Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Television: 814 Films to Buy & Rent
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) (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…
Mother and Son (TV Series) (1984-1994)
- Feat. Ruth Cracknell, Garry McDonald
- A long–running, unlikely hit series about a hard–working career man who is saddled with the responsibility of caring for his bewildered,…
Punky Brewster (TV Series) (1984)
- Feat. Soleil Moon-Frye, George Gaynes
- Colourful family sitcom with Soleil Moon Frye attaining semi–iconic status as the feisty orphan adopted by a grumpy old widower.
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),…
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…
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (TV Series) (1983-2004)
- 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…
Blackadder - The Ultimate Edition Boxset (1983-1989)
- Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny…
- All four "Blackadder" series (24 episodes), plus the specials ("Christmas Carol", "Back & Forth", "The Cavalier Years") remastered in a 6–disc…
Return to Eden (TV Series) (1983)
- Feat. Rebecca Gilling
- Early 80s mini–series set around the survivor of a treacherous crocodile attack, that garnered a small cult due to its Aussie–kitsch…
'Allo 'Allo (TV Series) (1982-1992)
- Feat. Gordon Kaye, Carmen Silvera
- British farce at its best and silliest, this sitcom takeoff of every WW2 French Resistance film (and the TV Series 'Secret Army') is set around the…