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Up Pompeii! (1970)

The bawdy tales of ancient Rome as told by Lurcio (Frankie Howerd), slave to the womanising senator Ludicrus Sextus.

Queen of Tears (2024)

South Korean romcom/melodrama broadcast on Netflix simultaneous to its South Korean broadcast, the series has consistently topped the Netflix Global Top 10 list in March and April 2024

3 Body Problem (2024)

Created by the Game of Thrones showrunners: When scientists all over the world begin turning up dead, a police detective tasked to investigate it uncovers a tangled web of extraterrestrial mystery that may spell doom on Earth.

Mr. Men

Mr. Men (1974)

Mr. Men

Roger Hargreaves' delightful characters had captured the hearts of readers young and old since 1971, so it was only natural that Mr. Tickle, Mr. Happy, Mr. Grumpy, et al, would become just as popular in an animated television series

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1670 (2023)

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A satirical comedy in which a zany nobleman contends with family feuds and clashes with peasants in his quest to become the most famous person in Poland

Bay City Blues

Bay City Blues (1983)

Bay City Blues

Pulled from the schedules after just four episodes, Bay City Blues, created by Steve Bochco and starring Sharon Stone, was an ensemble drama which followed a minor league baseball team. The series found new life when aired on ESPN Classic

Hot Summer Night

Hot Summer Night (1959)

Hot Summer Night

In this groundbreaking 90-minute play, when the daughter of a trade union organizer reveals her relationship with a black man, it unearths profound prejudice and concealed conflicts within her family

The Gentlemen

The Gentlemen (2024)

The Gentlemen

Action comedy created by Guy Ritchie - a spin off from his 2019 film of the same name. Edward Horniman has unexpectedly inherited an estate of 15,000 acres only to discover that the land has become part of a weed-growing empire

The Charmer

The Charmer (1987)

The Charmer

Minor public schoolboy, social climber, seducer of women and eternal seeker after the main chance...

Fawlty Towers (1976)

As quintessentially British as the location for its deceptively simple, but brilliantly effective premise, Fawlty Towers ranks as one of the most consistently hilarious thirty-minutes of comedy to have ever graced the television screen.

African Queens

African Queens (2023)

African Queens

Docudrama combining dramatic recreations with interviews with historians focusing on female monarchs, inspired by producer Jada Pinkett Smith's view on the lack of stories covering Black queens

The x-Files

The X-Files (1993)

The x-Files

An FBI investigator assigned to the X-Files, a division tasked with the solving of cases for which there are no explanation is teamed with a Special Agent, a shrewd medical doctor, who is assigned to debunk his work

Mogul and The Troubleshooters

Mogul / The Troubleshooters (1964)

Mogul and The Troubleshooters

Years before US TV viewers were introduced to the immoral exploits of the mega-rich oil barons of Dallas, the UK presented the day-to-day boardroom dramas of the high-powered executives of Mogul.

Masters of the Air

Masters of the Air (2024)

Masters of the Air

Serving as a companion to Band of Brothers and The Pacific, this US war drama follows the exploits of the 100th Bomb Group who flew B-17 bombers in WWll

Pipkins

Pipkins (1973)

Pipkins

Step into the magical world of Pipkins, where imagination knows no bounds!

The Artful Dodger

The Artful Dodger (2023)

The Artful Dodger

Going by his real name, Jack Dawkins, after being banished to Australia, 'Dodger' is now a respected doctor - but has he really changed his old ways? It's a new twist on Charles Dickens' famous novel

The Silent Service

The Silent Service (2023)

The Silent Service

A submarine has reportedly crashed killing all 76 crew members on board. But in reality the ship, armed with a nuclear missile, has disappeared into the deep ocean. Captain Shiro Kaieda is attempting to realise his ideal world

Echo tv series 2024

Echo (2024)

Echo tv series 2024

Miniseries based on Marvel Comics character, Echo stars Alaqua Cox as a deaf Native American Choctaw and the former leader of the criminal gang Tracksuit Mafia. Returning to her hometown in Oklahoma, she attempts to reconnect with her family

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024)

Avatar: The Last Airbender

A young boy known as the Avatar must master the four elemental powers to save the world, and fight against an enemy bent on stopping him, in this live-action adaptation of the animated series of the same name

The Bunker

The Bunker (1981)

The Bunker

Anthony Hopkins stars in this historical drama which takes place as the Battle of Berlin rages above ground and Nazi forces are nearing certain defeat, and the last weeks of the Nazi regime are played out

Valentine Park

Valentine Park (1987)

Valentine Park

Tom Morris is an employee of the council whose job it is to maintain the standards of his local park. Unfortunately, his task is not helped by the incompetent people around him, which include two overzealous park officers - Bodie and Doyle

Howards' Way

Howards' Way (1985)

Howards' Way

Tom Howard decides to invest his skill, time and redundancy money in a run-down local boat-building yard. The decision puts a great strain on his marriage. Dubbed 'Dallas on Sea', Howards' Way was the BBC's attempt to emulate the success of the American super-soaps of the 1980s

Berlin 2023 TV series

Berlin (2023)

Berlin 2023 TV series

A criminal gang gather in Paris to plan one of the most ambitious robberies ever in a prequel to the hit series Money Heist

The A Team TV series

The A-Team (1983)

The A Team TV series

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.

Good Girls

Good Girls (2021)

Good Girls

Three suburban mothers find themselves facing desperate financial circumstances and decide their only choice is to rob a supermarket. But it has dire consequences when they later discover that the supermarket manager was money-laundering for a local crime boss

Castlevania

Castlevania (2017)

Castlevania

Adult animated dark fantasy action series based on the Japanese video game series of the same name by Konami. When his human wife is burned at the stake after being falsely accused of witchcraft, Dracula declares all the people of Wallachia will pay with their lives

American Gothic

American Gothic (1995)

American Gothic

Everything is not what it seems in Trinity, South Carolina. Sheriff Lucas Buck develops a sinister interest in Caleb. Caleb's cousin Gail tries to protect him, and Caleb's dead sister returns as an angel, warning him that Buck is an incarnation of evil

Manifest

Manifest (2018)

Manifest

The passengers of a plane that has been missing for five years suddenly return with no grasp of the lapsing time. Their mysterious reappearances unravel a web of intricate conspiracies that hint at a bigger force at play

To the Ends of the Earth

To The Ends of The Earth (2005)

To the Ends of the Earth

Three part BBC BAFTA nominated miniseries which is an adaptation of a trilogy of nautical novels by William Golding set aboard a converted man-of-war, which is transporting British migrants to Australia in the early 19th century

Maid Marian and Her Merry Men

Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (1989)

Maid Marian and Her Merry Men

In 1989, Tony Robinson brought us the true story of a famous legend. Robin was a cowardly and incompetent ex-tailor from Kensington and Marian, an idealistic freedom fighter, was the brains behind the Merry Men. Anything else is pure fiction...