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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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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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Last of the Summer Wine (1973)

Summary: Three old men from Yorkshire who have never grown up face the trials of their fellow town citizens and everyday life and stay young by reminiscing about the days of their youth and attempting feats not common to the elderly.
Release Date: May 13, 2020
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 0 h 30 min
MPAA: PG
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1973)

Summary: Accident-prone Frank Spencer fails to navigate the simplest tasks of daily life, while also trying to look after his wife and baby.
Release Date: February 15, 1973
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 0 h 30 min
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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The Pallisers (1974)

Summary: Beginning with the forced marriage of Glencora (Susan Hampshire), the lives of the friends and children of this couple are the subject of study. The backdrop is the House of Commons in England as we watch the comings and goings an...
Genres: Drama, Romance
Runtime: 0 h 50 min
MPAA: TV-PG
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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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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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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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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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The Elephant Man (1980)

Summary: A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication.
Release Date: October 10, 1980
Genres: Drama, Biography
Director: David Lynch
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Writers: Christopher De Vore
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, David Lynch
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Runtime: 2 h 04 min
MPAA: PG
Production: Brooksfilms
Distributor: Paramount Pictures, Paramount Home Entertainment, The Criterion Channel
Countries: United States, United Kingdom
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 5,000,000
Domestic: $ 26,010,864
International: $ 17,808
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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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Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)

Summary: A dramatization of the missions and adventures of the greatest spy in British history.
Release Date: September 05, 1983
Genres: Drama, Crime
Runtime: 1 h 00 min
MPAA: TV-MA
Production: Euston Films, Thames Television
Country: United Kingdom
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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Screen Two (1984)

Summary: In 1984 Kenith Trodd joined BBC team responding to Channel 4 releases, leading to transition from BBC studio plays to Screen One/Two anthology series. Trodd oversaw first group of titles in these series in 1985.
Release Date: January 06, 1985
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 2 h 00 min
MPAA: TV-14
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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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Screen One (1985)

Summary: Anthology of unconnected movies of different genres.
Release Date: September 10, 1989
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Crime
Runtime: 2 h 00 min
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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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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Lovejoy (1986)

Summary: Lovejoy is an irresistible rogue with a keen eye for antiques. The part-time detective scours the murky salerooms, auction halls and stately homes of Britain, always on the lookout for a find.
Release Date: January 09, 1986
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Crime
Runtime: 0 h 50 min
MPAA: TV-14
Production: BBC-TV Productions, Witzend Productions, Tamariska Productions
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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The Singing Detective (1986)

Summary: Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations.
Release Date: November 16, 1986
Genres: Drama, Musical, Mystery
Runtime: 1 h 10 min
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
Countries: United Kingdom, Australia
Language: English
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Casualty (1986)

Summary: British medical drama following the Doctors, Nurses and Patients at the frenetic Accident and Emergency department set in the fictional Holby City Hospital, located in the fictional county of Wyvern in the southwest of England.
Release Date: September 28, 1998
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 0 h 50 min
MPAA: TV-PG
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English