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Subgenre Sampler
Tripods, The (TV Series) (1982)
- Dir. Graham Theakston
Feat. John Shackley, Jim Baker II, Peter Dolphin - One of the BBC's most expensive serials was this imaginative, if uneven, handling of John Christopher's Tripods trilogy. In 2089, the Earth is ruled…
Greatest American Hero, The (TV Series) (1981)- Feat. William Katt, Robert Culp, Connie Sellecca…
- A reluctant superhero if ever there was one, William Katt is engaging in this spoof sitcom as the toussle–haired school–teacher who is…
Smurfs, The (TV Series) (1981-1990)- Originally the Belgian creation of Pierre " Peyo" Culliford, the little blue creatures became a worldwide hit in the 1980s with an…
Littlest Hobo, The (TV Series) (1979-1985)- Winning family serial follows a wandering German shepherd who who travels from place to place befriending and helping the struggling.
Worzel Gummidge (TV Series) (1979-1981)- Feat. Jon Pertwee, Una Stubbs, Geoffrey Bayldon
- Oddball and much–loved children's TV series about a living, grubby and rather bad–tempered scarecrow (Pertwee) who muddles through life…
Diff'rent Strokes (TV Series) (Different Strokes) (1978-1986)- Feat. Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges, Conrad Bain…
- Classic American sitcom had a rich white widower (Bain) adopt two black boys, notably a pint–sized Gary Coleman who proved the…
Famous Five, The (TV Series) (Enid Blyton's The Famous Five) (1978-1979)- Feat. Michele Gallagher, Marcus Harris, Gary Russell…
- The original and most beloved of The Famous Five TV serials, based on Enid Blyton's classic children's adventure novels. Of Blyton's 21 stories,…
Heidi (TV Series) (1978)- Dir. Tony Faadt, Joachim Hesss
Feat. Katharina Balhm, Katia Polletin - Thirteen episodes of the fondly remembered classic Heidi series.
Red Hand Gang, The (TV Series) (1977)- Fondly–remembered show has five city kids and their dog Boomer solving crimes. This fun caper–filler seventies kids show that was more…
Wonder Woman, The New Adventures of (TV Series) (1977-1979)- Feat. Lynda Carter, Lyle Waggoner
- Charles Moulon’s 1940s comic strip updated to the feminist 70s, his superheroine fighting terrorist and subversive elements for undercover…
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