The story of a young group of siblings pretty much abandoned by their parents, surviving by their wits - and humor - on a rough Manchester council estate. Whilst they won't admit it, they need help and find it in Steve, a young middle class lad who falls for Fiona, the oldest sibling, and increasingly finds himself drawn to this unconventional and unique family. Anarchic family life seen through the eyes of an exceptionally bright fifteen year old, who struggles to come of age in the context of his belligerent father, closeted brother, psychotic sister and internet porn star neighbors.
Prisoner is an Australian soap opera that is set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a fictional women's prison.
Днес е един специален ден в живота на Дъг Хеферман. Не, той не празнува годишнина от сватбата си, нито е повишен в службата. Днес съпругата му Кери му подари 70-инчов телевизор и така Дъг е коронясан за цар на квартала. Сутеренът му се превърна в любимото местенце на всички негови приятели, а Дъг, властелинът на дистанционното, реши, че ще царува честито със своята царица.
Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.
Само баламите бачкат проследява ежедневието на братята Дел и Родни, дребни търговци, които с пикапа си на три колела пренасят стоки, купени от борсата на едро, за да ги пробутат на съкварталците си от бедното лондонско предградие Пекъм. Големият брат Дел е откровен мошеник и далавераджия, докато по-малкият Род има интелектуални напъни, издържал е две матури в гимназията и е учил три седмици в арт колеж, преди управата на колежа да направи внезапна проверка на възпитаниците си, да го залови в легло с азиатска мацка и цигара долнокачествена марихуана и да го изхвърли. Род не харесва живота, който води, но тъй като няма особен избор, е принуден да дели бедняшко жилище в блок Нелсън Мандела с брат си и възрастния си Дядо и да вярва в мотото на брат си Дел: “Догодина по това време ще бъдем милионери"...
Roc is an American comedy-drama television series which ran on Fox from August 1991 to May 1994. The series stars Charles S. Dutton as Baltimore garbage collector Roc Emerson and Ella Joyce as his wife Eleanor.
A group of working-class friends finding unconventional ways to win at life in northern suburbia. These lads have dealt, scammed, bribed and conned their way through adolescence, but now, on the brink of adulthood, their dealing and stealing is catching up with them and a whole load of trouble is heading their way.
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 in January 1989. The show was made in and set in Peckham, London, England and featured a predominantly Black British Guyanese cast.
Conceived and co-written by Trix Worrell, and produced by Charlie Hanson and Humphrey Barclay, this series starred Norman Beaton as barber Desmond Ambrose. Desmond's shop was a gathering place for an assortment of local characters.
What's Happening!! is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from August 5, 1976 to April 28, 1979. The show premiered as a summer series. With good ratings and reviews, and after the failure of several other shows on the network, What's Happening!! returned in November 1976 as a weekly series. It remained a regular show until 1979; ratings were modest. What's Happening!! was loosely based on the motion picture Cooley High, also written by Eric Monte.
How much do you know about the person working next to you? From the outside, life at Mackintosh Textiles appears to run smoothly, but in a community with so many secrets to hide, things are far from straightforward. In six powerful, self-contained dramas, everyday life is fractured by tumultuous marriages, snatched passions, disappearing husbands and gang harassment.
On the Buses is a British comedy series created by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney, broadcast in the United Kingdom from 1969 to 1973. The writers' previous successes with The Rag Trade and Meet the Wife were for the BBC, but the corporation rejected On the Buses, not seeing much comedy potential in a bus depot as a setting. The comedy partnership turned to a friend, Frank Muir, Head of Entertainment at London Weekend Television, who loved the idea; the show was accepted and despite a poor critical reception became a hit with viewers.
Dinnerladies is a BBC sitcom written by and starring Victoria Wood that chronicles the antics of a group of workers in a canteen in the north of England. Bren tries to maintain a semblance of order in amongst the chaos, while dealing with the canteen supervisor, slightly sex-obsessed cancer sufferer Tony. Dolly and Jean are the bickering menopausal older women, always at odds but best friends beneath it all. Then there's thick-as-two-short-planks Anita, and the terminally uninterested Twinkle, more concerned with having a good time than anything else. Making up the motley crew are military man handyman Stan, all rules and regulations, and ditzy Philippa, who never seems to get anything right.
Center of the Universe is a television series on CBS, which ran from October 27, 2004, until January 19, 2005. The sitcom was canceled after just 10 episodes aired. It was set in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma.
John Goodman starred as John Barnett, a good-natured and successful operator of a security company. The series involved the dependency of his entire family on John for everything -- money, jobs, housing, and personal guidance in every decision.
Tagline: "The world doesn't revolve around John...but his family does."
A total of 15 episodes were produced.
A bus driver and his sewer worker friend struggle to strike it rich while their wives look on with weary patience. One of the most influential situation comedy television series in American history.
Jeff Foxworthy is a hardworking husband and father. Between paying his mortgage, running his heating and air company business and raising his precocious son, he learns what every self-respecting redneck knows: tractor pulls come and go, but family is forever!
Anthology drama following the lives and passions of neighbors on a northern English street.
The Rag Trade is a British television sitcom broadcast by the BBC between 1961 and 1963 and by LWT between 1977 and 1978.
The scripts were by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney, who later wrote Wild, Wild Women, Meet the Wife and On the Buses. Wild, Wild Women was a period variation of The Rag Trade.
The action centred on a small clothing workshop, Fenner Fashions in London. Although run by Harold Fenner and Reg the foreman, the female workers are led by militant shop steward Paddy Fleming, ever ready to strike, with the catchphrase "Everybody out!" Other cast members included Sheila Hancock, Esma Reese Cannon, Wanda Ventham and Barbara Windsor.
The Rag Trade was revived by ITV company LWT in 1977, with Jones and Karlin reprising their roles. The 1977 version ran for two series, most of the scripts being based on the BBC episodes from the 1960s, and featured Anna Karen and future EastEnders star Gillian Taylforth as factory workers.
The theme tune for the LWT series was written and performed by Lynsey De Paul.
Телевизионният сериал "Розан" се фокусира върху ежедневието на обикновеното петчленно американско семейство Конърс, което с минималните си доходи се опитва да живее нормално в малкото градче Ланфърд, щата Илинойс. Главите на семейството, съпрузите Дан и Розан Конърс, се борят не само със своите своенравни деца, но и с проблемите пред които се изправя всяко друго средностатистическо семейство - пари, неразбирателства с останалите роднини и предизвикателствата свързани с поддържането на стабилен брак. Джон Гудман и Розан Бар се превъплъщават в ролите на Дан и Розан, а самия сериал (излъчван за първи път в периода от 1988-ма до 1997-ма година) си спечели славата на една от най-известните и гледани телевизионни продукции на всички времена.
Following the chronicles of the East End working-class Garnett family, headed by patriarch Alf Garnett, a reactionary working-class man who holds racist and anti-socialist views.