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Highway to Heaven (TV Series)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)Jewel in the Crown, The (TV Mini series) (1984) Aro Favourite
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…
Magnificent Evans, The (TV Series)Magnificent Evans, The (TV Series) (1984)
Feat. Ronnie Barker
Long–forgotten BBC comedy concerning 'Genius, Photographer And Man Of Letters' Plantagenet Evans (Barker), who lives in a Welsh village and…
Mapp and Lucia (TV Mini-series)Mapp and Lucia (TV Mini-series) (1984)
Dir. Donald McWhinnie
Feat. Geraldine McEwan, Prunella Scales, Nigel Hawthorne
Set in a small seaside town in 1920's England, this comedy of manners is an exquisitely stylised adaptation of E.F Benson's novel. Chronicles the…
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (TV Series)Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (TV Series) (1984-1987)
Feat. Stacy Keach
While hardly definitive, Stacy Keach's rendition of the famous detective hero, created by pulp–novelist Mickey Spillane, brings a light,…
Miss Marple (TV Series) [Joan Hickson]Miss Marple (TV Series) [Joan Hickson] (1984-2002) Aro Favourite
Dir. Julian Amyes
Feat. Joan Hickson, Paul Eddington, Kevin Whatley
Best–loved BBC series featuring Agatha Christie's 'Miss Marple', played definitively by the great Joan Hickson. Set in the sleepy, yet…
Mistral's Daughter (Mini-series)Mistral's Daughter (Mini-series) (1984)
Feat. Stefanie Powers, Robert Urich, Lee Remick
Blubbery, melodramatic saga of three generations of women by way of artist Julien Mistral. Based on a novel by Judith Krantz.
Mother and Son (TV Series)Mother and Son (TV Series) (1984-1994)
Feat. Ruth Cracknell, Garry McDonald
A long–running, unlikely hit series about a hard–working career man who is saddled with the responsibility of caring for his bewildered,…
Murder, She Wrote (TV Series)Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) (1984-1990)
Feat. Angela Lansbury
The archetypal amateur sleuth series, this long–running show starred the indomitable Angela Lansbury as a mystery…
Night Court (TV Series)Night Court (TV Series) (1984-1992)
Feat. John Larroquette, Richard Moll, Harry Anderson
Subversive courtroom sitcom set around the antics of Manhattan legal personal – judge, prosecutor, defence counsel, bailiffs – who must…

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