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United! ''United!'' is a British television series which was produced by the BBC between 1965 and 1967, and was broadcast twice-weekly on BBC1. The series followed the fortunes of a fictional second division football team, Brentwich United. The footbal ...

''. ''United'' was a 1990

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series first screened in the

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in 1990. The series followed the fortunes of English football team

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during the 1989–90 football season.

Themes and format

Consisting of six half-hour episodes, the series followed

as they chased promotion from Division Two, with the final episode focusing on the final games of the season as they achieved this ambition. Each of the episodes concerned one element of United the cameras were given full behind-the-scenes access to the club's inner workings. Each episode focused on a specific element of the club: *The Players *The Wives *The Board *The Fans *The Apprentices *The Managers

Transmission

Debuting on 6 April 1990, the series was first shown on

with each episode airing at 9pm on successive Fridays.

References

External links

Shoot Magazine article on the filming of the series
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