Subgenre Sampler
Television > Classics: 302 Films to Buy & Rent
Till Death Us Do Part (TV Series) (1972-1974)
- Feat. Warren Mitchell
- Contentious, well remembered BBC sitcom is a comedy firebrand about a narrow–minded Cockney geezer whose racist diatribes were intended to be…
Van Der Valk (TV Series) (1972-1992)
- Feat. Barry Foster, Joanna Dunham, Michael Latimer…
- A hugely popular police procedural series starring Barry Foster as Van der Valk, a no–nonsense Dutch detective and head of the Amsterdam CID…
Waltons, The (TV Series) (1972-1981)
- Feat. Richard Thomas, Ralph Waite, Michael Learned…
- One of the most iconic TV Series of all time depicted the life of an extended family in Depression–era Virginia. Claimed as a repository for…
Whodunnit? (TV Series) (1972-1974)
- This fondly–remembered primetime panel game from the 1970's invited viewers to play detective by pitting their wits against a panel of…
Alias Smith and Jones (TV Series) (1971)
- Feat. Pete Duel, Ben Murphy
- Two notorious outlaws receive amnesty on the condition they lay low for a year in this rumble–tumble western clearly inspired by the rogue…
Bless This House (TV Series) (1971)
- Dir. William G Stewart
Feat. Sidney James
- A successful early 1970s British sitcom featuring the star of the CARRY ON... films.
The six episodes of the first series examine the trials of a…
Columbo (TV Series) (1971-2003)
- Dir. Richard Irving, John Smight
Feat. Peter Falk
- Peter Falk's keynote character was this canny TV–Series police detective, whose rumpled charm and wobbly eye disguises his brilliant mind.…
Comedians, The (TV Series) (1971-1993)
- Born out of the working men's clubs in 70's England, and beginning as an experiment for Granada TV, this had more gags, one–liners and knowing…
Cousin Bette (TV Mini-series) (1971)
- Dir. Gareth Davies
Feat. Margaret Tyzack, Helen Mirren, Thorley Walters…
- Rigorous adaptation of revered Balzac novel bears witness to the torment exacted by the unmarried titular character as she sets out to destroy her…
Edward Woodward Hour, The (TV Series) (1971)
- Feat. Beryl Reid, Patrick Cargill
- A light entertainment special from the early 1970s for Thames Television showcasing the whimsical side of Edward Woodward, most famous for his…