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  • The Danziger Bothers

    As founders of the prolific production company Danziger Photoplays, Edward J. and Harry Lee became the most financially successful independent television producers in the UK during the 1950s...But by 1965 they had moved out of television production altogether

  • The Wrong End of Time

    In 1970, Timeslip burst onto British screens with a bold blend of sci-fi and mystery. Let us take you back to its thrilling debut and explore the story behind its creation

  • The Mrs Bradley Mysteries

    Diana Rigg stars as stylish psychoanalyst-sleuth Mrs Bradley, solving 1920s crimes with wit, flair, and her trusty chauffeur. A lavish, sardonic take on vintage murder mysteries

  • Tarot, Telepathy and Tea-Time Terrors

    Before it conjured cult status, Ace of Wands began as Trevor Preston’s daring pitch—a magician-led mystery series that would enchant 1970s audiences and redefine children's television storytelling

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Up the Chastity Belt

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Up the Chastity Belt

In a time of knights, nuns, and naughty innuendos, one bumbling hero dares to unzip medieval modesty—brace yourself for Up the Chastity Belt, where history gets hilariously unhinged!

Doctor Who - The Chase

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Doctor Who - The Chase

The Daleks have constructed a time machine and an execution squad is despatched to pursue and kill the Doctor. The chase is on as the crew of the TARDIS try to outrun their enemies. Aboard the ship, things will never be the same again...

Secret Mission

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Secret Mission

They lived in constant danger of capture, torture and death at the hands of the Gestapo. Secret Mission, a 1950s docudrama, revealed the truth of six individual women who worked behind the lines in German occupied France

The Hour That Never Was

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The Hour That Never Was

A surreal blend of espionage, eerie atmosphere, and avant-garde flair, The Hour That Never Was stands as The Avengers’ definitive masterpiece—where wit meets the uncanny in peak Steed-and-Peel brilliance

Swizzlewick

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Swizzlewick

One of the most controversial series ever to appear on British television, labelled "a new low in tastelessness," was taken off following pressure from MPs, journalists and general secretary of the Television and Screen Writers Guild

The Brittas Empire

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The Brittas Empire

Brilliantly bonkers sitcom about a leisure centre manager and his staff. Chris Barrie is masterful, combining bureaucratic officiousness with a baffling cheerfulness that only adds to his character’s ability to drive everyone around him up the wall!

Without Love

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Without Love

Bold, unflinching, and unlike anything the average household had seen on the small screen. It dared to pull back the curtain on a hidden side of London life, offering a grim but truthful composite of the thousands of women who, night after night, plied their trade on the city's streets

Quinn Martin

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Quinn Martin

One of the most prolific American TV producers of the 1960s and 70s, for many viewers, the words "A Quinn Martin Production" became a stamp of quality—and a promise that you were in for an hour of solid, satisfying television

Mission to the Unknown

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Mission to the Unknown

On the planet Kembel, dark forces are gathering around the crew of a damaged spacecraft. Surrounded by a hostile environment where even the plant life can grotesquely transform a corpse into deadly danger, time is running out - for the universe