Armistead Maupin's Tales of the city / a Propaganda/Working Title Production for Channel 4, in association with American Playhouse/KQED ; teleplay by Richard Kramer ; produced by Alan Poul ; directed by Alastair Reid ; executive producer [for American playhouse], Lindsay Law ; KCET Los Angeles, South Carolina ETV, WGBH Boston, WNET New York.

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In this chronicle of San Francisco in the 1970s, the carefree chaos revolves around the funky old apartment house at 28 Barbary Lane where landlady Anna Madrigal welcomes tenants by taping homegrown joints to their doors and presides over their lives with an almost maternal affection.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Tales of the city (Television program)
Corporate Authors: Propaganda Films (Firm)
Working Title Films
Channel Four (Great Britain)
KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)
KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.)
South Carolina Educational Television Network
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Acorn Media (Firm)
Other Authors: Kramer, Richard, 1952-
Reid, Alastair, 1939-2011
Poul, Alan
Law, Lindsay
Dukakis, Olympia
Moffat, Donald, 1930-2018
Linney, Laura
D'Amico, Marcus
Campbell, William, 1959-
Gibson, Thomas, 1962-
Gross, Paul, 1959-
Garrick, Barbara
Webb, Chloe
Foch, Nina
Williams, Cynda
Dooley, Paul, 1928-
Black, Karen, 1939-2013
Steiger, Rod, 1925-2002
Lloyd, Walt
Keane, John (John E.)
Maupin, Armistead
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: Silver Spring, MD : Acorn Media, [2002]
Edition:Complete 6-episode unedited edition.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Maupin, Armistead > Television adaptations.
Singleton, Mary Ann > (Fictitious character) > Drama.
Tolliver, Michael > (Fictitious character) > Drama.
Madrigal, Anna > (Fictitious character) > Drama.
Madrigal, Anna > (Fictitious character)
Maupin, Armistead.
Singleton, Mary Ann > (Fictitious character)
Tolliver, Michael > (Fictitious character)
City and town life > California > San Francisco > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Gay men > United States > Drama.
Single women > Drama.
City and town life.
Gay men.
Man-woman relationships.
Single women.
San Francisco (Calif.) > Drama.
California > San Francisco.
United States.
Television adaptations.
Television mini-series.
Fiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Television programs.
Television programs > United States.
Drama.
Genre:
Television adaptations.
Drama.
Television mini-series.
Fiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Television programs.
Television programs
Physical Description:3 videodiscs (approximately 300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (1 folded sheet (8 unnumbered pages) : illustrations ; 18 cm)
Variant Title:
Tales of the city.
Format: Video DVD

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