Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Television: 820 Films to Buy & Rent
Mind Your Language (TV Series) (1977)
- Dir. Stuart Allen
Feat. Barry Evans
- Evans plays a mild–mannered, but harried teacher of non–English speakers at the Southbank College of Further Education in this amiably…
Norman Conquests, The (Mini-Series) (1977)
- Dir. Herbert Wise
Feat. Tom Conti, Richard Briers, Penelope Keith…
- Six of Britain's finest take on Alan Ayckbourn's small scale, socially incisive play, set in three different rooms across one dysfunctional family…
Rag Trade, The (TV Series) (1977)
- Dir. Stuart Allen
Feat. Peter Jones, Miriam Karlin
- Factory girl comedy set in a working class, East–End fashion sweatshop, this was considered progressive for its time due to its largely…
Richard Pryor Show, The (1977)
- Feat. Richard Pryor, Robin Williams, Sandra Bernhard
- The Richard Pryor Show features the outrageous comedian at his peak. Airing in 1977, this cutting–edge sketch comedy program dared to challenge…
Ripping Yarns (TV Series) (1977-1979)
- Feat. Michael Palin, Terry Jones
- History lessons from the comically skewered perspective of Ex Monty–Pythoners Michael Palin and Terry Jones.
Robin's Nest (TV Series) (1977)
- Dir. Peter Frazer-Jones
Feat. Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt, Tony Britton…
- Good–natured Brit TV comedy with Richard O'Sullivan reprising the role of Robin Tripp from the popular series, MAN ABOUT THE HOUSE. This time…
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…