Subgenre Sampler
Television: 2958 Films to Buy & Rent
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.…
Porridge (TV Series) (1979)
- Dir. Dick Clement
Feat. Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale
- Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale are on oatmeal and water in this classic British comedy set within the prison walls of Her Majesty’s…