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Walter / Walter & JuneWalter / Walter & June (Loving Walter) (1982-1983)
Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Ian McKellen, Barbara Jefford, Keith Allen
A pair of grim television movies based on the novels by David Cook, starring Ian McKellen as a man with a learning disability who is condemned by…
Bergerac (TV Series)Bergerac (TV Series) (1981)
Feat. John Nettles, Terence Alexander
Classic of its kind. Roguish Bergerac races around Jersey trying to thwart jewel thieves, terrorists, murderers and general no gooders. Great fun,…
Blake's 7 (TV Series) - Series 4Blake's 7 (TV Series) - Series 4 (1981)
Feat. Gareth Thomas, Michael Keating
More adventures and intrigues for the crew of the 'Liberator', in this classic British TV Series. Series Four: 13 episodes over five…
Brideshead Revisited (Mini-series)Brideshead Revisited (Mini-series) (1981) Recommended
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Diana Quick
Famous adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel chronicles one Charles Ryder and his relationship with the Marchmain family in England between the wars.…
Cherry Orchard, TheCherry Orchard, The (1981)
Dir. Richard Eyre
Feat. Judi Dench, Bill Paterson, Timothy Spall
BBC television drama based on the classic 1904 play by Anton Chekhov about the decline of the Russian aristocracy in general and one high–born…
Dallas - Season 5 (TV Series)Dallas - Season 5 (TV Series) (1981-1982)
Feat. Larry Hagman, Barbara Bel Geddes, Patrick Duffy
Further episodes in the classic piece of 80s TV Americana, following the fortunes of the well–heeled Ewing and Barnes families. Available over…
Darkroom (TV Series)Darkroom (TV Series) (1981)
Feat. James Coburn
James Coburn hosts this cultish NIGHT GALLERY spinoff, with weekly episodes presenting two or three shorts tales of the mysterious and macabre.
Day of the Triffids (TV Mini-Series)Day of the Triffids (TV Mini-Series) (1981)
Dir. Ken Hannam
Feat. John Duttine, Emma Relph, Maurice Colbourne
More convincing and clinical than previous adaptations of John Wyndham's novel, this BBC series depicts the blinding of Earth's human population and…
Dynasty (TV Series)Dynasty (TV Series) (1981-1989)
Feat. John Forsythe, Joan Collins, Linda Evans
Producer Aaron Spelling's lavish prime–time soap, conceived to capitalize on the huge success of rival, "Dallas", can't hide its status as a…
East of Eden (TV Mini-series)East of Eden (TV Mini-series) (1981)
Dir. Harvey Hart
Feat. Timothy Bottoms, Jane Seymour, Bruce Boxleitner
Over six hours long, this sumptuous Emmy and Golden Globe winning mini–series, adapts Steinbeck’s quintessential novel "more fully and…

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