Line #8 Series/Pramface


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2	''Pramface'' was a comedy show on Creator/{{BBC}}3 that follows the lives of Jamie and Laura, two teenagers from different walks of life who end up sleeping together at a party. Just weeks later the eighteen-year-old Laura realises she's [[TeenPregnancy pregnant]]. And then she realises that the father, Jamie, is only sixteen. The series shows Jamie and Laura attempting to cope with their new responsibilities, while dealing with embarrassing parents and their struggles to still be normal teenagers.
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4	The first series of ''Pramface'' started in February 2012, and only had [[BritishBrevity six episodes]]. A second series with seven episodes was aired in January 2013. The third series aired in February 2014, also with only six episodes. In August 2014 the series was cancelled.
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6	'''Characters:'''
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8	'''Jamie Prince''' (Sean Michael Verey)- A sixteen-year-old trying to get laid after sitting his UsefulNotes/GCSEs. Sweet and somewhat naïve, Jamie is the OnlySaneMan to both his friends and his family.
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10	'''Laura Derbyshire''' (Scarlett Alice Johnson) - An eighteen-year-old girl just about to go to university, when she ends up [[TeenPregnancy pregnant]] from a one-night stand with Jamie at a party. She's mouthy and rebels against her parents due to their troubled relationship.
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12	'''Mike Fenton''' (Dylan Edwards) - Jamie's best friend, a typical teenager who always seems to be [[ButtMonkey getting into trouble]] due to his near obsession with getting laid.
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14	'''Beth Mitchell''' (Creator/YasminPaige) - Jamie's other friend, a GranolaGirl who has an [[AllLoveIsUnrequited unrequited crush]] on him. She's obsessed with human rights and really doesn't like Laura.
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16	'''Danielle Reeves''' (Emer Kenny) - Laura's best friend, a somewhat ditzy girl who is slowly drifting away from Laura due to her being pregnant.
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18	'''Sandra Prince''' (Bronagh Gallager) - Jamie's mother, a kind, motherly sort who isn't afraid of putting her son and husband in place when they need it. Takes a shine to Laura, and even gives her advice.
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20	'''Keith Prince''' (Ben Crompton) - Jamie's father, a man who can never catch a break due to everything that's happening in his life. Funny and good-natured, Keith really does do the best he can for his family.
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22	'''Janet Derbyshire''' (Anna Chancellor) - Laura's uptight mother, who is quite volatile towards her husband. She isn't a good listener, and tends to be quite blunt and controlling.
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24	'''Alan Derbyshire''' (Creator/AngusDeayton) - Laura's father, who has had affairs in the past, and tends to be a little closer to Laura than she is with her mother. He's good-natured, if a little snobby.
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27	!!''Pramface'' contains examples of:
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29	* AllIssuesArePoliticalIssues: Beth, starting in the pilot episode when she refuses to go to a party held by a popular guy whose parents are rumored to be arms dealers. She goes on about how going to the party is practically endorsing African genocide.
30	* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Both Jamie and Laura's parents are incredibly embarrassing.
31	* AsTheGoodBookSays: {{Played with}} when Mike, on a religious bent, gives us the following: "Thou shalt not feel up a godmother in the house of the Lord."
32	* BornInAnElevator: ''Almost''-Laura's water breaks in a lift, but she gives birth in a shop's storage area.
33	* BrainyBrunette: Beth. Laura counts too-we see that she got amazing grades in her A-Levels.
34	* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Laura, definitely Laura. She even storms off upstairs and sneaks out of her room to go to the party where she met Jamie.
35	* BritishBrevity: The first series has six half-hour-long episodes. Later, so did the third.
36	* BrotherSisterIncest: {{Played for laughs}}. Jamie follows Laura to university, and uses the excuse that she's his sister to try and find out where she is. Unfortunately people get the wrong idea when he later says that he was the one who got her pregnant.
37	* ButWeUsedACondom: Jamie and Laura ''did'', it was just put on wrong.
38	* ButtMonkey: Poor Mike. Granted he has a habit of bringing it on himself, but still.
39	* CampGay: The male 'friend of a friend' with whom Beth tries to set Mike up.
40	* DeadpanSnarker: Beth. Laura also has her moments, as does Laura's mother.
41	* DeliveryGuy: Poor Jamie ends up being this, as he's the only one around when Laura gives birth. Despite initially panicking, he phones his father, who gives him surprisingly good advice about ''acting'' like he knows what he's doing, to calm Laura down. Jamie then takes charge, even if he does end up screaming along with Laura.
42	* TheDitz: Laura's friend Danielle has shades of this, but Mike ''definitely'' is.
43	* FriendshipMoment: There's a sweet one between Laura and Danielle after Laura inadvertently ends up making out with the guy Danielle was interested in.
44	* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Despite going to a clinic to hear her options, having abortion suggested by her best friend and parents, plus worrying about how motherhood is going to work while she's going to university, Laura goes through with her pregnancy.
45	* GranolaGirl: Beth has shades of this.
46	* HollywoodAtheist: Beth, in keeping with her overall haranguing manner, mocks her friend and his (admittedly [[TheDitz ill-informed]]) beliefs after he becomes Christian, even replacing all of the hymnals in a church with copies of ''The God Delusion''.
47	* HonorableMarriageProposal: Even though Laura told Jamie he is off the hook, he still thinks it is a good idea to do the ''honorable thing'' and buy an expensive ring on his parent's credit card to propose to her, expecting she will turn him down and he can return the ring before it shows up on the bill. Just to spite him, Laura accepts, making it seem like she is so excited before highlighting how [[DidntThinkthisThrough poorly thought out]] it was and he is only doing this to make himself feel better.[[note]] He also loses the ring, preventing him from returning it and causing a misunderstanding between his parents.[[/note]]
48	* InstantBirthJustAddLabor: Laura's water breaks in the lift in the car-park, while she and Jamie were trying to find his car. She then gives birth in the storage area behind a shop.
49	* InsultBackfire: Mike asks Beth how he looks when he's found religion, dressing all in white while sporting a huge cross, and says "Thank you" when she answers "Like a lunatic."
50	* {{Jerkass}}: Beth can come across as this from time to time.
51	* LamazeClass: Where poor Jamie ends up being called up to the front for a demonstration. HilarityEnsues.
52	* MistakenForGay: Mike, thanks to Beth, and the fact he was pretending to be bisexual at the time.
53	* MoodWhiplash: While a comedy at heart, sometimes funny scenes will quickly change to a more dramatic one.
54	* ObviousPregnancy: Laura is showing as of the fourth episode, though it's [[JustifiedTrope justified]] due to the time skip.
55	* OneNightStandPregnancy: Laura ends up pregnant with Jamie's baby due to a tryst they had during a party.
56	* OnlySaneMan: Jamie seems to be this, though occasionally Laura joins him.
57	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Laura gives an epic one to Francesca, a snooty friend of Danielle's.
58	* RightBehindMe: When Laura is ranting to Jamie about being pregnant, she only realizes at the last minute that her parents are standing ''right'' behind her.
59	* ScreamingBirth: Poor Laura. Then again, Jamie was also screaming along with her.
60	* SmallNameBigEgo: Mike likes to think he is all that when it comes to women. He really, really isn't.
61	* TheSnarkKnight: Beth once again.
62	* SoapboxSadie: Beth harangues both her friends and strangers if they do anything to contradict one of her personal causes, no matter how (sometimes wildly) inappropriate that is.
63	* StalkerWithACrush: {{Played with}}. Jamie follows Laura to university to try and talk things over, but instead comes across as being a little stalkerish. It only gets worse when somehow the entire university knows not only that Jamie got Laura pregnant, but they also believe that they are [[BrotherSisterIncest brother and sister]].
64	* TeenPregnancy: Laura, of course. The title ''Pramface'' is slang for someone who looks like she should be pushing a pram around a council estate.
65	* {{Tsundere}}: Beth, though she spends most of her time in the tsun tsun area. Laura has her moments as well.

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