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The Bangkok Hilton Dir. Ken Cameron 1989. Australian miniseries which helped launch Nicole Kidman’s acting career. Black Books the complete series 1 - 3 Dylan Moran stars in very amusing series that has very little to do with serious bookselling! Rents in 3 parts. Bleak House 2005. Great BBC adapatation of the Charles Dickens novel. Bodyline Dir. Denny Lawrence 1984. Australian miniseries about the notorious 1932/33 test cricket series between England and Australia. Brideshead Revisited 1981 BBC adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s novel as an 11 part mini-series starring Jeremy Irons and Anthony Andrews. Rents in 2 parts. The Buccaneers Dir. Philip Saville. Based on the book by Edith Wharton. (VHS) Cadfael Series 1 ( contains 4 episodes - The Leper of St. Giles - One Corpse Too Many - Sanctuary Sparrow - Monk’s Hood ) Dir. Graham Theakston for Central Independent TV. Derek Jacobi stars in these great adaptations of the Ellis Peters medieval crime stories. Cadfael Series 2 (contains 3 episodes The Virgin in the Ice – St. Peter’s Fair – The Devil’s Novice. Cadfael Series 3 (contains 3 episodes – The Rose Rent – St Peter’s Fair – The Raven in the Foregate) Cadfael Series 4 (contains 3 episodes – The Holy Thief – The Potter’s Field – The Pilgrim of Hate ) The Camomile Lawn Dir. Peter Hall. Channel 4 adaptation of Mary Wesley novel, stars Felicity Kendall & Paul Eddington. The Cowra Breakout Dir. Chris Noonan & Phil Noyce, 1984. Australian miniseries about POWs during WWII. Crime and Punishment Dir. Julian Jarrold, 2002. BBC adaptation of the classic Russian novel by Dostoyevsky. The Darling Buds of May Yorkshire Television adaptation of the popular novels by H.E. Bates. (VHS) Darling Buds of May - Series 2 Yorkshire Television production starring David Jason. (VHS) Delius: A Song of Summer A Ken Russell Film based on Fenby 's book "Delius as I Knew Him", starring Max Adrian. (VHS) The Diary of Anne Frank Dir. Jon Jones, 2008. Good British adaptation of the famous WWII diary of a Dutch Jewish girl in hiding from the Nazis. The Dirtwater Dynasty Dir. John Power & Michael Jenkins,1988. Australian miniseries about a cattle ranching dynasty. The Dismissal Dir. George Miller & Phil Noyce, 1983. Highly regarded Australian miniseries about the sacking of the Whitlam Government in 1974. Edward and Mrs. Simpson (in 2 parts) Award-winning Thames TV production, starring Edward Fox and Cynthia Harris. (VHS) Elizabeth R (in 3 volumes) Prod. Roderick Graham. Glenda Jackson stars in this great historical drama. Emma BBC dramatisation of the Jane Austen novel. Fawlty Towers The delightful British comedy series starring John Cleese and Prunella Scales. Rents in 4 parts. The Forsyte Saga (rents in 2 parts) Dirs. Christopher Menaul & Dave Moore, 2002. Remake of the Galsworthy novel, stars Damian Lewis as Soames, Gina McKee as Irene & Rupert Graves as Jolyon Jr. Great Expectations (rents in 2 parts) Adaptation of the book by Charles Dickens. (VHS) Hamish Macbeth BBC Scotland’s quirky comic drama series set in a remote highland village. Complete series - rents in 3 parts. The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy BBC series based on the popular science fiction trilogy by Douglas Adams. House of Cards Trilogy Dir. Paul Seed, gripping BBC political drama stars Ian Richardson, Susannah Harker. I Claudius (rents in 2 parts) Brilliant BBC adaptation of Robert Graves' novels of Ancient Rome, stars Derek Jacobi. Jane Eyre BBC 1983 adaptation starring Timothy Dalton. Jeeves & Wooster (rents as 4 series), hilarious adaptation, stars Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster and Stephen Fry as Jeeves. Jude the Obscure Adaptation of novel by Thomas Hardy, starring Robert Powell. Dramatised by Harry Green . (VHS) Little Dorrit (rents in 2 parts) Dir. Christine Edzard. Adaptation of the story by Charles Dickens, stars Derek Jacobi, Alec Guinness. (VHS) Love in a Cold Climate Dir. Tom Hooper 2001. BBC adaptation of the Nancy Mitford stories. The Mahabharata (rents in 3 parts) Peter Brook's epic theatrical performance based on Indian legend. (VHS) Mansfield Park Dir. David Giles, 1983. BBC adaptation of the Jane Austen novel. Martin Chuzzlewit Recent BBC adaptation of the Dickens story. (VHS) Middlemarch BBC 1994 version of George Eliot's classic. Dir: Anthony Page, Screenplay by Andrew Davies. Miss Marple – The Body in the Library Starring Joan Hickson. Miss Marple – The Moving Finger Starring Joan Hickson Miss Marple – A Murder is Announced Starring Joan Hickson. Monsignor Quixote Alec Guinness & Leo McKern star in splendid adaptation of Graham Greene story. (VHS) The Naked Civil Servant John Hurt stars in award winning Thames TV autobiography of Quentin Crisp. Nostromo Dir. Alastair Reid. Good adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s novel set around a silver mine in South America in the 1880s. (VHS) Oliver Twist (in 2 parts) Adaptation of the novel by Charles Dickens. (VHS) Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit Dir. Beeban Kidron. Great BBC adaptation of the novel by Jeanette Winterson. Pride and Prejudice (in 2 parts) Dramatisation by Fay Weldon of Jane Austen's most popular novel. (VHS) Pride and Prejudice Dir. Simon Langton, 1995. New dramatisation of Jane Austen’s classic, stars Colin Firth & Jennifer Ehle. The Prisoner (rents in 5 parts) The entire 60s cult sci-fi series, starring Patrick McGoohan. Quatermass and the Pit An adventure into the unknown from the classic television serial of the fifties. (VHS) Reilly Ace of Spies Thames TV drama stars Sam Neill & Leo McKern. Dir. Jim Goddard. (VHS) Saigon Year of the Cat Dir. Stephen Frears. David Hare script, stars Judi Dench, Frederic Forrest (VHS) The Scarlet Pimpernel 1999 British TV version starring Richard E. Grant. SeaChange The complete three seasons of the cult Australian ABC TV comedy drama series starring Sigrid Thornton. (rents in 6 parts) Sense and Sensibility Based on the novel by Jane Austin. Dramatised by Alexander Baron for the BBC in 1981. Shadowlands Dir. Norman Stone. An account of the romantic life of English Don and famous writer, C.S. Lewis. (VHS) Silas Marner Based on George Eliot's classic tragedy of intrigue and human tenderness. Starring Ben Kingsley. (VHS) The Singing Detective Dennis Potter’s highly acclaimed and quirky series. Smiley's People 1982 BBC adaptation of John Le Carre's novel starring Alec Guiness. Tales of the City Dir. Alistair Reid. Brilliant adaptation of Armistead Maupin's wonderful story of the life and loves of the unusual group of co-tenants set in '70s San Francisco. More Tales of the City the second part of the Maupin trilogy. Further Tales of the City the final chapter of the engaging Maupin trilogy. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Dir. Mike Barker. BBC adaptation of the novel by Anne Bronte. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Terrific 1979 BBC thriller based on the novel by John Le Carre and starring Alec Guiness as Georg Smiley. Tipping the Velvet Dir. Andrew Davies. Adaptation of the acclaimed and sexually provacative novel by Sarah Waters set in England in the 1890s. Upstairs, Downstairs the complete 1970s TV series. Rents in 5 parts. A much loved and multiple award-winning period drama about life in an Edwardian House. A Very British Coup A brilliant drama about an attempt to overthrow an elected British government in the not-too- distant future. (VHS) Vietnam Dir. John Duigan & Chris Noonan 1987. Powerful Australian miniseries about the Vietnam War. Wuthering Heights Dir. Dick Coles. 1978 BBC adaptation of the Emily Bronte novel. The Young Visiters Dir.David Yates 2003. Comic take on Victorian England starring Hugh Lauire
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