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Maigret (1992)

Summary: From Montmartre to the remote French countryside, Maigret encounters the dark side of the human psyche. Yet, he manages to maintain both compassion and a sense of humor as he explores the complex motives that lie behind every crime.
Release Date: March 14, 1992
Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery
Runtime: 1 h 00 min
MPAA: TV-14
Production: Granada Television
Countries: United Kingdom, Hungary
Language: English
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The House of Eliott (1991)

Summary: Two sisters in 1920s London work to achieve success in the dressmaking business.
Release Date: August 31, 1991
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 0 h 50 min
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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House of Cards (1990)

Summary: The schemes of a ruthlessly ambitious British politician who will stop at nothing to get to the top.
Release Date: November 18, 1990
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 0 h 57 min
MPAA: TV-14
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Shirley Valentine (1989)

Summary: Shirley is a 42-year-old bored Liverpudlian housewife who takes a holiday trip to Greece and meets a local man who bolsters her self-confidence. She evolves and transforms to the point that her husband doesn't even recognize her.
Release Date: August 30, 1989
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Lewis Gilbert
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Writer: Willy Russell
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Runtime: 1 h 48 min
MPAA: 14A
Production: Paramount Pictures
Distributor: Paramount Home Entertainment, Warner Archive Collection
Countries: United Kingdom, United States
Language: English
Domestic: $ 6,056,912
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A Friendship in Vienna (1988)

Summary: In 1930s Vienna, two best friends, a Jewish girl and a fascist's daughter, both witness the unification of Germany and Austria, and question the impact it has on their lives.
Release Date: August 27, 1988
Genres: Drama, History
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman
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Writers: Doris Orgel
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, Richard Alfieri
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Runtime: 1 h 40 min
MPAA: Unrated
Production: Walt Disney Television, Finnegan/Pinchuk Productions
Country: United States
Language: English
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Cry Freedom (1987)

Summary: South African journalist Donald Woods is forced to flee the country after attempting to investigate the death in custody of his friend, the Black anti-Apartheid activist Steve Biko.
Release Date: November 06, 1987
Genres: Drama, Biography, History
Director: Richard Attenborough
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Writers: John Briley
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, Donald Woods
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Runtime: 2 h 37 min
MPAA: PG
Production: Universal Pictures, Marble Arch Productions
Distributor: Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), Disney Channel, Kino Lorber, TNT
Countries: United Kingdom, Zimbabwe, United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 29,000,000
Domestic: $ 5,899,797
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Boon (1986)

Summary: Ken Boon and Harry Crawford are two middle-aged ex-firemen. Harry retires and opens a hotel (The Grand Hotel), with Ken as a temporary odd-job man.
Release Date: January 14, 1986
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Crime
Runtime: 1 h 00 min
MPAA: TV-PG
Production: Central Independent Television
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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EastEnders (1985)

Summary: British television soap opera focusing on the everyday lives of working-class inhabitants of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough in England.
Release Date: February 19, 1985
Genres: Drama, Romance, Crime
Runtime: 0 h 30 min
MPAA: TV-PG
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 18, 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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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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Shoestring (1979)

Summary: Lighthearted detective series set in the West Country, about radio-phone-in detective Eddie Shoestring.
Release Date: September 30, 1979
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 0 h 50 min
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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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Enemy at the Door (1978)

Summary: During the Second World War, the inhabitants of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands, try to cope with the German occupation.
Release Date: January 21, 1978
Genres: Drama, History, War
Runtime: 10 h 50 min
MPAA: TV-14
Production: London Weekend Television (LWT)
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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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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Warship (1973)

Summary: Life in the Royal Navy aboard the fictional HMS Hero.
Release Date: June 07, 1973
Genres: Action, Drama
Runtime: 0 h 50 min
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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The Brothers (1972)

Summary: Robert Hammond has died while "doing the deed" with his secretary and mistress Jennifer, and now his three sons have inherited the family trucking company, and each one will try to run the business in his own way.
Release Date: March 10, 1972
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 0 h 50 min
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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The Main Chance (1969)

Summary: Maverick lawyer David Main commutes between his twin bases in London and Leeds. His seemingly devil-may-care attitude is contrasted with the steady and cautious approach of his crusty Leeds partner Henry Castleton.
Release Date: June 18, 1969
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 1 h 00 min
Production: Yorkshire Television (YTV)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English