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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…
That's My Boy (TV Series)That's My Boy (TV Series) (1981)
Feat. Mollie Sugden, Christopher Blake
ARE YOU BEING SERVED?'s kooky Mollie Sugden broke ranks with this batty British sitcom, in which she played the hired housekeeper of a young married…
An Audience with Dame EdnaAn Audience with Dame Edna (1980-1988)
Dir. Alasdair MacMillan
Feat. Barry Humphries
A compilation of three TV specials starring the indefatigable and imperious Dame Edna Everage (Barry Humphries in drag) as she shares her opinions on…
Bosom Buddies (TV Series)Bosom Buddies (TV Series) (1980)
Feat. Tom Hanks, Peter Scolari
Box office everyman Tom Hanks dons womenswear as a yuppie advertising executive resigned to living in an all–female tenement.…
Cowboys (TV Series)Cowboys (TV Series) (1980)
Dir. Michael Mills
Feat. Colin Welland, David Kelly, Roy Kinnear
Wickedly funny early–80's comedy centered around a dubious firm of dis–functional builders.
Hi-de-hi! (TV Series)Hi-de-hi! (TV Series) (1980-1988)
Feat. Paul Shane, Ruth Madoc, Jeffrey Holland
The classic 1980s comedy series that took a sardonic look at the garish and cheerful culture of post–WW2 British holiday camps. Set around the…
Pride and Prejudice (TV Mini-Series)Pride and Prejudice (TV Mini-Series) (1980)
Feat. Elizabeth Garvie, David Rintoul, Moray Watson
Fay Weldon adaptation of the Jane Austen perennial in which the arrival of a wealthy gentleman sends her marriage–minded mother into a frenzy,…
Rising Damp (TV Series)Rising Damp (TV Series) (1980)
Dir. Ronnie Baxter
Feat. Leonard Rossiter, Richard Beckinsale, Frances de la Tour
A dank Brit boarding–house is the setting for this classic sitcom written by Eric Chappell. Series 1 & 2 (15 episodes) available across two…

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