British TV & Films 1979 Not Yet Released On DVD Region 2
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1. A Horse Called Jester (1979)
55 min | Family
Horse turned detective, and communicates with children, helping them to foil a dairy robbery.
Director: Ken Fairbairn | Stars: Sadie Frost, Michael Sampson, Mark Deamer, Heidi Smith
Votes: 16
2. A Moment in Time (1979– )
30 min | Drama
Young Elizabeth's quiet village life in Kent changes in the summer of 1940 with the arrival of a group of RAF officers.
Stars: Alison Elliott, Jill Balcon, Robin Davies, Benjamin Whitrow
Votes: 9
3. A Question of Faith (1979)
97 min | Biography, Drama
The last days of famous Russian author Leo Tolstoy which are paralleled with one of his last stories - The Death of Ivan Ilyich - about a man who is happy with his life until he finds out he's sick and is about to die.
Director: Colin Nears | Stars: Harry Andrews, Alan Dobie, Rosemary Leach, Annette Crosbie
Votes: 22
4. A Touch of the Sun (1979)
85 min | Comedy
A bumbling US marine Captain is assigned to retrieve a space capsule from a despotic African ruler.
Director: Peter Curran | Stars: Oliver Reed, Sylvaine Charlet, Peter Cushing, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 372
5. After Julius (1979)
150 min | Drama
Adaptation of Elizabeth Jane Howard's novel about the family of a publisher, killed in World War II, who discover unwelcome truths about him twenty years later in the course of a weekend at his widow's home.
Stars: Paul Copley, Cyd Hayman, John Carson, Faith Brook
6. Agatha (1979)
PG | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In December 1926, Agatha Christie's husband asks for a divorce. She leaves her car and goes missing for 11 days. She books into a hotel as Mrs. Neele. A US reporter looks for her and investigates.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Vanessa Redgrave, Timothy Dalton, Helen Morse
Votes: 3,602 | Gross: $7.50M
7. All the Fun of the Fair (1979)
90 min
Director: Glyn Edwards | Stars: David Boyce, David Calder, Jacquey Chappell, Peter Childs
8. Bear Island (1979)
PG | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
On the remote Norwegian Bear Island, used as a submarine base by the Germans during World War II, U.N. scientist Larsen sends a distress signal using an emergency N.A.T.O. frequency, and is received by scientific vessel Morning Rose.
Director: Don Sharp | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee
Votes: 2,737
9. Big Jim and the Figaro Club (1979–1981)
30 min | Comedy
1950's set sitcom about Big Jim and his gang of builders, the Figaro Club, who are looking to enjoy life in their seaside town while avoiding work at all costs.
Stars: Norman Rossington, Bob Hoskins, David Beckett, Sylvester McCoy
Votes: 39
10. Big Wheels and Sailor (1979)
55 min | Adventure, Family
The children of long-distance lorry drivers are taken prisoner by a gang of lorry hijackers led by the owner of a cab company, but the captive children have a trick or two up their sleeves.
Director: Doug Aitken | Stars: Nigel Humphreys, Matthew Wright, Victoria Gibson, Julian Curry
Votes: 21
11. Black Island (1979)
46 min | Thriller
Joe and Michael, 13-year-old Brits, become separated from their class outing, stranded on a small island, and captured by armed men.
Director: Ben Bolt | Stars: Martin Murphy, Michael Salmon, Michael Elphick, Allan Surtees
Votes: 54
12. Bloomers (1979– )
30 min | Comedy
A young actor, struggling with both his career and his neurotic girlfriend, gets a job in a florist's shop.
Stars: Richard Beckinsale, David Swift, Pat Gorman, Anna Calder-Marshall
Votes: 36
13. Boys and Girls Together (1979)
57 min | Comedy, Drama
Six members of a multi-cultural household in Hampstead, north London, explore their innermost fantasies.
Director: Ralph Lawrence Marsden | Stars: Helen FitzGerald, Roger Furse, Christine Maskelle, Paul Ong
Votes: 14
14. Charles Endell, Esq (1979– )
30 min | Drama
In this short lived series, Iain Cuthbertson returned to the role of Charlie Endell, the Glaswegian gangster in London, which he had made famous in "Budgie" (1970-72).
Stars: Iain Cuthbertson, Tony Osoba, Annie Ross, Rohan McCullough
Votes: 24
15. Diary of a Nobody (1979– )
Comedy
The comic tale of Charles Pooter and his wife Caroline, a middle-class couple living in London towards the end of the 19th Century.
Stars: Terrence Hardiman, Sheila Steafel, Richard Willis, Ann Beach
16. Dick Barton: Special Agent (1979)
15 min | Adventure
The adventures of World War 2 veteran turned crimefighter Dick Barton and his sidekicks Snowey & Jock.
Stars: Tony Vogel, Anthony Heaton, James Cosmo, Forbes Collins
Votes: 56
17. Doctors and Nurses (1979– )
Comedy
LWT's junior soap opera Doctors and Nurses - where the staff of Haven Rest Hospital were played by children and the patients by adults - debuted at 5:15 pm on Sunday 29 July 1979 and ran for six twelve-minute episodes.
Stars: Colin Baker, Liza Goddard, Jacqueline Brown, Emma Ferdinando
18. Dominique (1979)
PG | 100 min | Horror, Thriller
A millionaire, who drove his wife to commit suicide, starts believing that he is being haunted by her spirit.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Jean Simmons, Jenny Agutter, Simon Ward
Votes: 1,178
19. Electric Eskimo (1979)
57 min | Family, Sci-Fi
A young Eskimo boy accidentally gets hit by a mysterious ray during a secret British experiment and finds that he is now electrified.
Director: Frank Godwin | Stars: Tom Chadbon, Ivor Danvers, Kris Emmerson, Derek Francis
Votes: 47
20. Firepower (1979)
R | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A merc is hired by the F.B.I. to track down a powerful recluse criminal. A woman is also trying to track him down for her own personal vendetta.
Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Sophia Loren, James Coburn, O.J. Simpson, Eli Wallach
Votes: 1,135
21. Goodbye Darling (1979–1981)
50 min
A series of eight plays on the theme of lost love.
Stars: Neville Jason, Sheila Gish, Renée Asherson, Stella Tanner
Votes: 15
22. Grandad (1979–1984)
25 min | Comedy, Family
Children's comedy serial. Clive Dunn plays a caretaker in a community hall and has a large (unseen) dog called Nero.
Stars: Clive Dunn, Geoffrey Russell, James Marcus, Helen Cotterill
Votes: 47
23. Heartland (1979–1980)
60 min | Drama
A series of plays concerning the theme of love.
Stars: Judy Loe, Malcolm Stoddard, Judy Parfitt, Donald Churchill
Votes: 450
24. How's Your Father? (1979–1980)
30 min | Comedy
Sitcom starring Harry Worth as a widower with two teenage children.
Stars: Harry Worth, Giles Watling, Debby Cumming, Sonia Graham
Votes: 11
25. The Treasure Seekers (1980)
88 min | Action, Adventure
Two friends reunite in the Caribbean to find the lost treasure of 17th century pirate Henry Morgan.
Director: Henry Levin | Stars: Rod Taylor, Stuart Whitman, Elke Sommer, Jeremy Kemp
Votes: 123
26. Kelly Monteith (1979–1984)
30 min | Comedy
Stand-up comedian Kelly Monteith's look at life: which is part sitcom and part sketch-show.
Stars: Kelly Monteith, Gabrielle Drake, Michael Stainton, Barrie Gosney
Votes: 66
27. Kids (1979)
60 min | Drama
Series based around a fictional assessment centre for children who have been taken into care and their own individual stories. The stories themselves are based on real life cases.
Stars: Caroline Mortimer, James Hazeldine, Neil Nisbet, Sarah Neville
Votes: 13
28. Killer Fish (1979)
PG | 101 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Jewel thieves attempt to recover treasure from piranha infested waters. Mistrust and betrayals happen amongst the gang in the quest for gold.
Director: Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Lee Majors, Karen Black, Margaux Hemingway, Marisa Berenson
Votes: 2,381
29. King Solomon's Treasure (1979)
88 min | Adventure, Fantasy
Three adventurers lead an expedition into darkest Africa in search of the treasure of King Solomon, and on the way encounter hostile natives, volcanoes, dinosaurs and a lost Phoenician city ruled by a beautiful queen.
Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: David McCallum, John Colicos, Patrick Macnee, Britt Ekland
Votes: 328
30. Undercover Lover (1979)
R | 78 min | Action, Comedy
A British secret agent sent to America to rescue a nobleman comes up against an evil genius who is replacing people in important positions with clones who will do his bidding.
Director: Lindsay Shonteff | Stars: Gareth Hunt, Nick Tate, Fiona Curzon, Gary Hope
Votes: 147
31. Lost and Found (1979)
PG | 106 min | Comedy
An American widower and a British divorcée keep running into each other and marry. But when the marriage loses its bloom, they try to separate, yet can’t stop finding their way back together.
Director: Melvin Frank | Stars: George Segal, Glenda Jackson, Maureen Stapleton, Hollis McLaren
Votes: 394 | Gross: $3.22M
32. Lovely Couple (1979– )
30 min | Comedy
Stars: Elaine Donnelly, Anthony O'Donnell, Pauline Quirke, Geraldine Newman
33. Mystery!: Malice Aforethought (1979– )
Not Rated | 50 min | Comedy, Drama, Crime
Dr. Edmund Bickleigh is a man who is very careful and very determined. And he is especially determined to not get caught committing the perfect murder of his wife. In the end he succeeds but then finds circumstances are "agin him".
Stars: Hywel Bennett, Cheryl Campbell, Belinda Carroll, David Ashford
Votes: 140
34. Matilda's England (1979– )
60 min | Drama
Trilogy by William Trevor charting the changes in English society in the mid-twentieth century, seen through the memories of middle-aged Matilda looking back on her idyllic pre-war childhood.
Stars: Anna Calder-Marshall, Pat Keen, Georgine Anderson, Holly de Jong
35. Meetings with Remarkable Men (1979)
G | 108 min | Biography, Drama
G.I. Gurdjieff is a spiritual teacher and mystic who, after a lifetime study, developed a form of meditation incorporating modern dance.
Director: Peter Brook | Stars: Dragan Maksimovic, Terence Stamp, Mikica Dimitrijevic, Athol Fugard
Votes: 1,195
36. Mother Nature's Bloomers (1979– )
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Stars: Roy Kinnear, Jean Boht, Meg Johnson, Colin Edwynn
37. Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979–1982)
TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy
British sketch comedy starring the likes of Rowan Atkinson and Mel Smith.
Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith, Pamela Stephenson, Griff Rhys Jones
Votes: 2,805
38. Park Ranger (1979– )
30 min | Adventure, Family
Stars: Norman Bowler, Richard Gibson, Jane West Bakerink, Jenny Logan
39. Potter (1979–1983)
30 min | Comedy
Arthur Lowe as Redvers Potter owner of a mint manufacturers
Stars: Noel Dyson, John Barron, John Warner, Brenda Cowling
Votes: 70
40. Quest of Eagles (1979)
30 min | Family, Drama
A young man is determined to find his dead father's treasure.
Stars: Gina McKee, Vladek Sheybal, Michael Williams, Ferdy Mayne
41. Quincy's Quest (1979)
G | 80 min | Family, Fantasy
It's the night before Christmas, and all toy store rejects are due to be tossed into the furnace. This includes Quincy, a most lifelike doll. In a last ditch effort to save himself and his ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Reed | Stars: Tommy Steele, Mel Martin, Charles Morgan, Frederick Schiller
Votes: 159
42. Rebecca (1979)
205 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A young English girl in Monte Carlo falls in love with a rude, handsome stranger who proposes to her and rescues her from the drudgery of being a hired companion. But when he takes her to ... See full summary »
Stars: Jeremy Brett, Joanna David, Anna Massey, Hugh Morton
Votes: 405
43. Ring of Darkness (1979)
87 min | Horror
Four women make a pact with the Devil. The 13-year-old daughter of one of them has begun to shown signs of a dark nature which causes preoccupation and somewhat regret on her mother.
Director: Pier Carpi | Stars: Anne Heywood, Valentina Cortese, Frank Finlay, John Phillip Law
Votes: 404
44. Running Blind (1979– )
120 min | Action, Drama
When his old boss visits one day, retired secret agent Alan Stewart agrees to a simple job: taking a package to Iceland. Within hours of arriving, Stewart is on a remote road with a corpse at his feet and the job doesn't seem so simple.
Stars: Stuart Wilson, Ragnheiður Steindórsdóttir, George Sewell, Eugene Schlusser
Votes: 85
45. Sally Ann (1979– )
60 min | Drama
Drama surrounding families and members' involvement in a local Salvation Army centre.
Stars: Gerald James, Sam Kydd, Stephanie Cole, Carol Leader
Votes: 15
46. The Song of the Shirt (1979)
135 min
Directors: Susan Clayton, Jonathan Curling | Stars: Martha Gibson, Geraldine Pilgrim, Anna McNiff, Liz Myers
Votes: 8
47. Sunburn (1979)
PG | 105 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
After a rich old man dies in a suspicious car accident in Acapulco, Mexico, his widow wants his insurance company to pony up five million dollars. Hotshot investigator Jake Decker (Charles Grodin) and charming model Ellie (Farrah Fawcett-Majors) come in to check it out.
Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: Farrah Fawcett, Charles Grodin, Art Carney, Joan Collins
Votes: 832
48. Take My Wife... (1979– )
30 min | Comedy
Sitcom about struggling stand-up comedian Harvey Hall and his wife Josie.
Stars: Duggie Brown, Elisabeth Sladen, Victor Spinetti, Toni Palmer
Votes: 5
49. That Summer! (1979)
94 min | Drama
Two girls travel to Torquay in Devon from the North of England to work as chamber maids for the summer. They meet two boys, also in Torquay for the summer, one of whom (Winstone) is entered... See full summary »
Director: Harley Cokeliss | Stars: Ray Winstone, Julie Shipley, Tony London, Emily Moore
Votes: 157
50. The Camerons (1979– )
50 min | Drama
Stars: Morag Hood, Malcolm Ingram, Graham Crowden, Iain Lauchlan
Votes: 5
51. The Class of Miss MacMichael (1978)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama
In the tradition of classic classroom dramas such as To Sir, with Love (1967), comes the story of dedicated teacher Conor MacMichael (Glenda Jackson), who tries to reach out and give to her... See full summary »
Director: Silvio Narizzano | Stars: Glenda Jackson, Oliver Reed, Michael Murphy, Rosalind Cash
Votes: 474
52. The Custard Boys (1979)
82 min | Drama, Family
Director: Colin Finbow | Stars: Chris Chescoe, Eric Milliet, Ben Clennell, Andrew Atkinson
Votes: 18
53. The Danedyke Mystery (1979– )
30 min | Thriller
In the village of Danedyke St Mary the Reverend Septimus Treloar, a former Chief Inspector, investigates mysterious goings on linked to his church.
Stars: Michael Craig, John Rhys-Davies, Tessa Peake-Jones, Kenneth Colley
Votes: 11
54. The Dawson Watch (1979–1980)
30 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Les Dawson has a team of assistants and a computerised system in "Dawson Control", enabling him to put together footage and reports on the problems of modern society.
Stars: Les Dawson, Roy Barraclough, Gordon Peters, Daphne Oxenford
Votes: 19
55. The Deep Concern (1979– )
50 min | Thriller, Comedy
A group of international celebrities meet in an English country house to advise a large business corporation. A body is found and the search begins for the murderer.
Stars: Bernard Lloyd, Yolande Bavan, Beth Porter, Tim Preece
56. The Enchanted Castle (1979)
174 min | Family, Fantasy
Gerald, James and Kathleen discover a garden in which is hidden a Princess and a magic ring. Although the Princess is not quite who she says she is the ring is truly magic and so are other parts of the castle's grounds.
Stars: Candida Beveridge, Georgia Slowe, Simon Sheard, Marcus Scott-Barrett
Votes: 56
57. The Golden Lady (1979)
TV-14 | 91 min | Action, Thriller
A wealthy industrialist hires Julia Hemingway and her elite team of three female mercenaries to sabotage a deal between his competitor and an oil sheik. They spy, seduce, steal and, when their employer tries to double-cross them, kill.
Director: José Ramón Larraz | Stars: Ina Skriver, June Chadwick, Suzanne Danielle, Anika Pavel
Votes: 86
58. The Human Factor (1979)
R | 115 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
When a leak of information in the African section of British Intelligence is discovered, security man Daintry is brought in to investigate.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Nicol Williamson, Derek Jacobi, Joop Doderer
Votes: 1,578
59. The Innes Book of Records (1979–1981)
25 min | Comedy, Family, Music
Neil Innes performs parody songs old and new, all set to specially-shot footage, and including special guest performers. Plotless and surreal, Innes described the programme as "songs and pictures, about people and things".
Stars: Neil Innes, Bryan Payne, Gillian Gregory, David Shaw
Votes: 57
60. The Legend of King Arthur (1979)
110 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
The classic story of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table.
Stars: Felicity Dean, David Robb, Maureen O'Brien, Andrew Burt
Votes: 50
61. The Marti Caine Show (1979–1984)
45 min | Comedy
Marti Caine presents a star studded variety show in which she performs comedy material, sings and dances alongside special guests.
Stars: Marti Caine, Geoff Richer's First Edition, Linda Jardim, Victi Silva
62. The Music Machine (1979)
93 min | Drama, Music
Lovely live venue The Music Machine in Camden provides the glitzy glitter-ball backdrop for this hugely entertaining North London disco dance contest drama.
Director: Ian Sharp | Stars: Gerry Sundquist, David Easter, Michael Feast, Ferdy Mayne
Votes: 53
63. The Other Side (1979– )
Biography, Drama
Anthology of plays, each featuring an element of the 'flipside'.
Stars: Nigel Hawthorne, Joseph O'Conor, Marjorie Yates, Pip Donaghy
64. The Passage (1979)
R | 98 min | Action, Drama, War
During World War II, a Basque shepherd is approached by the underground, who wants him to lead a scientist and his family across the Pyrenees while being pursued by a sadistic German.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Anthony Quinn, James Mason, Malcolm McDowell, Patricia Neal
Votes: 2,275
65.
ITV Playhouse (1967–1982)
Episode:
The Quiz Kid
(1979)
Comedy, Drama
A hopeless quiz team is revived by the addition of a bright young lecturer but all is not well when the barmaid takes a shine to him and this upsets her boyfriend.
Director: Bill Hays | Stars: Helen Mirren, John Woodvine, Michael Elphick, Peter Jeffrey
Votes: 24
66. The Ronnie Corbett Special (1979– )
Stars: Ronnie Corbett, Ronnie Hazlehurst, Geoff Richer's First Edition, Lenny Henry
67. The Saint and the Brave Goose (1979)
100 min | Mystery
A two-part episode of the 1978 TV series "The Return of the Saint," edited together and released as a feature.
Director: Cyril Frankel | Stars: Ian Ogilvy, Gayle Hunnicutt, Stratford Johns, Derren Nesbitt
Votes: 58
68. The Strange Affair of Adelaide Harris (1979)
30 min | Drama, Family
A young boy's experiment to see if a wolf will adopt a newborn baby leads to strange adventures.
Stars: Jim Harris, Matthew Beamish, Timothy Davies, Derek Francis
Votes: 12
69. Thundercloud (1979– )
30 min | Comedy
Stars: James Cosmo, Derek Waring, Paul Aston, Sarah Douglas
Votes: 8
70. Tropic (1979– )
60 min | Comedy
Stars: Ronald Pickup, Hilary Tindall, Hilary Pritchard, John Clive
Votes: 8
71. Turning Year Tales (1979– )
Drama
Stars: Bob Hoskins, Jean Heywood, Patrick Murray, Harry Herring
72. Two People (1979– )
60 min | Drama
The lives of two teenagers and their relationship and the fallout with their parents.
Stars: Gerry Cowper, Stephen Garlick, Charlotte Coleman, David Daker
Votes: 464
73. Two Up, Two Down (1979– )
30 min | Comedy
A newly married couple come home from their honeymoon to find squatters have moved into their new house and are living in the main bedroom - they have little choice but to confront the alternative society head on.
Stars: Paul Nicholas, Su Pollard, Norman Tipton, Claire Faulconbridge
74. Why Can't I Go Home? (1979– )
25 min | Family
Stars: Sandor Elès, Susan Tully, Sue Nicholls, Angela Morant
75. Why Not Stay for Breakfast? (1979)
92 min | Comedy
The peaceful existence of a New York post-office clerk is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of a heavily pregnant girl on his doorstep.
Director: Terry Marcel | Stars: George Chakiris, Gemma Craven, Yvonne Wilder, Ray Charleson
Votes: 12
76. Yesterday's Hero (1979)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Music
A has-been, alcoholic former soccer star determines to make a comeback. He gets help from his former girlfriend, now a rock star, and her partner.
Director: Neil Leifer | Stars: Suzanne Somers, Ian McShane, Adam Faith, Paul Nicholas
Votes: 267
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