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Holby City

Holby City (1999)

Holby City

Spinning-off from Casualty, Holby City was a gripping medical drama that looked into the fate of the patients once they left A&E. The series was loved by fans but slated by professionals. Find out why in our review...

Between the Lines

Between the Lines (1992)

Between the Lines

An ambitious police officer leads the Complaints Investigation Bureau of the Met Police to investigate corruption inside the force in this gripping and dramatic series that predated Line of Duty by 20 years

Tearaway

Tearaway (1956)

Tearaway

Stark one-off drama about two cold-bloodied thugs who are witnessed violently assaulting an innocent man. But the witnesses, in fear for their own safety, refuse to give evidence. "Sometimes," say one of them, "it doesn't pay to see too much."

Time Slip

Time Slip (1953)

Time Slip

Something of an oddity in the BBC’s development of science fiction/horror plays and series for television, Time Slip was broadcast live in November 1953 and was unrecorded. The Radio Times didn't even publish a cast list!

Terry Pratchett's Going Postal

Terry Pratchett's Going Postal (2010)

Terry Pratchett's Going Postal

The third instalment in the series of Terry Pratchett adaptations for the screen. After years of pulling off confidence tricks, Moist von Lipwig is finally caught and sentenced to execution. However, he is given a choice: become the new postmaster or face the noose!

Jemima Shore Investigates

Jemima Shore Investigates (1983)

Jemima Shore Investigates

TV investigative journalist Jemima Shore turns amateur detective to uncover blackmail and murder among the upper classes in this 1980s blend of cozy mystery and conventional crime thriller

Play for Tomorrow

Play for Tomorrow (1982)

Play for Tomorrow

BBC anthology series of six stories, each offering a speculative look into the near future, providing audiences with an intriguing vision of what might lie ahead. Some of the predictions have proven to be remarkably accurate

The Monkees

The Monkees (1966)

The Monkees

The Monkees: Micky, Davy, Mike, and Peter—in hilarious, surreal adventures packed with slapstick comedy, catchy music, and quirky charm. It broke the fourth wall and parodied pop culture with a fun, chaotic energy!

Goodnight Mister Tom

Goodnight Mister Tom (1998)

Goodnight Mister Tom

A troubled, abused child is evacuated to the countryside at the outbreak of the Second World War to live with a reclusive and grumpy old man. Both the victims of tragic circumstances, they soon develop a close bond

Ennal's Point

Ennal's Point (1982)

Ennal's Point

Six-part BBC2 series about the professional and personal lives of a Welsh lifeboat crew and their tight-knit community in a small seaside village which was adapted from a novel by Alun Richards and starred Philip Madoc and Glyn Owen