Subgenre Sampler
Complete Talking Heads, The (TV Miniseries) (1987-1998)
- Dir. Alan Bennett
Feat. Alan Bennett, Stephanie Cole, Thora Hird… - Much–feted 1980s TV series comprising a series of six stage monologues by renowned playwright Alan Bennett, devised to depict various suffering…
Degrassi Junior High (TV Series) (1987-1991)- An unusually entertaining 1980s Canadian high school drama gathered a certain cult following around its charismatic young cast and well–judged…
East of Ipswich (1987)- Dir. Tristram Powell
Feat. Edward Rawle-Hicks - Michael Palin drew from his childhood memories of seaside family holidays in penning this coming–of–age dramedy for the BBC, set in the…
Fortunes of War (TV Mini-series) (1987)- Dir. James Cellan Jones
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Alan Bennett… - An under–appreciated historical epic focused on the personal experience of war, starring then–English glamour couple Kenneth Branagh and…
Ghosts (1987)- Dir. Elijah Moshinsky
Feat. Judi Dench, Michael Gambon, Kenneth Branagh… - BBC television adaptation of Ibsen's great, once–controversial play about secrets and lies, sex and hypocrisy, starring Judy Dench as Mrs…
Harp in the South, The (TV Mini Series) (1987)- Dir. George Whaley
Feat. Martyn Sanderson, Anne Phelan, Anna Hruby… - A TV mini–series about an Irish family who migrate to Australia in the post WW2 years to find their hopes of prosperity dashed on the streets…
In Between (TV Series) (1987)- Feat. Sheryl Munks, Vichea Ten, Jim Petrovski…
- Acclaimed Australian TV series about troubled teenagers attempting to find their way through life in the inner city, dealing with issues like drugs,…
Inspector Morse (TV Series) (1987)- Feat. John Thaw
- Much–loved British TV Series that follows the criminal cases of Morse, probably John Thaw's most famous character – the cantankerous…
Little Dorrit (TV Mini-Series) (1987)- Dir. Christine Edzard
Feat. Alec Guinness, Derek Jacobi, Joan Greenwood… - Exemplary, all–star reworking of the Charles Dickens' classic in two parts. The first, "Nobody's Fault", is told from Arthur Clennam's (Derek…
Make and Break (1987)- Dir. Michael Frayn
Feat. Judi Dench, Robert Hardy - BBC television drama, directed by Michael Frayn and based on his play of the same name, stars Hardy as a building industry boss, unaware of his…
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