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Subgenre Sampler
Chocky (TV Series) (1984)
- Dir. Vic Hughes, Christopher Hodson
Feat. Carol Drinkwater - One of the best sci–fi TV serials of the 1980s is set around a schoolboy who begins to develop supernormal talents. It seems an alien force has…
Comic Strip Presents: Fistful of Travellers Cheques, A / Gino (1984)- Dir. Bob Spiers
Feat. Rik Mayall, Pete Richardson, Keith Allen… - Winning 'Spaghetti Western' spoof has straw–chewing posers Rik Mayall and Peter Richardson check into the Hotel Bastardos, where they meet…
Cosby Show, The (TV Series) (1984-1992)- Feat. Bill Cosby
- Classic sitcom which deals with life in the affluent black–American Huxtable household of five children and two working parents. Although later…
Duty Free (TV Series) (1984)- Feat. Keith Barron, Gwen Taylor
- Two Pommy couples vacationing in Spain do their best not to let their contrasting politics and attraction for one another get in the way of their…
Ever Decreasing Circles (TV Series) (1984)- Feat. Richard Briers, Penelope Wilton, Peter Egan
- Classic BBC comedy, where Richard Briers’ control freakery is challenged when a charming new neighbour (Egan) moves into the community. His…
Far Pavilions, The (TV Mini-series) (1984)- Dir. Peter Duffell
Feat. Ben Cross, Amy Irving, Christopher Lee… - Lavish period drama based on the epic book by novelist M.M. Kaye, centered around the romance between a young English officer and a beautiful Indian…
Fresh Fields (TV Series) (1984-1986)- Feat. Julia McKenzie, Anton Rodgers
- Wholesome BBC situation comedy about Hester and William Fields, a happy middle–class couple who go about their daily routines with an…
Girls on Top (TV Series) (1984-1985)- Feat. Dawn French, Tracey Ullman, Jennifer Saunders…
- Dawn French gets more than she bargained for in recruiting three cantankerous roommates in order to accord the rent on her Chelsea flat. Among the…
Highway to Heaven (TV Series) (1984)- Feat. Michael Landon, Victor French
- Feelgood, down–to–earth fantasy series for the whole family, starring Michael Landon (Little House on the Prairie) as a "probational"…
Jewel in the Crown, The (TV Mini series) (1984)
- Dir. Christopher Morahan
Feat. Peggy Ashcroft, Charles Dance, Art Malik… - One of the supreme TV events of the 1980s, this epic adaptation of Paul Scott's novels 'The Raj Quartet' is set in 1930–40s India: the 'jewel…
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