Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Television: 1000 Films to Buy & Rent
Joh's Jury (1993)
- Dir. Ken Cameron
Feat. Simon Bossell, Noah Taylor, Gerry Connolly
- Intensively researched teledrama about the sensational trial of Queensland state premier Joh Bjelke–Petersen (Connolly) for perjury in…
Lipstick On Your Collar (1993)
- Dir. Renny Rye
Feat. Giles Thomas, Louise Germaine, Ewan McGregor
- Dennis Potter's musical comedy combines the elements that made his 'Singing Detective' and 'Pennies from Heaven' so memorable and distinctive. This…
NYPD Blue (TV Series) (1993)
- Feat. David Caruso, Dennis Franz, Amy Brenneman…
- "Groundbreaking" TV cop show that wasn't so much groundbreaking as a slick 90s rehash of the likes of 'Hill Street Blues'. But despite all the fast…
Peak Practice (TV Series) (1993)
- Feat. Kevin Whately, Amanda Burton, Simon Shepherd
- Popular, long–running British daytime staple about a new country GP adjusting to life and work in rural Derbyshire.
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Sharpe (TV Series) (1993-1998)
- Dir. Tom Clegg
Feat. Sean Bean, Brian Cox
- Various teledramas adapting Bernard Cornwall's famous novels about the adventures of an officer in the 19th century British Army. In perhaps his best…
Typhon's People (1993)
- Dir. Yvonne MacKay
Feat. Alfred Molina, Sophie Lee, Michael Hurst…
- Capable sci–fi thriller, scripted by Margaret Mahy, concerning dodgy genetic–engineering in a remote NZ research station. Stars local…
Year in Provence, A (TV Series) (1993)
- Dir. David Tucker
Feat. John Thaw, Lindsay Duncan
- Adapted from Peter Mayle's best–selling book, this depicts the experiences of an English couple who move into a rustic village in the south of…
A Touch of Frost (TV Series) (1992-1995)
- Feat. David Jason
- An old–fashioned but thoroughly reliable British detective series set around a Detective Inspector with the 'common touch'. David Jason's…
Anglo Saxon Attitudes (TV Series) (1992)
- Feat. Richard Johnson, Douglas Hodge, Elizabeth Spriggs…
- TV drama based on the post–war satirical novel by Angus Wilson, following an aging historian (Richard Johnson) as he reflects on his youth, his…
Camomile Lawn, The (1992)
- Feat. Felicity Kendal, Claire Bloom, Jennifer Ehle
- Handsomely mounted for it's time, this TV miniseries is set in 1939 in Cornwall, against the backdrop of the final days of the Spanish Civil War and…