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''Afterlife'' is a British mystery drama series broadcast by Creator/{{ITV}} from 24 September 2005 to 11 November 2006. Set in Bristol, it follows university lecturer Robert Bridge (Andrew Lincoln), who becomes involved in a series of strange events surrounding medium Alison Mundy (Lesley Sharp). Think of it as being [[TransAtlanticEquivalent Britain's answer]] to ''Series/{{Medium}}''.

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''Afterlife'' is a British mystery drama series broadcast by Creator/{{ITV}} from 24 September 2005 to 11 November 2006. Set in Bristol, it follows university lecturer Robert Bridge (Andrew Lincoln), (Creator/AndrewLincoln), who becomes involved in a series of strange events surrounding medium Alison Mundy (Lesley Sharp).(Creator/LesleySharp). Think of it as being [[TransAtlanticEquivalent Britain's answer]] to ''Series/{{Medium}}''.
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* ColdOpening: One episode featured a variation where the perpetrator was a skeptic demonstrating how cold reading works. He is, of course, correct - except that he's now got an actual psychic in his circle.
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* BathtubSuicide: One character slits her wrists in the bath after Allison claims to see her dead mother behind her.

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* BathtubSuicide: BathSuicide: One character slits her wrists in the bath after Allison claims to see her dead mother behind her.
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* BathtubSuicide: One character slits her wrists in the bath after Allison claims to see her dead mother behind her.
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* FanDisservice: The sex scene in "Mirrorball". Creator/NataliaTena is a beautiful woman with a fine figure, and the scene is a nice, erotic moment out of context. Not so much [[BrotherSisterIncest in context]].

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* FanDisservice: The sex scene in "Mirrorball". Creator/NataliaTena is a beautiful very attractive woman with a fine figure, and the scene is a nice, erotic moment out of context. Not so much [[BrotherSisterIncest in context]].
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* FanDisservice: The sex scene in "Mirrorball" featuring the lovely Creator/NataliaTena showing off her voluptuous body would normally qualify as {{fanservice}} were it not for the [[BrotherSisterIncest icky context]] of said scene.

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* FanDisservice: The sex scene in "Mirrorball" featuring the lovely "Mirrorball". Creator/NataliaTena showing off her voluptuous body would normally qualify as {{fanservice}} were it not for is a beautiful woman with a fine figure, and the scene is a nice, erotic moment out of context. Not so much [[BrotherSisterIncest icky context]] of said scene.
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''Afterlife'' is a British mystery drama series broadcast by Creator/{{ITV}} from 24 September 2005 to 11 November 2006. Set in Bristol, it follows university lecturer Robert Bridge (Andrew Lincoln), who becomes involved in a series of strange events surrounding medium Alison Mundy (Lesley Sharp). Think of it as being [[TransAtlanticEquivalent Britain's answer]] to ''Series/{{Medium}}''.

Not to be confused with [[Series/AfterLife2019 the 2019 series]] starring Creator/RickyGervais.

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!! This series provides examples of the following tropes:

* BittersweetEnding: In the series finale, [[spoiler:[[TheHeroDies Robert dies of cancer]], but Alison is finally able to reconcile with her father.]]
* BritishBrevity: Lasted 14 episodes over the course of two seasons.
* FanDisservice: The sex scene in "Mirrorball" featuring the lovely Creator/NataliaTena showing off her voluptuous body would normally qualify as {{fanservice}} were it not for the [[BrotherSisterIncest icky context]] of said scene.

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