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  • Glynn Edwards

    With a face everyone recognised and a voice that radiated hard-earned wisdom, Glynn Edwards anchored British television for decades — a character actor whose journey to the Winchester bar was as rich as the life he lived

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    Ivanhoe returns to England from the Crusades after serving alongside King Richard I, who is believed to be imprisoned abroad. Disguised as a pilgrim Ivanhoe navigates a divided kingdom where Prince John plots to usurp the throne

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    Simon Carlyle's comedy drama series about Glaswegian Terri McIntyre, who is the owner of a tanning salon Fan of the Tan but spends most of her time cavorting with other colourful characters in the "Whippet Inn"

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    A jungle clearing in the Far East. A solitary hut. Inside, four soldiers retreat from an all consuming fire. Beyond a burning curtain, stretched out, the blanketed form of a human being

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The Tripods

The Tripods (1984) Reviews

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...

The Man Who Never Was

The Man Who Never Was (1966) Reviews

The Man Who Never Was

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

Smallville (2001) Reviews

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

Hannay

Hannay (1988) Reviews

Hannay

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...

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