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Episode Guide
A Good Mechanic
Series: The Mill
Series Progress: Episode 2 of 1020% Completed
Synopsis
Channel 4's highest-rating drama of 2013, The Mill, returns in a new six-part series covering 1838 to 1842 and focusing on the lives of the mill workers against a backdrop of turbulent social, political and industrial change. This is a time of the great Chartist rallies and the birth of modern democracy, with the movement for the right for working class men to vote sweeping the country. The drama is driven by a spirited young cast who depict a moment in history when the working classes were beginning to demand a say in their own lives. Just four years have passed since the end of the first series but now the effects of the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, which made a distinction between 'deserving' and 'undeserving' poor, are starting to take hold and desperate economic migrants from the south of England are beginning to arrive at Quarry Bank Mill in search of work. The appearance of John and Rebecca Howlett with their children Jack and Timothy, and Will Whittaker and his grandfather Abe, causes unease in Styal village as the mill workers worry that the arrival of these desperately poor families will drive down everyone's wages. The impact of the new law hits home for feisty apprentice Esther Price when she discovers the beggar in the mill yard is, in fact, her own sister, Martha.
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📊 Series Binge Profile
Total Content Density: 10 hours 0 minutes (10 episodes)
Intensity Rating: Relaxed Watch - Easy viewing. Perfect for casual watches.
Binge Milestones
1 episode/day: 10 days
3 episodes/day: 4 days
5 episodes/day: 2 days
Episodes (10)
- - Clock-in
- - A Good Mechanic Viewing
- - Surprise Visitor
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- - On the Run
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- - Order in Court
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- - Bide Our Time
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