Dad COMPLETE S 1-2
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118295/
The trials and tribulations of a dutiful, insecure son, and his loyal, long suffering family, who tries to get reacquainted with his eccentric, know-it-all, pensioner father after they have spent a long period of time apart.
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Sea Hunt COMPLETE S 1-2-3-4
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051311/
Mike Nelson is a S.C.U.B.A. diver in the days when it was still very new. He works alone, and the plot was mostly carried through his voice-over narrations. These gave the show a flavor of a radio program. Typical adventures were finding a downed satellite or sunken treasure.
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Seven Little Australians COMPLETE S01
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0140763/
Captain Wolcott is a widower with seven children. He marries again and his new wife takes on all the trials of bringing up seven spirited children. They have many adventures, especially one daughter Helen, commonly known as Judy.
Based on Ethel Turner’s classic children’s novel, this award-winning miniseries is about a family of seven children set in 1880s Australia. The father of this lively brood is the dashing Captain John Woolcot, and he would like to run his household with army discipline, but is no match for his seven mischievous and fun-loving children. The war of wills between the Captain and his troop of independent-minded sons and daughters is tempered by the gentle guidance of Esther, his wife, and the children’s kindly step-mother.
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That’s My Mama COMPLETE S 1-2
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071065/
Clifton likes being a barber in Washington, D.C., where he works in the business started by his father. He also enjoys being single, but his widowed mama Eloise has other ideas, and wants him settled like his sister Tracy and her conservative husband Leonard.
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Davis Rules COMPLETE S 1-2
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101078/
Dwight Davis, a widower and grammar school principal, has the task of raising his three sons, along with the help of his wacky father Gunny. After the series moved from ABC to CBS, the oldest son and his friend were dropped and Dwight’s sister was added. Also off the show was Dwight’s love interest, Cosmo, who left to join a convent. Added as well was Skinner, a son of some of Dwight’s college pals who moved in. It was explained Skinner’s parents were psychologists working in Latin America. Also the oldest son was said to have become a foreign exchange student. Appearing occasionally was Dwight’s love interest Erika.
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Hong Kong COMPLETE S01
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053508/
Hong Kong is a 26-episode adventure/drama series which aired on ABC television during the 1960-1961 season and helped to catapult Australian actor Rod Taylor into a major film star, primarily in the 1960s, beginning with his role in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds. The series was a production of 20th Century Fox Television.
Hong Kong was set in the then British Crown Colony of Hong Kong. Taylor portrayed Glenn Evans, an American journalist who worked in the exotic Far Eastern city. His search for stories led him into encounters with smugglers, murderers, drug peddlers, and mysterious women who disappear behind beaded curtains. Taylor’s principal costar was Lloyd Bochner, who portrayed Chief Inspector Neil Campbell.
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Jungle Girl COMPLETE S01
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033776/
Dr. John Meredith has been driven from civilization by the criminal activities of his twin brother Bradley Meredith. With his infant daughter, he settles in the African jungle, where his ability to cure the native ills has resulted in his virtual control of the Masamba tribes, who possess vast diamond mines coveted by a gang of crooks. They use Shamba, a witch doctor jealous of Dr. Meredith’s influence over the tribe, to further their schemes. They lure Dr. Meredith away from the jungle, and he is murdered by "Slick" Latimer. The natives believe that a sacred amulet is the secret of Dr. Meredith’s power, and Shamba attempts to kill Nyoka, Meredith’s now-grown-up daughter, to obtain the amulet (which actually contains the secret to the entrance of the Caves of Nakros). Jack Stanton rescues her and assists her in her efforts to recover the amulet. Latimer works with Shamba, and with Bradley Meredith, who poses as his murdered-brother so successfully that even Nyoka does not realize the …
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