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Educating Marmalade
Reviews 1982 United Kingdom

1980s children's sitcom written by Andrew Davies which revolves round Marmalade Atkins - 'The Worst Girl in the World'

The Loner tv series
Reviews 1975 United Kingdom

Trilogy of dark comedic plays about a man coming from nowhere, going nowhere, and about what happens to him in transit

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Jane Eyre
Reviews 1963 United Kingdom

After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre enters service at Thornfield Hall, where Charlotte Brontë’s resilient heroine meets Edward Rochester, the brooding master she serves as governess in the BBC’s atmospheric 1963 adaptation

The Liver Birds
Reviews 1969 United Kingdom

Two feisty flatmates navigate love, work, and friendship in 1970s Liverpool. The Liver Birds—witty, warm, and wonderfully of its time. A true British sitcom classic!

Out of Town
Reviews 1963 United Kingdom

A series of delightful expeditions through the English countryside

Here Come the Double Deckers!
Reviews 1970 United Kingdom

A delightfully chaotic blend of British charm and American gloss, Here Come the Double Deckers! is a children’s television series from the early 1970s that has earned a modest but fond place in the hearts of those who remember it

The Flipside of Dominick Hide
Reviews 1980 United Kingdom

Dominic Hide, a time-travelling observer from the year 2130 has an agenda. Going back back 150 years in search of his great-great-grandfather is illegal. And things become further complicated when he falls in love.

The Protectors
Reviews 1972 United Kingdom

'There is a small group of private detectives who are able to work more efficiently because they are operating outside the law.'

The Big M
Reviews 1967 United Kingdom

When a businessman dies in his office, allegedly before revealing why he sought help, private detective Johnny Treherne investigates a protection racket, uncovering betrayal, corruption and murder while fighting to clear himself of suspicion

The Sweeney Vs Miami Vice
Articles

Mackintoshes vs Linen Blazers: Why Regan would arrest Crockett before breakfast (and why Crockett would look too good to care)

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Reviews 1968 United Kingdom

In this acclaimed 1968 BBC adaptation of Anne Brontë’s radical novel, a mysterious widow seeking refuge at Wildfell Hall conceals a painful past involving an abusive marriage and challenging Victorian conventions in a powerful story of courage, independence, and survival

Dick Emery's Comic Characters
Articles

Dick Emery's characters were some of the best remembered on British television for a number of years. This article looks at how he created these characters utilising his natural flair for mimicry.

Mr Pastry
Reviews 1958 United Kingdom

From Clumsy Capers to Timey-Wimey Tales: Richard Hearne, TV’s first clown created mayhem and disaster - was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic, and was once considered to take control of the TARDIS!

The Romper Room
Reviews 1964 United Kingdom

UK version of the popular children's programme where children were invited into the studio to play. Romper Room captivated kids from the age of 3 to 6 for 13 years on Anglia Television and had a waiting list of around a thousand kids

The A Team TV series
Reviews 1983 United States

A group of ex-Vietnam Commandos band together to form an unlikely partnership in order to assist the victims of injustice, whilst on the run themselves for a crime that they did not commit.

Sheila Steafel
Biographies

Sheila Steafel captivated audiences as a versatile character actor, her unique features a canvas for the roles she embodied, each glance infused with playful mischief or an insightful sparkle

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