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Ultimate Solution of...Grace Quigley, TheUltimate Solution of...Grace Quigley, The (1984)
Dir. Anthony Harvey
Feat. Katharine Hepburn, Nick Nolte
Curious black comedy features Hepburn as a lonely widower who enlists hitman Nolte to hasten her demise.
What Have I Done to Deserve This?What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984) Recommended
Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Carmen Maura
Carmen Maura plays a delirious feminist housewife in this early black–comic farce from Almodovar, here working at his freshest and most…
Wheels on MealsWheels on Meals (1984)
Dir. Sammo Hung
Feat. Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Biao Yuen
The kung–fu trio of Chan, Hung and Biao travel, to Spain for this rambunctious minor classic, in a tale about food–vendors helping out a…
Who's the Boss? (TV Series)Who's the Boss? (TV Series) (1984-1992)
Feat. Tony Danza, Alyssa Milano, Katherine Helmond
Very likeable 1980s sitcom, set in a suburban mansion, with a household comprised of an advertising executive (Light), her elderly mother (Helmond),…
Woman In Red, TheWoman In Red, The (1984)
Dir. Gene Wilder
Feat. Gene Wilder, Kelly Le Brock, Charles Grodin
Perhaps the height of Gene Wilder comedic indulgence, playing a middle–aged average man who becomes besotted with the womanly curves of leggy…
Alfresco (TV Series)Alfresco (TV Series) (1983-1984)
Dir. Stuart Orme
Feat. Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Ben Elton
A comedy sketch show, intended as ITV's equivalent to Not The Nine O'Clock News, which was currently popular on BBC. Written by Ben Elton, with…
Alice in WonderlandAlice in Wonderland (1983)
Dir. Kirk Browning
Feat. Kate Burton, Richard Burton, Eve Arden
From the Broadway Theatre Archive series, this is a filmed version of the 1970s revival of a 1932 Broadway version. Distinguished by extraordinary…
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (TV Series)Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (TV Series) (1983-2004) Recommended
Feat. Timothy Spall, Jimmy Nail, Tim Healy
Much loved and admired British drama series about a gang of construction labourers who take slightly dodgy, yet lucrative jobs in Europe and…
Bananaman (TV Series)Bananaman (TV Series) (1983-1986)
An animated series from the 80's featuring the talents of "The Goodies" themselves, based around the silly adventures of a schoolboy who eats a…
BullshotBullshot (1983)
Dir. Dick Clement
Feat. Alan Shearman, Billy Connolly, Michael Aldridge
Silly comedy starring Alan Shearman as 'Bullshot Crummond', a dunderheaded WW1 fighter pilot who must save the world from the dastardly Count Otto…

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