Subgenre Sampler
Television: 2929 Films to Buy & Rent
Sullivans, The (TV Series) (1976-1983)
- Feat. Mel Gibson
- Long–running Australian series set during WW2 Melbourne that became an iconic, antipodean version of THE WALTONS, eventually running to 1114…
Sweeney, The (TV Series) (1976)
- Dir. David Wickes, Tom Clegg
Feat. John Thaw, Dennis Waterman
- Before THE PROFESSIONALS and MINDER came the ground–breaking Brit cop show starring John Thaw and Dennis Waterman. A highly influential action…
When The Boat Comes In (TV Series) (1976)
- Feat. James Bolam, James Garbutt, Jean Heywood
- 'Northern' drama series set in a post–WW1 Britain, where Ex–Sergeant Jack Ford (Bolam) and his family must deal with the aftermath…
Young Doctors, The (TV Series) (1976-1983)
- Feat. Rebecca Gilling
- One of Australia's most popular soap operas – and across the ditch too! – followed the appealing medical dramas and behind–scenes…
Anne Of Avonlea (1975)
- Feat. Kim Braden, Barbara Hamilton, Nicholas Lyndhurst
- Continues the story of Anne Shirley (the heroine of ANNE OF GREEN GABLES) as she begins her job as a schoolteacher and faces a whole new set of…
Barney Miller (TV Series) (1975)
- Feat. Hal Linden, Barbara Barrie, Abe Vigoda…
- This offbeat '70s sitcom about the drudgery and ordinary absurdity of everyday police work remains a cult favourite among TV aficionados and…
Charlie's Angels (TV Series) (1975- 1980)
- Dir. Richard Lang, Cliff Bol
Feat. Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith…
- Hugely successful 70s television series that ingeniously pooled the elements overt sex appeal, cod–feminism and crime fighting.
Edward VII (TV Series) (1975)
- Dir. John Gorrie
Feat. Timothy West, John Gielgud, Robert Hardy…
- Superb period drama covers the complicated 'Royal' Edward VII, who was almost an old man by the time he finally became King of England in the early…
Fawlty Towers (TV Series) (1975)
- Dir. John Howard
Feat. John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Connie Booth…
- TV comedy approaches perfection in John Cleese's irreverent, madcap sitcom set in a small West Country hotel.
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Golden Years of TV Comedy Vol. 3 (Porridge, Sykes, The Two Ronnies) (1975)
- Dir. Various
Feat. Eric Sykes, Ronnie Corbett, Ronnie Barker
- Three sample episodes from three classic BBC comedies from 1975.