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Press Gang (1989)

Summary: A bunch of kids are to make a newspaper for the young, named "Junior Gazette". The series follows these kids both on job and in private.
Release Date: January 16, 1989
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family
Runtime: 21 h 30 min
Production: Richmond Films & Television
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Ever Decreasing Circles (1984)

Summary: Martin Bryce lives in a quiet suburban close with his wife Anne. He does his best to "organise" the leisure time of all of the other inhabitants of the close, running umpteen societies and doing "good works".
Release Date: January 29, 1984
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Runtime: 0 h 30 min
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Bergerac (1981)

Summary: Recovering alcoholic and divorced father of a young daughter, DS Jim Bergerac is a true maverick who prefers doing things his own way, and consequently doesn't always carry out his investigations the way his boss would like.
Release Date: October 17, 1981
Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery
Runtime: 1 h 30 min
MPAA: TV-14
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 7 Network
Countries: United Kingdom, Australia
Language: English
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Juliet Bravo (1980)

Summary: Inspector Jean Darblay is assigned to Hartley, Lancashire. Initially facing scepticism from sergeants Joe Beck and George Parrish, she gradually earns their respect and admiration as their new female boss at the police station.
Release Date: August 30, 1980
Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery
Runtime: 0 h 50 min
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Minder (1979)

Summary: Arthur Daley, a small-time conman, hires former boxer Terry McCann to be his "minder" and protect him from other small-time crooks. While Terry is putting his life at risk as he tries his hardest to satisfy his employer's demands,...
Release Date: October 29, 1979
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Crime
Runtime: 1 h 00 min
MPAA: TV-14
Production: Euston Films
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Return of the Saint (1978)

Summary: This series chronicles the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.
Release Date: September 10, 1978
Genres: Adventure, Crime
Runtime: 1 h 00 min
MPAA: TV-PG
Production: Incorporated Television Company (ITC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
TV Series budget: $ 3,000,000
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Out (1978)

Summary: After an eight-year stint for a failed bank heist, Frank Ross (Tom Bell, Prime Suspect) returns to his old gangland haunts to find the snitch who sent him to jail. The smooth, streetwise ex-con quickly adjusts to the new attitudes...
Release Date: July 24, 1978
Genres: Drama, Crime
Runtime: 1 h 00 min
Production: Euston Films, Thames Television
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Rumpole of the Bailey (1978)

Summary: The cases of a portly and eccentric criminal law barrister.
Release Date: April 03, 1978
Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery
Runtime: 1 h 00 min
MPAA: Not Rated
Production: Thames Television
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Armchair Thriller (1978)

Summary: Suspense and mystery-themed anthology series.
Release Date: February 21, 1978
Genres: Drama, Crime, Horror
Runtime: 0 h 25 min
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Grange Hill (1978)

Summary: The long running television series of the Grange Hill Comprehensive School, and the children's everyday lives.
Release Date: February 08, 1978
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family
Runtime: 0 h 30 min
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Mersey Television
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Blake's 7 (1978)

Summary: A group of convicts and outcasts fight a guerrilla war against the totalitarian Terran Federation from a highly advanced alien spaceship.
Release Date: January 02, 1978
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Runtime: 0 h 50 min
MPAA: Not Rated
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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When the Boat Comes In (1976)

Summary: Set in Gallowshields on Tyneside between the 2 World Wars, this story follows the life of ex-sergeant Jack Ford and the Seaton family as they deal with the aftermath of the Great War, the Great 1920s Depression and trade union act...
Release Date: January 08, 1976
Genres: Drama, History
Runtime: 0 h 50 min
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Trial by Combat (1976)

Summary: A group of British aristocrats, who call themselves "Knights of Avalon", isn't content with the system of justice and executes judgment themselves. Instead of just killing the people they believe guilty, they give them a chance in...
Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Director: Kevin Connor
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Writers: Julian Bond
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, Steven Rossen
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, Mitchell Smith
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Runtime: 1 h 28 min
MPAA: PG
Production: Combat
Distributor: Gamma III, CBS
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Domestic: $ 2,032
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Angels (1975)

Summary: Six student nurses start training in the NHS, facing challenges working with colleagues and patients while adapting to the hierarchy and procedures.
Release Date: September 01, 1975
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 0 h 50 min
Production: BBC Drama Productions, BBC One, BBC Studios
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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The Sweeney (1975)

Summary: Jack Regan and George Carter are hard-edged detectives in the Flying Squad of London's Metropolitan Police. They pursue villains by methods which are underhanded and often illegal, frequently violent and - more often than not - su...
Release Date: January 02, 1975
Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime
Runtime: 0 h 51 min
MPAA: TV-PG
Production: Euston Films, Thames Television
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Rooms (1974)

Summary: Two-part weekly dramas concerning the various drifters who rent rooms in a lodging-house.
Release Date: November 05, 1974
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 0 h 49 min
Production: Thames Television
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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O Lucky Man! (1973)

Summary: An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures that seem designed to challenge his naive idealism.
Release Date: June 20, 1973
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Lindsay Anderson
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Writers: David Sherwin
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, Malcolm McDowell
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Runtime: 2 h 58 min
MPAA: R
Production: Memorial Enterprises, Sam
Distributor: Warner Bros., Cinefear, The Criterion Channel
Countries: United Kingdom, United States
Language: English
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Crown Court (1972)

Summary: A courtroom drama in which each case is usually presented in three episodes. At the end of the third episode, a jury of "ordinary people" comes to a verdict on the evidence presented.
Release Date: October 18, 1972
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 0 h 25 min
MPAA: TV-14
Production: Granada Television, ITV - Independent Television, Independent Television (ITV)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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The Onedin Line (1971)

Summary: James Onedin marries Anne Webster in order to get his hands on a ship. However the marriage turns out to be one of true love. James is ruthless in his attempt to get a shipping line started in Liverpool of the 1860s.
Release Date: October 15, 1971
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Runtime: 0 h 50 min
MPAA: TV-PG
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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A Family at War (1970)

Summary: The lower middle class Ashton family of the city of Liverpool deal with life on the home front during the Second World War.
Release Date: October 08, 1974
Genres: Drama, History, War
Runtime: 1 h 00 min
Production: Granada Television
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English