Subgenre Sampler
Television: 2963 Films to Buy & Rent
Cagney and Lacey (TV Series) (1982)
- Feat. Sharon Gless, Tyne Daly
- Women’s Lib. makes headway into New York’s crime fighting ranks in this sturdy eighties policier propelled by two staunch female detectives in a…
Cheers (TV Series) (1982-1993)
- Feat. Ted Dansen, Shelley Long, Rhea Perlman…
- One of the longest–running sitcoms, set around a Boston bar and its regulars. Went on to launch the bigscreen careers of many of its cast.
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…
Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series) (1982-1985)
- Feat. Shelley Duvall, Robin Williams, Teri Garr…
- Shelley Duvall curated this popular Cable TV series in eighties (which she also hosts and narrates), attracting an impressive roll call of Hollywood…
Fame (TV Series) (1982-1987)
- Feat. Lori Singer, Debbie Allen
- Based on the 1980 hit movie, this series charts the ambitions, joys and heartbreaks of assorted dance and music students and teachers at New York's…
Family Ties (TV Series) (1982-1989)
- Feat. Michael Gross, Meredith Baxter-Birney, Michael J. Fox…
- Perhaps the quintessential 80's family sitcom, based around the 'politically–correct' ex–hippie parents who find themselves in the…
For the Term of His Natural Life (TV Mini-series) (1982)
- Dir. Rob Stewart
Feat. Colin Friels, Anthony Perkins, Patrick Macnee…
- Solid dramatisation of the Marcus Clarke novel concerning an Englishman unjustly transported to the harsh penal colony of Tasmania in the 1830s. Good…
Hound of the Baskervilles, The (1982)
- Dir. Peter Duguid
Feat. Tom Baker
- Former Doctor Who Tom Baker plays Inspector Holmes in this serviceable adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan's most famous Sherlock mystery.
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…