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Just William (2010)
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 28 min.
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Just William is a television serial first broadcast on BBC One in December 2010. The serial is based on the Just William series of books by Richmal Crompton. This latest adaptation is written by Simon Nye. It is the first adaption of the books since a children's television series in the 1990s. The series stars Daniel Roche as the title character, eponymous character William Brown. With Rebecca Front and Daniel Ryan as William's parents. Caroline Quentin and Warren Clarke appear as the parents of Violet Elizabeth Bott, neighbours of the Brown family. It is directed by Paul Seed and produced by John Chapman. Martin Jarvis, who voices the radio and audio CD adaptions of Just William, acts as the narrator. Various sources suggest that the series will not be returning.
Style:
humorous, light hearted, funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, whimsical, nostalgic
Audience:
family friendly, family outing, kids
Plot:
children, friendship, post war, friends, mischievous children, teenager, boy, best friend, teenage life, escapades, child protagonist, group of friends, child, friendship between boys, lifestyle, comedy of errors, misadventure, literary, small town, narration, british humour
Time:
1950s
Place:
england
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, captivating, semi serious and entertaining films and TV series with plots about friendship, children, friends, teenager, teenage life, youth and satire mostly in Family, Comedy and Adventure genres. Some movies like Just William: Yeralash (1974), Shiverstone Castle (2016), The Really Loud House (2022), Popularity Papers (2023), The Electric Company (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 22 min.
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 22 min.
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Time:
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Place:
ussr
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
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Duration: 92 min.
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Style:
feel good, semi serious, entertaining, funny, captivating ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
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Style:
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Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
friends, lifestyle, school, adolescence, teenage protagonist, high school life, children, friendship, child, teenage love, teenager, teenage life ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
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The Electric Company is an American television series for young children aged 4–8 on PBS, derived from the 1971 series. The series premiered as a four-episode mini-marathon on PBS on January 19, 2009, then became a weekly series with an episode ...
Style:
educational, humorous, entertaining, satirical, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
children, friendship, friends, chef, pun, literacy, mischievous children, teenage life, music, adolescence, group of friends, teenage protagonist ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Audience:
kids, family outing, toddlers
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england
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39%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 23 min.
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funny, satirical, humorous, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Family
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Style:
funny, entertaining, captivating, semi serious, feel good
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
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Place:
denmark
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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35%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 15 min.
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Style:
captivating, funny, entertaining, satirical, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, toddlers, preschool
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 103 min.
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satirical, captivating, entertaining, funny, feel good ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Australia
Duration: 13 min.
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Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, family friendly
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 25 min.
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realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
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Style:
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Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
teenage life, teenager, teenage girl, comedian, aspiring actor, youth, artists and showbiz, friends, friendship, showbiz, best friend, new life ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
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sitcom, entertaining, satirical, humorous, captivating ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
31%
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Duration: 24 min.
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realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous, sitcom
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
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kids, toddlers, family outing
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Family
Country: UK
Duration: 28 min.
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Style:
semi serious, feel good, entertaining, captivating, light hearted
Audience:
kids, family outing, toddlers
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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kids, family outing, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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31%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: UK
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Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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feel good, sincere, semi serious, light, touching ...
Plot:
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Duration: 25 min.
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Style:
satirical, entertaining, captivating, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 22 min.
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