Subgenre Sampler
Television > Drama: 995 Films to Buy & Rent
Glittering Prizes, The (TV Mini-series) (1976)
- Feat. Tom Conti, Mark Wing-Davey, Nigel Havers
- Bittersweet Mini–series following a group of Cambridge University pals from days of 50's style college shenanigans into their muddled adult…
Hunter's Gold (TV Series) (1976)
- Feat. Ken Blackburn, Andrew Hawthorn, Ian Mune…
- Classic kidult series follows young Scott Hunter as he searches for his father amidst the Otago Gold Rush in thismagnificent recreation of early New…
I, Claudius (TV Series) (1976)
- Dir. Herbert Wise
Feat. Brian Blessed, John Hurt, Derek Jacobi…
- Superlative televison epic spans the juicy analogues of Roman history with Augustus (Brian Blessed), Caligula (John Hurt), Claudius (Derek Jacobi)…
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (TV Series) (1976-1977)
- Feat. Louise Lasser, Greg Mullavey
- Adventurous satirical soap opera from the 70's following a small–town housewife who encounters various complex and compounding…
Moneychangers, The (TV Series) (1976)
- Feat. Kirk Douglas, Christopher Plummer, Anne Baxter…
- Kirk Douglas and Christopher Plummer play executives battling to claim the presidency of one of America's largest banks in this meaty financial…
Our Mutual Friend (Mini-Series) (1976)
- Dir. Peter Hammond
Feat. Leo McKern, Kathleen Harrison, John McEnery…
- Faultless performances bring vigour to this brooding, Dickensian tale of love triangles, plots within plots, and above all “money, money, money,…
Picture of Dorian Gray, The (1976)
- Dir. John Gorrie
Feat. John Gielgud, Jeremy Brett, Peter Firth
- His self–portrait taking all the consequences, artist Jeremy Brett leads a debauched lifestyle that ultimately takes its toll, leading to…
Quincy, M.E (TV Series) (1976-1983)
- Feat. Jack Klugman
- The genuine precursor to the CSI 'forensic crime' television genre, this groundbreaking series has Jack Klugman (of TV's 'The Odd Couple') playing a…
Rich Man, Poor Man (Mini-series) (1976)
- Feat. Peter Strauss, Nick Nolte, Susan Blakely…
- Popular TV Mini–Series with a superb ensemble cast based on the best–selling Irwin Shaw novel following the fate of two immigrant…
Sullivans, The (TV Series) (1976-1983)
- Feat. Mel Gibson
- Long–running Australian series set during WW2 Melbourne that became an iconic, antipodean version of THE WALTONS, eventually running to 1114…