"This Life" (1996)TV series 1996-1997

Creator:

Amy Jenkins

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

17 November 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A series following the lives of Miles, Milly, Warren, Egg and Anna, five young professionals.

Plot Keywords:

Family Relationships | Friend | Solicitor | Alcoholism | Ambition

Awards:

4 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Jack Davenport	...	Miles Stewart (32 episodes, 1996-1997)
Amita Dhiri	...	Milly Nassim (32 episodes, 1996-1997)
Andrew Lincoln	...	Edgar 'Egg' Cook (32 episodes, 1996-1997)
Daniela Nardini	...	Anna Forbes (32 episodes, 1996-1997)
Luisa Bradshaw-White	...	Kira (24 episodes, 1996-1997)
David Mallinson	...	O'Donnell (24 episodes, 1996-1997)
Steve John Shepherd	...	Jo (24 episodes, 1996-1997)
Ramon Tikaram	...	Ferdy (20 episodes, 1996-1997)
Jason Hughes	...	Warren Jones (19 episodes, 1996-1997)
Cyril Nri	...	Graham (16 episodes, 1996-1997)
Natasha Little	...	Rachel (15 episodes, 1997)
Geoffrey Bateman	...	Hooperman (15 episodes, 1996-1997)
Juliet Cowan	...	Nicki (15 episodes, 1997)
Gillian McCutcheon	...	Therapist (13 episodes, 1996-1997)

Runtime:

45 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:MA (some episodes) | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Chancery Lane, Holborn, London, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Quotes:

Warren: Out there is chaos. Out there I can't do anything about anything. I can't change anybody else. But in here... (showing his head) In here I can decide what it's gonna be like for me.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Spaced: Gone (#2.5)" (2001)

Soundtrack:

This Life Theme

Top Quality TV

There could have been no duller a subject to touch than young Solicitors and their shared house in Southwark. However, the reality was a unique snapshot of two years in the life of drug-taking, hyper-sexed twenty-somethings.

The only downside to the two series', was that they never made a third.