Over the years, articles have sought to rank the most tear-jerking shows of all time. With most of these lists based on the opinion of a single author, researchers at Buzz Capital decided to produce a definitive (and very scientific!) ranking of the saddest shows ever produced. We manually trawled through the synopsis and songs of 100 productions and ranked them using a points system.
Productions were given points based on whether they featured romantic tragedy, character death(s), unrequited love, orphaned children, addiction or mental health issues, poverty, overarching conflict, discrimination of minorities, imprisonment, and a troubled relationship with a parent(s).
View the full blog post to see the top 20 and the background to the process. The post also includes details of our most searched for shows on Google - here's the initial summary but the full details are in the blog post!
Well, that's fun ...