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Subgenre Sampler
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) (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) (1986)
- 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, 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) (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) (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) (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) (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,…
Singing Detective, The (TV Series) (1986)
- Dir. Jon Amiel
Feat. Michael Gambon, Joanne Whalley, Patrick Malahide… - Ground–breaking fantasy–drama from the unique genius of Dennis Potter. Michael Gambon is brilliant as a bed–ridden, frustrated…
Alfred Hitchcock Presents… (1985)- Dir. Various
Feat. Ned Beatty, John Huston, Steven Bauer… - Four episodes from the TV–series, posthumously endorsed by Hitch, which replicate his blend of suspense, macabre humour and brutal…
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