Six-part documentary on the city of Muncie, Indiana - nicknamed "Middletown" after a study in the 1920s deemed it representative of middle America. The series finds that amid the great ...
Episodes
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Ep 1
The Campaign
The 1979 mayoral race in Muncie between a
glad-handing Democrat named Jim Carey and a reserved Republican named Alan Wilson.
24/03/198277 min
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Ep 2
The Big Game
The showdown basketball game between the Muncie Central Bearcats and the Anderson High Indians.
31/03/198259 min
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Ep 3
Community of Praise
A family of fundamentalist Christians.
07/04/198260 min
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Ep 4
Family Business
A family struggles to keep a faltering pizza franchise alive.
14/04/198286 min
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Ep 5
Second Time Around
A couple, both divorced, face the uncertainties of their imminent marriage.
21/04/198259 min
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Ep 6
Seventeen
A group of high-school seniors prepare to graduate into adulthood.
(not aired)