Subgenre Sampler
Television: 2959 Films to Buy & Rent
Oliver Twist (Mini-series) (1985)
- Dir. Gareth Davies
Feat. Robert Middlemass, Lysette Anthony, Michael Attwell…
- Quality BBC adaptation of the beloved Dickens story starring Ben Rodska as the eponymous orphan, ably supported by older British thespian brass.
P.D. James Collection, The (TV Series) (1985-1998)
- Feat. Roy Marsden
- Award winning drama collections written by P.D. James detailing the challenges of a disciplined detective commander solving a series of scandalous…
Pickwick Papers, The (Mini-series) (1985)
- Feat. Nigel Stock, Clive Swift, Ray Brooks…
- BBC televison production stars Nigel Stock as the titular Mr Samuel Pickwick who – with his pals Nathaniel Winkle, Augustus Snodgrass, and…
Price, The (TV Mini-series) (1985)
- Feat. Peter Barkworth, Harriet Walter, Aingeal Grehan
- UK miniseries building a chilling web of intrigue around a priviledged dilettante wife (Harriet Walter) who finds herself caught between IRA thugs…
Ray Bradbury Theater, The (TV Series) (1985-1992)
- An HBO–originated fantasy anthology series entirely scripted by the eponymous (and prolific) author, based on his short stories and novels. A…
Sherlock Holmes (TV Series) (1985-1993)
- Feat. Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke
- The long–running British TV Series which comprehensively stages the various cases of proto–detective Sherlock Holmes. Arthur Conan…
Starfleet (TV Series) (X Bomber) (1985)
- Dir. Go Nagai
- Heavily influenced by Gerry Anderson's supermarionation series, this sci–fi Japanese production from manga creater Go Nagai kicks off when an…
Time for Murder (1985)
- Feat. Claire Bloom, Charles Dance, Sylvia Syms…
- This unheralded, one–off British crime series commissioned six authors to conceive a series of murder mysteries for the small screen. A superb…
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985)
- Dir. Lamont Johnson
Feat. Richard Chamberlain, Alice Krige, Kenneth Colley…
- The true story of Hungarian diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who risked his own life manufacturing protective passports for thousands of Jews in exile…
Airwolf (TV Series) (1984-1987)
- Feat. Jan-Michael Vincent, Ernest Borgnine, Alex Cord
- Eighties television series centered on a high–tech military helicopter and its crew as they undertake various missions of espionage, often with…