History Series / DancingOnTheEdge

Airing in early 2013, the series is most notable for its AllStarCast, including Creator/ChiwetelEjiofor, John Goodman, Matthew Goode, Creator/JacquelineBisset, Joanna Vanderham, Caroline Quentin, Creator/JennaColeman, Creator/AngelCoulby, Jane Asher, Janet Montgomery and Creator/AnthonyHead. The first trailer can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcqnCz5chXs here]] and the second one [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdImu56_JRE here]].

* AngryBlackMan: Wesley

It was also Mel Smith's final project before his death.

** This is taken UpToEleven in the bonus episode, in which Louis receives a number of phone calls from a mysterious socialite who tries to tell him something about the Stonemasons. The conversation ends when her husband walks in and takes the telephone from her. Louis gets one last phone-call from her in which only the audience can see that she's (apparently) naked, underground and terrified. Then she hangs up and the whole thing is left utterly unresolved, with only Stanley vowing to investigate further before the episode ends.

''Dancing on the Edge'' is a five part British drama series written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff, following the trials and tribulations of a black jazz band in the 1930s. After achieving fame by entertaining London's upper-class society and being championed by members of British royalty, their fortunes change when one of their members is found murdered, throwing them into a police investigation rife with racism, class prejudice and nationalism.

Airing in early 2013, the series is most notable for its AllStarCast, including Creator/ChiwetelEjiofor, John Goodman, Matthew Goode, Creator/JacquelineBisset, Joanna Vanderham, Caroline Quentin, Creator/JennaLouiseColeman, Creator/AngelCoulby, Jane Asher, Janet Montgomery and Creator/AnthonyHead. The first trailer can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcqnCz5chXs here]] and the second one [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdImu56_JRE here]].

Airing in early 2013, the series is most notable for its AllStarCast, including Creator/ChiwetelEjiofor, John Goodman, Matthew Goode, Jacqueline Bisset, Joanna Vanderham, Caroline Quentin, Creator/JennaLouiseColeman, Creator/AngelCoulby, Jane Asher, Janet Montgomery and Creator/AnthonyHead. The first trailer can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcqnCz5chXs here]] and the second one [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdImu56_JRE here]].

It was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards in 2013: Best Miniseries, Best Actor in a miniseries (Creator/ChiwetelEjiofor), and Best Supporting Actress in a miniseries (Jacqueline Bisset). Jacqueline Bisset won for Best Supporting Actress.

* ShoutOut: Possibly. Given the presence of at least four ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'' actors, it feels somewhat deliberate that Stanley mentions trying to write a screenplay about KingArthur, and that Creator/AngelCoulby (Guinevere) utters the phrase: "the son of the king?!" when seeing the Prince of Wales for the first time.

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Dancing on the Edge is a five part British drama series written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff, following the trials and tribulations of a black jazz band in the 1930s. After achieving fame by entertaining London's upper-class society and being championed by members of British royalty, their fortunes change when one of their members is found murdered, throwing them into a police investigation rife with racism, class prejudice and nationalism.

* ShoutOut: Possibly. Given the presence of at least four ''Series/{{Merlin}}'' actors, it feels somewhat deliberate that Stanley mentions trying to write a screenplay about KingArthur, and that Creator/AngelCoulby (Guinevere) utters the phrase: "the son of the king?!" when seeing the Prince of Wales for the first time.

Airing in early 2013, the series is most notable for its AllStarCast, including ChiwetelEjiofor, John Goodman, Matthew Goode, Jacqueline Bisset, Joanna Vanderham, Caroline Quentin, Creator/JennaLouiseColeman, Creator/AngelCoulby, Jane Asher, Janet Montgomery and Creator/AnthonyHead. The first trailer can be seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcqnCz5chXs here]] and the second one [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdImu56_JRE here]].

It was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards in 2013: Best Miniseries, Best Actor in a miniseries (ChiwetelEjiofor), and Best Supporting Actress in a miniseries (Jacqueline Bisset). Jacqueline Bisset won for Best Supporting Actress.

* RoleAssociation: An amusing one for ''Series/{{Merlin}}'' fans. [[RomanticRunnerUp Princess Mithian]] once again has to play second fiddle to [[Creator/AngelCoulby Queen Guinevere]], only for Gwen to be seriously wounded and have [[Creator/AnthonyHead King Uther]] of all people try to gently coax her out of her coma.

It was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards in 2013: Best Miniseries, Best Actor in a miniseries (ChiwetelEjiofor), and Best Supporting Actress in a miniseries (Jacqueline Bisset).

** This is TakenUpToEleven in the bonus episode, in which Louis receives a number of phone calls from a mysterious socialite who tries to tell him something about the Stonemasons. The conversation ends when her husband walks in and takes the telephone from her. Louis gets one last phone-call from her in which only the audience can see that she's (apparently) naked, underground and terrified. Then she hangs up and the whole thing is left utterly unresolved, with only Stanley vowing to investigate further before the episode ends.

Airing in early 2013, the series is most notable for its AllStarCast, including ChiwetelEjiofor, John Goodman, Matthew Goode, Jacqueline Bisset, Joanna Vanderham, Caroline Quentin, JennaLouiseColeman, Creator/AngelCoulby, Jane Asher, Janet Montgomery and Creator/AnthonyHead. The first trailer can be seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcqnCz5chXs here]] and the second one [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdImu56_JRE here]].

Airing in early 2013, the series is most notable for its AllStarCast, including ChiwetelEjiofor, John Goodman, Matthew Goode, Jacqueline Bisset, Joanna Vanderham, Caroline Quentin, JennaLouiseColeman, Creator/AngelCoulby, Jane Asher, Janet Montgomery and AnthonyHead. The first trailer can be seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcqnCz5chXs here]] and the second one [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdImu56_JRE here]].

* RoleAssociation: An amusing one for ''Series/{{Merlin}}'' fans. [[RomanticRunnerUp Princess Mithian]] once again has to play second fiddle to [[Creator/AngelCoulby Queen Guinevere]], only for Gwen to be seriously wounded and have [[AnthonyHead King Uther]] of all people try to gently coax her out of her coma.

* AlliterativeName: The Louie Lester Band

** This is {{subverted}} later on, when [[spoiler:Sarah cracks under the pressure of the police's attempts to hunt down Louie, and Pamela displays her HiddenDepths by coming through for him and successfully getting him out of the country]].
* AsYouKnow: Happens quite a bit, as characters provide unnecessary [[InfoDump Info Dumps]] to each other in their dialogue. One particularly glaring example is when Wesley shares with Louie why he fled America, who was already well-aware of the reasons.

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Whilst on the run, Louie hides out in a ballet studio. He plays for them so that their teacher can watch their movements, and when the police turn up, none of the dancers give away his whereabouts.

* BirdsOfAFeather: Surprisingly, Louie and Pamela, who both put up a calm and stoic facade to hide their inner turmoil.

* CallBack: Louie tells Sarah that he once saw a young woman ask for new cutlery after he accidentally brushed past her table. Later, Sarah notices a woman demand a new teacup after Jessie's hand brushes it in passing.

* ClearMyName: {{Averted}}. When it becomes clear that Louie is being set up for [[spoiler:Jessie's murder]], nobody even bothers to suggest this -- they know that their only chance is to help him escape the country.

* EyeOpen: Just before the FlashBack at the start of episode two we get a close-up of Louie's eye.

* HowWeGotHere: Each episode opens several weeks or months before the main events of the plot, exploring how Louie ended up on the run in the final episode.

* LeftHanging: Quite a few plot-threads are deliberately left dangling or ambiguously resolved. For example, we never get a clear idea of what happened to the bruised, drunk girl that Louie finds in Masterson's trashed hotel room.

* MusicalSpoiler: Many of the lyrics to Jessie's songs have particular resonance later on. For example, [[spoiler:"The Dead of Night Express" is how Stanley escapes the country]].

* ThePowerOfTrust: Makes up a big part of the fourth and fifth episode, in which Louie has no idea who to trust amongst his new friends. It ends up being a short-list of [[spoiler:Stanley, Eric and (surprisingly) Pamela]].

* SaltAndPepper: Stanley and Louie, though with a switch in the personalities that are usually associated with this trope. Stanley (white) is the irresponsible free spirit and Louie (black) is the strait-laced sensible one.

* TokenRomance: Louie and Sarah's love scenes could be entirely removed without causing any damage to the overall StoryArc. Matter of fact, so could Sarah, who only really exists to be Louie's LoveInterest.
* TragicBromance: A non-fatal example, but Stanley and Louie are eventually forced to go their separate ways.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The very first trailer showed [[spoiler:Louie finding Jessie in the linen room, covered in blood. Though it doesn't exactly give away the fact that she was murdered, it's not hard to guess from snippets of dialogue and other scenes shown in the trailer.]]

* YouAreACreditToYourRace: Though it's never voiced explicitly, it's clear that many of the white people Louie meets consider him this (Donaldson tells Stanley in private that he thinks Louie is remarkably articulate and gentlemanly). In comparison, none of them like the more antagonistic Wesley.

* GirlFriday: Rosie

* MysteriousWaif: Jessie

Airing in early 2013, the series is most notable for its AllStarCast, including ChiwetelEjiofor, John Goodman, Matthew Goode, Jacqueline Bisset, Joanna Vanderham, Caroline Quentin, JennaLouiseColeman, AngelCoulby, Jane Asher, Janet Montgomery and AnthonyHead. The first trailer can be seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcqnCz5chXs here]] and the second one [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdImu56_JRE here]].

! This series contains examples of:

* BillingDisplacement: AngelCoulby was practically the face of publicity for the show. [[SmallRoleBigImpact Yet though her part is memorable and pivotal, it's also quite small]].

* RoleAssociation: An amusing one for ''Series/{{Merlin}}'' fans. [[RomanticRunnerUp Princess Mithian]] once again has to play second fiddle to [[AngelCoulby Queen Guinevere]], only for Gwen to be seriously wounded and have [[AnthonyHead King Uther]] of all people try to gently coax her out of her coma.

* ShoutOut: Possibly. Given the presence of at least four ''Series/{{Merlin}}'' actors, it feels somewhat deliberate that Stanley mentions trying to write a screenplay about KingArthur, and that AngelCoulby (Guinevere) utters the phrase: "the son of the king?!" when seeing the Prince of Wales for the first time.

* YouAreACreditToYourRace: Though it's never voiced explicitly, it's clear that many of the white people Louie meets consider him this (Donaldson tells Stanley in private that he thinks Louie is remarkably articulate and gentlemanly). In comparison, none of them like the more antagonistic Wesley.

* BigBeautifulWoman: Carla

* DreamSequence: Louie has a disconcerting dream right before he's forced to go on the run.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: As unlikable as he is, Wesley is right about one thing: Mr. Donaldson and most of the other white supporters of the band do drop the band pretty quickly when it suits them. Wesley also provides foreshadowing [[spoiler: when he is deported because Mr. Donaldson failed to get his paperwork in order as he promised.]] Donaldson claims that he really did try but a later scene [[spoiler: when Donaldson locks Louie in a room and holds him for the police instead of calling a lawyer]] throws that into question.

* HiddenDepths: Pamela, who ends up [[spoiler:being one of the few white people to come through for Louie]].