Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Television > Classics: 295 Films to Rent
- Tom Brown's School Days (TV Mini-Series) (1971)
- Dir. Gareth Davies
Feat. Anthony Murphy, Iain Cuthbertson
- Vivid BBC adaptation of Thomas Hughes' classic novel, following life at a Victorian Boys public school. Five episodes.
- Upstairs, Downstairs (TV Series) (Upstairs Downstairs) (1971-1975)
- Feat. Pauline Collins, Gordon Jackson, Jean Marsh
- Famous 70s soap opera about the class struggle in a household of servants and gentry around the turn of the 20th century. Set a new standard in…
- Callan (TV Series) (1970)
- Dir. James Goddard, Voytek
Feat. Edward Woodward
- The bold British TV spy series with Edward Woodward as the cold–blooded but very human secret agent.
- Catweazle (TV Series) (1970-1971)
- Feat. Geoffrey Bayldon, Charles Tingwell
- An eccentric, disheveled 11th century wizard teleports to the 1970s, spending much of his time in a state of utter bewilderment at the many…
- Mary Tyler Moore Show, The (TV Series) (1970-1974)
- Feat. Mary Tyler Moore, Ted Knight, Edward Asner…
- A highly polished, somewhat revolutionary sitcom following the career path and domestic life of a determinedly single newsroom journalist, this made…
- McCloud (TV Series) (1970-1977)
- Feat. Dennis Weaver, J.D. Cannon, Ken Lynch…
- Nicely executed crime series following an ex–sheriff from "out west" that joins up with a New York City police squadron to nab the baddies by…
- Odd Couple, The (TV Series) (1970)
- Feat. Jack Klugman, Tony Randall
- Spinning off from the feature film based on Neil Simon's Broadway play, this small screen version winningly supplants the Lemmon–Matthau double…
- Shadows of Fear (TV Series) (1970)
- Feat. Sheila Hancock, Ronald Hines, Edward Fox…
- Featuring some of Britain's most renowned stage and TV performers, this anthology series brings together eight plays with a 'chilling Hitchcockian…
- Six Wives of Henry VIII, The (TV Mini-Series) (1970)
- Feat. Keith Michell, Rosalie Crutchley, Jane Seymour
- Accurate BAFTA–winning TV series chronicling the life of the notorious Henry VIII by way of six plays, featuring a notable cast and immaculate…
- Timeslip (TV Series) (1970-1971)
- Feat. Spencer Banks, Cheryl Burfield, Denis Quilley
- A smart children’s sci–fi series that tells in four separate stories what happens when two intrepid siblings discover an invisible portal…