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The Creatives

1998 – 2000Show2 seasons · 12 episodesEnded

73

GoodGoodWatch score

73

GoodGoodWatch score

Summary

Employees of an Edinburgh ad agency that thrived in the 1980s are trying to keep it afloat 20 years later with some new creative ideas.

Good for

Date night
Friends night
Party vibe

Where to watch

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Not streaming in any country yet.

Fingerprint

Feels like real life.

Not for scares, brutality or big ideas.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 70GoodWatch 74
IMDb7.0
Time to watch it all
6 h
12 episodes, about 30 min each
An episode a night: about 2 weeks.
First aired
1998
October 2, 1998
Ended 2000
Genre
Comedy
Language
English
Original language
Made in
United Kingdom
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
ViolenceLittle or none
Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
Frightening scenesLittle or none
Sex, nudityLittle or none
Dark themesLittle or none
Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightParty VibeIntergenerationalPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBackground WatchBinge-FriendlyComfort WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure Escapism
Not listed for kids or family movie night.
7 of 7 · most episodes first

Tropes

Troubled Productionin 108 titlesIn-universe, almost every advert the Creatives shoot goes off the rails somehow.That Came Out Wrongin 589 titlesIn "Come to Cummerton", TV actor Greg Jackson comes out as gay after completing an advert to promote the town of Cummerton.All 33 tropes

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