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Tales from the Darkside (TV Series)Tales from the Darkside (TV Series) (1983-1988)
This popular horror/fantasy anthology TV series from the 1980's features more misses than hits, but all are gloriously tacky relics of their time.…
Terrahawks (TV Series)Terrahawks (TV Series) (1983)
Dir. Gerry Anderson, Tony Bell
A NASA mission to Mars encounters a hostile alien empire (from the planet Guk) in Gerry Anderson’s final stab at TV sci–fi…
Under Capricorn (TV Mini-Series)Under Capricorn (TV Mini-Series) (1983)
Dir. Rod Hardy
Feat. Peter Cousens, Lisa Harrow, John Hallam
Tumultuous drama with Cousens seeking his fortune in 19th century Australia, but his friendship with a convict threatens to scupper his plans.
WagnerWagner (1983)
Dir. Tony Palmer
Feat. Richard Burton, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud
Epic tele–production with Richard Burton as the manic German composer. Includes the Tony Palmer documentaries "In From the Cold? A Portrait of…
Waterfront (Mini-series)Waterfront (Mini-series) (1983)
Dir. Chris Thompson
Feat. Jack Thompson, Greta Scacchi
Intense mini–series depiction of labour relations hotting–up on the Melbourne waterfront in post–WWII Australia. Jack Thompson…
Winds of War, The (Mini-series)Winds of War, The (Mini-series) (1983)
Dir. Dan Curtis
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Ali MacGraw, Jan-Michael Vincent
Thorough and imposing wartime miniseries chronicling the width and breadth of events in the years leading up to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbour in…
'Allo 'Allo (TV Series)'Allo 'Allo (TV Series) (1982-1992)
Feat. Gordon Kaye, Carmen Silvera
British farce at its best and silliest, this sitcom takeoff of every WW2 French Resistance film (and the TV Series 'Secret Army') is set around the…
1915 (TV Mini-series)1915 (TV Mini-series) (1982)
Feat. Scott Burgess, Scott McGregor, Lorraine Bayly
A solid recreation of the Great War era, this TV mini–series charts the experiences of several young men leaving the home–front in…
Anthony Trollope Collection, TheAnthony Trollope Collection, The (The Barchester Chronicles, The Way We Live Now, He Knew He Was Right) (1982-2004)
Three BBC mini–series masterpieces from the pen of novelist Anthony Trollope.
Barchester Chronicles, The (TV Mini-series)Barchester Chronicles, The (TV Mini-series) (1982) Recommended
Dir. David Giles
Feat. Alan Rickman, Donald Pleasence, Nigel Hawthorne
Scandal inflames the once placid town of Barchester, in this typically astute BBC production of Anthony Trollope's novel. A young Alan Rickman holds…

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