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  • The Tripods

    Long before dystopian epics dominated television, The Tripods marched across BBC screens with eerie elegance—an unsettling vision of humanity subdued by towering machines. Sadly, The Tripods is a trilogy that was never realised...

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    An American Cold War thriller following a supposedly dead agent who assumes the identity of his unwitting doppelganger, killed in his place. As he steps into another man’s life, he must convince friends, family—and most perilously, a suspicious wife

  • Smallville

    The coming-of-age story of Clark Kent as he navigates his teenage years, struggles with his emerging superpowers, his relationships with friends and family, and his journey toward becoming the iconic superhero; Superman

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    After thirty years in Southern Africa, Richard Hannay is returning to Britain to seek a bride, a home and a quiet life. But Europe is a cauldron of political intrigue and, amongst the old empires, a new power is rapidly making its way...

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Bugs

Bugs (1995) Reviews

Bugs

A high-octane team battles cybercrime and biotech threats in a slick, near-future London. Expect explosive action, ingenious gadgets, and relentless suspense as Bugs attempts to redefine British techno-thrillers for a new digital age

Breaking Point

Breaking Point (1966) Reviews

Breaking Point

A brilliant but volatile metallurgist, has perfected a form of steel immune to metal fatigue. But ruthless industrialists and foreign agents are prepared to push this vulnerable man to his psychological and physical limits in pursuit of their own agenda

Hattytown

Hattytown (1969) Reviews

Hattytown

A father’s bedtime tales for his six‑year‑old grew into a 39‑episode stop-motion animated series, delighting a generation with its world of anthropomorphic hats whose designs reflect each character’s culture, profession, and personality

Bachelor Father

Bachelor Father (1970) Reviews

Bachelor Father

A gentle, almost forgotten BBC sitcom, Bachelor Father blends an unlikely real-life inspiration about a bachelor who adopts twelve children. Ian Carmichael’s understated charm, offers a warm, polished slice of early 1970s family comedy

The Scarf

The Scarf (1959) Reviews

The Scarf

After the body of a local actress has been discovered on farmland, bearing clear signs of strangulation, suspicion soon extends beyond the village widening the circle of suspicion before steadily tightening the net around one suspect

Carnival of Monsters

Carnival of Monsters Doctor Who

Carnival of Monsters

The Doctor and Jo arrive on the SS Bernice, a cargo ship crossing the Indian Ocean. Things are not what they seem. A monster appears in the sea, events repeat themselves and a giant hand grabs and takes away the TARDIS as the time travellers become exhibits in a travelling show

Mannix

Mannix (1967) Reviews

Mannix

Bone-crunching action, relentless suspense and a bruised but unbowed hero defined Mannix, a gripping, compulsively watchable detective drama often condemned for its violence and abruptly cancelled at the height of its popularity

Murder Most English

Murder Most English (1977) Reviews

Murder Most English

A softly spoken detective in a deceptively peaceful seaside town, Inspector Walter Purbright navigates Flaxborough’s polite façades to uncover the scandals simmering beneath. Murder Most English blends wry humour with sly intrigue as Colin Watson’s understated sleuth quietly gets his man

Chocky

Chocky (1984) Reviews

Chocky

Matthew Gore is an unusually intelligent and sensitive boy who is selected by a mysterious extra-terrestrial presence as a conduit for information about human life. As this unseen visitor begins to educate Matthew, his schoolwork and artistic abilities improve at an alarming rate

Fair Game

Fair Game (1958) Reviews

Fair Game

An ex-Army officer armed with savings but no street sense stumbles into post-war Britain’s civilian jungle, becoming easy prey for spivs and schemers in this witty, lost 1958 BBC comedy-drama