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Empire of the Sun (1987)

Summary: A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation of China during World War II.
Release Date: December 25, 1987
Genres: Action, Drama, History
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Writers: Tom Stoppard
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White Male
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, J.G. Ballard
J.G. BallardWriter
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, Menno Meyjes
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Runtime: 2 h 33 min
MPAA: PG
Production: Amblin Entertainment, Warner Bros.
Distributor: Warner Bros., Warner Home Video, HBO Max
Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 35,000,000
Domestic: $ 22,238,696
International: $ 425
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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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Brideshead Revisited (1981)

Summary: The life, friendships and romances of the protagonist Charles Ryder-including his friendship with the Flytes, a family of wealthy English Catholics who live in a palatial mansion called Brideshead Castle.
Release Date: January 18, 1982
Genres: Drama, Romance
Runtime: 1 h 00 min
MPAA: TV-14
Production: Granada Television
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
TV Series budget: $ 10,000,000
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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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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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Tess (1979)

Summary: A strong-willed young peasant girl attracts the affection of two men.
Release Date: December 12, 1980
Genres: Drama, Romance
Director: Roman Polanski
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Writers: Gérard Brach
Gérard BrachWriter
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, Roman Polanski
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, Thomas Hardy
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Runtime: 3 h 06 min
MPAA: PG
Production: Renn Productions, Timothy Burrill Productions, Société Française de Production (SFP)
Distributor: HBO Max, RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, The Criterion Collection
Countries: United Kingdom, France
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 12,000,000
Domestic: $ 20,093,330
International: $ 7,917
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Only When I Laugh (1979)

Summary: A rather naive, middle-class man is admitted to a hospital ward and finds that he is sharing it with a working-class layabout and an upper-class hypochondriac. All three of them cause headaches for the hospital staff.
Release Date: October 29, 1979
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 0 h 30 min
Production: Yorkshire Television (YTV)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Penmarric (1979)

Summary: Maud Penmar Castallack wages war on her cousin Giles for many years in her determination to secure Penmarric for her son, Mark. But Mark is a man of passion and is beholden to his own desires, being torn between two women.
Release Date: October 12, 1979
Genres: Drama, Family
Runtime: 0 h 50 min
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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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Strangers (1978)

Summary: The eccentric police detective George Kitchener Bulman is reluctantly transferred to a station in the North of England.
Release Date: June 05, 1978
Genres: Crime, Thriller
Runtime: 1 h 00 min
Production: Granada Television
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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All Creatures Great & Small (1978)

Summary: The trials and misadventures of the staff of a country veterinary office in Yorkshire from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Release Date: January 08, 1978
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Runtime: 0 h 50 min
MPAA: TV-PG
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), A+E Networks, Australian Broadcasting Commission
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Secret Army (1977)

Summary: During World War II, a Belgian resistance movement called Lifeline, based in Brussels, organises the return of Allied airmen who have been shot down by the Luftwaffe to the United Kingdom.
Release Date: September 07, 1977
Genres: Drama, History, War
Runtime: 0 h 50 min
Production: Belgische Radio en Televisie (BRT), British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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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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Porridge (1974)

Summary: The prison life of Fletcher, a criminal serving a five-year sentence, as he strives to bide his time, keep his record clean, and refuses to be ground down by the prison system.
Release Date: September 05, 1974
Genres: Comedy, Crime
Runtime: 0 h 30 min
MPAA: TV-14
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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The Adventures of Black Beauty (1972)

Summary: A thoroughbred horse in 19th century England is adopted by a widowed doctor and befriended by his children. The horse helps the children as they have weekly adventures and encounters with various characters.
Release Date: September 17, 1972
Genres: Adventure, Family
Runtime: 0 h 55 min
MPAA: Not Rated
Production: London Weekend Television (LWT), Talbot Television, The Fremantle Corporation
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Love Thy Neighbour (1972)

Summary: A white working-class socialist has his world turned upside down when an educated black man moves in next door.
Release Date: April 13, 1972
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 0 h 30 min
Production: Thames Television
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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The Two Ronnies (1971)

Summary: This long-running BBC comedy show consisted of sketches and humourous musical routines.
Release Date: April 10, 1971
Genre: Comedy
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