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The Newcomers (1965)

The Newcomers poster
Genre
soap opera, drama television series
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 50 episodes
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A London family moves to a housing estate in a small country town. The series follows their adjustments to a new life and the people they meet.

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What happens

The Newcomers is a late 1960s BBC soap opera, which dealt with the subject of a London family, the Coopers, who moved to a housing estate in the fictional country town of Angleton. It was broadcast in biweekly half-hour episodes from October 1965 until November 1969. It was initially produced by Verity Lambert. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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