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Moonlighting (TV Series)Moonlighting (TV Series) (1985)
Dir. Robert Butler
Feat. Bruce Willis, Cybill Shepherd
The softly ironic, comedy–romance TV–series that made Bruce Willis a star, and almost revived Cybill Shepherd, set around a Private…
At Last Smith And Jones (TV Series)At Last Smith And Jones (TV Series) (Alas Smith and Jones) (1984-1998)
Feat. Mel Smith, Griff Rhys-Jones
Best of the British sketch show ALAS SMITH AND JONES. Similar in tone to NOT THE NINE O'CLOCK NEWS, this is equally hit–and–miss,…
Chance in a Million (TV Series)Chance in a Million (TV Series) (1984-1986)
Feat. Simon Callow, Brenda Blethyn
A young Simon Callow and Brenda Blethyn star as Tom Chance and his long–suffering girlfriend Alison in this 'classic' Brit–com based…
Comic Strip Presents: Fistful of Travellers Cheques, A / GinoComic Strip Presents: Fistful of Travellers Cheques, A / Gino (1984) Recommended
Dir. Bob Spiers
Feat. Rik Mayall, Pete Richardson, Keith Allen
Winning 'Spaghetti Western' spoof has straw–chewing posers Rik Mayall and Peter Richardson check into the Hotel Bastardos, where they meet…
Comic Strip Presents: Slags / Eddie MonsoonComic Strip Presents: Slags / Eddie Monsoon (1984)
Dir. Sandy Johnson
Feat. Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Adrian Edmondson
A Comic Strip double bill in which Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders are punk rockers in an anarchic future and Adrian Edmondson is the celebrity…
Duty Free (TV Series)Duty Free (TV Series) (1984)
Feat. Keith Barron, Gwen Taylor
Two Pommy couples vacationing in Spain do their best not to let their contrasting politics and attraction for one another get in the way of their…
Ever Decreasing Circles (TV Series)Ever Decreasing Circles (TV Series) (1984)
Feat. Richard Briers, Penelope Wilton, Peter Egan
Classic BBC comedy, where Richard Briers’ control freakery is challenged when a charming new neighbour (Egan) moves into the community. His…
Girls on Top (TV Series)Girls on Top (TV Series) (1984-1985)
Feat. Dawn French, Tracey Ullman, Jennifer Saunders
Dawn French gets more than she bargained for in recruiting three cantankerous roommates in order to accord the rent on her Chelsea flat. Among the…
Magnificent Evans, The (TV Series)Magnificent Evans, The (TV Series) (1984)
Feat. Ronnie Barker
Long–forgotten BBC comedy concerning 'Genius, Photographer And Man Of Letters' Plantagenet Evans (Barker), who lives in a Welsh village and…
Mapp and Lucia (TV Mini-series)Mapp and Lucia (TV Mini-series) (1984)
Dir. Donald McWhinnie
Feat. Geraldine McEwan, Prunella Scales, Nigel Hawthorne
Set in a small seaside town in 1920's England, this comedy of manners is an exquisitely stylised adaptation of E.F Benson's novel. Chronicles the…

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