Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Television: 997 Films to Buy & Rent
Persuasion (1971)
- Dir. Howard Baker
Feat. Ann Firbank, Richard Vernon, Bryan Marshall
- Circumspect heroine Anne Elliot has the opportunity to rekindle a long–abandoned love–affair, in this BBC adaption of Jane Austen's final…
Wild Duck, The (1971)
- Dir. Alan Bridges
Feat. Denholm Elliott, Jenny Agutter
- Adapted from the 1884 Play by Henrik Ibsen and broadcast as part of the BBC's "Play Of The Month" series. A wealthy family's existence is…
Six Wives of Henry VIII, The (TV Mini-Series) (1970)
- Feat. Keith Michell, Rosalie Crutchley, Jane Seymour
- Accurate BAFTA–winning TV series chronicling the life of the notorious Henry VIII by way of six plays, featuring a notable cast and immaculate…
An Ideal Husband / Lady Windermere's Fan (1969-1985)
- Dir. Rudolph Cartier
Feat. Margaret Leighton, Keith Michell, Jeremy Brett…
- Two well–mounted BBC television productions from the pen of Oscar Wilde, done with fidelity, grace, cunning and wit: An Ideal Husband (1969) &…
Marcus Welby MD (TV Series) (1969)
- Feat. Robert Young, James Brolin
- Long–running medical drama, with Robert Young as the beloved General Practioner whose unorthodox care of patients riled his much younger,…
Oscar Wilde Collection, The (An Ideal Husband, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Lady Windermere's Fan, Importance of Being Earnest) (1969-1988)
- Stacked with British thespian pedigree, these four BBC adaptations represent the collected Oscar Wilde works.
Boxset includes the following…
Paul Temple (TV Series) (1969)
- Feat. Francis Matthews, Ros Drinkwater
- Forgotten 70s crime series follows the fortunes of a globetrotting novelist–cum–amateur sleuth and his dishy wife. Something of an…
Forsyte Saga, The (TV Series) (1967)
- Dir. David Giles, James Cellan Jones
Feat. Eric Porter, Ngaire Dawn Porter, Kenneth More…
- The BBC's acclaimed version of John Galsworthy's series of novels known as "The Forsyte Saga", which cover the lives of five generations of a wealthy…
Wuthering Heights (1967)
- Dir. Peter Sasdy
Feat. Ian McShane, Angela Scoular
- This BBC adaptation of Emily Bronte's gothic romance was one of only a handful that were able to cover the entire novel by virtue of the miniseries…
Cathy Come Home (1966)
- Dir. Ken Loach
Feat. Carol White
- Dramatic critique of Britain's housing problems follows the progress of a young couple in London as they slip down the social and class ladder into…