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** Sisters Vicki and Sarah Hicks, aged 14 and 19, survived by their parents, Jenni and Trevor.
** Adam Spearitt, aged 14, survived by his parents, Jan and Eddie.

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** Sisters Vicki and Sarah Hicks, aged 14 15 and 19, survived by their parents, Jenni and Trevor.
** Adam Spearitt, Spearritt, aged 14, survived by his parents, Jan and Eddie.


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* EstablishingShot: There's a brief wide shot of the football ground where Adam and his teammates with Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral in the background.
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* DivorceAssetsConflict: Jenni and Trevor decide to separate when Jenni wants to move to LIverpool to be closer to where Vicki and Sarah are buried. There's a scene where they sit on the floor of their living room and try to divide up the girls' possessions between them.

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* DivorceAssetsConflict: Jenni and Trevor decide to separate when Jenni wants to move to LIverpool Liverpool to be closer to where Vicki and Sarah are buried. There's a scene where they sit on the floor of their living room and try to divide up the girls' possessions between them.
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* DivorceAssetsConflict: Jenni and Trevor decide to separate when Jenni wants to move

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* DivorceAssetsConflict: Jenni and Trevor decide to separate when Jenni wants to movemove to LIverpool to be closer to where Vicki and Sarah are buried. There's a scene where they sit on the floor of their living room and try to divide up the girls' possessions between them.

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''Hillsborough'' is a {{Dramatisation}} of the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, in which 97 people died as a result of a fatal crush at the Hillsborough football stadium at the FA cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham forest. The drama focuses on the deaths of four of the victims and the impact of their families:

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''Hillsborough'' is a {{Dramatisation}} of the 15 April 1989 Hillsborough disaster, in which 97 people died as a result of a fatal crush at the Hillsborough football stadium at the FA cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham forest. The drama focuses on the deaths of four of the victims and the impact of their families:


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* SkewedPriorities: One injured little boy gets upset at the paramedics needing to cut up his jumper because he thinks his mum will be angry with him.
* ShoutOut:
** "Song for Whoever" by Music/TheBeautifulSouth plays in the background while Vicki types up one of her match reports.
** "Abide with Me" is sung at a vigil for the victims.
** When the accidental death verdict is read out at the inquest, one woman starts singing "You'll Never Walk Alone", but she's mostly drowned out by the rest of the noise in the courtroom.
* StockFootage: The film incorporates real footage of the disaster captured by ''Grandstand''.
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''Hillsborough'' is a {{Dramatisation}} of the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, in which 97 people died as a result of a fatal crush at the Hillsborough football stadium at the FA cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham forest. The drama focuses on the deaths of four of the victims and the impact of their families:
** Sisters Vicki and Sarah Hicks, aged 14 and 19, survived by their parents, Jenni and Trevor.
** Adam Spearitt, aged 14, survived by his parents, Jan and Eddie.
** Ian Glover, aged 20, survived by his parents, John and Teresa, and his brother, Joe.

!!Provides examples of:
* AgonyOfTheFeet: Eddie Spearitt leaves hospital as soon as he's physically able to do so in order to view Adam's body, stepping out of a taxi in his bare and visibly bloodied feet.
* DivorceAssetsConflict: Jenni and Trevor decide to separate when Jenni wants to move
* TheEndIsNigh: A man with a sandwich board is briefly seen outside the stadium before kick-off.
* PassionateSportsGirl: Both Sarah and Vicki are huge Liverpool fans. Vicki wants to be a sports journalist and regularly writes up match reports on her typewriter.
* TalkingHeads: The action is intercut with interviews, but rather than being with the real-life counterparts of the characters depicted in the {{Dramatisation}}, they are played by the actors.
* TryingNotToCry: Trevor Hicks has to visibly fight back tears before opening the door to the horde of press who've assembled on his doorstep after his daughters' deaths.

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