7-448: Home Time is a British television comedy-drama written by and starring Emma Fryer with Neil Edmond co-writing. The first series ran on BBC Two between 14 September and 22 October 2009. Home Time is set and filmed in Coventry , England. Gaynor Jacks has come home. Home to Coventry, home to her mum and dad's house, home to the three best friends who called her mad for ever leaving. At
14-534: A lower joke rate than sitcoms . In the very influential Greek theatre , plays were considered comedies or tragedies. This concept even influenced Roman theatre and theatre of the Hellenistic period . Theatre of that era is thought to have long-lasting influence, even in modern narrative works. Even today, works are often classified into two broad buckets, dramas and comedies. For instance, many awards that recognize achievements in film and television today, such as
21-693: The Primetime Emmy Awards and the Golden Globe Awards segregate several award categories into these two classifications. The 20th century saw a rise in film and television works that could be described as comedy-dramas. The term is a translation from the French "comédie dramatique". The portmanteau "dramedy" came to be in the 1980s. In January 2022, Rafael Abreu, writing for the StudioBinder filmmaking blog, defined this genre as follows: A dramedy
28-408: The portmanteau dramedy , is a hybrid genre of works that combine elements of comedy and drama . In films, serious dramatic themes (such as death, illness, etc.) are dealt with realism and subtlety, while preserving a humorous tenor. In television, modern scripted comedy dramas tend to have more humour integrated into the story than the comic relief common in drama series but usually contain
35-534: The BBC for a long time" and the Financial Times felt that it "attained the same balance of tenderness and acuity that has characterised so many of the greatest British sitcoms, from Porridge to The Office ". Home Time was also nominated for Best Sitcom at both the 2010 South Bank Show Awards and The Rose D'Or . Home Time DVD released on 22 August 2011. Comedy-drama Comedy drama , also known by
42-461: The age of 17, she ran off to find her place in the big wide world, but now she is back, at 29, with her tail between her legs and not so much as a starter home to show for her troubles. Gaynor cannot hide forever in her tiny time-capsule bedroom with its Trainspotting poster peeling above the single bed and "Wonderwall" still paused on the CD player. She must crawl back into the life she left behind, suffering
49-512: The gleeful sympathy of her friends and ill-judged parental intrusions, all played out in front of old flames and adversaries she thought she should never see again, and underscored by smirking cries of 'See you are back then'. Home Time received a positive critical response, The Guardian describing it as "a brilliant, sophisticated, low-key show" and "as smart and original as it is sad and funny", The Mirror as an "understated, subtle and very clever comedy", Heat as "The best new comedy on
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