Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8092 Films to Buy & Rent
Merchant of Venice, The (2000)
- Dir. Trevor Nunn
Feat. Henry Goodman
- A wonderful TV version (taken from an acclaimed production) of Shakespeare's 'problem play', recreating the classic tale of debt, honour and love in…
Monarch of the Glen (TV Series) (2000)
- Dir. Edward Bennett, A.J. Quinn
Feat. Richard Briers, Susan Hampshire, Alastair Mackenzie
- A whimsical drama set on the Scottish Highland estate of Glenbogle, with Richard Briers and Susan Hampshire.
Monsignor Renard (TV Mini-series) (2000)
- Dir. Malcolm Mowbray
Feat. John Thaw, Cheryl Campbell, Dominic Monaghan
- ITV drama starring John Thaw as a humble parish priest who returns home to his French village to join the resistance during WWII after a twenty year…
Mr. Rice's Secret (2000)
- Dir. Nicholas Kendall
Feat. David Bowie
- David Bowie is the 400–yr old ‘friend’ of a terminally ill boy who is directed into a magical adventure in this British–Canadian…
Mrs Bradley Mysteries, The (TV Series) (2000)
- Feat. Diana Rigg
- Short–lived but rewarding variation on the mystery serial turns the clock back to the 1920s, where upper class socialite Adela Bradley dabbles…
Mrs. Caldicot's Cabbage War (2000)
- Dir. Ian Sharp
Feat. Pauline Collins, Peter Capaldi
- Pauline Collins (SHIRLEY VALENTINE) plays an elderly widow who is shunted into a resthome by her money grubbing offspring, who don’t count on her…
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series) (2000)
- Dir. Paul Seed
Feat. Ian Richardson, Robin Laing, Charles Dance
- A rather fascinating speculation which dramatises the real–life relationship between "Sherlock Homes"–author Arthur Conan Doyle (Laing)…
My Family (TV Series) (2000-2006)
- Feat. Zoe Wanamaker, Robert Lindsay
- Sturdy British sitcom with Zoe Wanamaker and Robert Lindsay at the head of middle–class family whose dysfunctions range from the petty…
My Mother Frank (2000)
- Dir. Mark Lamprell
Feat. Sinead Cusack, Sam Neill, Sacha Horler…
- Sober comedy with an 'it's never too late' theme, is nicely done despite some rather convenient plotting.
Mother and widow Sinead Cusack decides…
Nicholas Nickleby (TV Series) (2000)
- Dir. Stephen Whittaker
Feat. James D'Arcy, Charles Dance
- An ITV version of Charles Dickens’ saga of family misfortune. Young Nicholas (James D’Arcy) must fight his malevolent uncle (Charles Dance) to…