Why it may be worth watching
- Broken combines Drama storytelling.
- The principal cast includes Sean Bean, Anna Friel, Paula Malcomson.
TV series
Broken
Father Michael, a Catholic priest presiding over a Northern urban parish, who is modern, maverick, and reassuringly flawed, must be confidante, counselor and confessor to a congregation struggling to reconcile its beliefs with the challenges of daily life.
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Cast
Sean BeanFather Michael Kerrigan
Anna FrielChristina Fitzsimmons
Paula MalcomsonRoz Demichelis
Adrian DunbarFather Peter Flaherty
Muna OtaruHelen Oyenusi
Mark StanleyP.C Andrew Powell
Aisling LoftusP.C. Dawn Morris
Lauren LyleChloe Demichelis
Vanessa EarlBeth Kerrigan
Paul CopleyJoe Kerrigan
Steve GartiEddie Kerrigan
David McClellandChristopher Kerrigan
Jerome HolderVernon Oyenusi
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Who may enjoy it
Best suited to viewers looking for Drama. The available catalogue spans 1 season.
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Themes and topics
parishnorthern englandpriestreligioncongregationcatholicroman catholic churchtraumatic childhood
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**Broken** is the silent tale of the pain of the English working class. It is the story of the faith that moves the priest to get involved in the lives of his parishioners as he deals with the ghosts of his past, the cry of the mother who can not help her son in his madness, the itching of the police conscience at a moral crossroads, the despair of a mother who does not make ends meet and must provide for her three children. **Broken** is all the broken pieces of society without sweetening, without exaggerating. Actors of great level, an excellent scrip…
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**Broken** is the silent tale of the pain of the English working class. It is the story of the faith that moves the priest to get involved in the lives of his parishioners as he deals with the ghosts of his past, the cry of the mother who can not help her son in his madness, the itching of the police conscience at a moral crossroads, the despair of a mother who does not make ends meet and must provide for her three children. **Broken** is all the broken pieces of society without sweetening, without exaggerating. Actors of great level, an excellent script and perfectly produced.
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