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Angela's Ashes (1999)

Summary: An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.R.A. veteran father struggles with poverty, prejudice and alcoholism as the family endures harsh slum conditions.
Release Date: January 21, 2000
Genres: Drama, Biography
Director: Alan Parker
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Writers: Frank McCourt
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, Laura Jones
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, Alan Parker
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Runtime: 2 h 25 min
MPAA: R
Production: David Brown Productions, Dirty Hands Productions, Scott Rudin Productions
Distributor: Paramount Pictures, Oldies.com, Paramount+, Warner Archive Collection, Warner Home Video
Countries: United States, United Kingdom, Ireland
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 50,000,000
Domestic: $ 13,042,112
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Father Ted (1995)

Summary: Three misfit priests and their housekeeper live on Craggy Island, not the peaceful and quiet part of Ireland that it seems to be.
Release Date: April 21, 1995
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 0 h 25 min
MPAA: PG
Production: Channel 4 Television Corporation, Hat Trick Productions
Countries: United Kingdom, Ireland
Language: English
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The Bill (1984)

Summary: Police drama series following the professional and personal lives of officers and detectives from the fictional Sun Hill suburb in East London, England.
Release Date: October 16, 1984
Genres: Drama, Crime
MPAA: TV-14
Production: Thames Television, Talkback Thames
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Boys from the Blackstuff (1982)

Summary: Five unemployed men would do anything just to have a job in Thatcher's Britain.
Release Date: October 10, 1982
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 0 h 50 min
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Minder (1979)

Summary: Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley. Can his ex-boxer bodyguard Terry stay level-headed whilst working for the King of Dodgy Deals?
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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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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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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Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (1973)

Summary: Returning from the Army, Terry finds his best mate Bob is marrying Thelma, Terry's former partner. Their lives intertwine as Terry reintegrates, challenging the relationships between the three.
Release Date: January 09, 1973
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 0 h 30 min
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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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Play for Today (1970)

Summary: BBC anthology series featuring original plays, theatrical and literary adaptations from 1970-1984. Over 300 episodes aired, each 50 mins to 1 hr 40 mins long. Some were later developed into series, like Rumpole of the Bailey.
Release Date: October 15, 1970
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Runtime: 1 h 15 min
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Softly Softly: Task Force (1969)

Summary: 1970s BBC police drama with experienced cops DCS Charlie Barlow and DS John Watt who lead a task force charged with tackling the toughest cases Thamesford has to offer.
Release Date: November 20, 1969
Genres: Drama, Crime
Runtime: 0 h 50 min
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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The Saint (1962)

Summary: Simon Templar acts as a modern-day Robin Hood.
Release Date: May 21, 1967
Genres: Action, Drama, Crime
Runtime: 0 h 50 min
MPAA: TV-PG
Production: Bamore, Incorporated Television Company (ITC), New World Productions, New World Productions
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Z Cars (1962)

Summary: A gritty drama which follows the work of the police force in the fictional town of Newtown in the North of England.
Release Date: January 02, 1962
Genres: Drama, Crime
Runtime: 0 h 50 min
MPAA: TV-14
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), BBC Television
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Danger Man (1960)

Summary: John Drake is a special operative for NATO, specializing in security assignments against any subversive element which threatened world peace.
Release Date: April 05, 1961
Genres: Action, Adventure, Crime
Runtime: 0 h 24 min
MPAA: TV-PG
Production: Incorporated Television Company (ITC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Coronation Street (1960)

Summary: The world's longest-running television soap, Coronation Street focuses on the everyday lives of working-class people in Manchester, England.
Release Date: December 09, 1960
Genres: Drama, Romance
Runtime: 0 h 30 min
MPAA: PG
Production: Granada Television
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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The Four Just Men (1959)

Summary: Four men: a British politician, an American journalist in Paris, a lawyer in the U.S., and a Roman hotelier, band together to fight injustice wherever they find it.
Release Date: September 17, 1959
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 0 h 30 min
Production: Incorporated Television Company (ITC), Sapphire Films
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Dial 999 (1958)

Summary: Robert Beatty stars as Detective Inspector Mike Maguire, a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman posted to New Scotland Yard, in this popular 1950s series depicting London's fight against crime.
Release Date: June 08, 1958
Genre: Crime
Runtime: 0 h 30 min
Production: Towers of London Productions, ZIV Television Programs
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Curse of the Demon (1957)

Summary: American professor John Holden arrives in London for a parapsychology conference, only to find himself investigating the mysterious actions of Devil-worshipper Julian Karswell.
Release Date: March 30, 1958
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Director: Jacques Tourneur
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Writers: Charles Bennett
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, Hal E. Chester
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, M.R. James
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Runtime: 1 h 36 min
MPAA: Approved
Production: Sabre Film Production
Distributor: Columbia Pictures, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Emergency-Ward 10 (1957)

Summary: Set in Oxbridge General Hospital, this soap opera focused equally on the lives and loves of its medical staff and the pressure of their work.
Release Date: February 19, 1957
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 0 h 30 min
Production: Associated Television (ATV)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Armchair Theatre (1956)

Summary: This show was a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and from mid-1968 by Thames Television.
Release Date: July 08, 1956
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 1 h 00 min
Production: ABC Weekend Television, Thames Television
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English