Described here as a "Gritty.... socially realistic" drama, Grim Up North portrays a very different era. However, I struggle to see as "realistic" a chirpy schoolboy telling how his Dad made him late for school by giving him a belting, then because he was late for school he'd had to stay back and get caned by the headmaster - to which the father's response is that he'll give him another belting for getting caned. Surely this is pure comedy rather than realism?
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