Subgenre Sampler
Television: 2937 Films to Buy & Rent
Harvey Birdman - Attorney at Law (TV Series) (2000)
- More hysterical superhero subversion from the Adult Swim Network, this time rendering the case studies of failed caped…
Human Remains (TV Series) (2000)
- Feat. Rob Brydon, Julia Davis
- BBC black comedy mockumentary style series centred around six different offbeat couples, one per episode, candidly revealing their kooky home lives.…
Kevin's Guide to Being a Teenager (TV Series) (2000)
- Dir. Dewi Humphreys
Feat. Harry Enfield
- Kevin (Harry Enfield) and his odd–bird disciple Perry, two disaffected, DJ–worshipping teens, give us the run–down on how to hate…
Les Miserables (TV Mini-series) (2000)
- Dir. Josee Dayan
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Christian Clavier, John Malkovich…
- Well mounted and faithful adaptation of Victor Hugo's tale of persecution and revenge set in early 19th century France, with Gerard Depardieu playing…
Lock Stock and Four Stolen Hooves (TV Series) (2000)
- Dir. Sheree Folkson
- Tele–sequel to the hit movie LOCK STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS, gives a reasonably funny riff on the bumbling quartet of lads on the make,…
Madame Bovary (2000)
- Dir. Tim Fywell
Feat. Eileen Atkins, Hugh Bonneville, Frances O’Connor
- Typically lavish BBC costumer, here tackling Gustave Flaubert's classic French tragi–romance with gusto and explicit sex. Frances O'Connor…
Malcolm in the Middle (TV Series) (2000-2006)
- Feat. Bryan Cranston, Jane Kaczmarek, Frankie Muniz…
- Mold–breaking, critically acclaimed American sitcom centering around the tribulations of Malcolm, a young adolescent who has enough to cope…
Monarch of the Glen (TV Series) (2000)
- Dir. Edward Bennett, A.J. Quinn
Feat. Richard Briers, Susan Hampshire, Alastair Mackenzie
- A whimsical drama set on the Scottish Highland estate of Glenbogle, with Richard Briers and Susan Hampshire.
Monsignor Renard (TV Mini-series) (2000)
- Dir. Malcolm Mowbray
Feat. John Thaw, Cheryl Campbell, Dominic Monaghan
- ITV drama starring John Thaw as a humble parish priest who returns home to his French village to join the resistance during WWII after a twenty year…
Mrs Bradley Mysteries, The (TV Series) (2000)
- Feat. Diana Rigg
- Short–lived but rewarding variation on the mystery serial turns the clock back to the 1920s, where upper class socialite Adela Bradley dabbles…