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The Indian Doctor (2010)
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The Indian Doctor (2010)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
TV show
Story: The Indian Doctor is a British television drama set in the summer of 1963. Produced by Rondo Media and Avatar Productions, it was first broadcast on BBC One in 2010. The most recent series began on 27 February 2012 and concluded on 2 March. It is a period comedy drama starring Sanjeev Bhaskar as an Indian doctor who finds work in a South Wales mining village.
Style: sentimental, realistic, captivating, psychological, period piece, historical drama, humorous, semi serious, period drama
Plot: small town, culture clash, immigrant, society, couples, social relations, couple relations, power relations, post war, grief, marriage, british history, misfit, small town life, communication problem, boy, medical examination, rural setting, doctors and patients, mine, countryside, immigrants
Time: 20th century, 60s, 1960s
Place: england, wales, europe
Keyword: bbc

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, period drama and captivating films and TV series with plots about couples, society, couple relations, family relations, power relations, love and romance and social differences mostly in Drama, History and Romance genres. Some movies like The Indian Doctor: A Dance to the Music of Time (1997), Casualty 1900s (2008), Breathless (2013), The Royal (2003), 32 Brinkburn Street (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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A Dance to the Music of Time (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 416 min.
TV show
Story: Anthony Powell's 12 volume novel sequence "A Dance to the Music of Time" has been dramatised for television.
Style: stylized, serious, realistic, captivating, period drama
Plot: world war two, world war one, post war, love, high society, social relations, power relations, couples, lifestyle, society, couple relations, dishonesty ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: england, london, europe
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Casualty 1900s (2008)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: Featuring true cases, characters and events taken from the London Hospital records, nurse's ward diaries and intimate memoirs, these gritty medical series show the lives – and forbidden romances – of pioneering doctors and nurses a hundred ...
Style: emotional, touching, sentimental, sincere, period piece ...
Plot: hospital, doctors and patients, workplace, workplace romance, couple relations, public health, cure, workplace intrigue, workplace situations, medicine, doctor, multiverse ...
Time: victorian era, 1900s
Place: europe, london, england
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Breathless (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
TV show
Story: Hospital drama set in London during the early 1960s, following the staff of a busy gynecology ward at a time when abortion is illegal and the contraceptive pill is only just becoming available to married women.
Style: serious, realistic, stylized, captivating, period piece ...
Plot: hospital, doctors and patients, treatment, workplace, society, patient, workplace romance, workplace situations, intrigue, post war, medicine, motherhood ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: london, england
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The Royal (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Follows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled love lives and bitter power struggles.
Style: medical drama, realistic, captivating, emotional, psychological ...
Plot: hospital, doctor, doctors and patients, moral dilemma, workplace, nursing, workplace situations, nurse, society, love, working class, medical ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: england, northern england, yorkshire, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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32 Brinkburn Street (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Drama moving between the lives, loves and lies of two generations of the same family who live at 32 Brinkburn Street in 1931 and 2011.
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, suspense, sentimental ...
Plot: attic, society, family relations, couples, haunted by the past, family life, parents and children, couple relations, interracial relations, family problems, step siblings, secret ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: england, europe
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Small Island (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: In 1939 Hortense, illegitimate but intelligent and ambitious, is brought up on Jamaica with the family of charismatic, free-thinking Michael, who joins the Air Force when war breaks out and goes to England. After the war, Hortense, now a qualified ...
Style: serious, touching, captivating, realistic, saga ...
Plot: racism, post war, interracial sex, couples, couple relations, starting over, culture clash, self discovery, hopes, misfit, bittersweet, racial violence ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: england, jamaica, london, europe
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92%
Upstairs Downstairs (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Set in 1936, the show takes viewers, old and new, back to the lavish world of Belgravia, London. A new set of occupants reside at 165 Eaton Place and viewers see how external and internal influences of the tumultuous pre-war period shape and mould ...
Style: realistic, historical drama, stylized, costume drama, period piece ...
Plot: high society, butler, master and servant, family values, marriage, rich and poor, family life, millionaire, lifestyle, class differences, housewife, couples ...
Time: 1930s, edwardian era, 20th century
Place: england, wales, london, europe
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91%
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Mapp & Lucia (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
TV show
Story: 1930s comedy drama based on EF Benson's novels, about the rivalry between two women in a quaint village.
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty, historical drama ...
Plot: small town, village, rivalry, lesbian, society, social relations, small town life, village life, gossip, friendship, snobbism, priest ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: europe, england
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90%
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Heimat 3: A Chronicle of Endings and Beginnings (2004)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Germany, UK
Duration: 689 min.
TV show
Story: Heimat 3 is the third cycle of Edgar Reitz's monumental Heimat series, which premiered at the 2004 Venice Film Festival. The third Heimat completes the trilogy and brings together particularly the settings of Heimat 1. It follows the new ...
Style: serious, realistic, sentimental, atmospheric, sincere ...
Plot: family relations, lovers reunited, idealism, culture clash, couples, revolution, aging, society, unlikely couple, elderly, couple relations, rebelliousness ...
Time: year 2004, 80s, 20th century, 90s
Place: germany, europe
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Mrs Biggs (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 258 min.
TV show
Story: The true story of Charmian Biggs (née Powell), the rebellious product of a strict 1950s upbringing, and her whirlwind romance with Ronald Biggs leading to a descent into crime, most infamously 1963's Great Train Robbery.
Style: emotional, stylized, serious, touching, realistic ...
Plot: couple relations, criminal heroes, love and romance, family relations, love affair, wanted, couples, crime and punishment, fugitive, train robbery, true crime, british history ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 1950s
Place: england, rio de janeiro, australia
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Aristocrats (1999)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, Ireland, USA
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story: Based on a true story, Aristocrats draws back the curtain on an 18th century English family near the summit of society, revealing a tapestry of romance, prejudice, infidelity, and revolution.
Style: period piece, captivating, serious, historical drama, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: master and servant, rich and poor, high society, aristocracy, royal family, family relations, royalty, society, intrigue, politics, siblings relations, state affairs ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, 1780s
Place: england, ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Married Single Other (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
TV show
Story: Married Single Other is a British television drama created and written by Peter Souter. The series is based on the lives of group of people who are either married, single or "other", other being defined as in a relationship. It began ...
Style: realistic, touching, psychological, captivating, humorous ...
Audience: date night
Plot: family relations, couple relations, lifestyle, proposal, fall in love, model, coping, multiple storylines, couples, singleness, love and romance, thirtysomething life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, england
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Up the Women (2013)
Genre: Comedy, History
Country: UK
Duration: 174 min.
TV show
Story: It's 1910 and we're in Banbury church hall at the Banbury Intricate Craft Circle. Margaret has been to London and discovered the Women's Suffrage movement so she decides they need to set up their own movement and The Banbury Intricate ...
Style: sitcom, semi serious, captivating, humorous, historical drama ...
Plot: fighting the system, idealism, against the odds, friendship, injustice, feminism, society, battle of the sexes, hopes, gender, small town, women ...
Time: 1910s, 1900s, 20th century, edwardian era
Place: england, europe
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Poldark (1975)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Period drama series about the brooding rivalry between former soldier Ross Poldark and local industrialist George Warleggan, and the two women in their lives. Based on the books by Winston Graham.
Style: costume drama, historical drama, spiritual, realistic, serious ...
Plot: time machine, spirituality, abbey, estate, unrequited love, unfulfillment, love and romance, society, master and servant, couple relations, love affair, unfulfilled love ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, 1780s
Place: england, europe, britain, cornwall
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The Neighbourhood's Gate (2006)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Syria
TV show
Story: Bab Al-Hara is one of the most popular television series in the Arab world, watched by tens of millions of people from "poverty-stricken Gaza to the opulent cities of the Persian Gulf." The series chronicles the daily happenings and family ...
Style: emotional, serious, sentimental, realistic, soap opera
Plot: social relations, family feud, family life, couples, family relations, rebellion, city life, society, parents and children, couple relations, urban, imperialism
Time: 20th century, 1930s
Place: middle east
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Prisoners Wives (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Behind every prisoner, there's a wife, girlfriend or mother doing time on the outside. For some it's a nightmare, for others a liberation. Prisoners' Wives - it's time to tell their stories.
Style: emotional, realistic, serious, touching, captivating ...
Plot: prison, couples, family relations, social relations, parents and children, housewife, female protagonist, imprisonment, aspiration, strong female presence, couple relations, coping
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Forsyte Saga (2002)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 276 min.
TV show
Story: In 2002, the first two books and the first interlude of John Galsworthy's trilogy The Forsyte Saga were adapted by Granada Television for the ITV network. Additional funding for this production was provided by American PBS station WGBH, the ...
Style: period piece, family saga, realistic, costume drama, serious ...
Plot: high society, love affair, society, love and romance, forbidden love, family relations, couple relations, parents and children, unfulfilled love, rich and poor, power relations, victorian england ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1920s, 20th century, 1880s ...
Place: england, britain, europe, london
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Home Fires (2015)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The story of a group of inspirational women in a rural Cheshire community with the shadow of World War II casting a dark cloud over their lives. As the conflict takes hold and separates the women from their husbands, fathers, sons and brothers, the ...
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, psychological, historical drama ...
Plot: world war two, village, female protagonist, friends, strong female presence, social relations, life is a bitch, society, husband wife relationship, family relations, british, father son relationship ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 1930s
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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Land Girls (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 225 min.
TV show
Story: The lives, loves and highs and lows of four members of the Women's Land Army working at the Hoxley Estate during World War II.
Style: realistic, captivating, historical drama, costume drama, psychological ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: world war two, wartime life, strong female presence, life is a bitch, family relations, military, soldier, friendship, rise and fall, love, resistance, women ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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Peak Practice (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most ...
Style: medical drama, emotional, serious, touching, realistic
Plot: doctor, crumbling marriage, doctors and patients, couple relations, direction and purpose, power relations, workplace situations, unfulfillment, social relations, clinic, small town, infidelity ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place: england
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Cranford (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 469 min.
TV show
Story: In the 1840s, Cranford is ruled by the ladies. They adore good gossip; and romance and change is in the air, as the unwelcome grasp of the Industrial Revolution rapidly approaches their beloved rural market-town.
Style: sincere, atmospheric, costume drama, clever, period piece ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: small town life, social differences, family relations, aristocracy, high society, class differences, small town, love and romance, social relations, family life, maid, proposal ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1840s
Place: england, britain, europe
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When Calls The Heart (2014)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Elizabeth Thatcher, a young school teacher from a wealthy Eastern family, migrates from the big city to teach school in a small coal mining town in the west.
Style: sentimental, touching, realistic, serious, soap opera ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: teacher, small town, upscale, lifestyle change, character change, instructor, female protagonist, social relations, christian, christmas, couple relations, rich and poor ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, edwardian era, 1900s
Place: america, usa, canada
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The Trial of Christine Keeler (2019)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 352 min.
TV show
Story: The minister, his mistress, and her lover the spy. The story of the woman at the centre of one of the 20th century's biggest scandals – which changed Britain forever.
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological, political, beautiful ...
Plot: extramarital affair, sex scandal, british prime minister, scandal, government, political corruption, post war, political scandal, female protagonist, political unrest, sexual relations, british history ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Love in a Cold Climate (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 150 min.
TV show
Story: Adaptation of Nancy Mitford's novel.
Style: realistic, serious, stylized, historical drama, costume drama ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: fall in love, love triangle, social differences, looking for love, eccentric family, master and servant, unlikely couple, society, wooing, infidelity, unfulfilled love, rich and poor ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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Behaving Badly (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Behaving Badly is a 1989 British television serial directed by David Tucker. The teleplay by Catherine Heath and Moira Williams is based on Heath's novel of the same name. It was initially broadcast by Channel 4. The series was released on DVD ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, dark comedy
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: dysfunctional family, housewife, power relations, family problems, couples, family relations, hopes, unlikely couple, human nature, couple relations, society, love and romance ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Berkeley Square (1998)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Three young women from very different backgrounds meet, become friends and share experiences when they all gain positions as nannies in the wealthy households of London's exclusive Berkeley Square.
Style: period piece, costume drama, historical drama, realistic, serious ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: nanny, family relations, civil rights, feminist, spanish civil war, human rights, colleague, abbey, butler, child abuse, bittersweet, master and servant ...
Time: 1900s, edwardian era, middle ages, 19th century, victorian era ...
Place: london, england, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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Mr Selfridge (2013)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Mr. Selfridge recounts the real life story of the flamboyant and visionary American founder of Selfridge's, London's lavish department store. Set in 1909 London, when women were reveling in a new sense of freedom and modernity, it follows ...
Style: stylized, captivating, costume drama, serious, realistic ...
Plot: businessman, rise to the top, high society, visionary, department store, materialism, lifestyle, ambitious, success, career, boss, manager ...
Time: 1900s, edwardian era, 1910s, 20th century, victorian era
Place: england, london, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Wingless Bird (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: On the eve of World War I, Agnes Conway manages both the business and the problems of her troubled family. She finds the strength to break class barriers and help her sister Jessie marry a good boy from a family of dockside toughs. Is she strong ...
Style: touching, sentimental, realistic, serious, costume drama ...
Plot: rich and poor, great war, couples, family relations, power relations, betrayal, love and romance, dishonesty, society, ambition, master and servant, working class ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, year 1914, edwardian era
Place: northern england, england
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81%
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Flambards (1979)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 780 min.
TV show
Story: In the early 1900s in England, young Christina is orphaned and goes to live with her Uncle Russell, who owns the country estate of Flambards, and has two sons. Mark, the elder, is a wastrel, a roue and, like his father, loves to hunt. The younger ...
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, emotional, period drama
Audience: girls' night
Plot: makeover, world war one, couple relations, love and romance, society, fall in love, estate, uneducated, couples, family relations, countryside, manners ...
Time: edwardian era, 1900s, 20th century, 1910s
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
All the Small Things (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Uplifting drama series from the writer of Cutting It about family and community, played out with rousing choruses, joyous harmonies and booming basslines.
Style: realistic, sentimental, serious, sincere
Plot: family relations, ego clash, choir, family problems, couples, infidelity, couple relations, family reunited, love and romance, church, estrangement, family in crisis ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
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