Subgenre Sampler
Television > Drama: 989 Films to Buy & Rent
Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1998)
- Dir. Ian Sharp
Feat. Justine Waddell, Jason Flemyng, Oliver Milburn…
- British TV version of Thomas Hardy's famous novel concerning a young woman's tragic struggle in 19th century England.
Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star, The (1998)
- Dir. Sheree Folkson, Kieron Walsh
Feat. Ciaran McMenamin, Simone Lahbib, Nicole Stapleton…
- Young persons are the target of the whimsical Scottish TV series following the fortunes of an eclectic rock group who go from garage nobodies to gain…
A Dance to the Music of Time (1997)
- Dir. Alvin Rakoff
Feat. John Gielgud, Miranda Richardson, Alan Bennett…
- Adapted from Anthony Powell's 12 volume sequence of novels which begins among the aspiring classes of Edwardian Britain and continues across the…
Duggan (TV Series) (Death in Paradise, Sins of the Fathers) (1997-1998)
- Dir. Yvonne MacKay
Feat. John Bach
- Detective inspector John Bach heads up these made–for–TV policiers as a recluse drawn into a murder cases near his Marlborough Sounds…
Grand, The (TV Series) (1997-1998)
- Feat. Susan Hampshire, Rebecca Callard, Paul Warriner…
- Grandiose period drama set during the roaring twenties follows the Bannerman family as they re–open The Grand Hotel in Manchester. Written by…
Ivanhoe (1997)
- Dir. Stuart Orme
Feat. Steven Waddington, Victoria Smurfit, Ciaran Hinds…
- Sir Walter Scott's classic adventure of the Crusades gets a fair rollicking in this BBC adaptation. Returning from the wars in Palestine, Ivanhoe…
Lakes, The (TV Series) (1997)
- Feat. John Simm, Emma Cunniffe, Kaye Wragg…
- Gritty British drama following a compulsive gambler from Liverpool who moves to the Lake District and encounters the secrets, lies and crimes that…
Law and Order (TV Series) (1997)
- Feat. Michael Moriaty, George Dzundza, Paul Sorvino…
- The original US police and courtroom drama from which various satellite shows and TV movies have sprouted, which contrasts its polish with fairly…
Nostromo (1997)
- Dir. Alastair Reid
Feat. Colin Firth, Albert Finney, Brian Dennehy…
- A superb cast is lavished on this BBC version of Joseph Conrad's novel. Colin Firth plays a young English mine–owner struggling against the…
OZ (TV Series) (1997)
- Feat. Ernie Hudson, Harold Perrineau, Jr., J.K. Simmons…
- Groundbreaking HBO series delivers an unflinching look at life on the inside for a group of inmates serving hard time in a maximum security prison.…