Avainsana Working Class

Ki-taekin koko nelihenkinen köyhä perhe elää kädestä suuhun halvassa kellarihuoneistossa. Tulevaisuus näyttää synkältä, kunnes onnellisen sattuman ja ystävän suosituksen ansiosta perheen vanhin poika Ki-woo onnistuu saamaan työpaikan varakkaasta Parkin perheestä teini-ikäisen tyttären Da-hyen yksityisenä englanninopettajana. Muodollisen pätevyyden takia Ki-woon sisko Ki-jungin täytyy vain väärentää veljelleen yliopiston päästötodistus. Työpaikka luo toiveita säännöllisistä tuloista. Perheensä suuret odotukset ja väärennetty koulutodistus mukanaan Ki-woo menee varakkaan Parkin perheen kotiin haastatteluun. Eivätkä huijaukset jää siihen, kun kaikille Ki-taekin perheenjäsenille löydetään roolit Parkien yltäkylläisen elämän ympäriltä. Lopulta kahden perheen kohtaaminen käynnistää hallitsemattoman tapahtumaketjun, jolla on arvaamattomia seurauksia.

Hirayama vaikuttaa täysin tyytyväiseltä yksinkertaiseen elämäänsä Tokion vessojen siivoojana. Hyvin suunnitelmallisten arkirutiiniensa ulkopuolella hän nauttii musiikista ja kirjoista, jotka ovat hänen intohimonsa. Lisäksi hän rakastaa puita ja valokuvaa niitä. Odottamattomat kohtaamiset paljastavat vähitellen lisää hänen menneisyydestään.

Komedia luksuselämään tottuneesta naisesta, joka menettää muistinsa ja päätyy rahattoman puusepän ja tämän neljän pojan huusholliin.

Menestysromaaniin perustuvassa viehättävässä rakkaustarinassa nuori irlantilaissiirtolainen Eilis Lacey etsii polkuaan 1950-luvun Brooklynissa. Alkuajan kalvava koti-ikävä haihtuu nopeasti, kun tuore romanssi kietoo Eilisin rakkauden huumaavaan lumoukseen. Menneisyys alkaa kuitenkin pian aiheuttaa säröjä Eilisin uudenlaiseen eloisuuteen, ja hänen on tehtävä valinta kahden maan ja miehen välillä.

Jasmine elää mukavan pintaliitoista elämää varakkaan miehensä varoilla New Yorkissa. Onnellinen tyhjänpäiväisyys saa äkkilopun Jasminen miehen osoittautuessa talousrikolliseksi. Miehen mukana katoavat niin omaisuus kuin entiset ystävätkin. Syvimmän onnettomuuden alhossa Jasminen ei auta muu, kuin muuttaa kaupan kassana elantonsa ansaitsevan sisarensa luokse San Franciscoon. Jasmine ja hänen sisarensa ovat molemmat adoptoituja, eivätkä he tunne kovin suurta sisarellista rakkautta toisiaan kohtaan. Rikkaisiin naimisiin päätynyt Jasmine on itse asiassa aina halveksinut sisartaan, eikä ole varakkaina päivinään halunnut olla tämän kanssa missään tekemisissä. Hän ei hyväksy sisarensa juntteja miehiä eikä siedä tämän pulskia lapsia. Millä tavalla sisaren vaatimattomaan elämänpiiriin astuminen ja siihen sopeutuminen vaikuttaa Jasmineen ja mitenkä hänen läsnäolonsa vaikuttaa sisareen. Kaiken kurjuuden keskellä Jasminen on koottava itsensä ja löydettävä elämälleen uusi suunta.

Irlantilaiselle Christy Brownille on elämä jakanut vaikeat kortit. CP-vamman kanssa syntynyt Christy kohtaa jatkuvasti oudoksuntaa ja pilkkaa muilta ihmisiltä, jotka näkevät liikuntarajoitteisen miehen usein vain avuttomana ja vajaaälyisenä. Mutta sisukas Christy on kaikkea muuta kuin sitä. Christyn järki leikkaa kuin partaveitsi ja ainoalla liikkuvalla ruumiinosallaan, vasemmalla jalallaan, osaa hän sekä ilmaista ilonsa ja surunsa kuin analysoida maailmaa kirjoittamalla kirjoja ja maalaamalla tauluja. Merkittävän kulttuurivaikuttajan elämän tie saattaa olla kivinen mutta hänen mieli on väkevä.

Nick on New Yorkissa asuva terästyöläinen, jolla on vahvan mutta lempeän vaimonsa Kittyn kanssa kolme aikuista tytärtä. Nickillä on myös kiihkeä suhde punatukkaisen Tulan kanssa. Kun Nick jää suhteesta vaimolleen kiinni ja Tula haluaa Nickin kanssa oikean suhteen, löytää mies itsensä pahasta pulasta. Nick on pohjimmiltaan hyvä mies ja hänen täytyy yrittää löytää tie takaisin perheensä luo ennen kuin se on myöhäistä.

Buddy on nuori poika murrosiän kynnyksellä, jonka elämä on täynnä perheen sisäistä rakkautta, lapsuuden hassutteluja ja kukoistavaa romanssia. Hänen rakkaan kotikaupunkinsa joutuessa yhä suurempaan myllerrykseen hänen perheensä joutuu kuitenkin valinnan eteen: toivoa, että konflikti menee ohi, tai jättää kaikki tuttu taakseen ja aloittaa uusi elämä.

Salaperäisen kulkurin vihjeen ansiosta baarikokki huomaa, että hänellä on supervoimia – eikä hän ole voimineen yksin – ja saa tietää laajasta, synkästä salajuonesta.

Urakiidossa oleva liikenainen Miamista joutuu tuppukylän meijerin johtajaksi keskelle kylmintä keskilännen talvea. Jäätävästä vastaanotosta huolimatta hänen sydämensä lämpenee kylän omaperäisille asukkaille...

Lääkäri Jean Markham palaa vuosien jälkeen kotikyläänsä pyörittämään isänsä vastaanottoa. Eräänä päivänä vastaanotolle saapuu nuori poika, jonka Jean kutsuu kanssaan puutarhaan katsomaan mehiläisiä. Pojan ja Jeanin ystävyyden myötä, myös pojan äiti, Lydia, tutustuu Jeaniin. Lydia ja Jean huomaavat tuntevansa vetoa toisiinsa, mutta 1950-luvun pikkukulässä tällaiset tunteet on pidettävä piilossa.

Life’s good for deliveryman Doug Heffernan, until his newly widowed father-in-law, Arthur, moves in with him and his wife Carrie. Doug is no longer the king of his domain, and instead of having a big screen television in his recently renovated basement, he now has a crazy old man.

Prisoner is an Australian soap opera that is set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a fictional women's prison.

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.

A group of working-class friends finding unconventional ways to win at life in suburban northern England. These lads have dealt, scammed, bribed and conned their way through adolescence, but now, their dealing and stealing is catching up with them and a whole load of trouble is heading their way.

Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.

Only Fools and Horses.... Is a British sitcom created and written by John Sullivan. Seven series were originally transmitted on BBC One from 1981 to 1991, with sixteen sporadic Christmas specials aired until 2003. In working-class Peckham in south-east London, ambitious market trader Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter and his younger half-brother Rodney, explore their highs and lows in life, in particular their attempts to get rich. Initially not an immediate hit and receiving little promotion early on, it later achieved consistently high ratings, and the 1996 episode "Time on Our Hands" (originally billed as the series finale) holds the record for the biggest UK audience for a sitcom episode, attracting 24.3 million viewers. The series bears a significant influence on British culture, contributing several words and phrases to the English language.

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.

A working-class family struggles to get by on a limited income in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois.

Matador is a Danish TV series produced and shown between 1978 and 1982. It is set in the fictional Danish town of Korsbæk between 1929 and 1947. It follows the lives of a range of characters from across the social spectrum, focusing specifically on the rivalry between the families of two businessmen: The banker Hans Christian Varnæs, an established local worthy, and social climber Mads Skjern, who arrives in town as the series opens. The name Matador was taken from the localised edition of the boardgame Monopoly, also the series' tentative English title. In addition, in contemporary Danish a "matador" is often used to describe a business tycoon, in the series referring to the character of Mads Skjern and his craftiness as a self-made entrepreneur. Directed by famed Danish film maker Erik Balling, Matador was the idea of author Lise Nørgaard who wrote the bulk of the episodes alongside Karen Smith, Jens Louis Petersen and Paul Hammerich. The series is one of the most well-known and popular examples of Danish television and represents the peak of longtime development of Danish TV drama by the public service channel Danmarks Radio. The series has become part of the modern self-understanding of Danes, partly because of its successful mix of melodrama and a distinct warm Danish humour in the depiction of characters, which were portrayed by a wide range of the most popular Danish actors at the time; but also not least because of its accurate portrayal of a turbulent Denmark from around the start of the Great Depression and through Nazi Germany's occupation of Denmark in World War II.

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.

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.

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!

The Royle Family is a British sitcom created by Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash, and produced by Granada Television for BBC Two (series 1) and BBC One (series 2 and 3). It centres on the lives of a television-fixated Manchester family, the Royles, comprising lazy patriarch Jim, his hard-working wife Barbara, their entitled daughter Denise, their put-upon son Antony, and Denise's lad fiancé–later husband–David.

This English follows the East End working-class Garnett family, headed by patriarch Alf, a reactionary working-class man who wields racist and anti-Socialist views. His long-suffering wife Else manages to keep things in control... for the most part. Their progressive daughter Rita lives with them, as does her Irish husband Mike, who, with an array of liberal worldviews, often quarrels with his father-in-law. It inspired the American show "All In The Family" and several other international variations on the same theme.

Terry Collier and Bob Ferris are good friends. Terry was working class and secure in his life, whereas Bob was more aspirational, determined to work his way to a better place. Both viewed the others' worldview with disdain, but they were united by events, generally revolving around the pursuit of women. Although 20 total episodes were filmed, only 10 are currently known to survive. There is one missing from the first season, three from the second, and six from the final run.

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.

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? is a British sitcom which was broadcast between 9 January 1973 and 9 April 1974 on BBC1. It was the colour sequel to the mid-1960s hit The Likely Lads. It was created and written, as was its predecessor, by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. There were 26 television episodes over two series; and a subsequent 45-minute Christmas special was aired on 24 December 1974. The cast were reunited in 1975 for a BBC radio adaptation of series 1, transmitted on Radio 4 from July to October that year. In 1976, a feature film spin-off was made. Around the time of its release, however, Rodney Bewes and James Bolam fell out over a misunderstanding involving the press and have not spoken since. This long-suspected situation was finally confirmed by Bewes while promoting his autobiography in 2005. Unlike Bewes, Bolam is consistently reluctant to talk about the show, and has vetoed any attempt to revive his character.

Crocodile Shoes is a British 7-part television series made by the BBC and screened on BBC One in 1994. The series was written by and starred Jimmy Nail as a factory worker who becomes a country and western singer. A sequel, Crocodile Shoes II followed in 1996 and the theme tune "Country Boy" was a hit for Nail too.

Seven British construction workers escape Britain's ever growing dole queues and travel to Germany to work on a site in Dusseldorf. We follow their trials and tribulations of working away from home and away from the women they left behind.