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Jack the Ripper

Jack The Ripper (1973)

Jack the Ripper

Two fictional detectives go off in search of clues to one of the world's greatest unsolved cases.

Kenneth Williams on Jackanory

Jackanory (1965)

Kenneth Williams on Jackanory

Storytelling series that proved to be one of the most popular children’s programmes of all time.

Jacks and Knaves TV series

Jacks and Knaves (1961)

Jacks and Knaves TV series

Short police procedural series; the forerunner to the highly successful Z-Cars (and sometimes cited as the inspiration for it).

glynis barber as jane

Jane (1982)

glynis barber as jane

Daily Mirror comic strip heroine brought to the small screen.

Inheritance

Inheritance (1967)

Inheritance

Drama starring John Thaw which revolved around the fortunes of the Oldroyds of Annotsfield, a Yorkshire mill-owning family, through five generations.

Inspector Gadget

Inspector Gadget (1983)

Inspector Gadget

Like the Six Million Dollar Man, Inspector Gagdet was an ordinary human until an accident armed him with a whole host of in-built secret weapons.

John Thaw as Inspector Morse

Inspector Morse (1987)

John Thaw as Inspector Morse

Arguably the world's, and certainly Britain's, finest entry in the long and distinguished history of the television/detective fiction genre.

Interpol Calling

Interpol Calling (1959)

Interpol Calling

The International Police investigate everything from murder to blackmail, drugs to hijacking and assassination to slavery.