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British telefantasy of the 1990s

by strieb_griebling • Created 5 years ago • Modified 4 days ago
Mostly based on the now defunct Telefantasy List website plus a few bonus ones I've found that weren't listed on there.

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  • John O'Neill in 10x10 (1989)

    1. 10x10

    Episode: 

    Markheim

    (1990)
    1989–200010mTV Episode
    An original spin on Robert Louis Stevenson's supernatural story examining the theme of good and evil in one personality, and a human mind distorted by sin and guilt.
    DirectorDerek DoddStarsOscar QuitakJames Vaughan
  • David Kershaw and John Nettles in Bergerac (1981)

    2. Bergerac

    Episode: 

    The Dig

    (1990)
    1981–199150mTV Episode
    5.5 (54)
    Locals are hostile when a party of archaeologists embark on a dig with eccentric blacksmith predicting doom at disturbing a supposedly sacred site. Then one of the group is mysteriously attacked and another falls to her death from a cliff. Charlie also succumbs to the myth when he collapses at home but Jim is cynical. However, even he is taken by the surprise when the dig's leader Carol unearths what she is looking for.
    DirectorGeoffrey SaxStarsJohn NettlesTerence AlexanderSusan Wooldridge
  • The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (1988)

    3. The Silver Chair

    19906 epsUnratedTV Series
    7.1 (2.2K)
    Eustace, along with a new companion named Jill Pole, is brought back to Narnia. The pair are told by Aslan they must search for King Caspian's missing son, Prince Rilian.
    StarsDavid ThwaitesCamilla PowerTom Baker
  • Debut on Two (1990)

    4. Debut on Two

    Episode: 

    Kingdom Come

    (1990)
    1990– TV Episode
    Keef owns a small seaside café. His comfortable routine with regular customer Wayne is disrupted by a confrontational punk girl who has seen something extraordinary on the beach.
    DirectorBob BlagdenStarsDavid HargreavesPete PostlethwaiteLaurance Rudic
  • Emlyn's Moon (1990)

    5. Emlyn's Moon

    1990– 5 epsTV Series
    7.6 (24)
    Gwyn and Nia are intrigued by Emlyn Llewelyn, who believes his mother lives on the moon. Despite warnings, they are drawn to him by a mysterious magic. With the help of Arianwen, the Snow Spider, they aim to unravel the mystery.
    StarsSiân PhillipsGareth ThomasOsian Roberts
  • 6. The Gift

    1990– 6 epsTV Mini Series
    7.5 (39)
    A young boy discovers that he has the power to read other people's thoughts.
    StarsTat WhalleyJeff RawleJacqueline Tong
  • The Storyteller: Greek Myths (1991)

    7. The Storyteller: Greek Myths

    19914 epsTV-PGTV Series
    8.1 (2K)
    A storyteller in a labyrinth tells his dog the stories of Perseus and Medusa, Icarus and Daedalus, Theseus and the Minotaur, and Orpheus and Euridyce.
    CreatorAnthony MinghellaStarsMichael GambonBrian HensonSteve Varnom
  • The Green Man (1990)

    8. The Green Man

    19903 epsTV Mini Series
    7.0 (540)
    An alcoholic pub landlord has visions of a 17th-century doctor of the occult, beginning a monumental clash between good and evil. Adapted from the novel by Kingsley Amis.
    StarsAlbert FinneyLinda MarloweSarah Berger
  • Michael Caine in Jekyll and Hyde (1990)

    9. Jekyll and Hyde

    19901h 36mPG-13TV Movie
    6.1 (1.5K)
    Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
    DirectorDavid WickesStarsMichael CaineCheryl LaddJoss Ackland
  • Jupiter Moon (1990)

    10. Jupiter Moon

    1990–1996150 epsTV Series
    6.8 (99)
    Ilea is an old space craft cruising around the Jupiter system, and functioning as a university. This is the story of its crew and students.
    StarsCharlotte MartinAnna PernicciPhil Willmott
  • Kappatoo (1990)

    11. Kappatoo

    1990– 14 epsTV Series
    8.0 (31)
    Kappatoo, a 23rd century kid, time-swaps with his 20th century counterpart, Simon Cashmere. A children's sci-fi comedy that tries to offer observations on what we are doing to this planet as well as what life might be like in the 23rd century.
    CreatorBen SteedStarsSimon NashAndrew O'ConnorGraeme Hawley
  • Not with a Bang (1990)

    12. Not with a Bang

    19907 epsTV Series
    6.5 (29)
    All people in the world have been eliminated except this small group of people ... which include only one woman!
    StarsRonald PickupStephen ReaMike Grady
  • The Play on One (1988)

    13. The Play on One

    Episode: 

    Yellowbacks

    (1990)
    1988–19911h 20mTV Episode
    6.4 (48)
    Britain in the very near future. In an abandoned hotel, a young female doctor and a middle-aged male scientist are interrogated separately. The question they are both asked is 'Where is Martin Pitt?'
    DirectorRoy BattersbyStarsJanet McTeerRoy MarsdenTim Roth
  • Frankenstein's Baby (1990)

    14. Screen One

    Episode: 

    Frankenstein's Baby

    (1990)
    1985–20021h 15mTV Episode
    5.5 (24)
    Paul quarrels with his girlfriend Jane about when to start a family and Dr Eva Frankenstein comes to his aid by helping him to become the world's first pregnant man!
    DirectorRobert BiermanStarsNigel PlanerKate BufferyYvonne Bryceland
  • The Lorelei (1990)

    15. Screen Two

    Episode: 

    The Lorelei

    (1990)
    1984–19981h 15mTV-14TV Episode
    7.8 (46)
    A lonely schoolteacher has a strange experience on her walking holiday. It haunts her and threatens to wreck her growing romance with a colleague.
    DirectorTerry JohnsonStarsAmanda RedmanMichael MaloneyEllie Haddington
  • She-Wolf of London (1990)

    16. She-Wolf of London

    1990–199121 epsTV-PGTV Series
    7.2 (456)
    A female American graduate student in London is bitten by a werewolf, then teams up with an English professor to investigate supernatural occurrences.
    CreatorsMick GarrisTom McLoughlinStarsKate HodgeNeil DicksonScott Fults
  • 17. Uncle Jack and Operation Green

    1990– 6 epsTV Series
    8.5 (14)
    Uncle Jack gets hold of a secret formula, and has to stop it from falling into the hands of the notorious criminal known as the Vixen.
    CreatorJim EldridgeStarsPaul JonesHelen LambertGiuseppe Peluso
  • Lisa Orgolini in House of Glass (1992)

    18. House of Glass

    199230mTV Movie
    6.7 (19)
    A young couple inherit a stately home in the English countryside, but soon find the otherworldly occupants don't approve of the American wife.
    DirectorHerbert WiseStarsLisa OrgoliniJeremy NorthamMatyelok Gibbs
  • Rowan Atkinson, Alan Cumming, and Lenny Henry in Bernard and the Genie (1991)

    19. Bernard and the Genie

    19911h 10mTV Movie
    7.2 (2K)
    After mild-mannered art-buyer Bernard Bottle is fired by his greedy boss and abandoned by his girlfriend, he discovers a genie in an old bottle. The genie immediately embraces the modern world and helps Bernard on the side.
    DirectorPaul WeilandStarsLenny HenryJohn GabrielAlan Cumming
  • Steffan Morris and Osian Roberts in The Chestnut Soldier (1991)

    20. The Chestnut Soldier

    1991– 4 epsTV Mini Series
    7.4 (17)
    Gwyn senses danger from a toy horse with an evil prince's spirit seeking revenge. With friends Emlyn and Nia, they aim to save a mysterious soldier. Can the Snow Spider help recapture the prince's soul without harm?
    StarsSiân PhillipsCal MacAninchOsian Roberts
  • John Lynch, Christine Kavanagh, and Douglas Mann in Chimera (1991)

    21. Chimera

    19914 epsTV Mini Series
    6.4 (314)
    A journalist investigates the death of his girlfriend at a fertility clinic where she worked and uncovers a plot to create a new breed of human based on crossing the genetics of a man and an ape.
    StarsJohn LynchChristine KavanaghKenneth Cranham
  • Dark Season (1991)

    22. Dark Season

    19916 epsTV Series
    6.4 (272)
    Three children investigate strange goings-on in their school and protect it from such threats as a computer scientist with dreams of world domination and a mysterious group of archaeologists hoping to bring about the end of the century.
    StarsBen ChandlerBrigit ForsythVictoria Lambert
  • Francis Wright in Five Children and It (1991)

    23. Five Children and It

    19916 epsTV Mini Series
    6.9 (394)
    A group of children discovers a mysterious creature in the local sand pit who agrees to grant them one wish each day.
    StarsSimon GodwinNicole MowatCharles Richards
  • 24. Gray Clay Dolls

    199130mTV Movie
    DirectorGeorge PavlouStarsMeg DaviesRichard GrahamRobert Hines
  • Merlin of the Crystal Cave (1991)

    25. Merlin of the Crystal Cave

    1991– 6 epsTV Series
    6.7 (87)
    A star-studded TV production of the classic tale by Mary Stewart which follows Merlin down through history to the days of King Arthur.
    StarsGeorge WinterTrevor PeacockRoger Alborough

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