History Series / Bramwell

* AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder: When Eleanor's fiance returns from his fellowship in America, she's devastated when he tells her that he's married someone else. Though it's implied that it was more of a ShotgunWedding rather than him genuinely falling in love with the other woman.
* AnyoneCanDie: Rather graphically, [[spoiler:Lady Cora Peters]] in the first series, and [[spoiler:Dan Bentley]] in the second.

* BritishBrevity: Four series. 7 episodes in the first, 8 in the second, 10 in the third, '''''2''''' in the fourth (two two hour movies, to be fair), for a grand total of 27 episodes, slightly more than '''''one''''' typical US TV season.

** Additionally, despite all the discrimination she's dealt with, Eleanor is shocked when she discovers that one of her patients is married to a black man, and her reaction to a man dressed in women's clothing and in a relationship with another man is exactly what you would expect for the the time period.
** While frustrated with her demented, elderly mother, a nurse refuses to place her in an asylum. Giving the conditions of such places at the time the series is set, her reluctance is understandable.
* DerailingLoveInterests: Marsham turns into this ''after'' he and Eleanor break up, with the revelation that he's been a regular user of brothels. This is someone we've seen be very loving and devoted to his wife, despite their SexlessMarriage and was quite lovy-dovey with Eleanor during their brief engagement, now acting completely remorseless about having cheated on them both.

* ExtraLongEpisode: The final season consists of two two-hour long movies.

** Marsham himself. He pretty much [[SlutShaming slut shames]] her after she cheats on him and dumps him, but is utterly blase about his penchant for prostitutes.

* {{Jerkass}}: Finn O'Neill. He's a ass to Eleanor and company when they first meet, eventually seduces Eleanor, then tells her he's leaving for America. When he comes back for a visit, he implies that he's involved with someone else, and when he comes back for good, tells her that he's married the other woman, not only breaking Eleanor's heart, but essentially leaving her a ruined woman, sex outside marriage being a major taboo for young women in those days. To top it off, in his final appearance, he reveals that he doesn't even love his new wife but married her only for her money, then suggests that Eleanor be his mistress so that he can have the best of both worlds. To say nothing of the fact that throughout this particular episode, it's implied that he might be ''trying to kill'' his wife to escape his loveless marriage.

* LethalDiagnosis: Only like, every other episode.

* RaceForYourLove: Eleanor rushing to catch her fiance before he leaves for America, fearing that the fight they had earlier may have ruined things. Luckily, it hasn't--for now. See the "Absence" entry above.

* StatusQuoIsGod: Each episode in series 1 and 2 is largely self-contained. At the end of series 2, things become much more settled into a story arc, whereby the story of Eleanor, Finn and her other suitors takes over from purist "case of the week" procedural.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Eleanor and Dr. Marsham. At one point, he confesses his love for her, embarrassing them both, as he's married. This is never brought up again until some time after his wife dies, when he proposes to her, fully acknowledging that she doesn't love him the way he loves her, but wanting to save her from being an OldMaid. But the engagement falls her apart both because of the disparity in their feelings and her fling with an army major.

%%* [[ExtraordinarilyEmpoweredGirl Extraordinarily Empowered Woman]]

* UsefulNotes/BritishAccents: All over the place. The posh accents of the upper-class Bramwells and those in their social circle, the cockney accents of the patients and staff at the East End clinic (as well as the servants of the upper-class set), and Scotch Dr. Marsham.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: One episode is very typical, except it doesn't even feature Eleanor, who is off recuperating from her break-up.

[[caption-width-right:350:The series 1 cast.]]A television medical drama revolving around Doctor Eleanor Bramwell (Jemma Redgrave), a female doctor in Victorian England, running a clinic for the poor in London's East End. It seems to be standard costume-drama fare except for the subject matter: Period medical techniques are shown in some degree of detail, and Bramwell herself faces a good degree of opposition by virtue of her gender.

* [[ExtraordinarilyEmpoweredGirl Extraordinarily Empowered Woman]]

* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: The final season is vastly different from the others--only two 2-hour episodes, Eleanor's father and new stepmother vanish without explanation, while her behavior becomes foolish and irresponsible, culminating in her being fired from the Thrift, the hospital ''she'' started.

A television medical drama revolving around Doctor Eleanor Bramwell (Jemma Redgrave), a female doctor in Victorian England, running a clinic for the poor in London's East End. It seems to be standard costume-drama fare except for the subject matter: Period medical techniques are shown in some degree of detail, and Bramwell herself faces a good degree of opposition by virtue of her gender.

* BuryYourGays

* ChristmasCake: Eleanor is implied to be this, by Victorian standards, at least.

A television medical drama revolving around Doctor Eleanor Bramwell, a female doctor in Victorian England, running a clinic for the poor in London's East End. It seems to be standard costume-drama fare except for the subject matter: Period medical techniques are shown in some degree of detail, and Bramwell herself faces a good degree of opposition by virtue of gender.

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* UsefulNotes/BritishAccents: All over the place. The posh accents of the upper-class Bramwells and those in their social circle, the cockney accents of the patients and staff at the East End clinic (as well as the servants of the upper-class set), and Irishman Dr. Marsham.

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Eleanor is put through a lot of crap because of her gender, to the point where the only position available for her is running a public clinic in one of the poorest sections of London. The same fate befalls Dr. Marsham, even though he's a man, but because he's an Irishman, he's equally unwelcome in London's high society hospitals. Even Dr. Bramwell, Sr. isn't exempt from this--one episode is centered around him finally having enough money to afford an office on Harley Street, which was (and still is) ''the'' place for prominent physicians, hospitals, and medical schools.