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Littlest Hobo, The (TV Series)Littlest Hobo, The (TV Series) (1979-1985)
Winning family serial follows a wandering German shepherd who who travels from place to place befriending and helping the struggling.
Prisoner (TV Series)Prisoner (TV Series) (Prisoner Cell Block H) (1979-1986) Recommended
Feat. Sheila Florance
The classic Australian women's prison series, which still sets the standard for its tough–as–nails cast, pithy dialogue and unglamorous…
Testament of Youth (Mini-series)Testament of Youth (Mini-series) (1979)
Dir. Moira Armstrong
Feat. Cheryl Campbell, Peter Woodward, Emrys James
Sterling adaptation of Vera Brittain's memoir recounts her early years and lost loves admidst the turmoil of the first world war.
Thomas and Sarah (TV Series)Thomas and Sarah (TV Series) (1979)
Feat. John Alderton, Pauline Collins
Spinoff to UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS, this features John Alderton and Pauline Collins reprising their roles as Thomas, the chauffeur, and Sarah, the…
To the Manor Born (TV Series)To the Manor Born (TV Series) (1979-1981)
Feat. Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles
Fondly remembered British comedy series in which the recently widowed Audrey Forbes–Hamilton (Keith) finds she has to relinquish her stately…
All Creatures Great and Small (TV Series)All Creatures Great and Small (TV Series) (1978)
Feat. Christopher Timothy, Peter Davison, Robert Hardy
A timelessly charming BBC series set around the misadventures of a vet in Yorkshire in the 1940s. Tending to various farm animals of the region…
An Englishman's Castle (TV Mini-series)An Englishman's Castle (TV Mini-series) (1978)
Dir. Paul Ciappessoni
Feat. Kenneth More, Isla Blair, Kathleen Byron
TV miniseries set in an alternative history where Germany won WWII and England is ruled by a fascist government. Kenneth More plays a writer for a…
Anna KareninaAnna Karenina (1978)
Dir. Basil Coleman
Feat. Victoria Allum, Nicola Pagett, Stuart Wilson
Leo Tolstoy's classic novel of the love–lives of Russian high–society, is here adapted by the BBC. Shot on location in Hungary.
Disraeli (TV Mini-series)Disraeli (TV Mini-series) (1978)
Dir. Claude Whatham
Feat. Ian McShane, Rosemary Leach, Mary Peach
Detailed biopic of the remarkable life of the author turned British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. Talky and visually limited this is more than a…
Edward and Mrs. Simpson (TV Mini-series)Edward and Mrs. Simpson (TV Mini-series) (1978)
Dir. Waris Hussein
Feat. Edward Fox, Cynthia Harris, Peggy Ashcroft
Tasteful, but perceptive television series follows the scandalous romance between British monarch Edward VIII and American socialite (and divorcee)…

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