Subgenre Sampler
Television > Drama: 995 Films to Buy & Rent
Daniel Deronda (TV Mini-series) (2002)
- Dir. Tom Hooper
Feat. Hugh Dancy, Romola Garai, Barbara Hershey…
- Faithful and reasonably stylish BBC adaptation of George Eliot's final novel, in which the titular young man (Dancy), an orphan raised by a guardian…
Dead Zone, The (TV Series) (2002-2006)
- Dir. Robert Lieberman
Feat. Anthony Michael Hall, David Ogden Stiers, Nicole De Boer
- Surprisingly effective spinoff from the 1983 David Cronenberg–Stephen King film, with Hall playing a coma victim who upon awakening six years…
Forsyte Saga, The (TV Series) (2002)
- Dir. Christopher Menaul, David Moore
Feat. Rupert Graves, Damian Lewis, Gina McKee
- Opulent adaptation of John Galsworthy’s cycle of novels by Granada television, with the saga of the squabbling, all–too–human Forsyte…
Foyle's War (TV Series) (2002-2015)
- Feat. Michael Kitchen, Honeysuckle Weeks, Anthony Howell
- A distinguished drama series of mysteries set at the dawn of World War II, from the makers of Midsomer Murders. Michael Kitchen stars as charismatic…
Linda Green (TV Series) (2002)
- Feat. Liza Tarbuck
- Surprisingly endearing comic drama, follows the life of swinging single girl Linda (played by former TV presenter Liza Tarbuck) from work to home to…
Lost World, The (TV Mini-series) (2002)
- Dir. Stuart Orme
Feat. Bob Hoskins, Peter Falk, James Fox…
- Sterling BBC adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s adventure novel, where an intrepid bunch of Victorians explore the Amazon jungle for dinosaurs…
Mataku (TV Series) (2002-2005)
- Dir. Michael Bennett, Peter Berger
Feat. Temuera Morrison
- A well–mounted anthology of contemporary one–off dramas, adapted from the unique and mystical world of Maori supernatural legends. The…
Taken (TV Series) (2002)
- Feat. Matt Frewer
- Steven Speilberg ‘presents’ this straight–faced mini–series about the impact of UFOs (abductions, investigations,…
Tipping the Velvet (2002)
- Dir. Geoffrey Sax
Feat. Rachael Stirling, Keeley Hawes, Anna Chancellor
- Dramatises a unique love–story (from Sarah Waters' novel) between a young girl and a charismatic male impersonator in the 1890s music hall, and…
Wire in the Blood - Prayer of the Bone (2002)
- Feat. Robson Green
- Feature–length spin–off episode from the acclaimed Brit crime series 'Wire in the Blood' – centred on a fatigued psychotherapist /…