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1950s series based on Alexander Dumas' masterpiece of mystery and intrigue, Le Comte de Monte Cristo, first published in 1845.

One of the most significant TV shows of 1963, this five part John Boorman documentary, made by BBC West filmed five individuals as they confronted and conformed to the problems and pressures of everyday life in Britain in 1963.

Ronnie Barker plays a short sighted delivery man who falls in love with a maid and moves to the country with her.

Unfairly described as an English version of Friends, Granada's comedy/drama Cold Feet rose from humble beginnings to become an award winning ratings winner with a healthily average audience of 10 million viewers.

Hollywood screen legend Boris Karloff as a determined police officer heads Scotland Yard's department for seemingly unsolvable cases.

The Cisco Kid was nominated in 1953 for an Emmy Award for children's programming. By 1955 it was the most popular filmed television series among American children.

Children's fantasy/paranormal drama series. When the Clare family moves into an old Bristol townhouse, the children discover a mysterious sealed room - and the skeleton inside.

John Sullivan's television scriptwriting debut concerned the exploits of would-be Marxist, Wolfie Smith, and the activities of his four-man revolutionary party, the Tooting Popular Front.

War drama about the infamous German POW camp and the prisoner's attempts to escape it.

Any no-gooder underestimating the tweed-suited detective would do so at their own cost because Cluff's slow methodology belied a skilfully perceptive insight into human nature and behaviour, particularly in the criminal mind.