Subgenre Sampler
Television > Comedy: 810 Films to Buy & Rent
- 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),…
- 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…
- Cheers (TV Series) (1982)
- Feat. Ted Dansen, Shelley Long, Rhea Perlman…
- One of the longest–running sitcoms, set around a Boston bar and its regulars. Went on to launch the bigscreen careers of many of its…
- Family Ties (TV Series) (1982-1989)
- Feat. Michael Gross, Meredith Baxter-Birney, Michael J. Fox…
- Perhaps the quintessential 80's family sitcom, based around the 'politically–correct' ex–hippie parents who find themselves in the…
- Irish R. M., The (1982-1985)
- Dir. Robert Chetwyn
Feat. Peter Bowles, Beryl Reid, Niall Toibin…
- Classic Irish comedy–drama series following a retired English army officer living in turn–of–the–century West Ireland. Based…