Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Tale of Two Cities, A (Mini-series) (1989)- Dir. Philippe Monnier
Feat. James Wilby, John Mills, Jean-Pierre Aumont… - BBC TV adaptation of Charles Dickens' great, historical novel of the French Revolution, in the shadow of which two, very different men fall for the…
Traffik (1989)- Dir. Alistair Reid
Feat. Bill Paterson - Complex mini–series set throughout the hierarchies of the international heroin trade. Filmed in locations such as Afghanistan, Pakistan and…
A Very British Coup (1988)- Dir. Mick Jackson
Feat. Ray McAnally, Alan MacNaughtan, Keith Allen… - Old–school Labourite Ray McAnally is elected Prime Minister of Great Britain, an event displeasing to various high–placed civil servants…
Bourne Identity, The (Mini-series) (1988)- Dir. Roger Young
Feat. Richard Chamberlain, Jaclyn Smith, Anthony Quayle… - Mini–series based on Robert Ludlam's best–seller about an injured, unconscious man who washes ashore in a small French town and discovers…
China Beach (TV Series) (1988)- Feat. Dana Delany, Michael Boatman, Nan Woods
- TV series set at an evacuation hospital during the Vietnam War, following the unique perspectives of a range of characters including US Army doctors…
Echoes (TV Mini-series) (1988)- Dir. Barbara Rennie
Feat. Siobhan Garahy, Robert Hines, Geraldine James… - Set in Ireland in the 1950's, this picturesque romance traces the life of a small town girl whose dreams of escape come true when she wins a…
Edens Lost (TV Mini-series) (1988)- Dir. Neil Armfield
Feat. Julia Blake, Linda Cropper - A melancholy dramatic saga set in rural Australia around the growing knowledge of a teenage boy from Sydney, staying with mysterious landed relatives…
Franchise Affair, The (1988)- Dir. Leonard Lewis
Feat. Rosalie Crutchley, Patrick Malahide - A 15yr–old schoolgirl who has been missing a month, re–appears, battered, bloody and accusing two local woman of kidnapping her to be…
Importance of Being Earnest (1988)- Dir. Stuart Burge
Feat. Gemma Jones, Alec McCowen, Paul McGann… - A straightforward and lucid version of Oscar Wilde's classic comedy, made for television by the BBC. McGann is a particular neurotic highlight.
Jack the Ripper (TV Mini-series) (1988)- Dir. David Wickes
Feat. Michael Caine, Armand Assante, Jane Seymour - This British television series adds a new solution to the ever–intriguing and grisly case of Jack the Ripper, who preyed on women in Victorian…
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