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Alfresco (TV Series)Alfresco (TV Series) (1983-1984)
Dir. Stuart Orme
Feat. Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Ben Elton
A comedy sketch show, intended as ITV's equivalent to Not The Nine O'Clock News, which was currently popular on BBC. Written by Ben Elton, with…
Alice in WonderlandAlice in Wonderland (1983)
Dir. Kirk Browning
Feat. Kate Burton, Richard Burton, Eve Arden
From the Broadway Theatre Archive series, this is a filmed version of the 1970s revival of a 1932 Broadway version. Distinguished by extraordinary…
All The Right MovesAll The Right Moves (1983)
Dir. Michael Chapman
Feat. Tom Cruise, Craig T. Nelson, Lea Thompson
Stirring though conventional sports drama has a talented high–school football player (Cruise), weigh up his life priorities in the face of a…
All The Rivers Run (TV Mini-series)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…
Another State of MindAnother State of Mind (1983) Aro Favourite
Dir. Adam Small
A compelling time–capsule from the early 1980s American punk–scene, documenting the travails of two L.A. bands (Social Distortion and…
Anthony and CleopatraAnthony and Cleopatra (1983)
Dir. Lawrence Carra
Feat. Timothy Dalton, Lynn Redgrave, John Carradine
Above–par version of Shakespeare's Egyptian tragedy with the two leads giving particularly strong performances. Filmed in a…
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (TV Series)Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (TV Series) (1983-2004) Recommended
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…
Ballad of NarayamaBallad of Narayama (1983)
Dir. Shohei Imamura
Feat. Ken Ogata, Sumiko Sakamoto, Tonpei Hidari
Austere beauty characterises this second retelling of a Japanese legend, originally filmed in stylised, Kabuki–inspired vignettes. Ken…
Bananaman (TV Series)Bananaman (TV Series) (1983-1986)
An animated series from the 80's featuring the talents of "The Goodies" themselves, based around the silly adventures of a schoolboy who eats a…
BetrayalBetrayal (1983) Recommended
Dir. David Jones
Feat. Ben Kingsley, Patricia Hodge, Jeremy Irons
Amorality tale of a publisher, his wife and her lover, adapted from Harold Pinter's powerhouse play, effectively told in reverse chronology. Ben…

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