Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Television: 2855 Films to Rent
Kessler (TV Mini-series) (1981)
- Feat. Clifford Rose, Alan Dobie
- Six–part sequel to the terrific WW2 series SECRET ARMY sees former SS member Ludwig Kessler (Rose) living in 'present day' and on the run from…
Nanny (TV Series) (1981)
- Feat. Wendy Craig, John Quayle, Natalie Forbes
- Lovely period 30's BBC series following Barbara Gray (Craig) a childless, lonely woman who decides to turn her life around and become a nanny for…
Only Fools and Horses (TV Series) (1981)
- Feat. David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Lennard Pearce
- The highly successful British comedy series that made David Jason a star of the smallscreen, playing Del, a black–marketeer on the streets of…
Our Heritage (TV Series) (1981)
- A unique series of television snippets, in which seven ballads by legendary Waitakere historian Jack Diamond are recited over historical imagery and…
Peter and Paul (1981)
- Dir. Robert Day
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Robert Foxworth, Eddie Albert…
- Epic account of the early spread of Christianity follows disciples Peter and Paul as they struggle against violent opposition and their own personal…
Private Schulz (1981)
- Feat. Michael Elphick, Ian Richardson, Billie Whitelaw…
- Gleefully macabre farce focuses on the scheming titular character who convinces the Nazis to mass counterfeit millions of five pound notes in a bid…
Sense and Sensibility (1981)
- Dir. Rodney Bennett
Feat. Irene Richards, Tracey Childs, Diana Fairfax…
- Two sisters search for love, happiness and a way out of financial strife. From Jane Austen's novel, this was filmed by the BBC on location in Dorset…
Simon and Simon (TV Series) (Simon & Simon) (1981)
- Feat. Gerald McRaney, Jameson Parker
- Two sibling sleuths, one a sophisticate, the other a slacker, hunt counterfeiters, drug dealers and contract killers in this classic action series…
Smurfs, The (TV Series) (1981-1990)
- Originally the Belgian creation of Pierre " Peyo" Culliford, the little blue creatures became a worldwide hit in the 1980s with an…
Sorry! (TV Series) (1981)
- Feat. Ronnie Corbett, Barbara Lott
- Ronnie Corbett, forty–something and with the world as his oyster, can't get a break in this memorable sitcom where his possessive mother (Lott)…