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Not the Nine O'Clock News (TV Series)Not the Nine O'Clock News (TV Series) (1982) Recommended
Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith, Griff Rhys-Jones
The breakthrough series for comic superstars Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones and, er, Pamela Stephenson. The political sketches are as…
Police Squad! (TV Series)Police Squad! (TV Series) (1982)
Feat. Leslie Nielsen, Alan North, William Duell
Shortlived but pungent TV spoof based on the surreal, slapstick fumblings of a police investigation unit headed by a deadpan Leslie Nielsen, which…
Remington Steele (TV Series)Remington Steele (TV Series) (1982)
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Stephanie Zimbalist
A pre–Bond Pierce Brosnan oozes smarm and charm as Remington Steele, the fictitious head of a struggling private eye firm run by the sultry…
Square Pegs (TV Series)Square Pegs (TV Series) (1982-1983) Recommended
Feat. Sarah Jessica Parker, Amy Linker, Jami Gertz
Sassy high school comedy from the early 1980's centred around Sarah Jessica Parker and Amy Linker as two awkward teenage girls desperate to be…
Greatest American Hero, The (TV Series)Greatest American Hero, The (TV Series) (1981) Recommended
Feat. William Katt, Robert Culp, Connie Sellecca
A reluctant superhero if ever there was one, William Katt is engaging in this spoof sitcom as the toussle–haired school–teacher who is…
Hallelujah! (TV Series)Hallelujah! (TV Series) (1981)
Feat. Thora Hird, Patsy Rowlands, Rosamund Greenwood
Gentle British comedy concerning the evangelical exuberance of Salvation Army Captain Emily Ridley (Hird), who believes it is her mission to spread…
Only Fools and Horses (TV Series)Only Fools and Horses (TV Series) (1981)
Feat. David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Lennard Pearce
The highly successful British comedy series that made David Jason a star of the smallscreen, playing Del, a black–marketeer on the streets of…
Private Schulz Private Schulz (1981)
Feat. Michael Elphick, Ian Richardson, Billie Whitelaw
Gleefully macabre farce focuses on the scheming titular character who convinces the Nazis to mass counterfeit millions of five pound notes in a bid…
Sorry! (TV Series)Sorry! (TV Series) (1981)
Feat. Ronnie Corbett, Barbara Lott
Ronnie Corbett, forty–something and with the world as his oyster, can't get a break in this memorable sitcom where his possessive mother (Lott)…
Take a Letter Mr. Jones (TV Series)Take a Letter Mr. Jones (TV Series) (1981)
Feat. John Inman, Rula Lenska, Miriam Margolyes
British sitcom set in the office of a multinational corporation, where an exec juggles her hectic work life (and workplace sexual politics) with…

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