The Line of Beauty (TV serial)
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The Line of Beauty is a 2006 British television drama miniseries, adapted from Alan Hollinghurst’s Booker Prize–winning novel, that explores themes of class, politics, and sexuality in 1980s London.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Line of Beauty | 2 |
| The Line of Beauty (novel) | 2 |
| The Line of Beauty (TV serial) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2215402 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: The Line of Beauty (TV serial) Context triple: [Andrew Davies, notableWork, The Line of Beauty (TV serial)]
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A.
A Very English Scandal
A Very English Scandal is a British television miniseries that dramatizes the real-life 1970s political scandal involving Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe and an alleged conspiracy to murder his former lover.
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B.
The Pallisers (TV series)
The Pallisers (TV series) is a 1970s BBC television drama based on Anthony Trollope’s political novels, chronicling the intertwined personal and political lives of an aristocratic Victorian family.
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C.
The Barchester Chronicles (BBC television serial)
The Barchester Chronicles is a BBC television drama serial that adapts Anthony Trollope’s Barsetshire novels, depicting the social and clerical intrigues of a 19th-century English cathedral town.
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D.
It’s a Sin
It’s a Sin is a British television drama miniseries created by Russell T Davies that follows a group of friends in 1980s London whose lives are profoundly affected by the emerging HIV/AIDS crisis.
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E.
Lord Chiltern
Lord Chiltern is a hot-tempered, impulsive aristocrat in Anthony Trollope’s Palliser novels, best known for his turbulent personal life and political entanglements.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Line of Beauty (TV serial) Target entity description: The Line of Beauty is a 2006 British television drama miniseries, adapted from Alan Hollinghurst’s Booker Prize–winning novel, that explores themes of class, politics, and sexuality in 1980s London.
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A.
A Very English Scandal
A Very English Scandal is a British television miniseries that dramatizes the real-life 1970s political scandal involving Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe and an alleged conspiracy to murder his former lover.
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B.
The Pallisers (TV series)
The Pallisers (TV series) is a 1970s BBC television drama based on Anthony Trollope’s political novels, chronicling the intertwined personal and political lives of an aristocratic Victorian family.
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C.
The Barchester Chronicles (BBC television serial)
The Barchester Chronicles is a BBC television drama serial that adapts Anthony Trollope’s Barsetshire novels, depicting the social and clerical intrigues of a 19th-century English cathedral town.
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D.
It’s a Sin
It’s a Sin is a British television drama miniseries created by Russell T Davies that follows a group of friends in 1980s London whose lives are profoundly affected by the emerging HIV/AIDS crisis.
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E.
Lord Chiltern
Lord Chiltern is a hot-tempered, impulsive aristocrat in Anthony Trollope’s Palliser novels, best known for his turbulent personal life and political entanglements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British television series
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television miniseries ⓘ |
| adaptationOfWorkBy | Alan Hollinghurst ⓘ |
| adaptationType | literary adaptation ⓘ |
| adaptedFromPrizeWinningWork | Booker Prize–winning novel ⓘ |
| awardStatusOfSourceMaterial | Booker Prize winner ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Line of Beauty (TV serial)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Line of Beauty (novel)
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| broadcastOn | BBC Two ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
British politics in the 1980s
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LGBT characters ⓘ |
| firstAired | 2006 ⓘ |
| format | miniseries ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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television drama ⓘ |
| hasLiterarySourceGenre | novel ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
The Line of Beauty (TV serial)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Line of Beauty
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| isSetIn |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| isSetInTimePeriod | 1980s ⓘ |
| isTelevisionAdaptationOf |
The Line of Beauty (TV serial)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Line of Beauty (novel)
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| language | English ⓘ |
| literarySourceAuthor | Alan Hollinghurst ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 3 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeries | 1 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC Two ⓘ |
| productionCompany | BBC ⓘ |
| productionCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 2000s British television series ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| settingTimePeriod | 1980s ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
British upper-class society
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Margaret Thatcher government ⓘ
surface form:
Thatcher-era Britain
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| theme |
AIDS crisis
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Conservative politics ⓘ class ⓘ gay life ⓘ politics ⓘ sexuality ⓘ social class in Britain ⓘ |
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Subject: The Line of Beauty (TV serial) Description of subject: The Line of Beauty is a 2006 British television drama miniseries, adapted from Alan Hollinghurst’s Booker Prize–winning novel, that explores themes of class, politics, and sexuality in 1980s London.
Referenced by (5)
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