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Star Trek - The Next Generation (TV Series)Star Trek - The Next Generation (TV Series) (1987)
Dir. Various
Feat. Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Michael Dorn
The STAR TREK series relaunched, with a new crew and modernised ‘Enterprise’, that led to a revival of trekkie–mania.
Tutti Frutti (TV Series)Tutti Frutti (TV Series) (1987) Recommended
Feat. Robbie Coltrane, Emma Thompson, Richard Wilson
This beautifully sardonic Scottish miniseries launched the careers of it's lead actors, offering a brilliant satire of the music industry and a deft…
Best of Q (TV Series) (1986)
Feat. Spike Milligan
Spike Milligan's influential television series (it out Monty Python's Monty Python) takes the former Goon's surrealistic 'nonsense' style and gives…
Blackadder 2 (TV Series)Blackadder 2 (TV Series) (1986) Aro Favourite
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',…
Dangerous Brothers, The (TV Series)Dangerous Brothers, The (TV Series) (1986)
Feat. Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson
Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson perform raucous skits lifted from British tele's “Saturday Live”. Tape features the sketch 'Kinky Sex' which was…
Pee-Wee's Playhouse (TV Series)Pee-Wee's Playhouse (TV Series) (1986-1991) Recommended
Feat. Paul Ruebens, Laurence Fishburne
Successfully spinning–off from his big–screen Big Adventure, Paul Reubens returns as his man–child alter–ego Pee–Wee…
Singing Detective, The (TV Series)Singing Detective, The (TV Series) (1986) Aro Favourite
Dir. Jon Amiel
Feat. Michael Gambon, Joanne Whalley, Patrick Malahide
Ground–breaking fantasy–drama from the unique genius of Dennis Potter. Michael Gambon is brilliant as a bed–ridden, frustrated…
Sledge Hammer! (TV Series)Sledge Hammer! (TV Series) (1986)
Feat. David Rasche, Harrison Page, Anne-Marie Martin
GET SMART meets DIRTY HARRY in this riotous late–night spoof detailing the exploits of unorthodox Inspector 'Sledge Hammer', a loose cannon of…
Twilight Zone, The (TV Series)Twilight Zone, The (TV Series) (1985) Recommended
Dir. Wes Craven, Tommy Lee Wallace, Robert Downey Snr.
Feat. Bruce Willis, Eric Bogosian, Amy Irving
A solid if variable 1980's reprise of Rod Serling's iconic series of off–beat fantasy stories. Also available; "Lost Classics" (1994),…
Comic Strip Presents: Bad News Tour (1983) / A Fistful of Travellers' ChequesComic Strip Presents: Bad News Tour (1983) / A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques (1984) Aro Favourite
Dir. Sandy Johnson, Adrian Edmondson
Feat. Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Dawn French
Excellent 'Comic Strip' double bill that teams up Adrian Edmonson's classic headbanger's satire with the cult repertory's memorable…

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