Subgenre Sampler
Television > Cult TV: 88 Films to Buy & Rent
- Blackadder 3 (TV Series) (1987)
- Dir. Mandie Fletcher
Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Laurie, Tony Robinson
- Classic third series set in England 1760–1815. Six episodes contained on one DVD or two tape volumes: 'Dish and Dishonesty', 'Ink and…
- Tutti Frutti (TV Series) (1987)
- 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…
- 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) (1986)
- 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',…
- Dangerous Brothers, The (TV Series) (1986)
- Feat. Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson
- Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson perform raucous skits lifted from British tele's “Saturday Live”. Tape features the sketch 'Kinky Sex' which was…
- Pee-Wee's Playhouse (TV Series) (1986-1991)
- Feat. Paul Ruebens, Laurence Fishburne
- Successfully spinning–off from his big–screen Big Adventure, Paul Reubens returns as his man–child alter–ego Pee–Wee…
- Singing Detective, The (TV Series) (1986)
- Dir. Jon Amiel
Feat. Michael Gambon, Joanne Whalley, Patrick Malahide…
- Ground–breaking fantasy–drama from the unique genius of Dennis Potter. Michael Gambon is brilliant as a bed–ridden, frustrated…
- Sledge Hammer! (TV Series) (1986)
- Feat. David Rasche, Harrison Page, Anne-Marie Martin
- GET SMART meets DIRTY HARRY in this riotous late–night spoof detailing the exploits of unorthodox Inspector 'Sledge Hammer', a loose cannon of…
- Street Hawk (1984-1985)
- Feat. Rex Smith, Joe Regalbuto
- Short lived KNIGHT RIDER knock–off is still an enjoyable ride. Teen idol Smith plays a formed dirt bike racer recruited by a covert…
- Blackadder 1 (TV Series) (The Black Adder) (1983)
- Dir. Martin Shardlow
Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Brian Blessed, Tim McInnerny…
- Quirky, frequently funny inaugural series of the 80's comedy smash, set in Medieval England. Six episodes contained on one DVD or two tapes: 'The…