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
Andrew O'Day examines the 1980 BBC2 Playhouse presentation about a couple who fall prey to paranoia and doubt when they begin to think that their unborn child will grow up to be evil.
Everyone, who is a fan of Fawlty Towers, has their favourite episode. There's certainly a case for any particular episode to be at the top of your list as nearly all of them were equally hilarious. In this article, writer Brian Slade selects his
Rod Serling had struggled to get his scifi anthology idea off the ground for some time. But this 1959 pilot episode helped establish what would become an iconic series that is still regarded as the benchmark of science fiction from a golden era
Remembering a classic episode of the US sitcom 'Taxi' - 'Reverend Jim: A Space Odyssey' in which 'we get to see the best of the characters at their most eccentric'
Author Brian Slade chooses his favourite episode of the classic sitcom in our 'Best Of' series. Peggy’s impromptu and unofficial audition for being a yellowcoat is a scene stealing performance from Su Pollard
Find out why Brian Slade has chosen 'The Public Relations Course' as his favourite episode of this classic British sitcom featuring the hapless Frank Spencer, as brilliantly played by the incomparable Michael Crawford...
The Goods and the Leadbetters plan their respective Christmases, but when Margo discovers her tree is too short, Christmas is very nearly cancelled...
John Winterson Richards chooses a single episode of the epic series that ticked all the boxes. It had drama, humour, violence...and one very tough Russian...
In the town of San Junipero, California, an introverted young girl and a free-spirited party girl strike up a powerful bond that seems to defy the laws of time
Daniel Tessier reviews his definitive modern Doctor Who story. The Doctor takes Martha to New Earth, where humanity lives on a planet that is stuck in a perpetual gridlock.
In their final serial Sapphire & Steel arrive at a seemingly abandoned roadside café where time has stopped and the only clue is two humans who claim to be from 1948. How they got there, they don't know.
Two back-to-back 'missing' adventures from the 1960s which have been restored using animation
Last night, as I was walking up the stair, I met a man who wasn't there. He wasn't there again today, I wish, I wish he'd go away.
In its psychological depth, its use of long story and character arcs, and, above all, its political cynicism, Callan was decades ahead of its time.
When the ghost of a World War One soldier begins to haunt an old railway station, Sapphire and Steel suspect the location is a recruitment ground for the dead. But what do the forces of darkness want with these lost souls?
After an accident in the engine room of the Defiant apparently claims the life of Benjamin Sisko, Jake lives out his life in an endless quest to locate his father.
John Winterson Richards reviews his definitive episode of BVS. A mouthless demon infects Buffy with the ability to hear everyone's thoughts, but what starts out as a useful power soon turns into a curse.
In the second in a series of articles recalling the best episodes of a TV show, Dan Tessier picks his favourite Red Dwarf episode.
In the first of a series of articles in which our writers choose their favourite episodes of their favourite series, Daniel Tessier reviews Distant Origin, an episode of Star Trek: Voyager
'Boy' has amazing powers of mental perception and persuasion. He is a mutant. Born ahead of his time. Who are the strange group of men shadowing his every move?
Alex Drake finally discovers why she's been sent back to the Eighties, how it all ties in with Sam Tyler, and exactly who is Gene Hunt
Andrew Cobby revisits the house of screams - episode by creepy episode.
Robert Ross explains how a single episode of 'Comedy Playhouse' changed the course of situation comedy forever.