Subgenre Sampler
Television > Drama: 995 Films to Buy & Rent
Brides of Christ (TV Series) (1991)
- Dir. Ken Cameron
Feat. Brenda Fricker, Naomi Watts, Russell Crowe
- Set in Catholic convent in 1960s Australia among a group of nuns and students, this series caused mild controversy on release, depicting the church…
Brittas Empire, The (TV Series) (1991)
- Feat. Chris Barrie
- Set around the mishap–prone executive of the 'Whitbury New Town Leisure Centre', this enjoyable series provided a semi–satirical look at…
Clarissa (Mini-series) (1991)
- Dir. Robert Bierman
Feat. Sean Bean, Saskia Wickham, Shirley Henderson
- Based on the colossal Samuel Richardson novel this series set in the 18th century reveals the trials of a young heiress in line for an arranged…
Commish, The (TV Series) (1991-1995)
- Feat. Michael Chiklis
- Impressionable cop series set in small–town America with Michael Chiklis taking on the role of local police commissioner attempting to balance…
Eerie Indiana (TV Series) (1991-1992)
- Feat. Omri Katz, Justin Shenkarow
- Short–lived, cult TWIN PEAKS–offshoot follows the arrival of a young boy to Eerie, Indiana, a town overrun with urban legends, a living…
G.B.H (TV Mini-series) (1991)
- Feat. Robert Lindsay, Michael Palin, Dearbhla Molloy…
- Dynamite Channel 4 mini–series from the pointed pen of tele–writer Alan Bleasdale plays out the battle of wits between a mad Labour Party…
Prime Suspect (TV Series) (1991-2003)
- Dir. Christopher Menaul
Feat. Helen Mirren, Tom Bell, Tom Wilkinson…
- Helen Mirren stars as DCI Tennison in seven award–winning (Emmy and BAFTA) mini–series from the pen of Lynda La Plante.
Sleepers (TV Series) (1991)
- Feat. Nigel Havers, Warren Clarke
- Absurdist BBC spy comedy set in the post–Glasnost era, where it is discovered that two KGB agents assigned to infiltrate British society in the…
Beverly Hills 90210 (TV Series) (1990-2000)
- Dir. Tim Hunter
Feat. Shannen Doherty, Jason Priestley, Tori Spelling…
- In its day, compulsory viewing for teenagers, as the Beverly Hills High gang of new–faces (Shannen Doherty, Jason Priestley), rich–kids…
House of Cards, The (TV Series) (1990-1993)
- Dir. Paul Seed
Feat. Ian Richardson
- A sardonic and blackly humourous look at British politics, with a reptilian Ian Richardson plotting and blackmailing his way into power in three…