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Yes Minister (1980)

Summary: The Right Honorable James Hacker has landed the plum job of Cabinet Minister to the Department of Administration. At last he is in a position of power and can carry out some long-needed reforms, or so he thinks.
Release Date: February 25, 1980
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 0 h 30 min
MPAA: TV-PG
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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The New Statesman (1987)

Summary: The ultra right-wing Alan B'Stard, the most selfish, greedy, dishonest, sadistic and sociopathic Conservative MP of them all, plots to achieve his meglomaniacal ambitions.
Release Date: September 13, 1987
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 1 h 10 min
MPAA: TV-14
Production: Alomo Productions, SelecTV, Yorkshire Television (YTV)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Yes, Prime Minister (1986)

Summary: James Hacker was propelled along the corridors of power to the very pinnacle of politics - Number 10.
Release Date: January 09, 1986
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 0 h 30 min
MPAA: TV-PG
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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The Citadel (1983)

Summary: A young idealistic doctor, Andrew Mason, tries to improve the abysmal health conditions in a small Welsh mining town in the 1930s, but his ambitions sidetrack him.
Release Date: January 20, 1983
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 8 h 20 min
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Elizabeth R (1971)

Summary: When Elizabeth Tudor comes to the throne, her (male) advisers know she has to marry. Doesn't she? Thus starts a decades-long political/matrimonial game, during an age of high passions and high achievement.
Release Date: February 13, 1972
Genres: Drama, Biography, History
Runtime: 1 h 27 min
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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A Man for All Seasons (1966)

Summary: The story of Sir Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarry.
Release Date: December 16, 1966
Genres: Drama, Biography, History
Director: Fred Zinnemann
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Writer: Robert Bolt
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Runtime: 2 h 00 min
MPAA: G
Production: Highland Films
Distributor: Columbia Pictures, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Twilight Time, Netflix, The Criterion Channel
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 2,000,000
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The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971)

Summary: Adaptations of mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporary rivals in the genre.
Release Date: September 20, 1971
Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery
Runtime: 0 h 50 min
MPAA: 13+
Production: Pearson Television International, Thames Television
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Oliver Twist (2005)

Summary: An adaptation of the classic Dickens tale, where an orphan meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.
Release Date: September 24, 2005
Genres: Drama, Crime
Director: Roman Polanski
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Writers: Charles Dickens
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, Ronald Harwood
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Runtime: 2 h 10 min
MPAA: PG
Production: R.P. Productions, Runteam II Ltd., ETIC Films
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), TriStar Pictures, Sony Pictures Releasing, Sony Pictures Television
Countries: Czechia, United Kingdom, France, United States, Czech Republic
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 60,000,000
Domestic: $ 2,080,321
International: $ 40,500,000
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Burning Secret (1988)

Summary: While being treated for asthma at a country spa, an American diplomat's lonely 12-year-old son is befriended and infatuated by a suave, mysterious baron. During a story of his war experiences, the baron reveals the scar of a wound...
Release Date: April 14, 1989
Genre: Drama
Director: Andrew Birkin
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Writers: Andrew Birkin
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, Stefan Zweig
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Runtime: 1 h 46 min
MPAA: PG
Production: B.A. Produktion, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), C.L.G. Films, NFH Productions, Vestron Pictures
Distributor: Vestron Pictures, Vestron Video
Countries: United Kingdom, West Germany
Language: English
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American Friends (1991)

Summary: Reverend Francis Ashby (Sir Michael Palin), a senior Oxford don on vacation alone in the Alps, meets vacationing American Miss Caroline Hartley (Connie Booth) and her companion Miss Elinor Hartley (Trini Alvarado), the blossoming ...
Release Date: March 22, 1991
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Tristram Powell
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Writers: Michael Palin
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, Tristram Powell
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Runtime: 1 h 35 min
MPAA: PG
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), British Screen Productions, Mayday
Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, MGM Home Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Domestic: $ 23,034
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Fishtales (2007)

Summary: A widowed professor gets the summer on a Greek island to finish his database on ancient love spells. He brings his daughter. She tries to find a woman or mermaid for her socially awkward dad.
Release Date: May 01, 2008
Genres: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Director: Alki David
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Writers: Alki David
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, Melissa Painter
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Runtime: 1 h 34 min
MPAA: PG
Production: Arokaria, Full On Film Productions (I), Whiskers Post Production
Distributor: 111 Pictures
Countries: United Kingdom, Greece
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 14,000,000
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Kingdom (2007)

Summary: Solicitor Peter Kingdom runs a small Norfolk legal practice with apprentice Lyle and secretary Gloria, assisting eccentric locals. Peter lives with unstable sister Beatrice and recently lost half-brother Simon mysteriously.
Release Date: April 22, 2007
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Runtime: 1 h 00 min
MPAA: TV-14
Production: Parallel Film and Television Productions, Sprout Productions
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Foyle's War (2002)

Summary: As WWII rages, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front; investigating crime on the south coast of England. Later series, see the retired detective working as an MI5 agent in the aftermath of the war.
Release Date: February 02, 2003
Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery
Runtime: 1 h 30 min
MPAA: TV-14
Production: Greenlit Productions, Paddock Productions
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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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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Doctor Who (1963)

Summary: The adventures in time and space of the Doctor, a Time Lord who changes appearance and personality by regenerating when near death, and is joined by companions in battles against aliens and other megalomaniacs.
Release Date: November 23, 1963
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Family
Runtime: 0 h 25 min
MPAA: TV-PG
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
TV Series budget: $ 4,500,000
Domestic: $ 293,279
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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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Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV (1985)

Summary: Sketch-based show starring Victoria Wood, Dame Julie Walters, and many others. Included regular items such as "Acorn Antiques" with Julie as Mrs. Overall and a regular advice slot from Agony Aunt Kitty (Patricia Routledge).
Release Date: January 11, 1985
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 0 h 30 min
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Great Performances (1971)

Summary: Filmed and televised versions of theater productions, such as plays, musicals, operas, ballets, and concerts from around the world.
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 3 h 00 min
MPAA: TV-G
Production: KERA-TV, KQED-TV, Maryland Public Television
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Justice (1971)

Summary: Cases of a female barrister.
Release Date: October 08, 1971
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 1 h 00 min
Production: Yorkshire Television (YTV)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English