Subgenre Sampler
Television > Classics: 302 Films to Buy & Rent
Man About the House (TV Series) (1973)
- Dir. Peter Frazer-Jones
Feat. Richard O'Sullivan, Yootha Joyce, Brian Murphy
- Classic Brit sitcom concerning the accomodation adventures of student Richard O'Sullivan and his two female flatmates.
Two flies in the ointment…
Moonbase 3 (TV Series) (1973)
- Feat. Donald Houston, Ralph Bates
- A British sci–fi show set in 2003 when five world powers have colonised the moon, the third of which is a European base run by Donald Houston…
Six Million Dollar Man, The (TV Series) (1973-1978)
- Feat. Lee Majors
- As the quintessential TV action figure of 70s, Steve Austin, Lee Majors was the coolest guy on the planet. The show ran for eight years until…
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (TV Series) (1973)
- Feat. Michael Crawford, Michele Dotrice
- The side–splitting misadventures of legendary klutz, Frank Spencer incarnated by a nimble, pre–'Phantom of the Opera' Michael Crawford.…
Tomorrow People, The (TV Series) (1973)
- Dir. Paul Bernard
Feat. Nicholas Young
- Fitted out with stun–guns, digital watches and a talking biotronic computer called TIM, a group of highly–evolved youngsters also enjoy…
Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads? (TV Series) (1973)
- Feat. James Bolam
- Popular sequel to "The Likely Lads", a hit British sitcom from the partnership of Dick Clement and Ian La Francis of which only nine of those shows…
Are You Being Served? (TV Series) (1972-1985)
- Feat. Mollie Sugden, John Inman
- The staff at 'Grace Brothers' department store serve out the humourous innuendos in this long–running British sitcom.
Banacek (TV Series) (1972)
- Feat. George Peppard, Ralph Manza, Murray Matheson…
- Enjoyable riff on the detective genre with George Peppard playing suave insurance investigator Banacek who gets called into solve some ludicrously…
Colditz (TV Series) (1972)
- Dir. Michael Ferguson, William Slater, Philip Dudley
Feat. Jack Hedley, Robert Wagner, David McCallum…
- BBC drama series about prisoners of war in Colditz Castle during WW2, and their multiple attempts to escape. The real British Escape Officer at…
Edwardians, The (1972)
- Dir. John Howard Davies, James Cellan Jones, Alan Clarke
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Timothy West, Robert Powell…
- Superb examination of eight famous Edwardians who helped shape the early 20th century. Impeccably presented and directed by some of the BBC's finest…