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Thirtysomething (TV Series)Thirtysomething (TV Series) (1987-1991)
Feat. Timothy Busfield, Mel Harris, Peter Horton
One of the highlights of 1980's television, centering around a group of late thirties baby boomers struggling with adult angst in Philadelphia, is…
Tour of Duty (TV Series)Tour of Duty (TV Series) (1987-1988)
Feat. Terence Knox, Stephen Caffrey
A much–admired chronicle of U.S. soldiers grappling with combat, friendship, and ethics in Vietnam. One of several popular Vietnam War…
Tutti Frutti (TV Series)Tutti Frutti (TV Series) (1987) Recommended
Feat. Robbie Coltrane, Emma Thompson, Richard Wilson
This beautifully sardonic Scottish miniseries launched the careers of it's lead actors, offering a brilliant satire of the music industry and a deft…
Wiseguy (TV Series) Wiseguy (TV Series) (1987-1990) Recommended
Feat. Ken Wahl, Kevin Spacey, Tim Curry
Influential 80's crime series featuring the appealing Ken Wahl as an undercover FBI agent attempting to infiltrate the Mafia and destroy them from…
A Bit of Fry and Laurie (TV Series)A Bit of Fry and Laurie (TV Series) (1986-1995)
Feat. Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry
A longrunning and consistently inventive sketch series by British funnymen Hugh Laurie (HOUSE M.D.) and Stephen Fry (WILDE), who manage to outbaffle…
A Very Peculiar Practice (TV Series)A Very Peculiar Practice (TV Series) (+ A Very Polish Practice) (1986-1988) Aro Favourite
Dir. David Tucker
Feat. Peter Davison, Graham Crowden, Barbara Flynn
A glorious surreal BBC black–comedy drama set in the health centre of a British university, based on the experiences of revered writer Andrew…
Alf (TV Series)Alf (TV Series) (1986) Recommended
Feat. Max Wright
Irresistibly cute sitcom about a furry, wise–cracking alien that settles into American suburbia in the 1980s. Season 1 available. Disc 1:…
Best of Q (TV Series) (1986)
Feat. Spike Milligan
Spike Milligan's influential television series (it out Monty Python's Monty Python) takes the former Goon's surrealistic 'nonsense' style and gives…
Blackadder 2 (TV Series)Blackadder 2 (TV Series) (1986) Aro Favourite
Dir. Mandie Fletcher
Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Brian Blessed, Tim McInnerny
Definitive, bloody hilarious second series set in England, 1558–1603. Six episodes contained on one DVD or two tape volumes: 'Bells', 'Head',…
Bread (TV Series)Bread (TV Series) (1986-1991)
Feat. Jean Boht, Jonathon Morris, Nick Conway
Much–loved British sitcom based around a Liverpool family struggling to survive the cruel 1980s of unemployment, crime, welfare–fraud and…

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