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Browse - Most popular shows featuring: working classx
The Upshaws
The Upshaws centers on a working-class African American family in Indiana struggling to make it work and make it right without the blueprints to do it.
The Kids Are Alright
Set in the 1970s, this ensemble comedy follows a traditional Irish-Catholic family, the Clearys, as they navigate big and small changes during one of America's most turbulent decades. In a working-class neighborhood outside Los Angeles, Mike and Peggy raise eight boisterous boys who live out their days with little supervision. The household is turned upside down when oldest son Lawrence returns home and announces he's quitting the seminary to go off and "save the world." Times are changing and this family will never be the same. There are 10 people, three bedrooms, one bathroom and everyone in it for themselves.
This Fool
Julio Lopez, a self-described "punk-ass bitch," still lives at home and goes out of his way to help everyone but himself. While working at a gang rehabilitation non-profit, Julio embarks on a quest to overcome his codependency issues with his family as he navigates working-class life in South Central Los Angeles.
Cleaning Up
An ordinary working class mum is caught between two contrasting worlds - the everyday grind of suburban life and the high-risk game of insider trading.
The Change
Linda, a 50-year-old working class married mother of two, is having an existential crisis. Who is she? What is she? Is this it? Convinced she's got early onset dementia after forgetting what a shoe is called, Linda's GP informs her it is, in fact, the menopause. Feeling invigorated and empowered by this information, Linda decides to claw back some of the time she's spent doing 'invisible work' over the years (not all 3.5 million minutes, just 131,500 of them) to do something for herself... for a change.
Only Fools and Horses
Classic comedy following the misadventures of two Wheeler Dealer brothers Del Boy and Rodney Trotter who scrape their living by selling dodgy goods believing that next year they will be millionaires.
Tyler Perry's House of Payne
This is a comedy series about a multi-generational, working class family who experiences all of life's struggles with faith, love and most importantly humor.
The Flintstones
The Flintstones was a parody on modern suburban life, set in the Stone Age. The characters in the cartoon series all behaved and spoke in a contemporary manner, though they lived in the prehistoric city of Bedrock.
Upper Middle Bogan
When Bess Denyar, a doctor with a posh mother, an architect husband and twin 13-year-olds at a private school, finds out that she is adopted, she is stunned, but even more so when she meets her birth parents - Wayne and Julie Wheeler.
Grounded for Life
Sean Finnerty and his lovely wife, Claudia, became parents right out of high school. Now 32, they struggle to keep their lives (and three children) under control.
Raised by Wolves (UK)
This is a sitcom featuring a family who are home-educating six children in a council house in Wolverhampton.
G'wed
G'wed is an uplifting, heart-warming and hilarious portrayal of teenagers today and how they view the world.
It delves into the working class culture of "surviving with a sense of humour". The distinctive voice of Liverpool and the lived experience of the kids from the city will be at the heart of this comedy, tackling big issues like grief, sex, diversity and class differences with a wicked sense of humour.
Hullraisers
British sitcom adapted from the Israeli sitcom Little Mom. It follows the ups and downs of life, friendship and family for three women living in Hull - self-described actress Toni, her sister Paula and best friend Rana.
Sullivan and Son
Set to begin shooting later this year, Sullivan and Son takes place in a popular and legendary neighborhood bar in a working-class neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Penn. Filled with locals and regulars, Sullivan & Son is the unofficial "town hall" to the neighborhood.
Housos
This satirical comedy series by Paul Fenech (Pizza, Swift and Shift Couriers) focuses on the residents of Housing Commission public housing.
Sea Oak
Aunt Bernie, a working-class woman in a Rust Belt city (meek, unmarried, no kids) dies tragically in a home invasion. Compelled by sheer force of dissatisfaction, she comes back from the dead full of rage, determined to get the life she never had. She proceeds to inflict a range of demands on what's left of her nuclear family (a quasi-stripper nephew and two feckless nieces), who live in a low-end subsidized hellhole of a housing complex called Sea Oak.
Cradle To Grave
The year is 1974 and 15 year-old Danny attempts to deal with the ups and downs of life with the Baker family. Eldest daughter Sharon's wedding is just around the corner and the docks are facing closure. The series is based on actual events and characters.
The Honeymooners
A bus driver and his sewer worker friend struggle to strike it rich while their wives look on with weary patience.
Back in Time for Tea
Meet the Ellis family - John, Lesley, Caitlin, Freya and Harvey. Over the course of one summer the Ellis family will travel Back in Time to discover how life has changed for ordinary working families in the north of England over the last 100 years.
Starting in 1918 they'll experience first-hand the lives of previous generations, from the food people ate to the jobs they did and how they kicked back and enjoyed themselves.
Dinnerladies
This show takes us through the life and times of a works canteen staff, located somewhere in the north of England. Written by Victoria Wood's masterful hands, this is one of the finest, bittersweet working-class comedies seen on British TV.
On the Buses
Running from 1969 to 1973, with three spin-off movies, 'On the Buses' was made by London Weekend Television.
Stan Butler lives at home with his overbearing mother, his frumpy sister Olive and his lazy brother in law Arthur.
Stan works as a bus driver for the Luxton & District Bus Company, with his conductor Jack.
The bane of their lives Inspector 'Blakey' Blake who is often checking up of them and threatening them with the sack for lateness and untidyness.
Going Forward
Employed by a failing outsource provider as a Care Assistant in the community, Kim receives little more than the minimum wage for a package which consists of unpaid overtime, management bullying and horrendous shifts. Her daily slog is matched only by that of her husband, Dave, a self-employed private hire driver battling long days and grumpy customers, with only the rattlings of fellow driver Terry to fill the endless hours of waiting. Add to the above an ailing mum, three kids, a dog called Carpet, an unfinished extension and a sister Jackie with a plan to sort out all their woes at a stroke. Going Forward is a universal tale and holds a mirror to modern Britain and the sacrifices made as lives are put on hold for the sake of others. The unique series treads its own fine line between tragedy and triumph to add its own bittersweet voice to this well-trodden ground.
Lee & Dean
A comedy series following the lives of Stevenage builders and childhood friends Lee and Dean.
Route 66
Tod, from a once-wealthy family, inherited only a Corvette when his father died, so he and Buz (suddenly jobless because he worked for Tod's father's company) strike out across North America, especially along the iconic Route 66 from Chicago to L.A. which the Okies traveled. Tod and Buz take local jobs (such as shrimping, shipbuilding, oil rigging) to support their wanderings. The 2 socially conscious knights of the road, encourage, champion, and learn from oppressed and troubled people they encounter.
Chico and the Man
Ed Brown, a hard-drinking, curmudgeonly mechanic and bigot in a Los Angeles barrio, hires Chico Rodriguez, a young Chicano from the neighborhood. Over time, Ed warms to the young man and a father-son type of relationship develops.
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