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Any Day Now

1998–2002LifetimeDrama

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Two friends in Birmingham, told in the present and in 1963 at once.

Any Day Now opens with a main title sequence of 45 seconds.

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The opening titles

Season 1

45s

Cast cards in lower case blue, off a rerun channel.

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