Subgenre Sampler
Television > Classics: 302 Films to Buy & Rent
Over the Hill Gang, The (1969)
- Dir. Jean Yarbrough
Feat. Walter Brennan, Edgar Buchanan, Pat O'Brien…
- Laidback reunion for various horse–opera stars of old cleaning up a lawless town in the old west. Telemovie doesn't quite have a script worthy…
Paul Temple (TV Series) (1969)
- Feat. Francis Matthews, Ros Drinkwater
- Forgotten 70s crime series follows the fortunes of a globetrotting novelist–cum–amateur sleuth and his dishy wife. Something of an…
Special Branch (TV Series) (1969-1974)
- Feat. Derren Nesbitt, Fulton MacKay
- Brit detective series revolving around England's finest police duo tackling the bad guys of the local district. This series still holds appeal to a…
Strange Report (TV Series) (1969)
- Feat. Anthony Quayle, Kaz Garas, Anneke Wills
- Wily Anthony Quayle is Adam Strange, ex–police officer turned criminologist charged with cleaning up murder sprees and other unsolvable cases…
U.F.O. (TV Series) (1969)
- Feat. Ed Bishop, Michael Billington, Gabrielle Drake
- Supermarionator Gerry Anderson pulls the strings on this live–action sci–fi series, full of the same secret agencies, evil empires and…
Adam-12 (TV Series) (1968-1975)
- Feat. Kent McCord, Martin Milner, William Boyett
- Cult cop show following the lives of two LAPD officers shot in a gritty docudrama style, and distinguished by a strict adherence to realism that…
Caesars, The (TV Series) (1968)
- Dir. Derek Bennett
Feat. Roland Culver, Andre Morell, Ralph Bates…
- A British television series depicting Ancient Rome and the lives of the early emperors. After the assassination of Julius Caesar, his adopted son…
Champions, The (TV Series) (1968-1969)
- Feat. Anthony Nicholls
- A superior, if earnest, sci–fi thriller series with an Anglo–American cast, created by spy–genre guru Monty Berman (The Baron,…
Dad's Army (TV Series) (1968-1977)
- Feat. Arthur Lowe, Clive Dunn, John Le Mesurier…
- The classic British TV series set around the gently–observed antics of home–guardsmen during WW2 under the inimitable Sergeant Mannering…
Dennis Potter at London Weekend Television (1968-1979)
- Feat. Ian Holm, John Neville
- Containing three of Dennis Potter's single plays for television, including "Shaggy Dog" which was thought to be lost until recently, these diverse…