Subgenre Sampler
Television: 2929 Films to Buy & Rent
Dukes of Hazzard, The (TV Series) (1979-1985)
- Feat. Tom Wopat, John Schneider, Catherine Bach…
- Mixing hayseed humour and car–action aplenty, this hit TV show milked Southern stereotypes for all their worth as country cousins Bo (dark) and…
Eric Sykes Collection (The Plank, Rhubarb Rhubarb!, It's Your Move, Mr H. Is Late, The Big Freeze, The Eric Sykes Show, The Likes of Sykes) (1979-1993)
- Dir. Eric Sykes
Feat. Eric Sykes, Arthur Lowe, Tommy Cooper…
- A ridiculously long list of British comic talent star in these slapstick masterpieces from the 1970s and 80s, all of which are virtually dialogue…
Facts of Life, The (TV Series) (1979-1988)
- Feat. Charlotte Rae, Molly Ringwald
- Coming–of–age spin–off from the series DIFFERENT STROKES focused on a group of young girls growing up in a boarding house under the…
Hart to Hart (TV Series) (1979-1984)
- Feat. Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers
- Classic TV fluff from the 1980s, this erstwhile detective series features a wealthy married couple (Wagner and Powers) spending their spare time as…
Ike (TV Mini-series) (1979)
- Dir. Boris Sagal, Melville Shavelson
Feat. Robert Duvall, Lee Remick, Dana Andrews…
- Robert Duvall is expectedly good in this three–part miniseries detailing the life of Dwight D. Eisenhower, who commanded American forces during…
Knots Landing (TV Series) (1979)
- Feat. Joan Van Ark, Michele Lee, Ted Shackelford…
- Bold and beautiful couples stake out their territory in a suburban Californian cul–de–sac. An addictive primetime soap of…
Littlest Hobo, The (TV Series) (1979-1985)
- Winning family serial follows a wandering German shepherd who who travels from place to place befriending and helping the struggling.
Martian Chronicles, The (TV Mini-series) (1979)
- Dir. Michael Anderson
Feat. Rock Hudson, Bernie Casey, Gayle Hunnicutt…
- Sluggish adaptation of the famed Ray Bradbury short stories concerning mankind's first expedition and attempted conquest of Mars. Adapted by Richard…
Minder (TV Series) (1979-1994)
- Feat. George Cole, Dennis Waterman
- Long–running British drama set around the shady activities of Arthur Daley (Cole) and his beleaguered 'minder'. Most entertaining for its…
Only When I Laugh (TV Series) (1979)
- Feat. James Bolam, Peter Bowles, Richard Wilson
- Chaotic sitcom series written by Eric Chappell (RISING DAMP) set in a madcap hospital occupied by bickering patients and hackneyed staff.…