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Lorna DooneLorna Doone (1990)
Dir. Andrew Grieve
Feat. Polly Walker, Clive Owen, Sean Bean
British television film set in the West Country during the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685 (though actually filmed in Scotland). John Kidd seeks to avenge…
Portrait of a Marriage (TV Mini-series)Portrait of a Marriage (TV Mini-series) (1990)
Dir. Stephen Whittaker
Feat. Janet McTeer, Cathryn Harrison, David Haig
TV mini–series detailing the real–life love affair between Vita Sackville–West and Violet Keppel, as well as the strength of Vita's…
Twin Peaks - Season 1 (TV Series)Twin Peaks - Season 1 (TV Series) (1990) Aro Favourite
Dir. David Lynch, Various
Feat. Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Madchen Amick
An eccentric, mystical FBI agent arrives in a small Pacific Northwest town to investigate the murder of a young high school girl. Iconic, influential…
Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV Series)Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV Series) (1989-2002) Recommended
Feat. David Suchet
Solid TV adaptation of Agatha Christie's series of detective novels featuring the fussily eccentric Belgian detective Hercule Poirot as he goes about…
Around the World in 80 Days (TV Mini-series)Around the World in 80 Days (TV Mini-series) (1989)
Dir. Buzz Kulik
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Eric Idle, Peter Ustinov
Mostly delightful version of Jules Verne's light adventure yarn, in which Phileas Fogg (Brosnan) attempts the titular feat for a bet. More complete…
Boys from the Blackstuff (TV Series)Boys from the Blackstuff (TV Series) (1989) Recommended
Dir. Philip Saville
Feat. Bernard Hill
Alan Bleasdale's series of plays vividly encapsulates the bleaker side of life in Thatcher's Liverpool. Beginning with the feature–length…
ChristabelChristabel (1989)
Dir. Adrian Shergold
Feat. Elizabeth Hurley, Stephen Dillane, Geoffrey Palmer
Set during the rise of Nazism, a German lawyer and his English wife plot against Hitler. Written by Dennis Potter.
Come In Spinner (TV Mini-series)Come In Spinner (TV Mini-series) (1989)
Dir. Robert Marchand
Feat. Lisa Harrow, Rebecca Gibney, Gary Day
Something of an Australian TV classic, this revolves around three women working in a Sydney beauty salon during the closing years of WW2 and the…
Press Gang (TV Series)Press Gang (TV Series) (1989-1993)
Feat. Julia Sawalha, Dexter Fletcher
Much–loved British TV series follows the fortunes of a newspaper, the 'Junior Gazette', run by a troublesome crowd of teenage students in North…
Summer's Lease (TV Mini-series)Summer's Lease (TV Mini-series) (1989)
Feat. Susan Fleetwood, John Gielgud, Michael Pennington
BBC "masterpiece theatre" drama–mystery series set in Tuscany, based on the novel by John Mortimer (RUMPOLE OF THE BAILEY) and adapted by the…

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