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Catch-22 (TV Mini-series) (2019): Dir. Grant Heslov, George Clooney
Feat. Christopher Abbott, Kyle Chandler, Daniel David Stewart…; Updated six–part adaptation of the difficult–to–adapt classic Joseph Heller novel, a WWII satire which was formerly adapted as a…
Game of Thrones - Season 8 (TV Series) (2019): The struggle for the iron throne continues in the eight and final season of the rightly acclaimed HBO series derived from George R.R. Martin's…
Treadstone (TV Series) (2019): Feat. Jeremy Irvine, Han Hyo-joo, Omar Metwally; TV spin–off of the BOURNE movie franchise exploring the origins of the CIA black ops programme which turned recruits into assassins though…
Gifted, The (TV Series) (Marvel's The Gifted) (2017): Feat. Stephen Moyer, Amy Acker; TV series set in the X–Men universe, but in a timeline in which the X–Men have all but disappeared, as mutants are treated with derision…
Iron Fist (TV Series) (2017): Feat. Finn Jones; TV series set in the Marvel Universe and featuring the comics character of the same name – a martial arts practitioner who wields the mystical…
Knightfall (TV Series) (2017-2019): Feat. Tom Cullen, Jim Carter; Historical drama series about the Knights Templar, the powerful and mysterious Catholic military order from the middle ages. Made by The History…
Hooten and the Lady (TV Series) (2016): Feat. Ophelia Lovibond, Michael Landes, Shaun Parkes…; A fussy British Museum curator reluctantly teams up with a roguish American adventurer to hunt treasure around the world, in this action adventure TV…
Legends of Tomorrow (TV Series) (DC's Legends of Tomorrow) (2016): Feat. Victor Garber, Brandon Routh, Arthur Darvill …; TV series set in the Arrowverse and based on DC Comics characters including Arrow, The Flash and Supergirl. Season One follows the fate of an…
Lethal Weapon (TV Series) (2016): Feat. Damon Wayans, Clayne Crawford; A quintessential "buddy cop" action comedy–drama series based on the 1980s & 90s film franchise created by Shane Black, with Damon Wayans and…
Limitless (TV Series) (2016): Feat. Jake McDorman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Jennifer Carpenter; Enjoyable follow–up to the Bradley Cooper film, this has Jake McDorman playing a typical twenty–something who gains the ability to use…
Quarry (TV Series) (2016): Dir. Greg Yaitanes, John Hillcoat
Feat. Logan Marshall-Green, Jodi Balfour, Damon Herriman…; A dark yet realistic crime drama series in which a disillusioned Vietnam War vet returns home to Memphis in 1972 only to find rejection and scrutiny,…
Tutankhamun (TV Mini-series) (2016): Dir. Peter Webber
Feat. Max Irons, Jonathan Aris, Sam Neill…; A four–part dramatisation of how a penniless, ostracised archaeologist named Howard Carter became a household name following his discovery of…
Wynonna Earp (TV Series) (2016): Feat. Melanie Scrofano, Shamier Anderson, Tim Rozon…; Canadian supernatural Western series based on the IDW Comic, that follows Wyatt Earp's great granddaughter as she battles demons and other creatures…
Agent Carter (TV Series) (2015): Feat. Hayley Atwell, James D'Arcy, Enver Gjokaj; Marvel crime series follows secret agent Peggy Carter as she attempts to thwart various atomic threats in forties New York.
Daredevil (TV Series) (2015): Feat. Charlie Cox, Vincent D'Onofrio; Marvel's blind superhero gets a laudable TV adaptation with Charlie Cox as the lawyer by day, superhero vigilante by night.
Hollow Crown, The: Wars of the Roses (TV Series) (2015): Dir. Dominic Cooke
Feat. Benedict Cumberbatch, Hugh Bonneville, Judi Dench…; A second series of star–studded, exceptionally presented Shakespeare adaptations, with Henry VI in two parts, along with Richard III. Together…
Justified - The Final Season (TV Series) (2015): Feat. Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Walton Goggins…; Raylan Givens gets a terrific send–off in the conclusion to Elmore Leonard's urban western about an old–school U.S. Marshal reassigned…
Last Kingdom, The (TV Series) (2015): Feat. Alexander Dreymon, Ian Hart, Matthew MacFadyen…; Historical adventure series set in the divided England of the 9th century follows the travails of the orphaned son of a Saxon nobleman.
Last Man On Earth, The (TV Series) (2015): Feat. Will Forte, Kristen Schaal, January Jones…; Quirky send–up of the post–apocalypse genre with talented comedians Kristen Schaal and Will Forte playing a pair of mismatched survivors…
Last Panthers, The (TV Series) (2015): Feat. Samantha Morton, Tahar Rahim, John Hurt; Globe–trotting crime caper with Samantha Morton and Tahar Rahim on the trail of a gang of diamond thieves.
Poldark (TV Series) (2015): Feat. Aidan Turner, Eleanor Tomlinson, Philip Davis; Remake of the classic swashbuckler with the strapping Aidan Turner as the Cornish nobleman embroiled in local scrapes and squabbles.
Tut (TV Mini-Series) (2015): Dir. David Von Ancken
Feat. Ben Kingsley, Avan Jogia, Nonso Anozie; Melodramatic mini–series covering the rise to power of the extraordinary Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Ben Kinglsey hams it up as Tut's…
Black Sails (TV Series) (2014-2017): Feat. Zach McGowan, Luke Arnold, Toby Stephens…; Set in 1715, the "Golden Age of Piracy", this sexed–up action–packed adventure series from executive producer Michael Bay follows Captain…
Flash, The (TV Series) (2014): Feat. Grant Gustin, Danielle Panabaker; Enjoyable adaptation of the DC comic in which a forensic detective has a laboratory accident which causes the molecules of his body to vibrate at…
Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond (TV Mini-Series) (2014): Dir. Mat Whitecross
Feat. Dominic Cooper, Lara Pulver, Lesley Manville…; The colourful and perilous adventures of Ian Fleming are liberally brought to life in this wartime spy romp pitched as the making of James Bond.
Gotham (TV Series) (2014): Feat. Ben McKenzie, Jada Pinkett Smith, Donal Logue…; Batman prequel tells the story behind Commissioner James Gordon's rise to prominence in Gotham City in the years before Batman's arrival.
Justified - Season 5 (TV Series) (2014): Feat. Timothy Olyphant, Walton Goggins, Joelle Carter…; Further episodes from the slick urban western about an old–school U.S. Marshal reassigned from Miami to his childhood home in the poor, rural…
Last Ship, The (TV Series) (2014): Feat. Adam Baldwin, Rhona Mitra, Eric Dane…; A global pandemic kills off 80 percent of the earth's population, leaving the crew of a lone naval destroyer to stop the virus before humanity…
Musketeers, The (TV Series) (2014): Feat. Luke Pasqualino, Peter Capaldi; A strapping reimagining of the adventures of Alexandre Dumas's Three Musketeers. Very much an old–fashioned swashbuckler in the campy tradition…
Sons of Liberty (TV Series) (2014): Dir. Kari Skogland
Feat. Ben Barnes, Marton Csokas, Rafe Spall…; A History Channel miniseries in the "historical fiction" style, exploring the lives of America's Founding Fathers during the revolution that created…
Atlantis (TV Series) (2013): Feat. Jack Donnelly, Mark Addy, Juliet Stevenson; An epic drama based around the stories of Greek mythology and the lost city of Atlantis. Jason, is sucked into a vortex and transported back to the…
Kill Point, The (TV Series) (2013): Dir. Steve Shill
Feat. Donnie Wahlberg, John Leguizamo, Tobin Bell…; High octane television series that follows a group of U.S. Marines recently returned from serving in Iraq as they come together to pull off a major…
Wrong Mans, The (TV Series) (2013-2014): Feat. James Corden, Sarah Solemani, Tom Basden…; An ambitious BBC comedy–drama series co–created and written by GAVIN & STACEY alumni James Corden and Mathew Baynton that combines the…
Justified - Season 3 (TV Series) (2012): Feat. Timothy Olyphant, Walton Goggins, Joelle Carter…; Further episodes from the slick urban western about an old–school U.S. Marshal reassigned from Miami to his childhood home in the poor, rural…
No Limit (TV Series) (2012): Feat. Vincent Elbaz, Anne Girouard; TV series created by Luc Besson following a French intelligence agent who accepts a mission from a mysterious black ops organisation in exchange for…
Justified - Season 2 (TV Series) (2011): Feat. Timothy Olyphant, Walton Goggins, Joelle Carter…; Further episodes from the slick urban western about an old–school U.S. Marshal reassigned from Miami to his childhood home in the poor, rural…
Sinking of the Laconia, The (TV Mini-Series) (2011): Dir. Uwe Janson
Feat. Andrew Buchan, Brian Cox, Franke Potente; Gripping reenactment of the events surrounding the ill–fated Laconia, a British ocean liner crippled by a German U–boat, who in turn…
24 - Season 8 (TV Series) (2010): Feat. Kiefer Sutherland; Final season of the high–concept TV thriller, covering 24 hours of real time events (an hour per episode) with Kiefer Sutherland as lead…
Covert Affairs (TV Series) (2010): Feat. Piper Perabo, Christopher Gorham, Anne Dudek…; Compulsive spy caper with Piper Perabo vamping it up as a CIA trainee inexplicably thrust into the front line and order to hunt down her…
Deep, The (TV Mini-series) (2010): Dir. Jim O’Hanlon, Colm McCarthy
Feat. Minnie Driver, James Nesbitt, Goran Visnjic…; BBC adventure series following a research submarine beneath the Arctic that stumbles upon a terrifying secret with Earth–shattering…
Justified - Season 1 (TV Series) (2010): Feat. Timothy Olyphant, Walton Goggins, Joelle Carter…; Slick urban western with an old–school U.S. Marshal reassigned from Miami to his childhood home in the poor, rural coal–mining towns of…
Nikita (TV Series) (2010): Feat. Maggie Q, Shane West, Lyndsy Fonseca…; Luc Besson's original female assassin lives on in this slick, aggressive TV spin–off fronted by leggy Canto star Maggie Q as a deadly escapee…
Pacific, The (TV Series) (2010): Feat. Joseph Mazzello, James Badge Dale, John Seda…; Searing, no–expense–spared follow–up to the Tom Hanks/Steven Spielberg–produced BAND OF BROTHERS shifts its epic perspective…
Strike Back (TV Series) (2010-2017): Feat. Andrew Lincoln, Richard Armitage, Michelle Lukes…; An high–octane action series centred on the intersecting operations of an SAS Sergeant (Armitage) and an SIS Agent (Lincoln) over the course of…
Sengoku Basara (TV Series) (Samurai Kings) (2009): In the bloody Warring States Period, of feudal Japan, many generals fought in an endless struggle for power, but one man proved to be too big of a…
24 - Redemption (2008): Dir. Jon Cassar
Feat. Kiefer Sutherland, Robert Carlyle, Gil Bellows…; Solid feature–length primer for 24's seventh season finds the ever–durable Jack Bauer on the lam from American authorities, hiding out in…
24 - Season 7 (TV Series) (2008): Feat. Kiefer Sutherland; Further episodes in this high–concept TV thriller, covering 24 hours of real time events (an hour per episode) with Kiefer Sutherland as lead…
Comanche Moon (TV Mini-series) (2008): Feat. Adam Beach, Linda Cardellini, Rachel Griffiths…; Clunky prequel to the Lonesome Dove franchise, with Steve Zahn and Karl Urban filling the younger shoes of Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones…
Flashpoint (TV Series) (2008): Feat. Hugh Dillon, Enrico Colantoni, Sergio Di Zio; High–octane cop show from Canada following the 'Strategic Response Unit', a team of elite police who take on the riskier jobs the rest won't…
Last Enemy, The (TV Mini-series) (2008): Dir. Iain B. MacDonald
Feat. Benedict Cumberbatch, Anamaria Marinca, Max Beesley…; Five–part BBC TV drama set in a near–future version of London, where the population is controlled via a centralised database that tracks…
Terminator - The Sarah Connor Chronicles (TV Series) (2008): Feat. Lena Headey, Thomas Dekker, Busy Phillips; Flashy sci–fi series set two years after TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY and centred on Sarah Connor and her son preparing for battle against the…
24 - Season 6 (TV Series) (2007): Feat. Kiefer Sutherland; Further episodes in this high–concept TV thriller, covering 24 hours of real time events (an hour per episode) with Kiefer Sutherland as lead…
Bionic Woman, The (TV Series) (2007): Feat. Michelle Ryan, Miguel Ferrer, Molly Price…; Updated version of the 70's TV series about a female athlete who is gifted with bionic strength after a serious accident.
Chuck (TV Series) (2007-2008): Feat. Zachary Levi, Adam Baldwin; Affable action series centred on a computer geek recruited into the CIA after inadvertently downloading top–secret government secrets onto his…
24 - Season 5 (TV Series) (2006): Feat. Kiefer Sutherland; Further episodes in this high–concept TV thriller, covering 24 hours of real time events (an hour per episode) with Kiefer Sutherland as lead…
Above and Beyond (TV Mini-Series) (2006): Dir. Sturla Gunnarsson
Feat. Jason Priestley, Joss Ackland, Kenneth Welsh…; Commendable mini–series based on the true story of the Atlantic Ferry Operation in WW2 – a last–ditch aerial attack from Canada's…
Amazing Extraordinary Friends (TV Series) (2006): Feat. Carl Dixon, Hannah Marshall, David McPhail…; Lightweight, tongue–in–cheek Kiwi kids series focused around a young boy who gains heroic powers and goes on a quest to recruit other…
Broken Trail (TV Mini-series) (2006): Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Robert Duvall, Thomas Haden Church, Greta Scacchi…; High calibrE made–for–TV western about an aging cowboy and his nephew who rescue five Chinese girls from a slave trader while…
Deadwood - Season 3 (TV Series) (2006): Feat. Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker…; Further tales from the troubled Arizona town of Deadwood. Season Three: 12 episodes across four discs. Disc 1: Tell Your God to Ready for Blood, I…
Man vs Wild (TV Series) (2006): Feat. Bear Grylls; Macho malarkey with modern day Macgyver and master masochist Bear Grylls running round extreme terrains tormenting himself for the benefit of couch…
Robin Hood (TV Series) (2006): Feat. Jonas Armstrong, Lucy Griffiths, Richard Armitage…; The latest reincarnation of Robin Hood is a lavish, broadly appealing small screen BBC revival of the Sherwood legend. All of Robin’s friends and…
Tiger Brigades, The (2006): Dir. Jerome Cornuau
Feat. Clovis Cornillac, Diane Kruger, Edouard Baer…; Splashy French adventurism, in the spirit of THE UNTOUCHABLES, pits a high–minded inspector and his hard knocks 'Tiger Brigade' of crimebusters…
Unit, The (TV Series) (2006): Dir. David Mamet, various
Feat. Dennis Haysbert, Scott Foley, Robert Patrick…; The brainchild of David Mamet, this riveting black–ops suspenser serialises the daring assignments of a covert special forces team who, under…
24 - Season 4 (TV Series) (2005): Feat. Kiefer Sutherland, Elisha Cuthbert; Further episodes in this high–concept TV thriller, covering 24 hours of real time events (an hour per episode) with Kiefer Sutherland as lead…
Deadwood - Season 2 (TV Series) (2005): Feat. Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker…; Further tales from the troubled Arizona town of Deadwood. Season Two: 12 episodes across four discs. Disc 1: A Lie Agreed Upon – Part 1, A…
Empire (2005): Feat. Colm Feore, Emily Blunt, Jonathon Cake; Glossy and occasionally patchy drama which reconstructs the events surrounding the assassination of Julius Caesar (Freore) and the succession of…
Kidnapped (TV Mini Series) (2005): Feat. Adrian Dunbar, John Bach, Paul McGann…; A stirring adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic adventure yarn, set around a young boy's entanglement with the Scottish Jacobite rebellion…
Over There (TV Series) (2005): Feat. Josh Henderson, Luke MacFarlane, Erik Palladino; Demanding Iraqi War excursion from Steven Bochco (NYPD BLUE) focuses on a US army unit’s dispatch to Iraq. Light on politics, this nevertheless…
Shakugan No Shana (TV Series) (2005): Yuji is returning from school when suddenly time stops and monsters appear to devour people. He is not frozen, however. When one of the monsters…
Deadwood - Season 1 (TV Series) (2004): Feat. Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker…; An acclaimed new revision of the Western genre, recounting the complex and troubling establishment of the Arizona town of Deadwood in the 1880s,…
King Solomon's Mines (TV Mini-series) (2004): Feat. Patrick Swayze, Alison Doody, Roy Marsden…; Two–part miniseries based on H. Rider Haggard's timeless tale of Allan Quartermain's quest to find the fabled mines of King Solomon, and the…
Las Vegas (TV Series) (2004): Feat. James Caan, Josh Duhamel; Set in the environs of the fictional "Montecito Resort and Casino" of the Nevada gambling town, this escapist drama revolves chiefly around…
24 - Season 2 (TV Series) (2003): Feat. Kiefer Sutherland; Further episodes in this high–concept TV thriller, covering 24 hours of real time events (an hour per episode) with Kiefer Sutherland as lead…
Battlestar Galactica (TV Mini Series) (2003): Dir. Michael Rymer
Feat. Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell; Glossed–up reprise of the late–70s sci–fi TV series, which replaces the cuteness with a more sombre tone, ethnic diversity and…
Napoleon (TV Mini-series) (2003): Dir. Yves Simoneau
Feat. Christian Clavier, Gerard Depardieu, John Malkovich…; A handsomely staged French (though English language) production of the life of Napoleon Bonaparte (Clavier) from his youthful antics, military…
24 - Season 1 (TV Series) (2002): Feat. Kiefer Sutherland, Leslie Hope, Dennis Haysbert…; High–concept TV thriller, covering 24 hours of real time events (an hour per episode), with Kiefer Sutherland as lead special agent of a…
Alias (TV Series) (2001): Feat. Jennifer Garner, Ron Rifkin, Michael Vartan…; Depicts the adventures of a college student (Garner) who moonlights as a special agent – fulfilling dangerous covert operations for the CIA and…
Band of Brothers (TV Series) (2001): Dir. Phil Alden Robinson, Richard Loncraine, Mikael Salomon
Feat. David Schwimmer, Ron Livingston; The brainchild of Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, this excellently–produced WWII mini–series follows the fortunes of ‘Easy Company’,…
Count of Monte Cristo, The (2001): Dir. Josee Dayan
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Ornella Muti, Jean Rochefort; The classic tale of injustice and revenge (by Alexander Dumas), gets respectful treatment in this French TV mini–series starring Gerard…
Les Miserables (TV Mini-series) (2000): Dir. Josee Dayan
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Christian Clavier, John Malkovich…; Well mounted and faithful adaptation of Victor Hugo's tale of persecution and revenge set in early 19th century France, with Gerard Depardieu playing…
CI5: The New Professionals (TV Series) (1999): Feat. Edward Woodward; Short–lived revival of the seminal British TV series finds the fictional government agency now tackling international acts of terrorism,…
Harsh Realm (TV Series) (1999-2000): Feat. Scott Bairstow, D.B. Sweeney, Terry O'Quinn…; A US infantryman (Bairstow), about to be demobilised, is given one last mission – to test a top secret 'virtual reality' training game. It…
Scarlet Pimpernel, The (Mini Series) (1999): Dir. Simon Langton
Feat. Richard E. Grant, Elizabeth McGovern; A lively television adaptation of the Baroness Orczy's famous novel set around the bloody chaos of post–revolutionary France and one English…
Martial Law (TV Series) (1998-2000): Feat. Sammo Hung, Arsenio Hall; Action–comedy series starring prolific Hong Kong actor/director/producer Sammo Hung (and frequent Jackie Chan collaborator) as a Chinese law…
Trigun (TV Series) (1998): The $60,000,000,000 Man – Vash the Stampede is a wanted man with a habit of turning entire towns into rubble. The price on his head is a…
Andersonville (TV Mini-series) (1996): Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Frederic Forrest, Ted Marcoux, Jarrod Emick; TV western set during the American Civil War, about a group of Union soldiers who are sent to a Confederate prison camp near Andersonville, Georgia…
J.A.G. (TV Series) (1995): Feat. David James Elliott, Tracey Needham, Catherine Bell; Hold on to your hairpiece, it's JAG! (U.S. military acronym for Judge Advocate General!) Predominantly follows a lieutenant called "Harm", who used…
M.A.N.T.I.S. (TV Series) (Mantis) (1994): Dir. Sam Raimi
Feat. Carl Lumbly, Roger Rees; A wheelchair–bound scientist becomes a crime–fighter after building himself a powerful exo–skeleton that gives him superhuman…
Ocean Girl (TV Series) (1994-1997): Feat. Marzena Godecki, Jeffrey Walker, Kerry Armstrong; Environmentally conscious Australian cult adventure series based around a mystical girl from under the sea who has the ability to communicate with…
Adventures of Brisco County Jr., The (TV Series) (1993-1994): Dir. Bryan Spicer
Feat. Bruce Campbell, Julius Carry, Christian Clemenson; Wacky TV western following a Harvard–educated lawyer–turned–bounty hunter who goes after an outlaw using a range of curiously…
Sharpe (TV Series) (1993-1998): Dir. Tom Clegg
Feat. Sean Bean, Brian Cox; Various teledramas adapting Bernard Cornwall's famous novels about the adventures of an officer in the 19th century British Army. In perhaps his best…
Flash, The (TV Series) (1991): Feat. John Wesley Shipp, Amanda Pays, M. Emmet Walsh…; Vastly underrated TV adaptation of the DC comicbook hero, in which a forensic detective (Shipp) has a laboratory accident which causes the molecules…
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…
Booker (TV Series) (1989-1990): Feat. Carmen Argenziano; Good value spin–off series from 21 JUMP STREET, with Richard Grieco from the original series taking on the role of a rebellious private…
Lonesome Dove (TV Mini-series) (Lonesome Dove, Streets Of Laredo, Dead Man's Walk, Return to Lonesome Dove) (1989-1993): Dir. Simon Wincer
Feat. Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Danny Glover…; A hefty star cast congregate for this acclaimed TV adaptation of Larry McMurtry's novel about two former Texas Rangers (Duvall, Jones) who retire to…
Captain James Cook (TV Mini Series) (1987): Dir. Lawrence Gordon Clark
Feat. Keith Michell, Fernando Rey, Carol Drinkwater; Lavishly–produced series about the epochal sea voyages of Captain James Cook, who set out from Britain in 1768 to observe the transit of Venus…
Great Bookie Robbery, The (TV Mini Series) (1986): Dir. Mark Joffe
Feat. John Bach, Bruno Lawrence, Andy Anderson…; Classic heist drama based on a multi–million dollar robbery in 1976 Melbourne, and re–enacted by the cream of New Zealand's acting…
Sledge Hammer! (TV Series) (1986): Feat. David Rasche, Harrison Page, Anne-Marie Martin; GET SMART meets DIRTY HARRY in this riotous late–night spoof detailing the exploits of unorthodox Inspector 'Sledge Hammer', a loose cannon of…
Airwolf (TV Series) (1984-1987): Feat. Jan-Michael Vincent, Ernest Borgnine, Alex Cord; Eighties television series centered on a high–tech military helicopter and its crew as they undertake various missions of espionage, often with…
Blue Thunder (TV Series) (1984): Feat. James Farentino, Dana Carvey; Television series based on the 1983 movie of the same name about the law enforcers and tacticians operating the Blue Thunder helicopter and its…
Robin of Sherwood (TV Series) (1984-1986): Feat. Michael Praed, Ray Winstone; A serious–minded retelling of the 'Robin Hood' legend with Michael Praed playing the handsome 'Robin of Loxley' who copes not only the…
Street Hawk (1984-1985): Feat. Rex Smith, Joe Regalbuto; Short lived KNIGHT RIDER knock–off is still an enjoyable ride. Teen idol Smith plays a formed dirt bike racer recruited by a covert…
1915 (TV Mini-series) (1982): Feat. Scott Burgess, Scott McGregor, Lorraine Bayly…; A solid recreation of the Great War era, this TV mini–series charts the experiences of several young men leaving the home–front in…
For the Term of His Natural Life (TV Mini-series) (1982): Dir. Rob Stewart
Feat. Colin Friels, Anthony Perkins, Patrick Macnee…; Solid dramatisation of the Marcus Clarke novel concerning an Englishman unjustly transported to the harsh penal colony of Tasmania in the 1830s. Good…
Scarlet Pimpernel, The (TV Mini-Series) (1982): Dir. Clive Donner
Feat. Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour, Ian McKellen; Top–notch mini–series version of the classic tale of The Scarlet Pimpernel – an English nobleman who lived a double–life…
T.J. Hooker (TV Series) (1982-1986): Feat. William Shatner, Heather Locklear, Adrian Zmed; Former STAR TREK–ker Shatner made a recovery to television fame for this affable cop drama, playing a tough but compassionate veteran who…
Fall Guy, The (TV Series) (1981): Feat. Lee Majors, Douglas Barr, Heather Thomas; Post–SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN vehicle for Lee Majors, with the burly TV star balancing freelance work as a bounty hunter with a day job as a…
Shogun (Mini Series) (1980): Dir. Jerry London
Feat. Richard Chamberlain, Toshiro Mifune; Exciting TV mini–series version of James Clavell's novel set in Feudal Japan, here in its complete form (DVD) or as a cut–down movie…
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…
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…
Wonder Woman, The New Adventures of (TV Series) (1977-1979): Feat. Lynda Carter, Lyle Waggoner; Charles Moulon’s 1940s comic strip updated to the feminist 70s, his superheroine fighting terrorist and subversive elements for undercover…
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…
Land of the Lost (TV Series) (1974): Feat. Wesley Eure, Philip Paley, Kathy Coleman; Oddly camp Saturday morning TV show following forest ranger Rick Marshall and his two children who inadvertently opened a rift in time, and now must…
Adventurer, The (TV Series) (1972): Feat. Gene Barry, Catherine Schell, Barry Morse…; Cult favourite crime series sees Barry as a government agent posing as a Hollywood star as he travels the globe in search of danger and intrigue. At…
Protectors, The (TV Series) (1972-1973): Feat. Robert Vaughn, Ngaire Dawn Porter, Tony Anholt; A suave, jet–setting suspense series that was Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's (THUNDERBIRDS) second foray into live–action, depicting the…
Over the Hill Gang, The (1969): Dir. Jean Yarbrough
Feat. Walter Brennan, Edgar Buchanan, Pat O'Brien…; Laidback reunion for various horse–opera stars of old cleaning up a lawless town in the old west. Telemovie doesn't quite have a script worthy…
Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) (1968): Feat. Jack Lord, James MacArthur; Cult policier set in the sunny underworld of Hawaii with a special task force assigned to combat crime in paradise. While best remembered for its…
Mod Squad, The (TV Series) (1968-1969): Feat. Michael Cole, Peggy Lipton, Clarence Williams III; Love beads, afros and hipster pants abound in this jive–talkin' police series that tapped into the excitement and paranoia of the 60's youth…
Virginian, The (TV Series) (1962-1971): Feat. James Drury, Doug McClure, Lee J. Cobb; Television adaptation of Owen Wister's novel, where Jame's Drury's 'The Virginian' tries to maintain order on the Shiloh Ranch in the Wyoming…

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