Subgenre Sampler
Television > Drama: 995 Films to Buy & Rent
Little Women (TV Mini-series) (1978)
- Dir. David Lowell Rich
Feat. Susan Dey, Meredith Baxter-Birney, Ann Dusenberry…
- Emmy Award–winning two part miniseries adapting Louisa May Alcott's autobiographical novel. Mostly unsurprising except for the casting of…
Pennies From Heaven (Mini Series) (1978)
- Dir. Piers Haggard
Feat. Bob Hoskins, Cheryl Campbell, Gemma Craven…
- The original television version of Dennis Potter's acclaimed and much–remembered musical drama, set around philandering sheet–music…
Rumpole of the Bailey (TV Series) (1978-1992)
- Dir. Herbert Wise
Feat. Leo McKern, Peter Bowles, Patricia Hodge
- The much–loved series in which Leo McKern portrayed the rumpled lawyer – created by playwright Sir John Mortimer – who attacks his…
Sandbaggers, The (TV Series) (1978)
- Feat. Roy Marsden, Alan MacNaughtan
- The Sandbaggers is a nickname for the Special Section of the British SIS – a team of special agents deployed undercover in hostile situations…
Six Plays by Alan Bennett (1978-1979)
- Dir. Stephen Frears, Lindsay Anderson, Giles Foster
Feat. Thora Hird, Prunella Scales, Patricia Routledge…
- Six classic plays by Oscar nominated playwright Alan Bennett, produced by Stephen Frears, who also directs four of the six.
ME! I'M AFRAID OF…
Will Shakespeare (TV Mini-series) (1978)
- Dir. Mark Cullingham, Robert Knights
Feat. Tim Curry, Ian McShane, Nicholas Clay…
- 6 Part Mini Series dramatising the life of Shakespeare, portrayed by Tim Curry. Each episode centres around the creation of a different play.
Another Bouquet (TV Mini-Series) (1977)
- Dir. John Frankau
Feat. Frank Finlay, James Aubrey, Deborah Grant…
- So–so follow up to Andrea Newman's painful chronicle of incestual desire is set six months later, and the repercussions are still being felt.
Citizen Smith (1977-1980)
- Dir. Ray Butt
Feat. Robert Lindsay
- Mischievous TV comedy about self–styled 'urban guerilla' Wolfie Smith (Lindsay) who tries to spark a socialist revolution from the London…
Eight is Enough (TV Series) (1977)
- Feat. Dick Van Patten, Diana Hyland, Betty Buckley
- Comedy about a family of eight living in Sacramento California, where Dad is a columnist for the fictional local newspaper (based on real–life…
Jesus of Nazareth (Mini Series) (1977)
- Dir. Franco Zeffirelli
Feat. Robert Powell, Laurence Olivier, Anne Bancroft…
- Touched by the hand of Franco Zeffirelli and a who's–who of famous thesps, this is the most respectfully detailed and complete retelling of the…