Howzat! Kerry Packer’s War COMPLETE mini-series
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2311643/
The Ashes is the pinnacle of world cricket with two old enemies, Australia and England, going head to head. This series is the story of World Series Cricket and its creator, Australian media mogul Kerry Packer, who signed up the world’s greatest players and set up a parallel cricket competition. The Australian cricket team, visiting England in 1977 for the Ashes series, fields a team full of legends. Cricket is undergoing a revolution and the cricket establishment will be brought to its knees.
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Kings of Jo’burg COMPLETE S 1-2-3
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt13453828/
The Masire brothers rule Johannesburg’s criminal underworld but a supernatural family curse and a tangled web of betrayal threaten to destroy them.
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Gulliver’s Travels COMPLETE mini-series
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115195/
An Englishman returns after nine years abroad and tells strange stories of the tiny people of Lilliput, the giants of Brobdingnag, the flying island Laputa and the Houyhnhnms, a race of intelligent horses.
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To Be the Best COMPLETE mini-series
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105603/
The Barbara Taylor Bradford trilogy that began with "A Woman of Substance", ends with this epic tale. Paula O’ Neill feuds with her cousins as she fights to save her grandmother’s business, and struggles to salvage her marriage.
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Telling Tales by Alan Bennett COMPLETE S01
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1194058/
Alan Bennett re-lives his upbringing in Leeds in a series of talks, both amusing and touching.
Master of the monologue Alan Bennett presents a selection of childhood snapshots as he recalls growing up in Leeds in his own inimitable fashion.
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Departure COMPLETE S 1-2-3
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9252156/
When Flight 716 disappears over the Atlantic Ocean, Kendra Malley of the TSIB is selected to lead the team investigating the crash. Still devastated by the recent death of her husband, Kendra isn’t sure she’s up to the task. However, with the whole world watching, her team must race to find the missing aircraft and rescue possible survivors.
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After the Deluge COMPLETE mini-series
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0304983/
Follows the stories of the four men of the Kirby family. As Alex’s marriage breaks apart, Toby tries desperately to start a family, and Marty tries to kick-start his faded music career as well as find a meaningful relationship with someone his own age, all three must come to terms with their father’s mental state. Cliff, suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, is reliving his disturbing memories of the war and his first love, as a part of his experiences of the present . Through all four stories, we uncover a families troubled past, and their struggle towards a reconciled future.
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Make Room for Daddy a.k.a. The Danny Thomas Show COMPLETE S 1-12
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045410/
Danny Williams, a successful nightclub singer, encounters a variety of difficult or amusing situations in trying to balance his career with his family: his outspoken second wife Kathy, teenage daughter Terry and son Rusty from his first marriage and Kathy’s young daughter Linda and Danny’s old-fashioned Uncle Tonoose. Later episodes feature Annette Funicello as a foreign exchange student from Italy. Most episodes conclude with a song by Danny or one of the children. Affection expressed as hostility ("I love you, you little jerk") and ironic humor characterize this show.
Note:
I’m missing couple of episodes in this serial, sorry about that!
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