Subgenre Sampler
Television: 2929 Films to Buy & Rent
Typhon's People (1993)
- Dir. Yvonne MacKay
Feat. Alfred Molina, Sophie Lee, Michael Hurst…
- Capable sci–fi thriller, scripted by Margaret Mahy, concerning dodgy genetic–engineering in a remote NZ research station. Stars local…
Year in Provence, A (TV Series) (1993)
- Dir. David Tucker
Feat. John Thaw, Lindsay Duncan
- Adapted from Peter Mayle's best–selling book, this depicts the experiences of an English couple who move into a rustic village in the south of…
A Touch of Frost (TV Series) (1992-1995)
- Feat. David Jason
- An old–fashioned but thoroughly reliable British detective series set around a Detective Inspector with the 'common touch'. David Jason's…
Absolutely Fabulous (TV Series) (1992-2002)
- Dir. Bob Spiers
Feat. Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley
- Comedy darling Jennifer Saunders and sweetie Joanna Lumley tap a popular vein and strike gold with this Saunders–penned post–feminist…
Anglo Saxon Attitudes (TV Series) (1992)
- Feat. Richard Johnson, Douglas Hodge, Elizabeth Spriggs…
- TV drama based on the post–war satirical novel by Angus Wilson, following an aging historian (Richard Johnson) as he reflects on his youth, his…
As Time Goes By (TV Series) (1992)
- Dir. Sydney Lotterby
Feat. Judi Dench, Geoffrey Palmer
- A justifiably celebrated British sitcom, in which youthful 1950s lovers Dench and Palmer accidentally reconnect in middle age and tentatively…
Batman: The Animated Series (1992-1995)
- Respectful and crafted TV animation of the much–adapted Bob Kane comicbook, with Bruce Wayne transforming himself into a terrifying superhero…
Between the Lines (TV Series) (1992)
- Feat. Neil Pearson, Tom Georgeson, Siobhan Redmond…
- CONTRABAND TITLE. Not legally available for sale, rent or trade in New Zealand unless submitted for approval to the NZ Office of Film & Literature…
Bligh (TV Series) (1992)
- Feat. Magda Szubanski, Gina Riley, Jimeoin
- A motley spoof on the Australian governorship of Captain Bligh, who after the 1806 'Bounty' fiasco took up residence in Sydney.
Featuring not a…
Camomile Lawn, The (1992)
- Feat. Felicity Kendal, Claire Bloom, Jennifer Ehle
- Handsomely mounted for it's time, this TV miniseries is set in 1939 in Cornwall, against the backdrop of the final days of the Spanish Civil War and…