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The Naked Civil Servant

The story of Quentin Crisp, from his youth in the early 20th century to his emergence as a flamboyant gay icon, made a star of actor John Hurt and catapulted Crisp himself into overnight celebrity status

Star Trek: Discovery

Ten years before Kirk, Spock and the Enterprise, the USS Discovery finds new worlds and lifeforms as one Starfleet officer learns to understand all things alien

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

In an alternate version of early 19th-century England where magic, long thought to be lost, re-emerges, the reclusive Mr. Norrell and the daring Jonathan Strange join forces, leading to unforeseen and far-reaching consequences

Century Falls

Tess and her pregnant mother move to a new town to rebuild their lives. But Tess soon realises that the village has a guilty secret; a secret which seems to threaten her happiness and that of her unborn sister

Little House on the Prairie

A beloved classic of American television which follows the life and adventures of the Ingalls family in the nineteenth century American Midwest

Apparitions

Supernatural drama series about a priest who is working to promote candidates for sainthood and becomes drawn into the world of exorcism as he discovers a dark battle between good and evil

Fantasy Island

"Smiles, everyone! Smiles!" With these words, Mr. Roarke welcomes guests to Fantasy Island, a tropical paradise where wishes come true. The island’s magic is both a blessing and a curse, granting wishes that often reveal hidden truths...

Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Will Smith in his break-out role as a street-smart rapper from a rough neighbourhood who finds himself deposited with wealthy relatives in a rich Californian residence

Lipstick on Your Collar

Dennis Potter's witty and moving musical drama that takes a nostalgic dive into 1950s Britain was among the last works of the highly acclaimed writer

Out of the Unknown

Science fiction tales from the most famous SF writers

A Warning to the Curious

A ghostly tale in which a treasure hunter visits the English coast in search of a lost, fabled crown that supposedly helps protect Great Britain against invasion, but uncovers something much more sinister

The Lifes and Loves of a She-Devil

BBC drama serial adapted from Fay Weldon's 1983 novel about the destruction of love and the burning need for revenge when a dowdy wife discovers her husband is having an affair with a glamourous romantic novelist

Vietnam

A stunningly powerful re-enactment of the bitterly controversial issue of Australia's involvement in what was perceived as an American war

Fame

More than just a television series; Fame was a cultural touchstone that captured the hopes, dreams, and struggles of a generation

Daddy Kiss It Better

Television play about a married couple who's marriage is falling apart, written by one of British theatre's greatest writers of the last 60 years, that was broadcast on Yorkshire Television's opening night in July 1968

The Crow Road

Brilliantly suspenseful and moving drama in which Prentice McHoan’s investigation into the disappearance of his Uncle Rory uncovers his relatives’ long-buried secrets, and the lengths we’ll go to in order to protect those we love

The Invisible Man

A scientist becomes victim of his own experiments into light refraction, leaving him permanently transparent.

Sister Dora

Biographical drama starring Dorothy Tutin as a 19th century nurse who accopmlished in civilian duty what Florence Nightingale did for military hospitals

The Main Chance

After many years working in London, ambitious solicitor David Main returns to his native Leeds to set up a new practice and to improve his station by working for the rich and powerful

Palm Royale

Ten-part comedy-drama set in 1969. Outsider Maxine Dellacorte-Simmons strives to attain a place in the high society of Palm Beach through the town's most exclusive country club, in the process learning what she will and won't do to achieve this

Van der Valk

You can't keep a good detective down and although this Amsterdam based investigator lacks diplomacy he has a knack of solving cases, which has been proven in multiple series and films

Brond

Glasgow set thriller starring Stratford Johns as the amoral leader of the Scottish Liberation Army who is witnessed murdering a small boy on a bridge by a university student, who gradually gets drawn into a sequence of violent events...

Out

Eight years ago, Frank Ross and four others were cornered like rats down a hole, in a tunnel, eighteen inches from half a million in a bank vault. Now, Frank is out and looking for the squealer who grassed them up

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Two strangers agree to become secret agents and are paired together as husband and wife. As they face the reality of espionage, 'John' and 'Jane Smith' must deal with their inner turmoil and their growing romantic feelings

Baby Reindeer

Controversial and much talked about black comedy drama-thriller in which bartender and comedian, Donny, offers a cup of tea to a seemingly dejected customer, Martha. This one innocent act of kindness sends his life into a destructive spiral

The English

In 1890, Lady Cornelia Locke (Emily Blunt), arrives at a remote hostelry in Kansas from England, on the trail of the man she holds responsible for her son’s death

The White Lotus

The exploits of various guests and employees of The White Lotus is a weird amalgamation of black comedy, murder mystery, and travelog all rolled into one. It's definitely worth checking in to this luxury resort

Brett

A globetrotting journalist with a taste for the high life and a penchant for trouble has a shady past which is now catching up with him, as all the people he has crossed now seek revenge

Remington Steele

Where mystery meets charm, and the detective’s name is as real as a unicorn’s tax return

Crane

Richard Crane gives up the life of a city businessman for one of excitement and adventure in Morocco, buys himself a boat and opens a beachfront bar near Casablanca. He also has a nice little operation dealing in illegal contraband