Decades after the war, a notorious Nazi reinvents himself as a powerful industrialist, only to be hunted across Europe and South America as past crimes resurface, threatening his fortune, his allies, and his carefully constructed new life
Remarkable BBC drama that charts Stephen Hawking's early years at Cambridge, pairing intellectual breakthroughs with personal struggle, anchored by Benedict Cumberbatch's compelling performance and a moving exploration of genius, illness and scientific revolution
David Walker makes a fateful decision on a lonely road: he stops to offer a lift to a young hitch-hiker. What begins as a moment of kindness spirals into catastrophe when she vanishes, only to be found murdered, with evidence cruelly designed to implicate Walker
Few television thrillers can legitimately claim classic status across multiple generations, but Melissa occupies precisely that territory. We look at the three versions of this classic tale of blackmail, murder and secrets from the 60s, 70s and 90s
Short-lived BBC series concerning the personal and professional life of an aristocratic solicitor as he ran a small Lake District practice, navigating modest but meaningful cases that reflected the concerns of the surrounding community
Petty criminal Eddy Cass is drifting through life on minor scams and bad decisions. When he agrees to courier a package across London and then decides to open it, he is horrified by its contents. His life will soon spiral out of control...
Set in an alternate history where Nazi Germany won World War II, An Englishman's Castle focuses on a soap opera writer's oblivious life under a fascist regime until a personal revelation forces him to confront the moral implications of his work
Lively, warm‑hearted sitcom where a middle‑class couple navigate everyday chaos with wit, charm, and gentle absurdity, turning suburban routine into a wonderfully funny celebration of marriage, mishaps, and muddling through
A principled but volatile ex-prisoner is drawn back into industrial conflict. This 1970s series explores the personal cost of militancy, shifting union politics and one man’s refusal to fit ideological labels in a tense, changing Britain
A grief‑stricken salesman spirals through a chaotic Sussex road trip with his young son, confronting guilt, masculinity, and haunting memories. Matt Smith leads with intensity, while Rafael Mathé delivers a breakout, emotionally resonant performance
A respected ex‑rugby star's life unravels after a tragic accident ends his career. Struggling with guilt, fading fame, and strained relationships, he searches for redemption while confronting the consequences of past choices
Lew Burnett is a self-made man who owns a huge construction company. However, his success has bred resentment, and after the third attempt on his life he sets in motion a daring and dangerous plan to discover who is trying to kill him and why - by playing dead!
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
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"
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
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...
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
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
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...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Another 'lost' TV series, this time featuring Arthur Lowe, off-duty from Warmington-on-Sea, sporting a beard, and playing eccentric amateur detective Phineas Drake, in a whodunnit drama with comedic overtones
Star Maidens delivers a gleefully camp slice of 1970s sci‑fi, built on a bold role reversal premise where men flee a matriarchal planet after it is knocked out of orbit and drifts into Earth's solar system