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Perfect Spy, APerfect Spy, A (1987)
Dir. Peter Smith
Feat. Peter Egan, Ray McAnally, Peggy Ashcroft
Peter Egan is Magnus Pyum, a spy so perfect he has come to betray everyone he knows, including himself. A superbly realised Beeb version of John Le…
ScoopScoop (1987)
Dir. Gavin Millar
Feat. Denholm Elliott, Sir Michael Hordern, Herbert Lom
Satirical drama based on the 1938 novel of the same name by Evelyn Waugh. Set in the world of journalism, where an inexperienced reporter is sent to…
Thirtysomething (TV Series)Thirtysomething (TV Series) (1987-1991)
Feat. Timothy Busfield, Mel Harris, Peter Horton
One of the highlights of 1980's television, centering around a group of late thirties baby boomers struggling with adult angst in Philadelphia, is…
Tour of Duty (TV Series)Tour of Duty (TV Series) (1987-1988)
Feat. Terence Knox, Stephen Caffrey
A much–admired chronicle of U.S. soldiers grappling with combat, friendship, and ethics in Vietnam. One of several popular Vietnam War…
Edge of Darkness (TV Mini-series)Edge of Darkness (TV Mini-series) (1986) Recommended
Dir. Martin Campbell
Feat. Bob Peck, Joe Don Baker, Joanne Whalley
Multi award–winning suspense drama journeys into the secret, high–stakes world of the nuclear state. This is television at its most…
Life and Loves of a She-Devil, TheLife and Loves of a She-Devil, The (1986)
Dir. Philip Saville
Feat. Julie T Wallace, Dennis Waterman, Patricia Hodge
Splendidly ripe BBC adaptation of Fay Weldon's quasi–feminist satire in which a housewife (Wallace) discovers her husband's (Waterman)…
London's Burning (TV Series)London's Burning (TV Series) (1986-1988)
This long running drama series was developed from a feature length telemovie which focused on the lives of the Blue Watch firefighters in London's…
Monocled Mutineer, The (TV Mini-series)Monocled Mutineer, The (TV Mini-series) (1986)
Dir. Jim O'Brien
Feat. Paul McGann, Robert Fellows
A four–part BBC historical drama depicting the life of Private Percy Toplis, who supposedly led a British army mutiny against training officers…
Paradise Postponed (TV Series)Paradise Postponed (TV Series) (1986)
Feat. Sir Michael Hordern, Richard Vernon, Peter Egan
Ambitious series following various characters in a small British village across three post–war decades. Written by John Mortimer, who adapted…
Peter the Great (TV Mini-Series)Peter the Great (TV Mini-Series) (1986)
Feat. Maximilian Schell, Vanessa Redgrave, Omar Sharif
Emmy Award–winning mini–series about Peter I, Tsar of Russia from 1682, and his efforts to transform Russia in an "all European" country,…

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