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Dinnerladies

dinnerladies (1998)

Dinnerladies

Working class sitcoms come few and far between, and 'dinnerladies' is one of the more relatable and bittersweet of them all.

Do Not Adjust Your Set

Do Not Adjust Your Set (1967)

Do Not Adjust Your Set

A series of crazy, zany, mad half hours of comedy for children in the late 1960s would soon develop into one of the most fondly remembered series of crazy, zany, mad half hours of comedy for adults. And now for something not so very different...

Das Boot

Das Boot (1985)

Das Boot

The year is 1941 and it's the height of World War II. In German-occupied France, a youthful submarine crew gathers for one last night of drunken revelry before they take to the high seas.

Dial 999

Dial 999 (1958)

Dial 999

Police series made with the cooperation of Scotland Yard, which threw a spotlight on real police methods of the time.

Dee Time

Dee Time (1967)

Dee Time

Billed as an "early evening scene" Dee Time starred charismatic former BBC Radio 1 DJ Simon Dee in a series of hip talk shows in which he interviewed the big names in the TV and film showbiz-set as well as stars of the world of popular music...

Dad TV series

Dad (1997)

Dad TV series

A brilliantly crafted and subversive sitcom, written by 2point4 Children writer Andrew Marshall, Dad centres on the generation gap relationship between father and son.

Dad's Army

Dad's Army (1968)

Dad's Army

"If the quality of the writing was a major factor in Dad's Army's resounding success, then that quality was more than matched by a cast which not so much interpreted the writing, as physically embodied it."

Daktari

Daktari (1966)

Daktari

"The real stars of the series were Clarence the lion and Judy the chimpanzee."