Alcohol abuse in television

Absolutely Fabulous

Series Age rating: 12 Year: 1992 IMDB Rating: 8.2

Set in the world of fashion and PR, immature fun-loving mother Edina Monsoon and her best friend Patsy drive Eddie's sensible daughter, Saffron, up the wall with their constant drug abuse and outrageo...

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Skins

Series Age rating: 16 Year: 2007 IMDB Rating: 8.2

Irreverent comedy drama which follows the messy lives, loves, delirious highs and inevitable lows of a group of raucous teenage friends in Bristol.

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Moral Orel

Series Age rating: 16 Year: 2005 IMDB Rating: 8.1

Orel is an 11-year-old boy who loves church. His unbridled enthusiasm for piousness and his misinterpretation of religious morals often lead to disastrous results, including self-mutilation and crack...

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Legit

Series Age rating: 16 Year: 2013 IMDB Rating: 8.1

Jim Jefferies, an edgy, foul-mouthed stand-up comedian from Australia, in his mid-30s and living in LA, is endeavoring to make his life and career more “legit,” only to find it a difficult, uncomforta...

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Shameless

Series Age rating: 15 Year: 2004 IMDB Rating: 8

The story of a young group of siblings pretty much abandoned by their parents, surviving by their wits - and humor - on a rough Manchester council estate. Whilst they won't admit it, they need help an...

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Patrick Melrose

Series Age rating: 16 Year: 2018 IMDB Rating: 8

A critical and often humorous look at the upper class, tracking the protagonist’s harrowing odyssey from a deeply traumatic childhood through adult substance abuse and, ultimately, toward recovery.

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Cheers

Series Age rating: 6 Year: 1982 IMDB Rating: 8

The story about a blue-collar Boston bar run by former sports star Sam Malone and the quirky and wonderful people who worked and drank there.

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Marvel's Jessica Jones

Series Age rating: 17 Year: 2015 IMDB Rating: 7.9

After a tragic ending to her short-lived super hero stint, Jessica Jones is rebuilding her personal life and career as a detective who gets pulled into cases involving people with extraordinary abilit...

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NYPD Blue

Series Age rating: 13 Year: 1993 IMDB Rating: 7.7

Police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwined several plots involving an ensemble cas...

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