Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Television: 814 Films to Buy & Rent
Soap (TV Series) (1977)
- Feat. Billy Crystal, Katherine Helmond, Robert Mulligan…
- Still the best satire of the television soap opera, this initially controversial series enveloped its line–up of characters in plots involving…
Strange Case of the End of Civilisation as We Know It, The (1977)
- Dir. Joseph McGrath
Feat. John Cleese, Arthur Lowe, Stratford Johns…
- Fans of John Cleese will delight in this dapper detective parody starring the tall one as the bungling descendant of Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Lowe…
Three Piece Suite (TV Series) (1977)
- Feat. Diana Rigg
- Rarefied BBC sketch show with Diana Rigg portraying three different women across three separate sketches, alternating effortlessly between comedy and…
Three's Company (TV Series) (1977-1984)
- Feat. John Ritter, Suzanne Somers, Joyce DeWitt
- A prime–time sitcom favourite about a trio of twenty–something room–mates (two girls and a guy), and their middle–aged…
Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, The (TV Series) (1976)
- Dir. John Howard Davies, Gareth Gwenlan
Feat. Leonard Rossiter, Pauline Yates
- The ultimate midlife–crisis sitcom, follows the adventures of Reginald as he wakes up to the absurdity of his middle–class existence and…
George and Mildred (TV Series) (1976)
- Dir. Peter Frazer-Jones
Feat. Yootha Joyce, Brian Murphy
- The landlords of MAN ABOUT THE HOUSE bicker away to much amusement in this still–funny 70s sitcom.
Moving to an upmarket suburb proves an…
Laverne & Shirley (TV Series) (1976)
- Feat. Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams
- From the golden age of sitcoms, this HAPPY DAYS spin–off followed the fortunes of two salty, life–long friends (Penny Marshall and Cindy…
Likely Lads, The (1976)
- Dir. Michael Tuchner
Feat. Rodney Bewes, James Bolam
- Feature spin–off from the unique 60's British comedy series focused on two men in the North East of England as they struggle with middle age…
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (TV Series) (1976-1977)
- Feat. Louise Lasser, Greg Mullavey
- Adventurous satirical soap opera from the 70's following a small–town housewife who encounters various complex and compounding…
Open All Hours (TV Series) (1976)
- Feat. Ronnie Barker, David Jason
- A signature role for Brit comedian Ronnie Barker, playing the stuttering, petty tyrant proprietor of an English cornershop.
Managing the extract…