Networked programmes from ABC included the drama series Police Surgeon, The Human Jungle, Redcap, The Avengers, the Armchair Theatre anthology series, the cartoon epic Habatales, the popular shows Thank Your Lucky Stars and Oh Boy !, the children's science fiction program Emerald Soup, plus the gritty dramas Callan and Public Eye ( both of which continued as Thames productions after 1968 ).

The series, starring Max Beesley, Keith Allen and Patrick Baladi has developed a cult following with its gritty storylines and gruesome theatre scenes.

Ennis has stated that he would " like to see less superheroes "; this desire is reflected in the gritty, realistic tone and the anti-heroic portrayals of both the title character and Nick Fury, who made two guest appearances to the series.

However, as the full comedy potential of Cole's dodgy-dealing character emerged, as well as the successful on-screen pairing of Waterman and Cole ( which proved to be one of the series most popular elements ), the emphasis increasingly focused more on Arthur's exploits, and by a few series into the show's life, typical plots revolved more around Arthur's latest shady scam instead of some of the more " gritty " plots of Terry's minding jobs witnessed in early episodes.

The series was directed by Peter Capaldi and is a gritty and realistic satire on the current state of the NHS, set in an old person's ward.

In 1988, Arthur Ellis's satirical BBC Two play The Black and Blue Lamp had the film characters of Riley ( Sean Chapman ) PC " Taffy " Hughes ( Karl Johnson ) transported forwards in time into an episode of The Filth, a gritty contemporary police television series, replacing their modern day counterparts.

" that " side from Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather series, with its deft flashbacks and gritty social realism, ... is not ... a single film produced over the past 35 years that is arguably of equal philosophical weight or virtuosity of execution to Bergman's

The story is a parody of the grim and gritty trend most often identified with late 1980s to early 1990s superhero comics, and it includes references to several of DC's own series ( such as Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and Watchmen, including the cover of the Captain Carrot comic, which bears a resemblance to the cover of Watchmen # 1 ).

The series was known for its gritty visual style, almost always shot on location, and a number of its producer-directors went on to work on major film projects.

At the time, Grifter had another turn at an ongoing series, this time written by Steven Grant with a much more gritty take on the character while Zealot was featured in a Backlash spinoff, Wildcore.

The series is set in the fictional South-Midlands town of Denton, and is marked by a gritty tone.

Cape also signed up Len Deighton, whose series of spy novels featuring an unnamed protagonist ( now known as Harry Palmer ) was a gritty alternative to the far-fetched adventures of James Bond.

It was written in reaction to the " grim and gritty " comics of the 1980s and 1990s, and while many of the events in the story were intense, a steady optimism filled the series.

For many years Sewell was the gritty face of crime and law enforcement in a huge array of television series.

The most innovative thing about the series was the " style " of film in which each sister's story was shot ; for example, Cassie's story was shot on 16mm to make it appear to be a U. S. soap opera, Madelaine's story was shot in soft focus to make it appear to be a French film, Roxeanne was filmed as though appearing in a gritty BBC documentary, and Joyce's story was filmed like an Ealing comedy.

She appeared as a fan in a crowd at a science fiction convention, objecting to a gritty remake of a Star Trek-like series, comparable to the Battlestar Galactica remake in which she starred.

In their self-titled series, the duo were the main protagonists in a dark and gritty New York City, similar in feel to NYPD Blue and possibly served as a precursor to DC Comics ' Gotham Central.

Danny Dyer's Deadliest Men, " a gritty and hard-hitting documentary series that sees him venturing into the dark depths of the British underworld and hunting down some of the most notorious and feared men in Britain today ", began airing on Bravo in the United Kingdom on 20 October 2008.

The art of Rando Ayamine has been praised for having the dark and gritty mood emphasizes he makes in the series making readers think that the Jagan scene of Ban Mido is a " horrifying nightmare ".

This series was generally made on location, entirely on 16mm film, by Thames ' subsidiary Euston Films ( perhaps best known for dramas such as The Sweeney and Minder ), giving the programmes a consistently gritty feel.

Recently, some video games, such as the Max Payne third-person shooter series, have been portrayed in a film noir style, using heavy, gritty, dirty urban themes.

Euston Films had pioneered the technique of shooting action and adventure series entirely on location using 16mm film, for a more gritty and realistic look.

The series dealt with the students of Hartley High, a tough high school in a multi-racial area of Sydney, and proved to be a more gritty and fast-paced show than many of its contemporaries.

In 1965 she published the novel Up the Down Staircase, a novel about an idealistic young honors college graduate who becomes an English teacher in a New York City high school and deals with the gritty realities of her colleagues and students ; it was based on Kaufman's own teaching experiences.

Below in the open bay facing Manhattan was Staten Island, gritty with clam shells and mud flats behind which nested farms, cattle barns, and berry thickets.

The Bronx's gritty urban life had worked its way into the movies even earlier, with depictions of the " Bronx cheer ", a loud flatulent-like sound of disapproval, allegedly first made by New York Yankees fans.

In 1911, the city helped Hellas replace the early, gritty football fields with a proper venue.

She collaborated with producers Max Martin and Denniz Pop, who provided the singer with a gritty yet popular sound.

In the 1970s, Bond saw competition as gritty detective stories and urban crime dramas began to fuse themselves with the new " action " style, leading to a string of maverick police officer films, such as those defined by Bullitt ( 1968 ), The French Connection ( 1971 ) and Dirty Harry ( 1971 ); all of which featured an intense car chase inspired by the popular stuntwork of the Bond films.

Now recognized as a major talent, Altman had critical breakthroughs with McCabe & Mrs. Miller ( 1971 ), known for its gritty portrayal of the American frontier ; The Long Goodbye ( 1973 ), a remake of a Raymond Chandler novel ; Thieves Like Us ( 1974 ), and Nashville ( 1975 ).

With the composition of Adiós Nonino in 1959, Piazzolla established a standard structural pattern for his compositions, involving a formal pattern of fast-slow-fast-slow-coda, with the fast sections emphasizing gritty tango rhythms and harsh, angular melodic figures, and the slower sections usually making use of the string instrument in the group and / or Piazzolla's own bandoneón as lyrical soloists.

Then in 1958, he was offered the part of Jimmy Porter, " an angry young man " role, in the film version of John Osborne's play Look Back in Anger, a gritty drama about middle-class life in the British Midlands, directed by Tony Richardson, and again with Claire Bloom as co-star.

" His idealism fades as he is faced with the brutal reality of London ’ s gritty inner-city.

Film critic and historian Richard Schickel goes so far as to credit this gritty realism with inspiring “ the likes of Pabst, Stiller, von Sternberg, and others, then re-emerging in the United States in the sound era, in the genre identified as Film Noir ".

After releasing the " No Guru " album, Morrison's music appeared less gritty and more adult contemporary with the well-received 1987 album, Poetic Champions Compose, considered to be one of his recording highlights of the 1980s.

It showcased the band's mix of jazz, classical music, hard rock, and blues, with arrangements propelled by Duane's and Betts ' dual lead guitars, Oakley's long, melodic " third guitar " bass runs, the rhythm section's pervasively percussive yet dynamically flexible foundation, and Gregg Allman's gritty Ray Charles-like vocals and piano / organ play which all completed the band's wall of sound.

The gritty That Most Important Thing: Love ( L ' important c ' est d ' aimer, 1974 ) garnered her first César Award ( France's equivalent of the Oscar ), a feat she repeated five years later, in her last collaboration with Sautet, for A Simple Story ( Une histoire simple, 1978 ).

Nash was also impressed with the album's autobiographical tone, noting " Faithfull's gritty alto is a cracked and halting rasp, the voice of a woman who's been to hell and back on the excursion fare which, of course, she has.

Rolling Stone favored this album with 3½ stars, and also noticed a difference in Merchant's voice, which was more deep and gritty than her previous albums.

Finally, tawny landscape, gritty with littering pebbles, marks the athletic hauteur of his style.

The most notable Southern hardcore scene existed during the 1990s in Memphis, where the dark, gritty lyrics and production ( labeled by some as Horrorcore ) contrasted with other, more party-oriented Southern hip hop.

Unlike previous adaptations of the Robin Hood legend, Robin of Sherwood combined a gritty, authentic production design with elements of real-life history and pagan myth.

The Fast and the Furious was met with mixed reviews, with a score of 54 % based on 142 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes ( 64 % among 33 top critics ) Todd McCarthy of Variety called the film " a gritty and gratifying cheap thrill, Rob Cohen's high-octane hot-car meller is a true rarity these days, a really good exploitationer, the sort of thing that would rule at drive-ins if they still existed.

The fifth season ( 1988 – 1989 ) took the show on a more serious tone, with storylines becoming dark and gritty — enough so that even some of the most loyal fans were left perplexed.

The redevelopment of the avenue from flophouses to luxury condominiums has met with resistance from long-term residents, who agree the neighborhood has improved, but that its unique, gritty character is also disappearing.

Leigh found more success in the gritty crime drama Rush ( 1991 ), in which she portrayed an undercover narcotics policewoman who becomes a junkie in the line of duty in and falls in love with her partner Jason Patric.