Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Television: 820 Films to Buy & Rent
Emma (TV Series) (1972)
- Dir. John Glenister
Feat. Doran Godwin, John Carson
- A reverent, charming BBC adaptation of Jane Austen's novel about one of her most memorable characters, Emma Woodhouse.
Kung Fu (TV Series) (1972-1975)
- Feat. David Carradine, Jodie Foster, Jose Feliciano…
- The memorable TV series starring David 'Grasshopper' Carradine as a Shaolin monk wandering the wild west, armed only with his martial–arts…
Last Goon Show, The (1972)
- Feat. Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan
- Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan reunite in 1972 to perform a live show and reminisce their years as the kings of BBC radio comedy.
Love Thy Neighbour (TV Series) (1972)
- Dir. Stuart Allen
Feat. Jake Smethurst, Rudolph Walker
- Devised to defuse some of the racial tension of the day, this controversial 70s Brit sitcom hilariously pits black and white neighbours…
MASH (TV Series) (M*A*S*H) (1972-1983)
- Feat. Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, Loretta Swit
- Long running and much loved TV Series loosely based on Robert Altman’s 1969 film set in a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in the Korean…
Shelley (TV Series) (1972-1992)
- Feat. Hywel Bennett
- Classic British comedy series revels in one of the more unlikely deadly sins: sloth. University graduate James Shelley (Bennett) is a cynical,…
Till Death Us Do Part (TV Series) (1972-1974)
- Feat. Warren Mitchell
- Contentious, well remembered BBC sitcom is a comedy firebrand about a narrow–minded Cockney geezer whose racist diatribes were intended to be…
All in the Family (TV Series) (1971-1979)
- Dir. Norman Lear
Feat. Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner
- Iconic American sitcom from the 1970's centred around the life of working–class bigot Archie Bunker and his family in Queens, New York. The…
Bearcats! (TV Series) (1971)
- Feat. Rod Taylor, Dennis Cole
- Endearing "late Western" TV series set in 1914 in which Rod Taylor and Dennis Cole star as a pair of charismatic troubleshooters for hire who gad…
Comedians, The (TV Series) (1971-1993)
- Born out of the working men's clubs in 70's England, and beginning as an experiment for Granada TV, this had more gags, one–liners and knowing…