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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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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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Flying Into the Wind (1983)

Summary: The Wyatts wish to educate their children at home, but the education authorities have other ideas. Moving between 1969 and 1980, we see how this affects the various individuals and attitudes.
Release Date: June 26, 1983
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Bennett
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Writer: David Leland
David LelandWriter
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Runtime: 1 h 11 min
Production: Central Independent Television
Country: United Kingdom
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
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Z Cars (1962)

Summary: A gritty drama which follows the work of the police force in the fictional town of Newtown in the North of England.
Release Date: January 02, 1962
Genres: Drama, Crime
Runtime: 0 h 50 min
MPAA: TV-14
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), BBC Television
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Softly Softly: Task Force (1969)

Summary: 1970s BBC police drama with experienced cops DCS Charlie Barlow and DS John Watt who lead a task force charged with tackling the toughest cases Thamesford has to offer.
Release Date: November 20, 1969
Genres: Drama, Crime
Runtime: 0 h 50 min
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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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The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970)

Summary: A six-episode dramatization of Henry VIII's relationships with each of his six wives. Each episode is devoted to one wife, and is a complete play in itself.
Release Date: August 01, 1971
Genres: Drama, Romance, History
Runtime: 9 h 00 min
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Little Dorrit (1987)

Summary: Arthur returns to London after working abroad for many years with his now deceased father. Almost at once he becomes involved in the problems of his mother's seamstress Amy and of her father residing in the Marshalsea debtors' pri...
Release Date: December 11, 1987
Genres: Drama, Romance
Director: Christine Edzard
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Writers: Charles Dickens
Charles DickensWriter
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White Male
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, Christine Edzard
Christine EdzardWriter
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Runtime: 5 h 57 min
MPAA: G
Production: Sands, Sands Films, Cannon Screen Entertainment
Distributor: United Artists
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Domestic: $ 1,025,228
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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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Brookside (1982)

Summary: British television soap opera which focused on the everyday life and times of the residents, friends and enemies who live in a suburban street in the city of Liverpool located in the north of England.
Release Date: November 02, 1982
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 0 h 30 min
Production: Mersey Television
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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The Upper Hand (1990)

Summary: An affluent divorced woman named Caroline Weatley, raising her son Tom with help from her mother Laura West, seeks a housekeeper, and a man named Charlie Burrows applies for the job.
Release Date: May 01, 1990
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 0 h 25 min
Production: Columbia TriStar Carlton TV, Central Independent Television, Columbia Pictures Television
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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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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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
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The Wednesday Play (1964)

Summary: Series of one-off plays made by BBC television, which gave breaks to a wide range of writers and directors in the late 1960s, such as Dennis Potter, Ken Loach, David Mercer, and John Hopkins. Famous plays include "Up the Junction"...
Release Date: September 30, 1964
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 1 h 15 min
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English

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