The films, plays and novels employing this style are set frequently in poorer industrial areas in the North of England, and use the rough-hewn speaking accents and slang heard in those regions. The film "It Always Rains on Sunday" (1947) is a precursor of the genre, and the John Osborne play "Look Back in Anger" (1956) is thought of as the first of the genre. The gritty love-triangle of "Look Back in Anger", for example, takes place in a cramped, one-room flat in the English Midlands. The conventions of the genre have continued into the 2000s, finding expression in such television shows as "Coronation Street" and "EastEnders".