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Edens Lost (TV Mini-series)Edens Lost (TV Mini-series) (1988)
Dir. Neil Armfield
Feat. Julia Blake, Linda Cropper
A melancholy dramatic saga set in rural Australia around the growing knowledge of a teenage boy from Sydney, staying with mysterious landed relatives…
First of the Summer Wine (TV Series)First of the Summer Wine (TV Series) (1988)
Feat. David Fenwick, Paul Oldham, Paul Wyett
Good–natured prequel to the longest running sitcom shows heroes Clegg and Compo's youth leading up to the second World War.
Hale and Pace (TV Series)Hale and Pace (TV Series) (1988)
Feat. Gareth Hale, Norman Pace
Rotund comic pairing is in the best British comedy tradition, employing a series of reoccurring caricatures and sketches to belly–aching…
Importance of Being EarnestImportance of Being Earnest (1988)
Dir. Stuart Burge
Feat. Gemma Jones, Alec McCowen, Paul McGann
A straightforward and lucid version of Oscar Wilde's classic comedy, made for television by the BBC. McGann is a particular neurotic highlight.
Jack the Ripper (TV Mini-series)Jack the Ripper (TV Mini-series) (1988)
Dir. David Wickes
Feat. Michael Caine, Armand Assante, Jane Seymour
This British television series adds a new solution to the ever–intriguing and grisly case of Jack the Ripper, who preyed on women in Victorian…
Master Builder, The (1988)
Feat. Leo McKern, Miranda Richardson, Jane Lapotaire
A BBC adaptation of the 1892 play By Henrik Ibsen, aired on BBC as part of the 'Theatre Night' series in 1988. Tells the story of a middle–aged…
Monsignor QuixoteMonsignor Quixote (1988) Recommended
Dir. Rodney Bennett
Feat. Alec Guinness, Leo McKern, Christopher Neame
Fine tele–version of Graham Greene's novel follows a newly appointed Monsignor and his avowed Marxist companion on an enlightening drive to…
Murphy Brown (TV Series)Murphy Brown (TV Series) (1988-1998)
Feat. Candice Bergen
A solid and likeable sttcom set around a gutsy woman journalist in Washington DC, who negotiates her personal indulgences and demons along with the…
Mystery Science Theatre 3000 (TV Series)Mystery Science Theatre 3000 (TV Series) (1988-1999)
Feat. Kevin Murphy, Jim Mallon, Trace Beaulieu
Legendary cult series about a man and his robot buddy who get shot into space by an evil scientist and forced to watch the most horrific…
Natural CausesNatural Causes (1988)
Dir. Vernon Lawrence
Feat. George Cole, Prunella Scales
A farcical comedy of infidelity and spousal skulduggery. George Cole plays a professional 'disposer' who is hired to fabricate the suicide of a…

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