horses (1981)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
TV show
Story: The misadventures of two wheeler dealer brothers Del Boy and Rodney Trotter of “Trotters Independent Traders PLC” who scrape their living by selling dodgy goods believing that next year they will be millionaires.
Style: sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious, witty ...
Plot: working class, cockney, grandfather, world war two veteran, black market, disorder, eccentric family, brother brother relationship, pub, short man, veteran, siblings relations ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, london, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Breeders (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Breeders exposes the parental-paradox that it is possible, in the very same moment, to love your child to the horizon of the universe, while being apoplectically angry enough to want to send them there.
Style: funny, humorous, sweet, light, ironic ...
Plot: parenthood, children, husband wife relationship, family relations, parents and children, father, mother, father son relationship, school, parent grown child relationship, family affairs, satire ...
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Stella (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Ruth Jones stars as a 40-something mum juggling the ups and downs of family life amid the chaos of her eccentric friends, relatives and children's fathers.
Style: humorous, emotional, light, psychological, semi serious ...
Plot: family relations, single parent, working class, everyday life, family values, convict, society, parents and children, neighbor, misunderstanding, mother daughter relationship, relationships ...
Time: 21st century
Place: wales
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22%
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White Teeth (2002)
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story: An adaptation of Zadie Smith's bestseller concerning the lives of two families from as far back as the 1800s and India to late 1990s Willesden.
Style: touching, realistic, semi serious, humorous, multicultural
Plot: family relations, interracial relations, generation gap, social differences, parents and children, family life, social decay, culture clash, couples, family problems, society, couple relations ...
Time: 1920s, 90s, 70s, 80s, 20th century
Place: africa, england, london, europe, bangladesh
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The Buddha of Suburbia (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 222 min.
TV show
Story: The Buddha of Suburbia is a 1993 British four-part television serial, directed by Roger Michell. Based on the novel of the same name by Hanif Kureishi, the programme starred Naveen Andrews as the main character, Karim Amir. The programme's ...
Style: controversial, erotic, realistic, semi serious, serious ...
Plot: punk rock, arranged marriage, hippie, racism, sex scene, making love, sex orgy, infidelity, suburbs, satire, immigrant, nudity ...
Time: 70s, 80s, 20th century
Place: london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Micawber (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 195 min.
TV show
Story: Micawber is a 2001 ITV comedy drama series starring David Jason. It was written by John Sullivan, based upon the character of Wilkins Micawber from Charles Dickens' novel David Copperfield, although the storylines were original. Sullivan had ...
Plot: charles dickens, child, husband wife relationship, snake, homosexuality, orphan, debt, butler, children, nobility, trial, hunting ...
Time: 1840s
Place: london
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21%
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Opposite Sex (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Opposite Sex is an American comedy-drama series that aired during FOX's summer 2000 schedule. The series was one of the first teen dramas to primarily use independent artists on its soundtrack by such acts as Elliott Smith and Ben Lee.
Style: entertaining, humorous, captivating, sitcom
Plot: high school life, girls' school, single father, boy girl relationship, single parent, school, teenager, teenage life, schoolboy, social satire, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, family relations ...
Place: northern california, california
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21%
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Reba (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: After her dentist husband of 20 years leaves her for his dental hygienist, Reba Hart's seemingly perfect world is turned upside down.​
Style: sitcom, humorous, feel good, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids
Plot: teenage pregnancy, single mother, dentist, family life, teenage life, parents and children, family problems, couples, youth, save the day, pregnancy, crumbling marriage ...
Time: 2000s
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Royle Family (1998)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: British comedy series focusing on the lives of a working-class family in Manchester who love the TV.
Style: sitcom, semi serious, realistic, talky, humorous
Plot: working class, christmas, voodoo, sketch, family relations, social commentary, couples, slacker, temperamental, suffering, couple relations, society ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: manchester, northern england, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Fortysomething (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Fortysomething is a 2003 British comedy-drama series, starring and directed by Hugh Laurie as Paul Slippery, a doctor facing a mid-life crisis. His wife Estelle is starting a new career as a headhunter. His three sons, Rory, a student at the ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, hilarious, humorous
Audience: girls' night
Plot: family relations, midlife crisis, depression, family life, middle aged, marital problem, father son relationship, struggle, family problems, husband wife relationship, marriage, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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My Family (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: My Family is a British sitcom created and initially co-written by Fred Barron, which was produced by DLT Entertainment and Rude Boy Productions, and broadcast by BBC One for eleven series between 2000 and 2011, with Christmas specials broadcast from ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, witty, realistic ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: father son relationship, dentist, family relations, disorder, eccentric family, dysfunctional family, family problems, workplace, christmas, parents and children, living with parents, husband wife relationship ...
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20%
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Derek (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Derek is a loyal nursing home caretaker who sees only the good in his quirky co-workers as they struggle against prejudice and shrinking budgets to care for their elderly residents.
Style: sitcom, mockumentary, humorous, sincere, satirical ...
Audience: teens
Plot: elderly, retirement home, satire, socially awkward, workplace, coworker, male female relationship, workplace situations, coworker relationship, social problems, social satire, social issues ...
Time: 2010s
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
At Home with the Braithwaites (2000)
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: UK
TV show
Story: At Home with the Braithwaites is a British comedy-drama television series, created and written by Sally Wainwright. The storyline follows a suburban family from Leeds, whose life is turned upside down when the mother of the family wins 38 million ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, cynical, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, greed, wealth, secret, marriage, lifestyle, couples, family problems, youth, couple relations, family life, teenage life ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, yorkshire, northern england, europe, britain
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20%
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King Gary (2018)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A larger-than-life working-class sitcom that follows the trials and tribulations of 'geezer diva' Gary King and his childhood sweetheart Terri as they aspire to achieve moderate material success in competitive suburbia.
Style: sitcom, feel good, satirical, light, funny ...
Plot: working class, father son relationship, family man, suburbs, father and son, husband wife relationship, family life, family relations, workplace humor, businessman, social satire, rivalry ...
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20%
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Back (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Estranged foster-brothers Stephen and Andrew vie to take over the family business following the death of their father.
Style: humorous, entertaining, light, sitcom, controversial ...
Plot: humour, death of father, brother brother relationship, rivalry, rivals, inheritance, small town, family relations, family problems, pub, friendship, death ...
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Life Sentence (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: When Stella finds out her terminal cancer is cured, she's going to have to learn to live with all the choices she's made when she decided to "live like she was dying".
Style: humorous, sentimental, realistic, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: cancer, changing lives, adaptation, lifestyle change, healing, husband wife relationship, friendship, new life, life turned upside down, relationships, love and romance, life ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Roseanne (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story: A working-class family struggles to get by on a limited income in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois.
Style: sitcom, humorous, funny, biting, cynical ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: working class, overweight, exodus, strong female lead, girl, dysfunctional family, chubby, family affairs, women power, small business, siblings, pregnancy ...
Time: 90s, 80s, 20th century, 2010s, 21st century
Place: illinois, usa
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20%
One Day at a Time (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: In a reimagining of the TV classic, a newly single Latina mother raises her teen daughter and tween son with the "help" of her old-school mom.
Style: sitcom, feel good, captivating, humorous, light ...
Audience: teens
Plot: lesbian, feminism, lgbt, family drama, single mother, depression, lgbtq, living together, gay, parents and children, eccentric family, lgbtqi ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Spanish Shame (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
TV show
Story: Is a show about a wedding photographer, Jesús, who in fact wants to be an "artistic photographer", and his complicated relationship with his girlfriend Nuria. In his efforts to devote himself to art and to keep afloat his family and ...
Style: ironic, feel good, humorous, light, entertaining
Plot: family relations, husband wife relationship, surrealism, love, adultery, working class, misfit, urban setting, friendship, infidelity, unfaithfulness, shame ...
Place: madrid
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Don't Wait Up (1983)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Two doctors, estranged from their spouses, become roommates...but they also happen to be father and son! Can they share an apartment without driving each other crazy? No, but they do it anyway.... Tom Latimer is a young and hard working general ...
Style: sitcom
Plot: doctor, parents, family relations, flatmate, father son relationship, marital separation, medical profession, divorce, father, roommate
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
One Foot in the Grave (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: One Foot in the Grave is a BBC television sitcom series written by David Renwick. The show ran for six series, including seven Christmas specials, two Comic Relief specials, over an eleven-year period, from early 1990 to late 2000. The latter Comic ...
Style: sitcom, laugh out loud, funny, dark comedy, surreal ...
Plot: misery, sketch, cooking show, young heroes, dark humor, retirement, couples, disorder, suffering, family relations, retired, elderly ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 80s
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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