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4	''Help'' is a British MadeForTVMovie directed by Marc Munden and produced by Creator/Channel4. It first aired in September 2021.
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6	In UsefulNotes/{{Liverpool}}, young FormerTeenRebel Sarah (Creator/JodieComer) is hired at a care home where she forms a close bond with a resident, Tony (Creator/StephenGraham). When the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic hits, though, the home is tested like never before.
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8	[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Not to be confused with]] ''Film/TheHelp'' or with ''Film/{{Help}}''.
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14	* AbusiveParents: Sarah's father never bought her a present one Christmas when she was a teen and constantly berates her. Her mother is a UselessBystanderParent.
15	* BlatantLies: Characters frequently tell the care home that care homes are still a priority, while providing them with no help.
16	* ClosestThingWeGot: The care homes have hardly any help from doctors or hospitals, soon migrating to no help, so are forced to do the jobs of doctors, cleaners, and multiple other workers because COVID rips through them all, often working from online forums.
17	* CommonalityConnection: Sarah and Tony bond over being a FormerTeenRebel.
18	* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Justified. After Steve is infected, Sarah is left alone in the care home for nights because the only alternative is to get a sick person in, which means she has to rely on Tony even though he can't consent.
19	* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Justified. One of the first signs of COVID-19 is an extremely nasty cough. COVID has proved to be particularly lethal the older a person is.
20	* IntergenerationalFriendship:
21	** Sarah becomes a close friend to Tony, alongside many other residents at the care home.
22	** Tony's best friend is Kenny, who is a lot older than him but they are both in the care home together.
23	* NoHelpIsComing: The characters beg for help, from Public Health England to 111 to 999. Nobody comes to help them due to the pandemic, and the front line of nurses being sent to hospitals, surgeries and anywhere but care homes.
24	* OopNorth: The story is set in Liverpool.
25	* TheOner: Used to harrowing effect on the one night when Sarah is left alone by herself at the home. The 25 minute sequence follows Sarah as she juggles helping Kenny with his severe coughing fits, phoning for an ambulance with no luck, sanitizing and refitting PPE, and then asking Tony to help her flip Kenny onto his front.
26	* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Based on the early stages of the UsefulNotes/Covid19Pandemic that decimated UK care homes in 2020 (and ''many'' others throughout Western Europe).
27	* StepfordSmiler: Despite the desperate situation, Sarah has to try and stay positive to avoid panicking the other residents.
28	* TooDesperateToBePicky: So many examples, such as the carers having to use dust masks rather than face masks because no PPE is available.

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