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The Long Call

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The Long Call	comment	The Long Call is a British crime drama television series developed by Kelly Jones and Silverprint Pictures based on the 2019 novel of the same name by Ann Cleeves. It premiered on ITV in the United Kingdom on 25 October 2021 and was released internationally as a BritBox original following broadcast. The series starts with Detective Inspector Matthew Venn standing outside the church as his estranged father’s funeral takes place. On the day Matthew left the strict evangelical community he grew up in, he lost his family too.Now, as he turns and walks away again, he receives a call from one of his team. A body has been found on the beach nearby: a man with a tattoo of an albatross on his neck, stabbed to death.The case calls Matthew back to the people and places of his past, as deadly secrets hidden at their hearts are revealed, and his new life and husband is forced into a collision course with the world he thought he’d left behind.
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The Long Call / int_466ccbb4	type	Gayngst
The Long Call / int_466ccbb4	comment	Gayngst: Matthew struggles with depression and low self-esteem due to his intensely judgmental upbringing followed by having to come out as gay and not believing Brethren teachings. Jonathan often acts as his moral support, and in actuality Matthew is well-respected professionally.
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The Long Call / int_4782e35b	type	Meet the In-Laws
The Long Call / int_4782e35b	comment	Meet the In-Laws: Even the normally laid back Jonathan is cooking well in advance when Matthew's mother Dorothy agrees to come round for tea. Which Jonathan warns Matthew, who is heading into work, that he shouldn't dare be late for.
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The Long Call / int_4d30004d	type	Wedding Ring Removal
The Long Call / int_4d30004d	comment	Wedding Ring Removal: Invoked. Jonathan warns Matthew not to take his wedding ring off before he goes to his father's Brethren funeral.
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The Long Call / int_727a65e0	type	Gaslighting
The Long Call / int_727a65e0	comment	Gaslighting: Dennis Stephenson, the leader of the Brethren, is a master of this. He utterly controls his wife Grace by constantly making her doubt her own sanity, and convincing the Brethren that Grace is unwell and in need of his care. Dennis also tries this tactic on Matthew. He projects a welcoming persona, gives Matthew his late father's Bible and even manipulates Dorothy into the appearance of reconciliation with her son so as to try to make Matthew less likely to suspect him. But Matthew does recognize that Dennis is trying to get him onside with these gestures.
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The Long Call / int_7a77148	type	Close-Knit Community
The Long Call / int_7a77148	comment	Close-Knit Community: North Devon's permanent population is scattered throughout a number of towns and villages. Most people seem to know who is local and who is not, and are familiar with each other. The Woodyard community centre run by Jonathan in particular is a hub for social services.
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The Long Call / int_8cb4ea46	type	By-the-Book Cop
The Long Call / int_8cb4ea46	comment	By-the-Book Cop: Detective Inspector Matthew Venn. Because of his strict upbringing, Matthew is very uncomfortable with "chaos" and became a police officer at least partly because it provides him with a sense of order and justice.
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The Long Call / int_9002083e	type	Character Exaggeration
The Long Call / int_9002083e	comment	Character Exaggeration: In the novel, members of the Brethren are mentioned as doing things like watching TV, and Dennis even listens to cricket matches on the radio while in the car. Female Brethren are also described as wearing fairly normal clothing, including trousers. In the show, they eschew modern media and the women all wear dresses and headscarves.
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The Long Call / int_9245d989	type	Sinister Minister
The Long Call / int_9245d989	comment	Sinister Minister: Dennis Stephenson seems charismatic, moral and pious. He also emotionally abuses his wife Grace and artfully manipulates the Brethren both collectively and as individuals. Dennis is also behind Simon Walden's murder, having manipulated Grace into actually doing it because Dennis suspected that Simon threatened his control over the Brethren.
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The Long Call / int_985e118a	type	Odd Couple
The Long Call / int_985e118a	comment	Odd Couple: Strait-laced, rule-abiding police Inspector Matthew Venn is married to the much more free-spirited Jonathan.
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The Long Call / int_ca5eda76	type	Heteronormative Crusader
The Long Call / int_ca5eda76	comment	Heteronormative Crusader: Again, the Brethren are strongly hostile towards homosexuality. But in the comparatively tolerant culture of modern Britain they are limited to expelling members of their church, such as Matthew, who are gay.
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The Long Call / int_d7c3ba61	type	Race Lift
The Long Call / int_d7c3ba61	comment	Race Lift: In the novel, Jen Rafferty is explicitly a vividly red-headed Caucasian woman. Here she is a woman of colour.
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The Long Call / int_dc057cf3	type	Adaptation Name Change
The Long Call / int_dc057cf3	comment	Adaptation Name Change: The surnames of various characters, including Jonathan, Dennis and Ross, are different in the show than they are the novel.
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The Long Call / int_e394c5d	type	Color Wash
The Long Call / int_e394c5d	comment	Color Wash: Used in many scenes, but especially the yellow filter used whenever the inside of a Brethren home is shown. It almost looks as though they are all very heavy smokers who never wash their windows.
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The Long Call / int_f19ff224	type	TheUNFavourite
The Long Call / int_f19ff224	comment	The Un-Favourite: A rare case of an only child being this. But Matthew's mother Dorothy is a strict follower of the Brethren and she often struggles to simply be civil to him even though she admits that the bitterness has soured her life.
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The Long Call / int_f76842b1	type	The Fundamentalist
The Long Call / int_f76842b1	comment	The Fundamentalist: The Brethren are depicted in the show as being very similar to extremely strict Mennonites. They avoid television and the internet as temptations and strive to avoid any "worldly" things. Their doctrine includes the belief that only they will be taken into Heaven during the Rapture, with everyone else going to Hell even if they were otherwise good people.
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