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Subgenre Sampler
Diff'rent Strokes (TV Series) (Different Strokes) (1978-1986)- Feat. Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges, Conrad Bain…
- Classic American sitcom had a rich white widower (Bain) adopt two black boys, notably a pint–sized Gary Coleman who proved the…
Disraeli (TV Mini-series) (1978)- Dir. Claude Whatham
Feat. Ian McShane, Rosemary Leach, Mary Peach… - Detailed biopic of the remarkable life of the author turned British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. Talky and visually limited this is more than a…
Edward and Mrs. Simpson (TV Mini-series) (1978)- Dir. Waris Hussein
Feat. Edward Fox, Cynthia Harris, Peggy Ashcroft… - Tasteful, but perceptive television series follows the scandalous romance between British monarch Edward VIII and American socialite (and divorcee)…
Famous Five, The (TV Series) (Enid Blyton's The Famous Five) (1978-1979)
- Feat. Michele Gallagher, Marcus Harris, Gary Russell…
- The original and most beloved of The Famous Five TV serials, based on Enid Blyton's classic children's adventure novels. Of Blyton's 21 stories,…
Fantasy Island (TV series) (1978-1984)- Feat. Ricardo Montalban, Herve Villechaize
- Unique and often inventive television classic set around a mysterious island resort, where white–suited Montalban and his diminutive sidekick…
George Eliot Boxset (The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Adam Bede, Middlemarch, Daniel Deronda) (1978-2002)- Five BBC classics from the pen of George Eliot. Collection includes: The Mill on the Floss (1978), Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe (1985),…
Going Straight (TV Series) (1978)- Feat. Ronnie Barker, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Richard Beckinsale…
- Underrated TV sequel to the brilliant PORRIDGE, with Barker attempting to survive the straight life outside Slade Prison. Without quite the deadpan…
Hazell (TV Series) (1978)- Feat. Nicholas Ball
- Paying homage to classic film noir this ITV crime series centres around a charismatic private detective who tackles blackmail, missing persons cases,…
Heidi (TV Series) (1978)- Dir. Tony Faadt, Joachim Hesss
Feat. Katharina Balhm, Katia Polletin - Thirteen episodes of the fondly remembered classic Heidi series.
Kent Chronicles, The (The Bastard, The Rebels, The Seekers) (1978-1979)- Dir. Lee H. Katzin, Russ Mayberry, Sidney Hayers
Feat. Andrew Stevens, William Shatner, Tom Bosley… - A trilogy of mini–series adaptations based on the bestselling novels by John Jakes (North and South), also known as the American Bicentennial…
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