Subgenre Sampler
Television: 2963 Films to Buy & Rent
Felicity (TV Series) (1998)
- Dir. Matt Reeves
Feat. Keri Russell
- Mousy high–school graduate Russell follows her heart (i.e. the boy she has a crush on) to college in New York City, in this sweetly engaging…
From the Earth to the Moon (TV Series) (1998)
- Feat. Dylan Baker, Adam Baldwin, Gary Cole…
- Truly epic dramatisation of the Apollo space programme – produced by Tom Hanks after the success of APOLLO 13 – which looks at the entire…
Front Line (TV Series) (Frontline) (1998)
- Dir. Various
Feat. Kevin J. Wilson, Rob Sitch, Jane Kennedy…
- Sharp Aussie satire, which goes ‘behind–the–scenes’ of an Australian current affairs show – with bullying producer, vain…
Gimme Gimme Gimme (TV Series) (1998)
- Dir. Liddy Oldroyd
Feat. Kathy Burke, James Dreyfus
- Ill–matched, yet inseparable flatmates squabble in this cult late night sitcom, that’s one of comedian Kathy Burke’s more enduring…
Goodness Gracious Me (TV Series) (1998)
- Dir. Nick Wood
Feat. Sanjeev Bhaskar, Meera Syal
- BBC sitcom based around a clan of Indians that dares to poke fun at Asians and English alike. Often extremely funny, though some of the topical…
Grafters (TV Mini-series) (1998)
- Dir. David Richards, Stephen Whittaker
Feat. Robson Green, Stephen Tompkinson
- Distinct drama series following the misadventures of two brothers forced to work together as builders and renovate a house for a London couple, which…
Heat of the Sun (TV Mini-Series) (1998)
- Feat. Trevor Eve
- The seedier side of Kenya's expatriate community is laid bare in this classic British police procedural set in 1930s Nairobi.
I'm Alan Partridge (TV Series) (1998)
- Dir. Dominic Brigstocke
Feat. Steve Coogan
- This is possibly British comedian Steve Coogan’s finest achievement to date, a spot–on portrait of a failed middle–aged TV host…
King of Queens, The (TV Series) (1998-2006)
- Feat. Kevin James, Jerry Stiller, Patton Oswalt
- Warm–hearted neighbourhood comedy series set on the streets of Queens, NYC, which gets going when a rotund and happily–settled delivery…
Kings in Grass Castles (TV Mini-series) (1998)
- Dir. John Woods
Feat. Max Cullen, Fionnula Flanagan, Essie Davis…
- Chronicles the hard life of an Irish peasant family who flee the potato famine and emigrate to Australia in the second half of the 19th century.…