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The Syndicate

The Syndicate

7,5 /10 (25 Votes)
2012 EN 4 Seasons

Overview

A drama exploring how winning the lottery transforms the lives of ordinary people.

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First air date

27/03/2012

Votes

25

Popularity

3.9

Genres

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Created by

Kay Mellor

Networks

BBC One

Language

EN

Last air date

2021-05-04

Episodes

23

Episode runtime

60 min

Website

www.bbc.co.uk
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Specials

5 episodes

Series 1

Series 1

5 episodes • 2012 • ⭐ 5,3

The first series follows five workers at a cut-price supermarket in Leeds whose lives are turned upside down after they …

Series 2

Series 2

6 episodes • 2013

The second series focuses on workers at a public hospital in Bradford, Yorkshire.

Series 3

Series 3

6 episodes • 2015 • ⭐ 7,8

Chronicles the lottery win of a staff syndicate at a crumbling stately home

Series 4

Series 4

6 episodes • 2021

Centred around the staff of Woodvale Kennels who win after finding out the kennels' owners are selling to a big corporat…

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Peter McGinn

Peter McGinn

2020-08-29

⭐ 8

I should point out that this review is based merely on Series 1. I have watched a lot of British television, more so than U.S. programming for the past 10 years. I have had this series for a while - I had grabbed it because I have liked everything Timothy Spall is in, especially Mike Leigh films. But I just got around to watching this. It has a rather complex plot, or at least it seems that way when each episode is apt to rehash events a bit from a different character's perspective in order to fill in back story to advance the plot. Mostly it works. I have watched shows that Kay Mellor has …

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