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A frank and thought-provoking look at teenage sexuality, written by first-time TV dramatist Helen Blakeman.

Pleasureland is a vibrant feature-length drama focusing on a group of teenage girls in Liverpool who can't wait to grow up.

Jo, a 14-year-old schoolgirl, is anxious to lose her virginity, and makes a promise to herself: 'I, Joanna Mosscroft, aged 14, Year 9, almost Year 10, promise me, Joanna Mosscroft, to have sex.'

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