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Unprecedented (2020)

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Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 5 episodes
Elsewhere
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How it feels

This TV series is a collection of short plays performed and filmed remotely during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown. Each play shows a different character's experience of life under isolation. The episodes feature actors like Geraldine James and Alison Steadman acting from their own homes.

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What happens

Unprecedented (originally titled: Unprecedented: Real Time Theatre from a State of Isolation) is a 2020 UK television series first shown on BBC Four. It comprised 14 short plays, first broadcast in five episodes from 26 May to 29 May 2020. Each play was performed and recorded remotely, during the lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and concerned different aspects of life under lockdown. Actors taking part included Geraldine James, Lennie James and Alison Steadman. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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