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Springhill (1996)

Springhill poster
Genre
drama television series, soap opera
Country
United Kingdom
Length
2 seasons, 2 episodes
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This British soap opera follows a Liverpool family dealing with secrets like adoption, bigamy, and murder. It also mixes in supernatural events such as angels, witchcraft, and time travel.

dramaticmysterioussupernaturalfamily-centeredsoapydarkreligiousintricate

What happens

Springhill is a British soap opera created by Paul Abbott, produced by Granada Television, and broadcast from 1 October 1996 to 18 June 1997 on the Sky One satellite channel, and later on Channel 4. It consisted of 2 series, each containing 26 episodes. Set in Liverpool, Springhill based its main theme on the battle between good and evil, entwined around a complex family drama. Issues covered included adoption revelation, genetic sexual attraction, bigamy, homosexuality, infertility, surrogacy and murder. Aside from this there was a supernatural aspect, which included elements of religion, Angels, apparitions, witchcraft, time travel and the Second Coming of Christ. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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