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All Quiet on the Preston Front (1994)

All Quiet on the Preston Front poster
Original title
(All Quiet on the) Preston Front
Directed by
Chris Bernard, Brian Farnham, Rick Stroud
Genre
comedy drama
Country
United Kingdom
Length
3 seasons, 19 episodes
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of friends in a small Lancashire town are part of a Territorial Army unit. The series follows their everyday lives and relationships both on duty and off.

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What happens

All Quiet on the Preston Front is a British comedy-drama television series broadcast on BBC One from 4 January 1994 to 8 September 1997. Created by Tim Firth, it follows a group of friends in the fictional Lancashire town of Roker Bridge, whose lives are linked by service in a Territorial Army platoon. The first series used the full title, All Quiet on the Preston Front. For the second and third series, the title was shortened to Preston Front. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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