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Suburra: Blood on Rome

Suburra: Blood on Rome (2017)

Suburra: Blood on Rome

In 2008, a fight over land in a seaside town near Rome spirals into a deadly battle between organized crime, corrupt politicians and the Vatican

Potter

Potter (1979)

Potter

Arthur Lowe's last television series may well have laid the ground for Keeping Up Appearances

SAS Rogue Heroes

SAS Rogue Heroes (2022)

SAS Rogue Heroes

Six-part BBC drama series based on Ben Macintyre's book of the same name, charting the creation of the famed Special Forces unit

Number 10 tv series

Number 10 (1983)

Number 10 tv series

A whole host of stars feature in this historical anthology series telling the stories of seven Prime Ministers and their time in office at London's most famous address

Disraeli TV series 1978

Disraeli (1978)

Disraeli TV series 1978

Ian McShane stars in this four-part series about the great statesman and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The Good Old Days TV show

The Good Old Days (1953)

The Good Old Days TV show

Mock Edwardian entertainment that proved so successful that it ran for 30 years and in the process introduced around 2000 performers

The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power

The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power (2022)

The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power

Set thousands of years before the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, The Rings of Power covers all the major events of Middle-Earth's Second Age - the forging of the Rings, the rise of the Dark Lord Sauron and the last alliance between Elves and Men

Taggart

Taggart (1983)

Taggart

Ground-breaking, intelligent and immensely watchable crime series set on the grey and rainy streets of Glasgow, 'Taggart' became one of the UK's longest running thriller series

Family Matters

Family Matters (1989)

Family Matters

Revolving around the Winslow family, a middle-class African-American family living in Chicago, 'Family Matters' was the last live-action scripted primetime show that debuted in the 1980s to leave the air, outlasting all other primetime network debuts of the 1980s with the exception of 'The Simpsons'

Money Heist

Money Heist (La Casa de Papel) (2017)

Money Heist

International Emmy Award winning (Best Drama Series) Spanish crime caper in which a gang of robbers take 67 hostages as part of their daring and dangerous assault on the Royal Mint of Spain, where they plan to print and escape with €2.4 billion

Narcos: Mexico

Narcos: Mexico (2021)

Narcos: Mexico

US crime drama originally intended as the fourth season of 'Narcos' but instead developed as a companion series, with events prequelling the original

Kelly Monteith

Kelly Monteith (1979)

Kelly Monteith

The affable American comedian made such a hit with the British public that the BBC gave him his own stand-up comedy and sketch show, which featured a host of well-known stars

Petrocelli

Petrocelli (1974)

Petrocelli

Harvard-educated lawyer Anthony Petrocelli turns his back on the courtrooms of Manhattan for a quieter legal career in a small Arizona town, but seems to have no trouble running into his share of murderers to defend

Bottom tv series

Bottom (1991)

Bottom tv series

Eddie and Richie are two pathetic, misogynistic, slobby flatmates living in a filthy, damp flat. Perpetually bored and broke, they waste their days thinking about sex, money, and trying not kill one another

The Sandman

The Sandman (2022)

The Sandman

After numerous failed attempts to bring it to the screen, Neil Gaiman's fantasy drama comic book is finally brought to the screen in an enthralling Netflix series

Dear John USA

Dear John (USA) (1988)

Dear John USA

A rarely successful adaptation from Britain to America in this sitcom concerning a divorced man who tries to get his life back in order after losing everything to his ex-wife

The Survivors

The Survivors (1957)

The Survivors

In this ‘lost’ BBC play - the long-drawn and bitterly contested American Civil War is over, but there is a legacy of hatred left over from the fighting - hatred which comes slowly to a climax in a bar in Decker City

The Tinderbox

The Tinderbox (1966)

The Tinderbox

One of Hans Christian Andersen's first fairy tales, 'The Tinderbox' came to British television screens in 1966 as a three-part series, having been made as a full length feature in 1959

Narcos

Narcos (2015)

Narcos

Set and filmed in Colombia, Netflix's crime drama is based on the story of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, who became a billionaire through the production and distribution of cocaine

Better Call Saul

Better Call Saul (2015)

Better Call Saul

A spin-off, prequel and sequel to 'Breaking Bad', 'Better Call Saul' is regarded by many critics as one of the greatest television series of all time, a claim backed up by over 80 awards showered on the series

Mighty Moments From World History

Mighty Moments From World History (1985)

Mighty Moments From World History

C4 comedy series in which the National Theatre of Brent act out pivotal points in history as presented by Desmond Olivier Dingle, its Founder, Artistic Director, and Chief Executive

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022)

In the 23rd century and in the decade before the original Star Trek series, Captain Christopher Pike, a young Spock, and the crew of the USS Enterprise explore new worlds and carry out missions throughout the galaxy on behalf of The Federation

Empty Nest

Empty Nest (1988)

Empty Nest

US sitcom which was a spin-off of 'The Golden Girls' tells of the day to day misadventures of a widowed paediatrician and his two adult daughters

The Terminal List

The Terminal List (2022)

The Terminal List

American action thriller television series based on Jack Carr's 2018 novel of the same name. The series follows Lieutenant Commander James Reece (Chris Pratt) after his platoon of Navy SEALs are ambushed while on a covert mission

The Paper Lads

The Paper Lads (1977)

The Paper Lads

Set in Newcastle Upon Tyne, The Paper Lads centres around the lives of young boys on a paper round who often make the news as well as deliver it