Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Television: 814 Films to Buy & Rent
Peter Gunn (1989)
- Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Peter Strauss, Barbara Williams
- A telemovie reprise of the iconic 'Private Investigator' series of the late 50s and 60s, with original director Edwards and that famous Mancini tune…
Piglet Files, The (TV Series) (1989)
- Feat. Nicholas Lyndhurst, Serena Evans
- Quirky, much–loved British sitcom, with Nicholas Lyndhurst as an electronics whiz who inadvertently ends up working for the British…
Press Gang (TV Series) (1989-1993)
- Feat. Julia Sawalha, Dexter Fletcher
- Much–loved British TV series follows the fortunes of a newspaper, the 'Junior Gazette', run by a troublesome crowd of teenage students in North…
Simpsons, The (TV Series) (1989)
- Dir. Various
- Fun at home with Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson – the definitve animated American family, in the iconic TV series of the 1990s has…
Surgical Spirit (TV Series) (1989)
- Feat. Nichola McAuliffe, Duncan Preston
- ITV medical sitcom of the past, centred on a sabre–toothed surgeon (McAuliffe) who juggles workplace politics, home truths, and romantic…
Alexei Sayle's Stuff (TV Series) (1988)
- Feat. Alexei Sayle
- Highlights from Alexei Sayle's fab TV show including sketches “The Art of Verbal Abuse” and “Crapbags Holiday Tours”.
Chelmsford 123 (TV Series) (1988)
- Feat. Jimmy Mulville, Rory McGrath, Philip Pope
- A Roman governor is exiled to the murky English town of Chelmsford, AD 123, in this irreverent British sitcom. Recommended for fans of…
Clarence (TV Series) (1988)
- Feat. Ronnie Barker
- Celebrated British comedian Ronnie Barker's final television creation before retirement, playing a bumbling deliveryman with poor eyesight who his…
Comic Strip Presents: Strike (1988)
- Dir. Peter Richardson
Feat. Jennifer Saunders, Peter Richardson
- A 'Comic Strip' comedy which uses the 1980s miners' strike as a springboard for satire on both British politics and well–meaning Hollywood…
First of the Summer Wine (TV Series) (1988)
- Feat. David Fenwick, Paul Oldham, Paul Wyett…
- Good–natured prequel to the longest running sitcom shows heroes Clegg and Compo's youth leading up to the second World War.