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Jpod (TV Series) (2008): Feat. David Kopp, Steph Song, Benjamin Ayres…; Smart adaptation of cult author Douglas Coupland's novel chronicling the misadventures of the staff of an eccentric video game design studio.…
Legend of the Seeker, The (TV Series) (2008): Feat. Craig Horner, Bridget Regan, Bruce Spence…; Sword–and–Sorcery coming–of–age journey with The Seeker as he joins forces with a mysterious woman and a wise, powerful…
Fresh Prince of Bel Air, The (TV Series) (1990-1996): Feat. Will Smith, Jeffrey A. Townes, Nia Long; The TV springboard to fame for rapper Will Smith, this series has the teenage 'fresh prince' move from the street–smart action of…
Bangkok Hilton (Mini-Series) (1989): Dir. Ken Cameron
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving, Denholm Elliott…; Gripping mini series with Kidman giving a dynamite performance as a young woman sent to the horrific "Bangkok Hilton" prison, after being tricked…
Baywatch (TV Series) (1989-2001): Feat. David Hasselhoff, Parker Stevenson, Pamela Anderson…; Sun–soaked 90's television series based around the dramatic happenings of a disturbingly attractive lifeguard unit keeping the beaches safe…
Behaving Badly (TV mini-series) (1989): Dir. David Tucker
Feat. Judi Dench, Frances Barber, Maurice Denham…; A bleak though blackly–comic mini–series with Judi Dench as a dowdy housewife who belatedly comes out of her shell after her husband of…
Birds of a Feather (TV Series) (1989): Feat. Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson, Lesley Joseph; Charming and concise British sitcom following the fortunes of two sisters, each married to small–time crooks, who move in together after their…
Blackadder Goes Forth (TV Series) (1989): Dir. Richard Boden
Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson; Final official series, set on the Western Front 1917. Six episodes contained on a single DVD or two tape volumes: 'Captain Cook', 'Corporal…
Booker (TV Series) (1989-1990): Feat. Carmen Argenziano; Good value spin–off series from 21 JUMP STREET, with Richard Grieco from the original series taking on the role of a rebellious private…
Comedy Company, The (TV Series) (1988-1990): Feat. Glenn Robbins; Although suffering a little with the passing of time, this classic Australian sketch show still holds many cherished memories with its collection of…
Master Builder, The (1988): Feat. Leo McKern, Miranda Richardson, Jane Lapotaire; A BBC adaptation of the 1892 play By Henrik Ibsen, aired on BBC as part of the 'Theatre Night' series in 1988. Tells the story of a middle–aged…
Murphy Brown (TV Series) (1988-1998): Feat. Candice Bergen; A solid and likeable sttcom set around a gutsy woman journalist in Washington DC, who negotiates her personal indulgences and demons along with the…
Natural Causes (1988): Dir. Vernon Lawrence
Feat. George Cole, Prunella Scales; A farcical comedy of infidelity and spousal skulduggery. George Cole plays a professional 'disposer' who is hired to fabricate the suicide of a…
Blackadder 3 (TV Series) (1987): Dir. Mandie Fletcher
Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Laurie, Tony Robinson; Classic third series set in England 1760–1815. Six episodes contained on one DVD or two tape volumes: 'Dish and Dishonesty', 'Ink and…
Dame Edna Experience, The (TV Series) (1987): Feat. Barry Humphries; Dame Edna Everage hosted this riotous mock chat–show in the late eighties (following a series of successful TV specials), where her guests…
Harp in the South, The (TV Mini Series) (1987): Dir. George Whaley
Feat. Martyn Sanderson, Anne Phelan, Anna Hruby…; A TV mini–series about an Irish family who migrate to Australia in the post WW2 years to find their hopes of prosperity dashed on the streets…
Married With Children (TV Series) (1987-1998): Feat. Ed O'Neill, Christina Applegate, Katey Sagal…; Brilliantly rancid satire on US sitcoms like THE COSBY SHOW, depicting a white trash family of appalling bad taste, curdled dreams and sick…
Melba (TV Mini-series) (1987): Dir. Rodney Fisher
Feat. Linda Cropper, Tom Burlinson, Hugo Weaving; Biopic of famed Australian opera singer Dame Nellie Melba, whose professional veneer hid a tumultuous private life, her struggles to provide as a…
Poor Little Rich Girl - The Barbara Hutton Story (Mini-Series) (1987): Dir. Charles Jarrott
Feat. Farrah Fawcett, Burl Ives, Bruce Davison…; Farrah Fawcett divides and conquers in this sizable biopic on the life and times of heiress Barbara Hutton, whose lineage to the Woolworth fortune…
Poor Man's Orange (TV Mini-series) (1987): Dir. George Whaley
Feat. Martyn Sanderson, Anne Phelan, Kaarin Fairfax…; The continuing sagas of a poverty stricken Irish–Australian family, in this sequel to HARP IN THE SOUTH.
A Bit of Fry and Laurie (TV Series) (1986-1995): Feat. Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry; A longrunning and consistently inventive sketch series by British funnymen Hugh Laurie (HOUSE M.D.) and Stephen Fry (WILDE), who manage to outbaffle…
Blackadder 2 (TV Series) (1986): Dir. Mandie Fletcher
Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Brian Blessed, Tim McInnerny…; Definitive, bloody hilarious second series set in England, 1558–1603. Six episodes contained on one DVD or two tape volumes: 'Bells', 'Head',…
Casualty (TV Series) (1986-2008): Long–running British medical soap following the trials of a group of overtaxed hospital employees working the night shift at Holby City…
Crime Story (TV Series) (1986-1988): Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Dennis Farina, Andrew Dice Clay; Genre stylist Michael Mann (COLLATERAL) followed up MIAMI VICE with this good–looking crime story set in hardboiled 60s Chicago. Dennis Farina…
It's Garry Shandling's Show (1986-1990): Feat. Garry Shandling; Hugely influential show centered around the neurosis of Garry Shandling – basically playing himself, who along with the rest of the cast just…
Paradise Postponed (TV Series) (1986): Feat. Sir Michael Hordern, Richard Vernon, Peter Egan…; Ambitious series following various characters in a small British village across three post–war decades. Written by John Mortimer, who adapted…
A Thousand Skies (1985): Dir. David Stevens; Television mini–series about the life of rugged Australian aviator Charles Kingsford Smith, who pushed the bounds of aircraft performance in…
Dempsey & Makepeace (TV Series) (1985): Feat. Michael Brandon, Glynis Barber; Glynis Barber attained minor cult status as the smart, sexy partner of a rough and tumble New York cop (Brandon), mismatched of course in this…
Equalizer, The (TV Series) (1985-1989): Feat. Edward Woodward, Keith Szarabajka; Classic '80's show noted for its mix of espionage, crime drama, and the private eye genres rolled into a classy film noir package. Woodward excels…
Fortunate Life, A (Mini-series) (1985): Feat. Dominic Sweeney; At the turn of the 20th century, a motherless child faces hard labour, the trauma of Gallipoli, and the unforgiving outback in this life affirming…
Hollywood Wives (TV Mini-Series) (1985): Feat. Candice Bergen, Joanna Cassidy; The bold and the beautiful bitch it up in this superlative high society trash tale from the florid pen of Jackie Collins.
Howards' Way (TV Series) (1985-1990): Feat. Maurice Colbourne, Tracey Childs, Tony Anholt…; Cherished Brit drama series centred on a family trying to get by when newly redundant daddy invests his time and money into a dilapidated boatyard.…
Kane And Abel (Mini-series) (1985): Dir. Buzz Kulik
Feat. Sam Neill, Peter Strauss, Ron Silver; Based on the epic best selling novel by Jeffrey Archer, about two ambitious men born on the same day on either side of the Atlantic, one to a…
Price, The (TV Mini-series) (1985): Feat. Peter Barkworth, Harriet Walter, Aingeal Grehan; UK miniseries building a chilling web of intrigue around a priviledged dilettante wife (Harriet Walter) who finds herself caught between IRA thugs…
At Last Smith And Jones (TV Series) (Alas Smith and Jones) (1984-1998): Feat. Mel Smith, Griff Rhys-Jones; Best of the British sketch show ALAS SMITH AND JONES. Similar in tone to NOT THE NINE O'CLOCK NEWS, this is equally hit–and–miss,…
Charles In Charge (TV Series) (1984): Feat. Scott Baio, Willie Aames, Nicole Eggert; Popular eighties sitcom starring then–heartthrob Scott Baio as a college student who takes on the role of live–in–carer for a…
Cosby Show, The (TV Series) (1984-1992): Feat. Bill Cosby; Classic sitcom which deals with life in the affluent black–American Huxtable household of five children and two working parents. Although later…
Fresh Fields (TV Series) (1984-1986): Feat. Julia McKenzie, Anton Rodgers; Wholesome BBC situation comedy about Hester and William Fields, a happy middle–class couple who go about their daily routines with an…
Highway to Heaven (TV Series) (1984): Feat. Michael Landon, Victor French; Feelgood, down–to–earth fantasy series for the whole family, starring Michael Landon (Little House on the Prairie) as a "probational"…
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (TV Series) (1984-1987): Feat. Stacy Keach; While hardly definitive, Stacy Keach's rendition of the famous detective hero, created by pulp–novelist Mickey Spillane, brings a light,…
Mistral's Daughter (Mini-series) (1984): Feat. Stefanie Powers, Robert Urich, Lee Remick…; Blubbery, melodramatic saga of three generations of women by way of artist Julien Mistral. Based on a novel by Judith Krantz.
Night Court (TV Series) (1984-1992): Feat. John Larroquette, Richard Moll, Harry Anderson; Subversive courtroom sitcom set around the antics of Manhattan legal personal – judge, prosecutor, defence counsel, bailiffs – who must…
All The Rivers Run (TV Mini-series) (1983): Dir. George Miller
Feat. Sigrid Thornton, John Waters; Soppy, though fondly remembered Australian turn of the century mini–series following 'Philadelphia' (Thornton), a young English refugee…
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (TV Series) (1983-2004): Feat. Timothy Spall, Jimmy Nail, Tim Healy…; Much loved and admired British drama series about a gang of construction labourers who take slightly dodgy, yet lucrative jobs in Europe and…
Blackadder 1 (TV Series) (The Black Adder) (1983): Dir. Martin Shardlow
Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Brian Blessed, Tim McInnerny…; Quirky, frequently funny inaugural series of the 80's comedy smash, set in Medieval England. Six episodes contained on one DVD or two tapes: 'The…
Don't Wait Up (TV Series) (1983): Feat. Nigel Havers, Tony Britton; Divorce is the comedy minefield in this likeable, if somewhat outdated sitcom positing the bumpy new life of recent father and son divorcees, who…
Bounder, The (TV Series) (1982): Dir. Vernon Lawrence
Feat. Peter Bowles, George Cole, Isla Blair; British series written by Eric Chappell (RISING DAMP) and starring Peter Bowles (TO THE MANOR BORN) in which a lovable rogue causes havoc in the…
Comic Strip Presents (DVD Box Set) (1982-1988): Feat. Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French…; At the forefront of the 'alternative comedy' movement in the early 1980s, The Comic Strip are an ensemble of British comedians who have produced many…
Dallas - Season 6 (TV Series) (1982-1983): Feat. Larry Hagman, Barbara Bel Geddes, Patrick Duffy…; Further episodes in the classic piece of 80s TV Americana, following the fortunes of the well–heeled Ewing and Barnes families. Available over…
Irish R. M., The (1982-1985): Dir. Robert Chetwyn
Feat. Peter Bowles, Beryl Reid, Niall Toibin…; Classic Irish comedy–drama series following a retired English army officer living in turn–of–the–century West Ireland. Based…
Not the Nine O'Clock News (TV Series) (1982): Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith, Griff Rhys-Jones…; The breakthrough series for comic superstars Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones and, er, Pamela Stephenson. The political sketches are as…
Dallas - Season 5 (TV Series) (1981-1982): Feat. Larry Hagman, Barbara Bel Geddes, Patrick Duffy…; Further episodes in the classic piece of 80s TV Americana, following the fortunes of the well–heeled Ewing and Barnes families. Available over…
East of Eden (TV Mini-series) (1981): Dir. Harvey Hart
Feat. Timothy Bottoms, Jane Seymour, Bruce Boxleitner…; Over six hours long, this sumptuous Emmy and Golden Globe winning mini–series, adapts Steinbeck’s quintessential novel "more fully and…
Fine Romance, A (TV Series) (1981-1984): Feat. Judi Dench, Michael Williams; Dame Judi Dench stars opposite her real–life husband, Michael Williams, in this touching Britcom about middle–aged romance between two…
Hill Street Blues (TV Series) (1981): Feat. Daniel J. Travanti, Michael Conrad, Veronica Hamel…; Steven Bochco's progressive eighties policier found dramatic substance and acclaim in its realistic and ethnically diverse portrayal of the lives of…
Peter and Paul (1981): Dir. Robert Day
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Robert Foxworth, Eddie Albert…; Epic account of the early spread of Christianity follows disciples Peter and Paul as they struggle against violent opposition and their own personal…
Private Schulz (1981): Feat. Michael Elphick, Ian Richardson, Billie Whitelaw…; Gleefully macabre farce focuses on the scheming titular character who convinces the Nazis to mass counterfeit millions of five pound notes in a bid…
Simon and Simon (TV Series) (Simon & Simon) (1981): Feat. Gerald McRaney, Jameson Parker; Two sibling sleuths, one a sophisticate, the other a slacker, hunt counterfeiters, drug dealers and contract killers in this classic action series…
Cowboys (TV Series) (1980): Dir. Michael Mills
Feat. Colin Welland, David Kelly, Roy Kinnear; Wickedly funny early–80's comedy centered around a dubious firm of dis–functional builders.
Dallas - Season 4 (TV Series) (1980-1981): Feat. Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray…; Further episodes in the classic piece of 80s TV Americana, following the fortunes of the well–heeled Ewing and Barnes families. Available over…
Gentle Touch, The (TV Series) (1980): Feat. Jill Gascoine, William Marlowe; Ground–breaking police drama featuring Britain's first female TV detective fighting crime and the demands of being a solo mother. Jill Gascoine…
Hi-de-hi! (TV Series) (1980-1988): Feat. Paul Shane, Ruth Madoc, Jeffrey Holland…; The classic 1980s comedy series that took a sardonic look at the garish and cheerful culture of post–WW2 British holiday camps. Set around the…
Rising Damp (TV Series) (1980): Dir. Ronnie Baxter
Feat. Leonard Rossiter, Richard Beckinsale, Frances de la Tour…; A dank Brit boarding–house is the setting for this classic sitcom written by Eric Chappell. Series 1 & 2 (15 episodes) available across two…
Armchair Thriller Collection (1979-1981): Feat. Ian McKellen, James Bolam, Alun Armstrong; With memorably unsettling opening credits and exceptional performances and direction, this anthology series became a significant hit for Thames…
Cribb (TV Series) (1979-1980): Feat. Alan Dobie; Superior crime series set in Victorian London, following the wry Detective Sergeant Cribb, a member of Scotland Yard's newly formed CID unit, as he…
Dallas - Season 3 (TV Series) (1979-1980): Feat. Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray…; Further episodes in the classic piece of 80s TV Americana, following the fortunes of the well–heeled Ewing and Barnes families. Available over…
Derek and Clive Get the Horn (1979): Dir. Russell Mulcahy
Feat. Dudley Moore, Peter Cook; After a decade apart Dudley Moore and Peter Cook entered a Virgin recording studio for a drunken banter session, creating a much–bootlegged…
Dick Emery - Thames TV Specials (1979): Feat. Dick Emery; Classic songs and sketches abound in this collection of Dick Emery comedy specials. Includes: 'The Dick Emery Comedy Hour', 'The Dick Emery Hour',…
Dukes of Hazzard, The (TV Series) (1979-1985): Feat. Tom Wopat, John Schneider, Catherine Bach…; Mixing hayseed humour and car–action aplenty, this hit TV show milked Southern stereotypes for all their worth as country cousins Bo (dark) and…
Eric Sykes Collection (The Plank, Rhubarb Rhubarb!, It's Your Move, Mr H. Is Late, The Big Freeze, The Eric Sykes Show, The Likes of Sykes) (1979-1993): Dir. Eric Sykes
Feat. Eric Sykes, Arthur Lowe, Tommy Cooper…; A ridiculously long list of British comic talent star in these slapstick masterpieces from the 1970s and 80s, all of which are virtually dialogue…
Facts of Life, The (TV Series) (1979-1988): Feat. Charlotte Rae, Molly Ringwald; Coming–of–age spin–off from the series DIFFERENT STROKES focused on a group of young girls growing up in a boarding house under the…
Potter (TV Series) (1979): Feat. Arthur Lowe; Memorable British sitcom of a busybody retiree who occupies his time by meddling in other people's business – much to the chagrin of his…
Prisoner (TV Series) (Prisoner Cell Block H) (1979-1986): 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) (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.
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…
Blake's 7 (TV Series) - Series 1 (1978): Feat. Michael Keating, Gareth Thomas; An acknowledged classic of British television sci–fi, this long–running series followed the fortunes of disparate group of characters…
Bless Me, Father (TV Series) (1978-1981): Feat. Arthur Lowe, Gabrielle Daye; Beloved, spirited comedy set in the 1950's, about a warm hearted, mischievous Roman Catholic priest in a suburban London parish. Cleverly adapted…
Centennial (TV Mini-series) (1978): Feat. Raymond Burr, Barbara Carrera, Robert Conrad; Western mini–series spanning the 200 year history of the town of Centennial, Colarado. Well–researched in its depiction of the…
Dallas - Season 1 and 2 (TV Series) (1978-1991): Feat. Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray…; The high–powered soap opera that became a 1980s icon, this follows the fortunes and misfortunes of Texas oil magnate JR Ewing and his family,…
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…
Famous Five, The (TV Series) (Enid Blyton's The Famous Five) (1978-1979): Feat. Michele Gallagher, Marcus Harris, Gary Russell…; The original and most beloved of The Famous Five TV serials, based on Enid Blyton's classic children's adventure novels. Of Blyton's 21 stories,…
Fantasy Island (TV series) (1978-1984): Feat. Ricardo Montalban, Herve Villechaize; Unique and often inventive television classic set around a mysterious island resort, where white–suited Montalban and his diminutive sidekick…
Hazell (TV Series) (1978): Feat. Nicholas Ball; Paying homage to classic film noir this ITV crime series centres around a charismatic private detective who tackles blackmail, missing persons cases,…
Heidi (TV Series) (1978): Dir. Tony Faadt, Joachim Hesss
Feat. Katharina Balhm, Katia Polletin; Thirteen episodes of the fondly remembered classic Heidi series.
Law And Order (TV Mini-Series) (1978): Dir. Les Blair
Feat. Peter Dean, Derek Martin; Discerning Brit crime series focusing on three men involved in a bungled armed robbery – the Criminal, the Inspector and the Lawyer and played…
Mork and Mindy (TV Series) (1978-1982): Feat. Robin Williams, Pam Dawber; The wacky TV show that proved a breakthrough vehicle for Robin Williams, playing the cutesome, unpredictable Mork, an alien from the planet…
Taxi (TV Series) (1978-1983): Feat. Judd Hirsch, Danny De Vito, Tony Danza…; Another sitcom staple of the 1970s from the creators of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, set in the refreshingly blue–collar world of a New York cab…
Tommy Cooper - Just Like That (TV Series) (1978): Feat. Tommy Cooper, Andrew Sachs; Comedy–magician and cohort of Eric Sykes, Tommy Cooper, delivers his distinctive, hilarious brand of 'tragic magic' in this six–part…
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.
CHiPS (TV Series) (1977): Feat. Erik Estrada, Larry Wilcox, Robert Pine; A prime–time smash hit and cheeseball classic from the disco era, centers around straight–up country boy 'Jon' and his rogue partner…
Man From Atlantis (TV Series) (1977-1978): Feat. Patrick Duffy, Alan Fudge, Belinda Montgomery; In the wake of the success of shows like THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN, Patrick Duffy ("Bobby" from DALLAS) steps up to play an earnest,…
Mind Your Language (TV Series) (1977): Dir. Stuart Allen
Feat. Barry Evans; Evans plays a mild–mannered, but harried teacher of non–English speakers at the Southbank College of Further Education in this amiably…
Rag Trade, The (TV Series) (1977): Dir. Stuart Allen
Feat. Peter Jones, Miriam Karlin; Factory girl comedy set in a working class, East–End fashion sweatshop, this was considered progressive for its time due to its largely…
Robin's Nest (TV Series) (1977): Dir. Peter Frazer-Jones
Feat. Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt, Tony Britton…; Good–natured Brit TV comedy with Richard O'Sullivan reprising the role of Robin Tripp from the popular series, MAN ABOUT THE HOUSE. This time…
Secret Army (TV Series) (1977): Feat. Bernard Hepton; This gripping – and unlike its comedy spoof successor ALLO' ALLO!, deadly serious – BBC dramatic series focused on the exploits of a…
Soap (TV Series) (1977): Feat. Billy Crystal, Katherine Helmond, Robert Mulligan…; Still the best satire of the television soap opera, this initially controversial series enveloped its line–up of characters in plots involving…
Thorn Birds, The (TV Mini-series) (1977): Dir. Daryl Duke
Feat. Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, Barbara Stanwyck…; Over–ambitious priest Richard Chamberlain is exiled to Australia, where he becomes embroiled in the dynastic power struggles of a wealthy…
Three Piece Suite (TV Series) (1977): Feat. Diana Rigg; Rarefied BBC sketch show with Diana Rigg portraying three different women across three separate sketches, alternating effortlessly between comedy and…
Washington: Behind Closed Doors (Mini-Series) (1977): Feat. Cliff Robertson, Jason Robards Jr., Stefanie Powers…; Sharply written mini–series inspired by the Nixon administration tells the story of a power–hungry U.S. President, and the men he…
Wonder Woman, The New Adventures of (TV Series) (1977-1979): Feat. Lynda Carter, Lyle Waggoner; Charles Moulon’s 1940s comic strip updated to the feminist 70s, his superheroine fighting terrorist and subversive elements for undercover…
Big John Little John (TV Series) (1976): Feat. Herb Edelman; Wacky 70's sitcom concerning the misadventures of a forty–something school teacher. After drinking from a fountain of youth finds himself…
Bouquet of Barbed Wire (TV Mini-Series) (1976): Dir. Tony Wharmby
Feat. Frank Finlay, Susan Penhaligon, James Aubrey…; Quease–inducing drama of a middle–class family being torn apart by a father's obsessive love for his manipulative daughter. Shocking for…
Captains and the Kings (TV Mini-Series) (1976): Feat. Patty Duke, Jane Seymour, Perry King…; Rich inter–generational saga chronicling the life of an Irish immigrant who arrives penniless in America in the mid–19th century.…
Duchess of Duke Street, The (TV Series) (1976): Feat. Gemma Jones, Christopher Cazenove; A classic of BBC television, this easily equals UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS in its serio–comic depiction of domestic drama in Victorian–Edwardian…
Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, The (TV Series) (1976): Dir. John Howard Davies, Gareth Gwenlan
Feat. Leonard Rossiter, Pauline Yates; The ultimate midlife–crisis sitcom, follows the adventures of Reginald as he wakes up to the absurdity of his middle–class existence and…
George and Mildred (TV Series) (1976): Dir. Peter Frazer-Jones
Feat. Yootha Joyce, Brian Murphy; The landlords of MAN ABOUT THE HOUSE bicker away to much amusement in this still–funny 70s sitcom. Moving to an upmarket suburb proves an…
Laurence Olivier Presents (TV Series) (1976-1978): Feat. Laurence Olivier, Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner…; A British television anthology series made by Granada Television, consisting of six plays that starred Laurence Olivier (with the exception of Hindle…
Laverne & Shirley (TV Series) (1976): Feat. Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams; From the golden age of sitcoms, this HAPPY DAYS spin–off followed the fortunes of two salty, life–long friends (Penny Marshall and Cindy…
Likely Lads, The (1976): Dir. Michael Tuchner
Feat. Rodney Bewes, James Bolam; Feature spin–off from the unique 60's British comedy series focused on two men in the North East of England as they struggle with middle age…
Logan's Run (TV Series) (1976): Feat. Gregory Harrison, Heather Menzies, Donald Moffat…; Television spin–off from the 1976 film of the same name expands on the premise of twenty–somethings Logan 5 and Jessica 6 searching for…
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…
Once an Eagle (TV Mini-Series) (1976): Feat. Sam Elliott, Glenn Ford, Amy Irving…; Much lauded, epic mini–series spanning the tumultuous years from WWI to the Vietnam Era, about two Army officers whose vast personal…
Rich Little Show, The (TV Series) (1976): Feat. Rich Little; World famous impressionist Rich Little attempted to forge his own persona in this well–remembered sketch series, though invariably, reverted…
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…
Starsky and Hutch (TV Series) (1976): Dir. George McCowan, Don Weis
Feat. David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser; The quintessential leather–jacketed, mirror–shaded 70s TV show presented a cool cop pose, with violent, all–American morals.
When The Boat Comes In (TV Series) (1976): Feat. James Bolam, James Garbutt, Jean Heywood; 'Northern' drama series set in a post–WW1 Britain, where Ex–Sergeant Jack Ford (Bolam) and his family must deal with the aftermath…
Barney Miller (TV Series) (1975): Feat. Hal Linden, Barbara Barrie, Abe Vigoda…; This offbeat '70s sitcom about the drudgery and ordinary absurdity of everyday police work remains a cult favourite among TV aficionados and…
Charlie's Angels (TV Series) (1975- 1980): Dir. Richard Lang, Cliff Bol
Feat. Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith…; Hugely successful 70s television series that ingeniously pooled the elements overt sex appeal, cod–feminism and crime fighting.
Edward VII (TV Series) (1975): Dir. John Gorrie
Feat. Timothy West, John Gielgud, Robert Hardy…; Superb period drama covers the complicated 'Royal' Edward VII, who was almost an old man by the time he finally became King of England in the early…
Hanged Man, The (TV Series) (1975): Feat. Colin Blakely, Michael Williams; Colin Blakely plays a rich industrialist whose success has made him the death target of his shady competitors. Series follows Blakely pretending to…
Poldark (TV Series) (1975): Dir. Philip Dudley
Feat. Ralph Bates, Robin Ellis, Jill Townsend; Highly successful British TV series based on the series of novels by Winston Graham about the life of an 18th–century Cornish nobleman (Ellis)…
Raffles (TV Series) (1975-1977): Feat. Anthony Valentine, Christopher Strauli; Known by day as A.J. Raffles, gentleman of leisure and top–rate cricketer, at night Raffles becomes "the amateur Cracksman", an expert jewel…
Shadows (TV Series) (1975-1978): Feat. Jenny Agutter, Pauline Quirke; Atmospheric and superbly scripted, this quintessential children’s series of the 1970s offers up psychological and supernatural tales in which young…
Two's Company (TV Series) (1975-1979): Dir. Stuart Allen
Feat. Elaine Stritch, Donald Sinden; Light–hearted comedy series outlining the cultural clash between an American writer living in London and her British butler who fail to see…
Welcome Back, Kotter (TV Series) (1975): Feat. Gabe Kaplan, John Travolta; This classic American sitcom still holds up in its rowdy but progressive view of high school delinquency and remedial education. A young John…
Affairs of the Heart (TV Series) (1974): Dir. Derek Bennett, Michael Ferguson
Feat. Diana Rigg, Ian Ogilvy, Anna Calder-Marshall…; Seven tales from the fiction of Henry James are adapted to television with varying degrees of success and a wide range of actors. Plenty of…
Best of Les Dawson, The (1974-1977): Feat. Les Dawson; Genial comedian Dawson was all over British (and NZ) television in the 1970s, using his array of comic and musical talents in shows like "Blankety…
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (TV Series) (1974-1975): Feat. Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland, Jack Grinnage; Darkly comic supernatural series following newspaper reporter Carl Kochak as he attempts to uncover supernatural occurrences in downtown Chicago.…
Little House on the Prairie (TV Series) (1974-1982): Feat. Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert; Gently focused account of a settler family building their 'little house' on the plains of Minnesota in the 1870s. While not exactly gritty, this is…
Onedin Line, The (TV Series) (1974-1980): Feat. Peter Gilmore, Howard Lang, Brian Rawlinson…; A sterling soap–opera of the 1970s, this immensely popular TV saga followed the empire–building and family fortunes of gruff 19th Century…
Pallisers, The (TV Series) (1974): Dir. Hugh David
Feat. Phillip Latham, Barbara Murray, Susan Hampshire…; Substantial saga of wealth, passion, power, and scandal set in the palatial country houses and grand Mayfair salons of mid–Victorian England,…
Planet of the Apes (TV Series) (1974): Dir. Various, Don Weis, Arnold Laven
Feat. Roddy McDowall, James Naughton, Booth Colman; Continuing the ‘APES’ sequence of movies, this entertainingly fills–out the initial conceit. Roddy McDowall crosses over to the…
Policewoman (TV Series) (1974): Feat. Angie Dickinson, Earl Holliman; Angie Dickinson stars in this classic police drama – the first cop show to feature a woman as the lead character– as Sergeant "Pepper"…
QB VII (TV Mini-Series) (1974): Dir. Tom Gries
Feat. Ben Gazzara, Anthony Hopkins, Leslie Caron…; A multiple Emmy–winning adaptation of the novel by Leon Uris (best known for "Exodus") detailing the gripping court battle between a…
Rockford Files, The (TV Series) (1974-1975): Feat. James Garner, Noah Jr. Beery, Joe Santos…; In the spirit of 'Cold Case' this detective thriller series stars James Garner as an easy going plaid jacket attired investigator pursuing unsolved…
Space 1999 (TV Series) (1974- 1978): Dir. David Tomblin
Feat. Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse…; A live–action creation from puppet–master Gerry Anderson about a crew of scientists stationed on "Moonbase Alpha". With sterling…
Zoo Gang, The (TV Series) (1974): Feat. Brian Keith, John Mills, Barry Morse…; Old fashioned but fun espionage series centered around five aged resistance fighters scamming scamming the scammers and gifting the money to the…
Barnaby Jones (TV Series) (1973): Feat. Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether; Forced out of retirement to solve the murder of his son, lanky, milk–drinking Detective Jones is back doing what he does best – catching…
Kojak (TV Series) (1973-1978): Dir. Joseph Sargent
Feat. Telly Savalas, Ned Beatty; Popular 70s cop show that turned Telly Savalas's funky, lollipop sucking, glow–domed police lieutenant into a cultural icon. Highly quotable,…
Man About the House (TV Series) (1973): Dir. Peter Frazer-Jones
Feat. Richard O'Sullivan, Yootha Joyce, Brian Murphy; Classic Brit sitcom concerning the accomodation adventures of student Richard O'Sullivan and his two female flatmates. Two flies in the ointment…
Moonbase 3 (TV Series) (1973): Feat. Donald Houston, Ralph Bates; A British sci–fi show set in 2003 when five world powers have colonised the moon, the third of which is a European base run by Donald Houston…
Six Million Dollar Man, The (TV Series) (1973-1978): Feat. Lee Majors; As the quintessential TV action figure of 70s, Steve Austin, Lee Majors was the coolest guy on the planet. The show ran for eight years until…
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (TV Series) (1973): Feat. Michael Crawford, Michele Dotrice; The side–splitting misadventures of legendary klutz, Frank Spencer incarnated by a nimble, pre–'Phantom of the Opera' Michael Crawford.…
Tomorrow People, The (TV Series) (1973): Dir. Paul Bernard
Feat. Nicholas Young; Fitted out with stun–guns, digital watches and a talking biotronic computer called TIM, a group of highly–evolved youngsters also enjoy…
Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads? (TV Series) (1973): Feat. James Bolam; Popular sequel to "The Likely Lads", a hit British sitcom from the partnership of Dick Clement and Ian La Francis of which only nine of those shows…
Are You Being Served? (TV Series) (1972-1985): Feat. Mollie Sugden, John Inman; The staff at 'Grace Brothers' department store serve out the humourous innuendos in this long–running British sitcom.
Banacek (TV Series) (1972): Feat. George Peppard, Ralph Manza, Murray Matheson…; Enjoyable riff on the detective genre with George Peppard playing suave insurance investigator Banacek who gets called into solve some ludicrously…
Colditz (TV Series) (1972): Dir. Michael Ferguson, William Slater, Philip Dudley
Feat. Jack Hedley, Robert Wagner, David McCallum…; BBC drama series about prisoners of war in Colditz Castle during WW2, and their multiple attempts to escape. The real British Escape Officer at…
Edwardians, The (1972): Dir. John Howard Davies, James Cellan Jones, Alan Clarke
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Timothy West, Robert Powell…; Superb examination of eight famous Edwardians who helped shape the early 20th century. Impeccably presented and directed by some of the BBC's finest…
Escape into Night (TV Series) (Marianne Dreams) (1972): Feat. Vikki Chambers; A convalescent young girl's drawings become the basis for her dreams in this six–part British TV serial that left an indelibly haunting…
Ghost Story (TV Series) (Circle of Fear) (1972-1973): Feat. Sheila Larken , Meg Foster, Don Barry…; Horror anthology TV series presented by Sebastian Cabot, who also plays the owner of a mysterious hotel beset by creepy occurrences. Produced by…
Lord Peter Wimsey (TV Series) (1972): Feat. Ian Carmichael; Dorothy L. Sayers's archetypal British gentleman detective sleuths murders and crimes of passions in this sophisticated and subtly satirical BBC…
Lotus Eaters, The (TV Series) (1972-1973): Feat. Ian Hendry, Wanda Ventham; Unorthodox Mediterranean drama encircles the lives of various British ex–pats around a married couple (Hendry & Ventham) who run a tavern on…
Love Thy Neighbour (TV Series) (1972): Dir. Stuart Allen
Feat. Jake Smethurst, Rudolph Walker; Devised to defuse some of the racial tension of the day, this controversial 70s Brit sitcom hilariously pits black and white neighbours…
MASH (TV Series) (M*A*S*H) (1972-1983): Feat. Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, Loretta Swit; Long running and much loved TV Series loosely based on Robert Altman’s 1969 film set in a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in the Korean…
Night Stalker, The / Night Strangler, The (1972-1973): Dir. John Llewellyn Moxey, Dan Curtis
Feat. Darren McGavin, Carol Lynley, Simon Oakland…; Two excellent and groundbreaking tele–movies from the early 70s starring Darren McGavin as wise–cracking 'regular guy' reporter Carl…
Shelley (TV Series) (1972-1992): Feat. Hywel Bennett; Classic British comedy series revels in one of the more unlikely deadly sins: sloth. University graduate James Shelley (Bennett) is a cynical,…
Snoop Sisters, The (TV Series) (1972): Feat. Helen Hayes, Mildred Natwick; Two elderly spinsters put down their mystery writing pens to catch perps for real in this dotty, genteel crime series. Starring former Miss Marple,…
Streets of San Francisco, The (TV Series) (1972-1980): Feat. Karl Malden, Michael Douglas; Top–notch 70's crime show with granite–faced veteran Karl Malden and newcomer Michael Douglas sharing the billing with the photogenic and…
Till Death Us Do Part (TV Series) (1972-1974): Feat. Warren Mitchell; Contentious, well remembered BBC sitcom is a comedy firebrand about a narrow–minded Cockney geezer whose racist diatribes were intended to be…
Van Der Valk (TV Series) (1972-1992): Feat. Barry Foster, Joanna Dunham, Michael Latimer…; A hugely popular police procedural series starring Barry Foster as Van der Valk, a no–nonsense Dutch detective and head of the Amsterdam CID…
Waltons, The (TV Series) (1972-1981): Feat. Richard Thomas, Ralph Waite, Michael Learned…; One of the most iconic TV Series of all time depicted the life of an extended family in Depression–era Virginia. Claimed as a repository for…
Whodunnit? (TV Series) (1972-1974): This fondly–remembered primetime panel game from the 1970's invited viewers to play detective by pitting their wits against a panel of…
Alias Smith and Jones (TV Series) (1971): Feat. Pete Duel, Ben Murphy; Two notorious outlaws receive amnesty on the condition they lay low for a year in this rumble–tumble western clearly inspired by the rogue…
Bless This House (TV Series) (1971): Dir. William G Stewart
Feat. Sidney James; A successful early 1970s British sitcom featuring the star of the CARRY ON... films. The six episodes of the first series examine the trials of a…
Columbo (TV Series) (1971-2003): Dir. Richard Irving, John Smight
Feat. Peter Falk; Peter Falk's keynote character was this canny TV–Series police detective, whose rumpled charm and wobbly eye disguises his brilliant mind.…
Comedians, The (TV Series) (1971-1993): Born out of the working men's clubs in 70's England, and beginning as an experiment for Granada TV, this had more gags, one–liners and knowing…
Cousin Bette (TV Mini-series) (1971): Dir. Gareth Davies
Feat. Margaret Tyzack, Helen Mirren, Thorley Walters…; Rigorous adaptation of revered Balzac novel bears witness to the torment exacted by the unmarried titular character as she sets out to destroy her…
Edward Woodward Hour, The (TV Series) (1971): Feat. Beryl Reid, Patrick Cargill; A light entertainment special from the early 1970s for Thames Television showcasing the whimsical side of Edward Woodward, most famous for his…
Ellery Queen (TV Series) (Don't Look Behind You) (1971-1975): Feat. Jim Hutton, Peter Lawford; Whodunnit series stars Jim Hutton as a mystery writer whose sleuthing know–how is regularly called upon by his Police Inspector…
Follyfoot (TV Series) (1971): Dir. Stephen Frears, Michael Apted, Vic Hughes
Feat. Gillian Blake, Desmond Llewelyn; Young Dora (Gillian Blake), discarded in the country by her globe–trotting parents, takes to caring for the neglected horses of Follyfoot Farm,…
McMillan & Wife (TV Series) (1971-1977): Feat. Rock Hudson, Susan Saint James; Mild crime series centred on a husband and wife detective team solving crime and bringing felons to justice on the streets of San Francisco. More…
Persuaders, The (TV Series) (Persuaders!, The) (1971): Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Roger Moore, Tony Curtis; Roger Moore and Tony Curtis play a debonair duo who lend their status and charm to dissuade the criminal fraternity. Wonderfully corny. DVD 'Box…
Simply Sykes (1971-1982): Feat. Tommy Cooper, Hattie Jacques; Comprising two shows made for Thames Television; Sykes – With the Lid Off (1971) has comedy legend Eric Sykes dare to take the lid off the many…
Six Dates with Barker (6 Dates with Barker) (1971): Feat. Ronnie Barker; A six–part showcase for the comedic talents of Ronnie Barker, this one–off series revolved around half–a–dozen situation…
Tom Brown's School Days (TV Mini-Series) (1971): Dir. Gareth Davies
Feat. Anthony Murphy, Iain Cuthbertson; Vivid BBC adaptation of Thomas Hughes' classic novel, following life at a Victorian Boys public school. Five episodes.
Upstairs, Downstairs (TV Series) (Upstairs Downstairs) (1971-1975): Feat. Pauline Collins, Gordon Jackson, Jean Marsh; Famous 70s soap opera about the class struggle in a household of servants and gentry around the turn of the 20th century. Set a new standard in…
Callan (TV Series) (1970): Dir. James Goddard, Voytek
Feat. Edward Woodward; The bold British TV spy series with Edward Woodward as the cold–blooded but very human secret agent.
Catweazle (TV Series) (1970-1971): Feat. Geoffrey Bayldon, Charles Tingwell; An eccentric, disheveled 11th century wizard teleports to the 1970s, spending much of his time in a state of utter bewilderment at the many…
Mary Tyler Moore Show, The (TV Series) (1970-1974): Feat. Mary Tyler Moore, Ted Knight, Edward Asner…; A highly polished, somewhat revolutionary sitcom following the career path and domestic life of a determinedly single newsroom journalist, this made…
McCloud (TV Series) (1970-1977): Feat. Dennis Weaver, J.D. Cannon, Ken Lynch…; Nicely executed crime series following an ex–sheriff from "out west" that joins up with a New York City police squadron to nab the baddies by…
Odd Couple, The (TV Series) (1970): Feat. Jack Klugman, Tony Randall; Spinning off from the feature film based on Neil Simon's Broadway play, this small screen version winningly supplants the Lemmon–Matthau double…
Shadows of Fear (TV Series) (1970): Feat. Sheila Hancock, Ronald Hines, Edward Fox…; Featuring some of Britain's most renowned stage and TV performers, this anthology series brings together eight plays with a 'chilling Hitchcockian…
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…
Timeslip (TV Series) (1970-1971): Feat. Spencer Banks, Cheryl Burfield, Denis Quilley; A smart children’s sci–fi series that tells in four separate stories what happens when two intrepid siblings discover an invisible portal…
Department S (TV Series) (1969): Feat. Peter Wyngarde; Perhaps the last elaborate flourish in its genre, this AVENGERS–style TV series was set around three 'special agents' who solve the unsolvable…
Liver Birds, The (1969): Feat. Nerys Hughes, Polly James, Mollie Sugden; Two very different single girls share a flat in the age of glam–rock, the pill and women's lib in this hugely popular BBC sitcom that was the…
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,…
On the Buses (TV Series) (1969): Dir. Stuart Allen
Feat. Reg Varney, Bob Grant, Stephen Lewis; From the classic British TV–series starring Reg Varney, Bob Grant and Stephen Lewis as various nitwits riding the buses of London.
Over the Hill Gang, The (1969): Dir. Jean Yarbrough
Feat. Walter Brennan, Edgar Buchanan, Pat O'Brien…; Laidback reunion for various horse–opera stars of old cleaning up a lawless town in the old west. Telemovie doesn't quite have a script worthy…
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…
Special Branch (TV Series) (1969-1974): Feat. Derren Nesbitt, Fulton MacKay; Brit detective series revolving around England's finest police duo tackling the bad guys of the local district. This series still holds appeal to a…
Strange Report (TV Series) (1969): Feat. Anthony Quayle, Kaz Garas, Anneke Wills; Wily Anthony Quayle is Adam Strange, ex–police officer turned criminologist charged with cleaning up murder sprees and other unsolvable cases…
U.F.O. (TV Series) (1969): Feat. Ed Bishop, Michael Billington, Gabrielle Drake; Supermarionator Gerry Anderson pulls the strings on this live–action sci–fi series, full of the same secret agencies, evil empires and…
Adam-12 (TV Series) (1968-1975): Feat. Kent McCord, Martin Milner, William Boyett; Cult cop show following the lives of two LAPD officers shot in a gritty docudrama style, and distinguished by a strict adherence to realism that…
Caesars, The (TV Series) (1968): Dir. Derek Bennett
Feat. Roland Culver, Andre Morell, Ralph Bates…; A British television series depicting Ancient Rome and the lives of the early emperors. After the assassination of Julius Caesar, his adopted son…
Champions, The (TV Series) (1968-1969): Feat. Anthony Nicholls; A superior, if earnest, sci–fi thriller series with an Anglo–American cast, created by spy–genre guru Monty Berman (The Baron,…
Dad's Army (TV Series) (1968-1977): Feat. Arthur Lowe, Clive Dunn, John Le Mesurier…; The classic British TV series set around the gently–observed antics of home–guardsmen during WW2 under the inimitable Sergeant Mannering…
Dennis Potter at London Weekend Television (1968-1979): Feat. Ian Holm, John Neville; Containing three of Dennis Potter's single plays for television, including "Shaggy Dog" which was thought to be lost until recently, these diverse…
Doris Day Show, The (TV Series) (1968-1972): Feat. Doris Day, Denver Pyle, Fran Ryan…; A popular and ever–changing sitcom centred around America's 'apple–pie' actress, here making her first smallscreen foray. Appearing at…
Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The (TV Series) (1968): Feat. Hope Lange, Edward Mulhare; Fondly remembered sitcom based on the R. A. Dick novel (itself made into a 1947 film) about a young widow and family who befriend a ghost haunting…
Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) (1968): Feat. Jack Lord, James MacArthur; Cult policier set in the sunny underworld of Hawaii with a special task force assigned to combat crime in paradise. While best remembered for its…
Here's Lucy (TV Series) (1968): Feat. Lucille Ball; Audiences still loved Lucy in this swansong sitcom for the beloved comedian. Ball plays a zany widow; her real–life son and daughter play her…
It Takes a Thief (TV Series) (1968): Feat. Robert Wagner; A super–cool product of sixties spy style, with Robert Wagner globe–trotting as a world–class cat burglar recruited by the U.S…
Joe 90 (TV Series) (1968): Dir. Gerry Anderson; All thirty episodes of Gerry Anderson's wonder boy of hi–tech espionage. With a subtext as high camp as the theme song, this may well send you…
Land of the Giants (TV Series) (1968-1970): Feat. Gary Conway, Don Marshall; Irwin Allen's long lost sci–fi adventure for the ages finally comes to DVD! In the future (1983), a spaceship of travellers crash lands on a…
Nearest and Dearest (TV Series) (1968-1973): Dir. June Howson
Feat. Hylda Baker, Jimmy Jewel; Likeable Brit comedy series centred on a middle–age brother and sister who inherit their father's derelict pickle factory and must contend with…
Please Sir! (TV Series) (1968-1972): Feat. John Alderton; A window into the British education system of old, this award–winning comedy series sees John Alderton (Upstairs Downstairs) as an optimistic…
Sherlock Holmes (TV Series) (A Study In Scarlet, The Boscombe Valley Mystery, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Sign of Four, The Blue Carbuncle) (1968): Feat. Peter Cushing, Nigel Stock; One of the best to ever play Sherlock Holmes (formerly, in Hammer's HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES), Peter Cushing steps back into the shoes of the famed…
Skippy - The Bush Kangaroo (TV Series) (1968): Iconic TV Series that put Australia on the map in the late 60s, featuring Skippy, the super–versatile kangaroo (who also cropped up on a…
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (TV Series) (1967): Dir. Gerry Anderson; The complete series of Gerry Anderson's most technically accomplished sci–fi puppet, Captain Scarlet, who has limitless clones of himself…
Dragnet (TV Series) (1967): Feat. Jack Webb, Harry Morgan; The classic hard–case, ultra–realistic sixties police procedural, with officers Friday and Gannon cleaning up the mean streets of…
Flying Nun, The (TV Series) (1967-1970): Feat. Sally Field, Marge Redmond, Madeleine Sherwood…; Wholesome, if rather off–kilter, family sitcom in which the young Sally Field plays a novice nun, whose starched headgear somehow enables her…
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…
Gentle Ben (TV Series) (1967): Feat. Clint Howard, Dennis Weaver; Based on the children's novel of the same name, Gentle Ben follows the adventures in the Florida Everglades of a game warden, Tom Wedloe (Dennis…
High Chaparral, The (TV Series) (1967): Feat. Leif Erickson, Cameron Mitchell, Linda Cristal…; Conceived amidst the popularity of BONANZA, this classic TV western sought to replicate its success. The series centres on the ranch life of an…
Invaders, The (TV Series) (1967-1968): Feat. Roy Thinnes, Diane Baker, J.D. Cannon…; After a close encounter with an alien spacecraft, architect David Vincent (Roy Thinnes) tries to persuade a skeptical world that…
Ironside (TV Series) (1967): Dir. James Goldstone, Leo Penn
Feat. Raymond Burr; Raymond Burr followed 'Perry Mason' with this different, but equally classic TV–series, shedding the lawyer role for a stint as a…
Prisoner, The (TV Series) (1967-1968): Feat. Patrick McGoohan; Patrick McGoohan stars as No.6, a man who wakes to find himself the pawn of a mysterious big brother organisation in this 60's soaked sci–fi…
Adam Adamant Lives! (TV Series) (1966): Feat. Gerald Harper, Juliet Harmer, Jack May; A lost classic of British television starring Gerald Harper as an intrepid Edwardian Gentleman–Adventurer frozen by his nemesis ‘The Face’,…
Batman (TV Series) (1966-1968): Feat. Adam West, Burt Ward, Burgess Meredith…; Batman and Robin, as many would best remember them, take on a succession of colourful Gotham City villains – Catwoman, The Joker, The Penguin,…
Batman: The Movie (1966): Dir. Leslie Martinson
Feat. Adam West, Burt Ward, Lee Meriwether…; Spawned from the original sixties TV series, this feature–length adventure pitting the caper crusader against his fiercest adversaries was the…
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…
Danger Man (TV Series) (1966): Dir. Peter Yates, Don Chaffey
Feat. Patrick McGoohan; Before THE PRISONER, Patrick McGoohan played a prototype of the same character as the cool and calculated John Drake, a special agent who keeps up…
Dark Shadows (TV Series) (1966): Feat. Jonathan Frid, Joan Bennett; A camp classic of 'Gothic soap opera', this long–running daytime melodrama centred on 175–year–old vampire Barnabas Collins and a…
Man in a Suitcase (TV Series) (1966): Feat. Richard Bradford, Donald Sutherland, Felicity Kendall…; Perhaps lesser known (and less innovative) than other suspense series of the 1960s, this ITC production still packs a gritty punch. Bradford plays…
Mission: Impossible (TV Series) (1966- 1973): Dir. Bernard L. Kowalski
Feat. Peter Graves, Steven Hill, Barbara Bain…; Forget Tom Cruise, this is the real McCoy – '60s fashion, gadgets, and plots worth talking about the day after. On DVD rental: Season 1 (28…
Monkees, The (TV Series) (1966): Dir. Bob Rafelson
Feat. Michael Nesmith, Mickey Dolenz, Peter Tork…; Relive classic "Monkeemania" with the irrepressibly cheerful and zany 60's pop group's TV series, initially inspired by The Beatles' "Hard Day's…
Steptoe and Son (TV Series) (1966): Feat. Harry H. Corbett, Wilfred Brambell; The classic 60s comedy show featuring the bickering father and son team, who run a faltering rag and bone business.
Time Tunnel, The (TV Series) (1966-1967): Dir. Irwin Allen
Feat. James Darren, John Zaremba, Lee Meriwether…; One of producer Irwin Allen's (LOST IN SPACE) most ambitious and successful series, finds two US scientists working on the secret time–travel…
Belle and Sebastien (TV Series) (1965): Dir. Cecile Aubry, Jean Guillaume; Cherished children's series lovingly recreates the classic French tale of a six–year–old orphan who forms an enduring friendship with a…
Get Smart (TV Series) (1965-1968): Feat. Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, Edward Platt; Iconic 60's spy spoof series following the enduringly hilarious adventures of an enthusiastic but incompetent secret agent and his loyal, glamorous…
Gidget (TV Series) (1965-1966): Feat. Sally Field, Don Porter, Betty Conner; Truly likeable television spinoff series of the 1959 movie, about a spunky young surfer girl (Field) who comes of age around her friends, solo Dad…
Green Acres - Farm Favorites (1965-1966): Dir. Richard L. Bare
Feat. Eddie Albert, Eva Gabor; Innocuous odd–couple series centred on a high–flying Manhattan lawyer who craves the simple country life and drags his pouting socialite…
Hogan's Heroes (TV Series) (1965-1966): Feat. Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner…; Cheeky American WW2 series centred around a motley bunch of Yankee prisoners and their haphazard endeavours to disturb the Nazi war effort and make…
I Spy (TV Series) (1965-1968): Feat. Bill Cosby, Robert Culp; Bill Cosby and Robert Culp star as international espionage agents Alexander Scott and Kelly Robinson in this snazzy cult '60s TV series. A blend…
Thunderbirds (TV Series) (1965- 1966): The complete series of Gerry Anderson's exemplary puppet suspense TV series that continues to enthrall new generations. Set around the…
Addams Family, The (TV Series) (1964-1966): Feat. John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Ted Cassidy…; Macabre 1960s sitcom about a family whose gothic lifestyle and trappings make for a mordant contrast with 'apple–pie' America. 22 episodes…
Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, The (TV Series) (1964): Feat. Robert Hoffmann; A fondly–remembered French–produced 60's TV serial based on Daniel Defoe's famous eponymous hero who is shipwrecked on an uninhabited…
Bewitched (TV Series) (1964-1972): Feat. Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Dick Sargent; Sublime fantasy sitcom, anchored by the adorable Elizabeth Montgomery as witchy housewife, Samantha Stephens, who is married to mere mortal, Darren,…
Flipper (TV Series) (1964): Feat. Brian Kelly; Popular, laid–back TV incarnation of the enduring dolphin/boy relationship makes for perfect family viewing splashed with natural aquatic…
Gideon's Way (TV Series) (1964-1965): Feat. John Gregson; Superior mid–60s documentary–style police series that centres around the criminal investigations of Commander George Gideon of Scotland…
Gilligan's Island (TV Series) (1964-1965): Feat. Bob Denver, Alan Hale, Jim Backus…; The classic fluffy American sitcom, follows the adventures of the crew of the SS Minnow when they are marooned on a desert island. Due to an…
Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C (TV Series) (1964-1965): Feat. Jim Nabors, Frank Sutton; Gomer Pyle, THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW’s loveable country bumpkin, joins the marine core in this classic sitcom of naivety–meets–reality of…
Likely Lads, The (TV Series) (1964-1966): Feat. James Bolam, Rodney Bewes; A slice of 60s working class life from the writers of PORRIDGE, that centres around two sharp lads from Newcastle, eager to live their young lives to…
Man from U.N.C.L.E., The (TV Series) (The Man from Uncle) (1964): Feat. Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, George Sanders…; Robert Vaughan and David McCallum starred in this cool, tongue–in–cheek spy series, which exemplifies the genre at the peak of Cold War…
Mr. Magoo Show, The (TV Series) (1964): Animated 60's series starring Mr. Magoo–the bumbling geriatric with shoddy eyesight voiced by Jim Backus (GILLIGAN'S ISLAND). Magoo gets…
Munsters, The (TV Series) (1964-1965): Dir. Various
Feat. Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo, Al Lewis…; Memorable TV–comedy set around a ghoulish–looking, but otherwise normal family – who are mystified as to why everyone reacts so…
Roger Ramjet (TV Series) (1964): Entertaining, slightly wacko animated series, set around the super–strength Roger, who was voiced by LA radio personality Gary Owens, as he…
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV Series) (1964): Feat. Richard Basehart, David Hedison; A spin–off of Irwin Allen's 1961 underwater adventure movie about top–secret team sent below waters to battle enemies of…
Francis Durbridge Presents... (1963): Feat. Nigel Hawthorne, Denis Quilley, Gerald Harper…; A collection of mystery writer Francis Durbridge's works for BBC television. Billed as 'event' thrillers they featured an enjoyable mix of…
Fugitive, The (TV Series) (1963-1967): Feat. David Janssen; David Janssen is Dr. Richard Kimble, an innocent man accused of murder who escapes prison to track down his wife's killer. Long–running TV…
Marriage Lines (TV Series) (1963-1965): Feat. Prunella Scales, Richard Briers; A classic domestic comedy with Richard Briers and Prunella Scales as a newly married couple jumping hurdles both at home and at work. Included here…
Petticoat Junction (TV Series) (1963-1970): Feat. Edgar Buchanan, Bea Benaderet; Charming cornpoke sitcom was a 'sister–show' to both THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES and GREEN ACRES, being also set in the town of Hooterville and…
Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The (TV Series) (1962-1965): Dir. Alfred Hitchcock, various; Picking up directly from where 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents' left off, this three season series expands Hitch's iconic mystery anthology to 50 minute…
Beverly Hillbillies, The (TV Series) (1962-1971): Feat. Buddy Ebson, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas…; A searing indictment of the American class system disguised as a lame–brain 60's TV show. Great theme tune too.
Dick Van Dyke Show, The (TV Series ) (1962-1966): Dir. Carl Reiner
Feat. Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore; Seminal sitcom set around a New York comedy writer and his family. Van Dyke's wife was played by Mary Tyler Moore in her first major…
Fireball XL5 (TV Series) (1962): Dir. Gerry Anderson; A precursor to the Thunderbirds, Fireball XL5 is a massive spacecraft, patrolling a dangerous sector of the galaxy and piloted by the handsome and…
Lucy Show, The (TV Series) (1962-1968): Feat. Lucille Ball, Gale Gordon; Lucille Ball's followup to I LOVE LUCY (without husband Desi Arnaz) was a longrunning classic in its own right, with many of the Ball offspring…
Z Cars (TV Series) (1962-1972): Feat. Brian Blessed, Joseph Brady; 12 episodes of the vintage British police series including the very first story.
Avengers, The (TV Series) (1961-1969): Feat. Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Linda Thorson; The impossibly hip secret agent show is a high–camp classic and a nostalgic pleasure. Well–devised scripts, quirky dialogue and playful…
Mr. Ed (TV Series) (Mister Ed) (1961-1966): Feat. Alan Young; Golden age television sitcom centred around a talking horse who lives in the backyard stable of a husband and wife, but is only conversant with the…
Supercar (TV Series) (1961-1962): The first fully developed Supermarionation series from Gerry Anderson, establishing his winning formula of futuristic vehicles, high adventure, and…
Bonanza (TV Series) (1960): Dir. Lewis Allen, Arthur Lubin
Feat. Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Pernell Roberts…; Iconic, larger–than–life western TV show set near Virginia City, Nevada, in which Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene) and his sons help protect…
Coronation Street (TV Series) (1960-1989): Feat. William Roache, Violet Carsen, Margot Bryant…; The UK's longest running soap follows the dramatic lives of the residents of a close–knit town in Manchester, with many of the series' most…
My Three Sons (TV Series) (1960): Feat. Fred MacMurray, Don Grady, Stanley Livingston…; One of the longest–running sitcoms in American television history (at 360 episodes), this 'family values' classic starred Fred MacMurray as a…
One Step Beyond (TV Series) (1959): Feat. John Newland; Classic television series billed as 'your guide to the supernatural' serves half–hour docudramas of unexplained, paranormal 'true events'.…
Rawhide (TV Series) (1959- 1966): Feat. Clint Eastwood; Clint Eastwood steals the show as Rowdy Yates in this 60's cattle–driving TV show.
Torchy The Battery Boy (TV Series) (1959): Children's TV series from the late 1950's with string puppets depicting the adventures of a boy doll who has a battery inside him and a lamp on his…
Untouchables, The (TV Series) (1959-1963): Feat. Robert Stack, Paul Picerni; An iconic crime series that once baited controversy for its escalation of television violence, this pulled out the stops to authentically…
Invisible Man, The (TV Series) (H. G. Well's Invisible Man) (1958-1960): Feat. Tim Turner; H.G Wells’ classic sci–fi premise is preserved in this superior television adaptation of science gone awry. Tim Turner plays the eponymous…
Quatermass and the Pit (TV Series) (1958): Dir. Nigel Kneale
Feat. Andre Morell, Cec Linder, Anthony Bushell; The third in the landmark trilogy of serials involves Professor Quatermass in the excavation of an ancient alien–insect capsule in London, and…
Wanted Dead or Alive (TV Series) (1958): Feat. Steve McQueen; Riding on the back of success in THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, Steve McQueen lends his star charisma to this TV western series as bounty hunter Josh…
Have Gun, Will Travel (TV Series) (1957): Feat. Richard Boone, Hal Needham; Popular classic Western series about the adventures of professional gunfighter Paladin and his manservant Hey Boy.
Leave It to Beaver (TV Series) (1957): Feat. Jerry Mathers, Hugh Beaumont, Barbara Billingsley; One of the most beloved family sitcoms of its time set around the mischief–making exploits of young Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver.
Perry Mason (TV Series) (1957-1966): Feat. Raymond Burr, William Hopper, William Talman…; Benchmark legal drama series which turned star Raymond Burr into a television institution as the near–invincible criminal lawyer, Perry…
Wagon Train (TV Series) (1957-1965): Feat. Frank McGrath, Terry Wilson, Robert Horton…; Classic adventures of a wagon train and its varied passengers as they journey from Missouri to California in the aftermath of the Civil War. Wagons,…
The Buccaneers (1956): Dir. C.M. Pennington-Richards
Feat. Robert Shaw, Peter Hammond, Paul Hansard; Frisky frolics on the high seas with Robert Shaw as a former pirate pardoned by the English King and now given to policing the Caribbean
Alfred Hitchcock Directs - The TV Collection (1955-1962): Dir. Alfred Hitchcock; A special compilation of the 18 episodes of ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS that were directed by Hitch himself, plus a bonus episode from the 60s…
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) (1955-1962): Dir. Alfred Hitchcock, various
Feat. Vera Miles, Ralph Meeker, John Forsythe…; Pre–dating THE TWILIGHT ZONE by some years, the Master of Suspense created this iconic television series featuring self–contained tales…
Gunsmoke (TV Series) (1955): Feat. James Arness; James Arness plays Marshal Matt Dillon protecting Dodge City from roaming gunslingers in this seminal TV show – the Grandaddy of TV…
Honeymooners, The (TV Series) (The Color Honeymooners; The Jackie Gleason Show) (1955-1956): Feat. Jackie Gleason; This Jackie Gleason sitcom from the 1950s is the saga of a not–so–newly–wed couple who lived in a run down apartment. "The…
Quatermass II (TV Series) (1955): Dir. Rudolph Cartier
Feat. John Robinson; Professor Quatermass returns (this time palyed by John Robinson) in Nigel Kneale's popular sci–fi serial of the 1950s. The six–part…
Sergeant Bilko (TV Series) (The Phil Silvers Show) (1955-1959): Feat. Phil Silvers, Harvey Lembeck; Three–disc compilation of 18 episodes from the classic US sitcom about an irresponsible, gambling conman of a staff sergeant at a US Army base…
Davy Crockett - King of the Wild Frontier (1954): Dir. Norman Foster
Feat. Fess Parker, Buddy Ebsen, William Bakewell…; TV version of the quintessential American story, which created such a phenomenal interest when screened that it was released in a movie version. Fess…
Father Knows Best (TV Series) (1954-1960): Dir. Peter Tewksbury
Feat. Sarah Selby, Jane Wyatt, Billy Gray; Cloying sitcom bathed in the idealised glow of 50's apple–pie America, centred on a suburban family and their typically patriarchal upbringing.…
Lassie (TV Series) (1954-1974): Feat. Jon Provost, Tommy Rettig; A representative selection of episodes from the long–running US series depicting the adventures of a rather intelligent collie dog with a…
Commando Cody: Sky Marshall of the Universe (1953): Feat. Aline Towne, Gregory Gaye, Judd Holdren; Black–and–white TV series following the adventures of masked super–scientist Commando Cody, who is recruited by the U.S. government…
Quatermass Experiment, The (TV Series) (1953): Dir. Rudolph Cartier
Feat. Reginald Tate, Isabel Dean; The seminal serial (in six parts) by award–winning writer Nigel Kneale that laid the foundations of British Sci–Fi TV.. This first…
Adventures of Superman (TV Series) (1952-1958): Feat. George Reeves, Phyllis Coates; The first ever 'Superman' TV series, this was an immensely popular rendition of the comicbook tale of the Man of Steel, whose life as…
Best of Frankie Howerd, The (1952-1981): Feat. Frankie Howerd; A compilation of classic moments in the TV career of comedian Frankie Howerd. Although he initially got his start in post–WW2 radio, he went to…
Roy Rogers Show, The (TV Series) (1951-1957): Feat. Roy Rogers, Dale Evans; Much–loved early TV classic with 'King of the Cowboys' Roy Rogers hanging out on the Double R Ranch with Trigger ('The Smartest Horse in the…
Cisco Kid, The (TV Series) (1950-1956): Feat. Duncan Renaldo, Leo Carrillo; A generous selection of episodes from the 1950s TV Western serial, in which the semi–masked 'Cisco Kid' (Renaldo) redistributes justice and…
Classic TV Commercials of the 50's 60's & 70's (1950-1979): Collection of American TV commercials from the decorous 50's, rampant 60's and radical 70's. Includes ads on every perfect housewifes dream products…
Groucho Marx - You Bet Your Life (TV Series) (1950-1961): Feat. Groucho Marx; Legendary TV quiz show featuring the iconic Marx Brother, questioning, sparring and toying with various contestants. Despite the format, verbal…
Golden Age of Comedy (TV Series) (1949-1960): Feat. Groucho Marx, Humphrey Bogart, Bob Hope…; Treasure trove of broadcast comedy classics from America's variety show golden age. Includes a bonus sixth disc with rare standup performances from…
Flash Gordon Serial (Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe) (1940): Dir. Ford Beebe
Feat. Larry "Buster" Crabbe, Carol Hughes, Charles Middleton; One of the early Flash Gordon serials, which enthralled audiences in the 1940s. Here Flash must battle Ming the Merciless who has unleashed the…
Buck Rogers- Original Complete Series (1939): Feat. Henry Brandon, Jackie Moran, Jack Mulhall…; Beloved classic series about a heroic pilot and his young passenger who crash–land on a mountaintop where a mysterious gas puts them into a…
Phantom Empire, The (1935): Feat. Gene Autry, Frankie Darro, Smiley Burnette; Oddball children's serial from the thirties has singing cowboy Autry discovering the last remaining inhabitants of the lost continent of Mu living…
Britain's Greatest Comedy Heroes: Feat. Ronnie Barker, Kenneth Williams, Sid James…; Healthy tribute to Britain's late kings of comedy relives some of their funniest skits, spoofs and sketches, with added commentary from friends and…
Laugh with the Carry On's: Dir. Gerald Thomas
Feat. Barbara Windsor, Kenneth Williams, Sid James; Best of the Laugh with the Carry On's TV–Series which starred the same cast as the films.

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