Alice

For the Children

Just a year after experimental BBC television began broadcasting to a few hundred homes in London, a ten-minute show called For The Children made its debut.

Cathy Come Home

Harrowing drama of one family's downward spiral into poverty that sparked a national debate in the Houses of Parliament on the plight of the homeless.

The Rag Trade

Staff turn militant in an East End sweatshop.

Albert

Single play based on a true story about an ingenious and daring escape from a German POW camp for Allied naval officers during WW2

First Night

First Night presented a series of new plays written for television with an emphasis on action and conflict. The series debuted on BBC with Alan Owen's The Strain on 22 September 1963 and ran through until 1964.

Heckle and Jeckle

Animated cartoon series - talking magpies with Brooklyn accents...and why not.

All Summer Long

Willie has tried to make his father aware of the danger to their house from flood water, but Dad thinks that Willie's fears are excessive. Willie decides to spend all summer long building a wall to keep out the river, but his efforts are in vain.

ABC Armchair Thriller

'ABC Armchair Thriller', although sometimes listed alongside the later 'Armchair Thriller' series (1978 & 1980), is a separate series from the later Thames productions, which it preceded by 11 years.

The Skin Game

A powerful, now-lost 1951 TV adaptation of John Galsworthy’s (The Forsyte Saga) 1920s play: class against ambition, honour against ruthlessness, and a fight that costs more than anyone expects