1970s British television miniseries

I, Claudius

Series Age rating: 12 Year: 1976 IMDB Rating: 8.8

Acclaimed blackly comic historical drama series. Set amidst a web of power, corruption and lies, it chronicles the reigns of the Roman emperors - Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and finally Claudius.

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Series Age rating: 10 Year: 1979 IMDB Rating: 8.5

George Smiley, the aging master spy of the Cold War and once heir apparent to Control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level mole within the Circus. Smiley must travel back throug...

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Jesus of Nazareth

Series Age rating: 5 Year: 1977 IMDB Rating: 8.5

Dramatizes the Birth, Life, Ministry, Crucifixion, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, largely according to the Holy Bible's New Testament Gospels.

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Flambards

Series Age rating: 7 Year: 1979 IMDB Rating: 8.3

In the early 1900s in England, young Christina is orphaned and goes to live with her Uncle Russell, who owns the country estate of Flambards, and has two sons. Mark, the elder, is a wastrel, a roue an...

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How Green Was My Valley

Series Age rating: 7 Year: 1975 IMDB Rating: 7.8

Life is harsh but uncomplicated and happy for the Morgan family in their coal mining village in the Rhondda Valleys. But as the 20th century approaches, the younger generation is restless.

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Edward and Mrs Simpson

Series Age rating: 4 Year: 1978 IMDB Rating: 7.6

While still the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII meets the married American socialite, Wallis Simpson. Their relationship causes furor in the palace and in parliament, especially when King Geor...

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The Moonstone

Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1972 IMDB Rating: 7.5

Adaptation of the classic novel. A priceless jewel, originally plundered from a Hindu shrine, is presented to Rachel Verinder on her 18th birthday. The jewel goes missing and suspicion falls over the...

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Wuthering Heights

Series Age rating: n/a Year: 1978 IMDB Rating: 7

Wuthering Heights is a 1978 British film adaptation of Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights, starring Ken Hutchison, Kay Adshead, Pat Heywood, and John Duttine that was originally broadcast on BBC-T...

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Treasure Island

Series Age rating: 7 Year: 1977 IMDB Rating: 6.9

Treasure Island is a 1977 television adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s famous 1883 novel. It was filmed in 1977 on location in Plymouth and Dartford, and in Corsica, and also at BBC Television Ce...

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Emma

Series Age rating: 3 Year: 1972 IMDB Rating: 6.7

Emma presides over the small provincial world of Highbury with enthusiasm, but she will find that it is all too easy to confuse good intentions with self-gratification. The often insensitive, well-mea...

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