Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Television: 2858 Films to Rent
Harp in the South, The (TV Mini Series) (1987)
- Dir. George Whaley
Feat. Martyn Sanderson, Anne Phelan, Anna Hruby…
- A TV mini–series about an Irish family who migrate to Australia in the post WW2 years to find their hopes of prosperity dashed on the streets…
In Between (TV Series) (1987)
- Feat. Sheryl Munks, Vichea Ten, Jim Petrovski…
- Acclaimed Australian TV series about troubled teenagers attempting to find their way through life in the inner city, dealing with issues like drugs,…
Inspector Morse (TV Series) (1987-2000)
- Feat. John Thaw
- Much–loved British TV Series that follows the criminal cases of Morse, probably John Thaw's most famous character – the cantankerous…
Little Dorrit (TV Mini-Series) (1987)
- Dir. Christine Edzard
Feat. Alec Guinness, Derek Jacobi, Joan Greenwood…
- Exemplary, all–star reworking of the Charles Dickens' classic in two parts. The first, "Nobody's Fault", is told from Arthur Clennam's (Derek…
Make and Break (1987)
- Dir. Michael Frayn
Feat. Judi Dench, Robert Hardy
- BBC television drama, directed by Michael Frayn and based on his play of the same name, stars Hardy as a building industry boss, unaware of his…
Married With Children (TV Series) (1987-1998)
- Feat. Ed O'Neill, Christina Applegate, Katey Sagal…
- Brilliantly rancid satire on US sitcoms like THE COSBY SHOW, depicting a white trash family of appalling bad taste, curdled dreams and sick…
Melba (TV Mini-series) (1987)
- Dir. Rodney Fisher
Feat. Linda Cropper, Tom Burlinson, Hugo Weaving
- Biopic of famed Australian opera singer Dame Nellie Melba, whose professional veneer hid a tumultuous private life, her struggles to provide as a…
New Statesman, The (TV Series) (1987-1991)
- Dir. Geoffrey Sax
Feat. Rik Mayall
- Rik Mayall plays British Tory MP Alan B’Stard in this fairly amusing sift through the sleazy, corrupt corridors of Westminster.
All four series…
Northanger Abbey (1987)
- Dir. Giles Foster
Feat. Katherine Schlesinger, Peter Firth
- A BBC adaptation based on the Jane Austen novel, with Austen–heroine Katherine Schlesinger yearning for a consuming gothic romance amid the…
On the Black Hill (1987)
- Dir. Andrew Grieve
Feat. Bob Peck, Nicola Beddoe, Patrick Godfrey
- Adapted from Bruce Chatwin's novel about the difficult lives of Welsh tenant–farmers in the early 20th century. A bull–headed Bob Peck…