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The Day of the Jackal (1973)

Summary: In the aftermath of France allowing Algeria's independence, a group of resentful military veterans hire a professional assassin codenamed "Jackal" to kill President Charles de Gaulle.
Release Date: July 30, 1973
Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller
Director: Fred Zinnemann
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Writers: Frederick Forsyth
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, Kenneth Ross
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Runtime: 2 h 23 min
MPAA: PG
Production: John Woolf Productions, Warwick Film Productions, Universal Productions France
Distributor: Universal Pictures, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Universal Home Video, Arrow Video, MCA/Universal Home Video
Countries: United Kingdom, France
Language: English
Domestic: $ 16,056,255
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Poirot (1989)

Summary: Hercule Poirot, a famous Belgian detective, who has an impeccable knack for getting embroiled in a mystery, solves crimes along with Captain Hastings and Scotland Yard Chief Inspector James Japp.
Release Date: January 18, 1990
Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery
Runtime: 1 h 40 min
MPAA: TV-14
Production: Carnival Film & Television, London Weekend Television (LWT), Picture Partnership Productions
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Jack & Sarah (1995)

Summary: A young American woman becomes a nanny in the home of a recent British widower.
Release Date: March 22, 1996
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Tim Sullivan
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Writer: Tim Sullivan
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Runtime: 1 h 50 min
MPAA: R
Production: British Screen Productions, Canal+, Granada Film Productions
Distributor: Gramercy Pictures (I)
Countries: United Kingdom, France
Language: English
Domestic: $ 218,626
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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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The New Avengers (1976)

Summary: Secret agent Steed, working for an unnamed branch of British intelligence, is teamed up with two partners to fight evil plots for world domination, dealing with suspended animation, biological warfare, robotics, and other threats.
Release Date: September 05, 1978
Genres: Action, Thriller, Mystery
Runtime: 1 h 00 min
Production: IDTV Production, TF1, TV Productions, New Japan Pro-Wrestling Co
Countries: France, United Kingdom, Canada
Language: English
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War & Peace (1972)

Summary: Napoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia including his disastrous 1812 invasion serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of five aristocratic Russian families.
Release Date: November 20, 1973
Genres: Drama, History, War
Runtime: 14 h 50 min
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), C.F.S. Kosutnjak
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Hold the Dream (1986)

Summary: Four-part, four-hour follow-up to A Woman of Substance (1984) with Deborah Kerr, now playing Emma Harte at age eighty in the last winter of her life and dealing with her granddaughter Paula.
Release Date: October 27, 1986
Genres: Drama, Romance
Runtime: 3 h 15 min
Production: Bradford Enterprises, Portman Entertainment Group, Operation Prime Time (OPT)
Countries: United Kingdom, United States
Language: English
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The Avengers (1961)

Summary: A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners.
Release Date: March 28, 1966
Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime
MPAA: TV-14
Production: Associated British Corporation
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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The Baron (1966)

Summary: Stories of an antique dealer who is really an undercover agent.
Release Date: April 17, 1966
Genres: Drama, Crime
Runtime: 0 h 49 min
MPAA: TV-PG
Production: Associated Television (ATV), Incorporated Television Company (ITC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Father Brown (1974)

Summary: Based on the stories of G.K. Chesterton, a British Catholic Priest solves mysteries.
Release Date: November 02, 1982
Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery
Runtime: 0 h 50 min
MPAA: TV-14
Production: Associated Television (ATV)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Rising Damp (1974)

Summary: Popular sitcom set in a seedy bedsit lorded over by the mean, vain, boastful, cowardly, racist landlord Rigsby. In each episode, his conceits are debunked by his long-suffering tenants.
Release Date: September 02, 1974
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 0 h 30 min
Production: Yorkshire Television (YTV)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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The Professionals (1977)

Summary: Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley fight terrorism and similar high-profile crimes. Cowley, a hard ex-MI5 operative, hand-picked each of his men. Bodie was ...
Release Date: December 30, 1977
Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime
MPAA: TV-MA
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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The Day of the Triffids (1981)

Summary: When a comet blinds nearly everyone in the world, a genetically-engineered species of plant takes over.
Release Date: September 10, 1981
Genres: Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi
Runtime: 0 h 50 min
Production: Australian Broadcasting Commission, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), RCTV Inc.
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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The Storyteller (1987)

Summary: An old storyteller tells European folk tales to his sarcastic dog.
Release Date: January 31, 1987
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Family
Runtime: 0 h 24 min
MPAA: TV-Y7
Production: Henson Associates (HA), TVS Television
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Jack the Ripper (1988)

Summary: A Scotland Yard police inspector, battling the booze, investigates the Jack the Ripper murders and discovers a conspiracy that leads all the way up to the Queen.
Release Date: October 21, 1988
Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery
Runtime: 3 h 10 min
MPAA: TV-PG
Production: Euston Films, Thames Television, Hill-O'Connor Television
Countries: United Kingdom, United States
Language: English
TV Series budget: $ 11,000,000
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Drop the Dead Donkey (1990)

Summary: Political satire about television news company Globe Link and its team of workers such as anchors Henry and Sally, reporter Damien, editor Dave, execs George and Helen, assistant Joy and manager Gus Hedges.
Release Date: August 09, 1990
Genre: Comedy
Production: Hat Trick Productions
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Wish Me Luck (1987)

Summary: The Second World War experiences of brave women recruited as undercover agents behind enemy lines.
Release Date: January 17, 1988
Genres: Drama, History, War
Runtime: 1 h 00 min
MPAA: TV-14
Production: London Weekend Television (LWT)
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
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Play for Today (1970)

Summary: A British television anthology drama series that aired on BBC1 between 1970 and 1984.
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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Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987)

Summary: From cold, rock-strewn moors to comfortable suburban estates, award-winning writer Ruth Rendell explores the dark fissures between friends and family members that motivate murder.
Release Date: August 02, 1987
Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery
Runtime: 1 h 00 min
MPAA: TV-14
Production: Blue Heaven Productions
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English