This Life (1996 TV series)
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| Created by | Amy Jenkins |
| Starring |
Amita Dhiri Jack Davenport Jason Hughes Andrew Lincoln Daniela Nardini Ramon Tikaram Luisa Bradshaw-White Steve John Shepherd Natasha Little David Mallinson Juliet Cowan Sacha Craise Cyril Nri |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 33 (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 50 minutes |
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| Original network | BBC Two |
| Original release | 18 March 1996 – 7 August 1997 |
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| Website | |
This Life is a BBC television drama that was produced by World Productions and screened on BBC Two. Two series were broadcast in 1996 and 1997 and a reunion special in 2007. The series centres on the life of five twentysomething law graduates embarking upon their careers while sharing a house in south London.
Broadcast during the height of "Cool Britannia", the series set in London is notable for its Britpop soundtrack and for its depiction of casual sex and drug-taking. The show became a hugely popular word-of-mouth hit and was included on BFI's list of the 100 greatest British television programmes of all time.
The series was created by, and some episodes written by, Amy Jenkins. Other writers contributed scripts, including Joe Ahearne (who also directed some episodes—the only person to do both on the series), Ian Iqbal Rashid, Amelia Bullmore and Matthew Graham. Tony Garnett was the executive producer and Jane Fallon worked as a producer on both series.
When the first series was screened it was a modest critical success, rather than being a ratings hit. Nevertheless, the original production agreement secured a second series. In the lead-up to the broadcast of the second series, the entire first series was repeated, helping to generate a critical buzz around the programme, to the point that millions of viewers were waiting to discover the ultimate resolutions to the various plot-lines and generating front-page newspaper coverage.
This Life is based around life in a London law firm and barristers' chambers of a group of about twenty trainee solicitors and pupil barristers, but essentially it is a character-driven drama.
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