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Blackadder

Blackadder (1983)

Blackadder

Series set in four eras centred round Edmund Blackadder, a treacherous, selfish and devious rogue.

Bonanza

Bonanza (1959)

Bonanza

Running for 14 years on it's native NBC network, Bonanza was set on the vast Ponderosa timber and cattle ranch in Nevada in the 1860's. The show was notable for being the first TV Western to be shot in colour.

Boston Legal

Boston Legal (2004)

Boston Legal

David E. Kelley’s successor to 'The Practice' was actually a hybrid, combining the serious cases and workplace conflicts of that series with the outrageous behaviour, unusual issues and a sometimes-adolescent attitude toward sex that distinguished Kelley’s controversial 'Ally McBeal.'

Bowler

Bowler (1973)

Bowler

Spin-off from The Fenn Street Gang - Stanley Bowler is an East End villain whose social aspirations fail consistently due to his lack of ability to grasp the qualities he needs such as refinement and elegance of manner.

Boys from the Blackstuff

Boys from the Blackstuff (1982)

Boys from the Blackstuff

Alan Bleasdale's hugely acclaimed series echoes the misery and despair of long-term unemployment. Set in Liverpool, these profoundly moving human dramas follow in turn the attempts of five working-class heroes to survive.

Branded

Branded (1965)

Branded

An innocent man is branded a coward in this classic US Western series

Brideshead Revisited

Brideshead Revisited (1981)

Brideshead Revisited

At the time it was made Brideshead Revisited was the biggest television film project attempted by any company including the BBC, who had considered it, but decided it too hard to make. There was a point where Granada must have been thinking the same.

Brights Boffins

Bright's Boffins (1970)

Brights Boffins

Children's comedy series about a group of scientists who work in a rambling long-forgotten Government establishment called Halfwitt House.

Brookside

Brookside (1982)

Brookside

Airing on the launch night of Channel 4 on 2 November 1982 Brookside changed the face of soap opera in England by tackling realistic and socially challenging storylines.