Rosa Ritchie

When feeling overwhelmed by the cascading global crises unfolding in my newsfeed, I find comfort and contentment in watching videos of people performing unremarkable, repetitive tasks well. It’s not the buzz of ASMR, but a quieter more soothing kind of hypnosis.

As SeaChange returns to our screens, its original series endures as a TV classic that subtly challenged the archetypes of women-led melodrama. But how has society changed in the 20 years since the original series – and can SeaChange keep up?