Here in your treatment you state how long your series or serial is x 3/4/6/8 parts or is it a series of 13 or more parts?
For example: ‘The Wrong Mans’ ‘Prey’ ‘My Big Fat Teenage Diary’ ‘Peaky Blinders’ ‘Poldark’. A core cast of returning characters and an over arching storyline, but in this case the storyline is ultimately resolved. Serial: A drama of more than two parts with a strong serial element. For example: ‘Waking The Dead’ ‘Coronation Street’ ‘Downton Abbey’ ‘Scott and Bailey’ ‘Skins’.
There may be several stories per episode which are resolved, but the series storyline, that which is carried by the core returning cast, remains open. The backdrop remains the same and is returned to each week. NB: US writers - these descriptions won’t cut it with you - you will be stating here, your series length - so 13 x 1 hours
These are the definitions that describe my working day and most of my television career in drama production. Sometimes it’s better that the title describes what’s in the tin, so to speak eg: ‘Good Cop’ or, to take an example of a show for CITV that I Produced ‘My Dad’s A Boring Nerd’. Make yours really sell your idea by being the best you can make it.
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