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Nostalgia Alert: Some of the best dramas from the 80s, 90s and 00s

A young Magnus leaves his troubled family behind to face the trials of boarding school.

Release date:

04 Nov 1987

George Smiley agrees to head the hunt for a secret service mole.

Release date:

10 Sep 1979

Exploring Queen Victoria's traumatic childhood, coronation at 18 and marriage to Albert.

Release date:

27 Oct 2003

Moving drama, set in the 1950s, portraying the life of author CS Lewis.

Release date:

22 Dec 1985

Steve Arnott realises the target in his anti-corruption case is the city's top detective.

Release date:

26 Jun 2012

Alan Bennett's drama about the double life led by Sir Anthony Blunt.

Release date:

17 Jul 1992

Michael Palin's nostalgic comedy drama about a family holiday at a Suffolk seaside resort.

Release date:

01 Feb 1987

Two seemingly unconnected events summon master spy George Smiley out of retirement.

Release date:

20 Sep 1982

Lady Chatterly, stifled and exhausted by her marriage, takes to walking in the grounds.

Release date:

06 Jun 1993

Drama series about a detective who suffers a car crash and wakes up in 1973.

Release date:

09 Jan 2006

Dr Sam Ryan investigates her first case as a police consultant.

Release date:

21 Feb 1996

The wife of a rugby star is found murdered at her Yorkshire home.

Release date:

16 Mar 1996

Having endured a miserable and brutal childhood, Oliver is sold to a local undertaker.

Release date:

18 Dec 2007

Dr Watson and Sherlock Holmes meet, and tackle the case of the Impossible Suicides.

Release date:

25 Jul 2010

A car bomb explodes in Liverpool and Zoe is sent undercover to investigate.

Release date:

13 May 2002

Controversial film depicting the terrible consequences of a nuclear attack on Britain.

Release date:

31 Jul 1985

Actor Ross Kemp recalls one of the most explosive storylines in EastEnders.

Release date:

16 Feb 2025

A crime is viewed through the eyes of the detective investigating it.

Release date:

06 Apr 1978

Drama about a group of illegal Pakistani immigrants in a boarding house in 1960s England.

Release date:

21 Jun 1997

Mrs Bennet is anxious to marry off one of her five daughters to newcomer Mr Bingley.

Release date:

24 Sep 1995

Drama about a seemingly respectable estate agent who is also a football hooligan.

Release date:

26 Feb 1989

Phil and Kathy's engagement party is cut short as Grant reveals Sharon and Phil's affair.

Release date:

25 Oct 1994

'I, Margie Starling, am perfectly, perfectly happy, right now!'... and why not?

Release date:

17 Sep 2025

Nineteen-year-old Margaret is about to marry a dull middle-aged man. Can anyone help her?

Release date:

17 Jan 1993

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