Subgenre Sampler
Television: 2929 Films to Buy & Rent
Fraggle Rock (TV Series) (1983)
- Creature curator Jim Henson developed this Muppet side project about a community of subterranean ‘Fraggles’ as an allegory for the human world,…
Hitchhiker, The (TV Series) (1983)
- Feat. Page Fletcher, Gary Busey, Peter Coyote…
- An early HBO series of mystery–thriller stories, related only by the character of The Hitchhiker (Page Fletcher), who introduces and closes…
Hotel (TV Series) (1983)
- Feat. James Brolin, Connie Sellecca, Anne Baxter…
- A 'Love Boat' for the seasick traveller, this glitzy Aaron Spelling production relocates the guest star formula of the maritime hit to the heart of a…
Jamaica Inn (Mini Series) (1983)
- Dir. Lawrence Gordon Clark
Feat. Jane Seymour, Patrick McGoohan, Trevor Eve
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Jane Eyre (TV Series) (1983)
- Dir. Julian Amyes
Feat. Zelah Clarke, Timothy Dalton
- Charlotte Bronte's ever–popular story, of orphan Jane's marriage to the enigmatic Mr Rochester (Timothy Dalton), is here adapted to its…
Mansfield Park (1983)
- Dir. David Giles
Feat. Sylvestra Le Touzel
- BBC drama based on Jane Austen's classic about life at an upper class family estate in Eighteenth century rural England.
Reilly Ace Of Spies (TV Mini-series) (1983)
- Dir. Martin Campbell, Jim Goddard
Feat. Sam Neill, Peter Egan, Ian Charleson…
- Quintessential 1980s mini–series follows the adventures of a real life British superspy Sidney Reilly in the turbulent Russia, Europe and Asia…
Return to Eden (TV Series) (1983)
- Feat. Rebecca Gilling
- Early 80s mini–series set around the survivor of a treacherous crocodile attack, that garnered a small cult due to its Aussie–kitsch…
Richard III (The Tragedy of Richard III) (1983)
- Dir. Jane Howell
Feat. Peter Benson, Antony Brown, David Burke
- BBC adaptation of Shakespeare's brilliantly dark play, completely unabridged and loyal to the original text.
Scales of Justice (TV Mini-series) (1983)
- Dir. Michael Jenkins
Feat. John Hargreaves, Bill Hunter, Isabelle Anderson…
- A three–part crime drama which links tales of drug–dealing, organised crime, police corruption and political conspiracy in 1980s…