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Subgenre Sampler
Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) (1984-1990)- Feat. Angela Lansbury
- The archetypal amateur sleuth series, this long–running show starred the indomitable Angela Lansbury as a mystery…
Widows (TV Series) (1984)- Feat. Ann Mitchell, Ann Mitchell
- Gritty crime TV from the writer of PRIME SUSPECT, Lynda La Plante, about the widows of three armed robbers who take over their husbands' crime busines
Agatha Christie: Partners in Crime (TV Series) (1983)- Feat. Francesca Annis, James Warwick, Reece Dinsdale
- Crisp adaptation of some of Dame Agatha's lesser known short mysteries. The protagonists here are husband and wife sleuths Tommy and Prudence…
Chiefs (TV Mini Series) (1983)- Dir. Jerry London
Feat. Charlton Heston, Keith Carradine, Brad Davis… - A well–regarded television series stretching across three generations of policemen in a small city in the American South, beset by changing…
Hound of the Baskervilles, The (1983)- Dir. Douglas Hickox
Feat. Ian Richardson, Martin Shaw, Denholm Elliott… - Ian Richardson (HOUSE OF CARDS) plays Sherlock Holmes in this crafted version of Conan Doyle’s most famous mystery, in which a monstrous…
Jamaica Inn (Mini Series) (1983)- Dir. Lawrence Gordon Clark
Feat. Jane Seymour, Patrick McGoohan, Trevor Eve 
Reilly Ace Of Spies (TV Mini-series) (1983)
- Dir. Martin Campbell, Jim Goddard
Feat. Sam Neill, Peter Egan, Ian Charleson… - Quintessential 1980s mini–series follows the adventures of a real life British superspy Sidney Reilly in the turbulent Russia, Europe and Asia…
Scales of Justice (TV Mini-series) (1983)- Dir. Michael Jenkins
Feat. John Hargreaves, Bill Hunter, Isabelle Anderson… - A three–part crime drama which links tales of drug–dealing, organised crime, police corruption and political conspiracy in 1980s…
Angel (1982)- Dir. Neil Jordan
Feat. Stephen Rea, Marie Kean, Ray McAnally - The gritty feature debut of Irish director Neil Jordan stars Stephen Rea as a saxophonist who witnesses the gangland murder of the band's manager and…
Hound of the Baskervilles, The (1982)- Dir. Peter Duguid
Feat. Tom Baker - Former Doctor Who Tom Baker plays Inspector Holmes in this serviceable adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan's most famous Sherlock mystery.
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