Subgenre Sampler
Television: 2929 Films to Buy & Rent
Osbournes, The (TV Series) (2002)
- Feat. Ozzy Osbourne
- A smash hit of the ‘Reality TV’ genre, this follows the antics of wealthy heavy metaller Ozzy Osbourne, wife/manager Sharon and two of their…
Shield, The (TV Series) (2002)
- Feat. Michael Chiklis, Walton Goggins, C.C.H. Pounder…
- Daring police series with a controversially dark streak about an elite LAPD strike team that “knock down the doors that other cops don’t want…
Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings (TV Series) (2002)
- Magical animation (modelled on a 1970s TV series) about a little boy called Simon whose drawings come to life! Simple and charming visuals contribute…
Spongebob Squarepants (TV Series) (2002)
- Another anarchic children's animation from the Nickelodeon stable, this time featuring the gregarious titular seasponge and his marine pals.
Spooks - Season 1 (TV Series) (2002)
- Feat. Matthew MacFadyen, Keeley Hawes, Peter Firth…
- Watchable and fast–paced teledrama set around the activites of Britain's official spy agency, MI5.
Based around half a dozen characters in…
Spy in the... Collection, The (TV Series) (2002-2004)
- Feat. David Attenborough
- Overtly sneaky wildlife doco series where cameras are hidden in the environments of a den of lions, a herd of elephants, a clan of bears and a pride…
Strip, The (TV Series) (2002)
- Feat. Luanne Gordon, Renée Ellwood, Jodie Rimmer…
- A highly strung corporate lawyer finds her life in disarray upon discovering her husband in bed with another man, so naturally she chucks in her job…
Taken (TV Series) (2002)
- Feat. Matt Frewer
- Steven Speilberg ‘presents’ this straight–faced mini–series about the impact of UFOs (abductions, investigations,…
Tipping the Velvet (2002)
- Dir. Geoffrey Sax
Feat. Rachael Stirling, Keeley Hawes, Anna Chancellor
- Dramatises a unique love–story (from Sarah Waters' novel) between a young girl and a charismatic male impersonator in the 1890s music hall, and…
Wild West (TV Series) (2002-2004)
- Feat. Dawn French, Catherine Tate, Bill Bailey
- Quirky and understated comedy series concerning two 'lesbians of convenience' (French and Tate) living in the fictitious Cornwall town of St. Gweep,…