Monthly Archiv: April, 2025

The Pallisers COMPLETE S01

The Pallisers COMPLETE S01

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075557/

Follows the novels of Anthony Trollope. Beginning with the forced Marriage of Susan Hampshire’s character, Glencora, the lives of the friends and children of this couple are the subject of study. The backdrop is the House of Commons in Great Britain as we watch the comings and goings and loves and tragedies of the powerful and not so powerful.

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The Protectors COMPLETE S 1-2

The Protectors COMPLETE S 1-2

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068122/

The Protectors were Harry Rule, the Contessa di Contini and Paul Buchet, three freelance troubleshooters who ran an international crime fighting agency. Based in London, Harry was the leader of the group. The Contessa lived in Italy and, when she wasn’t working with Harry, ran her own detective agency that specialized in exposing art frauds and recovering stolen art. Paul Buchet worked out of Paris, and was the group’s researcher and gadget specialist. Their adventures ranged from simple kidnapping to convoluted cases of international intrigue. Since the episodes were only half-an-hour long, the show’s forte was fast paced but straightforward action.

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Lucinda Brayford COMPLETE mini series

Lucinda Brayford COMPLETE mini series

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081082/

Based on the novel by Martin Boyd (1946) this miniseries tells the story of many generations of a family who migrate from England to Australia and eventually back to England, suffering poverty and becoming social climbers. The family’s social ambitions lead to conflicts between Lucinda and her parents over the attentions of Tony Duff. She therefore marries wealthy Englishman Hugo Brayford and moves to England with him. A series of failures and adulterous episodes in England lead to her experience of "geographical schizophrenia" and personality disintegration.

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I Didnt Know You Cared COMPLETE S 1-2-3-4

I Didn’t Know You Cared COMPLETE S 1-4

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072514/

All four series’ of the British television comedy about the feuding Brandon family. Uncle Mort (Robin Bailey) constantly argues with his sister Annie (Liz Smith), who in turn can’t stand her husband Les (John Comer). The only thing that unites them is their determination to turn their laid-back son Carter (Stephen Rea) into a go-getting executive before he marries his fiancĂ©e Pat (Anita Carey).

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