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To Serve Them All My Days (TV Series)To Serve Them All My Days (TV Series) (1980)
Feat. John Duttine
A shell–shocked WWI vet retreats to a teaching post in Devon, England, where he inspires students through unconventional and empowering means.…
Blue Remembered HillsBlue Remembered Hills (1979) Recommended
Dir. Brian Gibson
Feat. Colin Welland, Michael Elphick, Robin Ellis
Acutely observed teleplay from the genius of Dennis Potter: viewed through the prism of adolescence, Potter crafts a dark, elegiac, if always…
Children of Fire Mountain (TV Mini-Series)Children of Fire Mountain (TV Mini-Series) (1979)
Dir. Peter Sharp
Feat. Terence Cooper, Mark Hadlow
Fondly–remembered Kiwi period drama set in 1900 New Zealand, depicting the conflict between Maori and British settlers from the point of view…
Dick Turpin (TV Series)Dick Turpin (TV Series) (1979)
Feat. Richard O'Sullivan, Alfie Bass
Historical adventure series about the real–life 18th century highwayman Dick Turpin and his "Robin Hood" thieving of the rich to give to the…
Ike (TV Mini-series)Ike (TV Mini-series) (1979)
Dir. Boris Sagal, Melville Shavelson
Feat. Robert Duvall, Lee Remick, Dana Andrews
Robert Duvall is expectedly good in this three–part miniseries detailing the life of Dwight D. Eisenhower, who commanded American forces during…
Knots Landing (TV Series)Knots Landing (TV Series) (1979)
Feat. Joan Van Ark, Michele Lee, Ted Shackelford
Bold and beautiful couples stake out their territory in a suburban Californian cul–de–sac. An addictive primetime soap of…
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…

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