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Alan Bennett at the BBCAlan Bennett at the BBC (1978-1992) Recommended
Dir. Stuart Burge, John Schlesinger, Richard Eyre
Feat. James Fox, Alan Bates, Prunella Scales
An exceptional anthology of previously unreleased BBC productions from revered playwright Alan Bennett. Collection includes: – A Day Out…
Alan Clarke at the BBC, Volume 2: DisruptionAlan Clarke at the BBC, Volume 2: Disruption (1978-1989)
Dir. Alan Clarke
Feat. Gary Oldman, David Bowie, Sean Chapman
A 5–DVD box set bringing together long–unavailable productions which Alan Clarke directed for the BBC between 1978 and 1987. All these…
All Creatures Great and Small (TV Series)All Creatures Great and Small (TV Series) (1978)
Feat. Christopher Timothy, Peter Davison, Robert Hardy
A timelessly charming BBC series set around the misadventures of a vet in Yorkshire in the 1940s. Tending to various farm animals of the region…
An Englishman's Castle (TV Mini-series)An Englishman's Castle (TV Mini-series) (1978)
Dir. Paul Ciappessoni
Feat. Kenneth More, Isla Blair, Kathleen Byron
TV miniseries set in an alternative history where Germany won WWII and England is ruled by a fascist government. Kenneth More plays a writer for a…
An Unmarried WomanAn Unmarried Woman (1978) Recommended
Dir. Paul Mazursky
Feat. Jill Clayburgh, Alan Bates, Michael Murphy
Jill Clayburgh endeared herself to a generation of women with this well–loved character study of a divorced New Yorker navigating the single…
Anna KareninaAnna Karenina (1978)
Dir. Basil Coleman
Feat. Victoria Allum, Nicola Pagett, Stuart Wilson
Leo Tolstoy's classic novel of the love–lives of Russian high–society, is here adapted by the BBC. Shot on location in Hungary.
Autumn SonataAutumn Sonata (1978)
Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Lena Nyman
The resumes of director Bergman and actress Bergman intersect for the first and only time in this, ahem, Bergmanesque (sombre, brutally honest,…
Blood FeudBlood Feud (Fatto di sangue fra due uomini per causa di una vedova - si sospettano moventi politici) (1978)
Dir. Lina Wertmuller
Feat. Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Giancarlo Giannini
Convoluted romantic drama set against the rise of Mussolini has recently widowed Loren torn between an attorney and petty thief. Overheated (and…
Buddy Holly Story, TheBuddy Holly Story, The (1978) Recommended
Dir. Steve Rash
Feat. Gary Busey
An exceptional Hollywood biography of the seminal rock 'n'roll star, with an uncanny lead performance from Gary Busey.
Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, TheChant of Jimmie Blacksmith, The (1978) Recommended
Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Tommy Lewis, Freddy Reynolds, Jack Charles
Powerful adaptation of Thomas Keneally's fact–based novel about an exploited half–caste Aborigine who eventually erupts in tragic…

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