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Beauty and the Beast (TV Series)Beauty and the Beast (TV Series) (1987)
Feat. Linda Hamilton, Ron Perlman
Distinctively 80s drama series is a twist on the classic tale, where 'Beast' (Perlman) is a noble–man living in New York's hidden underworld of…
Blackadder 3 (TV Series)Blackadder 3 (TV Series) (1987) Aro Favourite
Dir. Mandie Fletcher
Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Laurie, Tony Robinson
Classic third series set in England 1760–1815. Six episodes contained on one DVD or two tape volumes: 'Dish and Dishonesty', 'Ink and…
Captain James Cook (TV Mini Series)Captain James Cook (TV Mini Series) (1987)
Dir. Lawrence Gordon Clark
Feat. Keith Michell, Fernando Rey, Carol Drinkwater
Lavishly–produced series about the epochal sea voyages of Captain James Cook, who set out from Britain in 1768 to observe the transit of Venus…
Complete Talking Heads, The (TV Miniseries)Complete Talking Heads, The (TV Miniseries) (1987-1998) Recommended
Dir. Alan Bennett
Feat. Alan Bennett, Stephanie Cole, Thora Hird
Much–feted 1980s TV series comprising a series of six stage monologues by renowned playwright Alan Bennett, devised to depict various suffering…
Dame Edna Experience, The (TV Series)Dame Edna Experience, The (TV Series) (1987) Aro Favourite
Feat. Barry Humphries
Dame Edna Everage hosted this riotous mock chat–show in the late eighties (following a series of successful TV specials), where her guests…
Degrassi Junior High (TV Series)Degrassi Junior High (TV Series) (1987-1991)
An unusually entertaining 1980s Canadian high school drama gathered a certain cult following around its charismatic young cast and well–judged…
Dorothy L. Sayers Mysteries (TV Series)Dorothy L. Sayers Mysteries (TV Series) (Strong Poison, Have His Carcase, Gaudy Night) (1987)
Feat. Harriet Walter, Edward Petherbridge, Richard Morant
A series of BBC TV adaptations of three novels by Dorothy L. Sayers that follow the aristocratic sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey's romance with the crime…
East of IpswichEast of Ipswich (1987)
Dir. Tristram Powell
Feat. Edward Rawle-Hicks
Michael Palin drew from his childhood memories of seaside family holidays in penning this coming–of–age dramedy for the BBC, set in the…
Father Dowling Mysteries (TV Series)Father Dowling Mysteries (TV Series) (Father Dowling Investigates) (1987)
Feat. Tom Bosley, Mary Wickes, Tracy Nelson
Soul food for the mystery buff. Steadily paced and written series concerns the crime solving feats of a Chicago Catholic Priest (HAPPY DAYS' Tom…
Filthy, Rich and Catflap (TV Series)Filthy, Rich and Catflap (TV Series) (1987)
Feat. Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Nigel Planer
THE YOUNG ONES magic had gone, but the anarchic energy lives on for Rik RicMayall and Adrian Edmondson in this follow–up series. All six…

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