An American Cold War thriller following a supposedly dead agent who assumes the identity of his unwitting doppelganger, killed in his place. As he steps into another man’s life, he must convince friends, family—and most perilously, a suspicious wife
Long before dystopian epics dominated television, The Tripods marched across BBC screens with eerie elegance—an unsettling vision of humanity subdued by towering machines. Sadly, The Tripods is a trilogy that was never realised...
The coming-of-age story of Clark Kent as he navigates his teenage years, struggles with his emerging superpowers, his relationships with friends and family, and his journey toward becoming the iconic superhero; Superman
After thirty years in Southern Africa, Richard Hannay is returning to Britain to seek a bride, a home and a quiet life. But Europe is a cauldron of political intrigue and, amongst the old empires, a new power is rapidly making its way...
A high-octane team battles cybercrime and biotech threats in a slick, near-future London. Expect explosive action, ingenious gadgets, and relentless suspense as Bugs attempts to redefine British techno-thrillers for a new digital age
A brilliant but volatile metallurgist, has perfected a form of steel immune to metal fatigue. But ruthless industrialists and foreign agents are prepared to push this vulnerable man to his psychological and physical limits in pursuit of their own agenda
A father’s bedtime tales for his six‑year‑old grew into a 39‑episode stop-motion animated series, delighting a generation with its world of anthropomorphic hats whose designs reflect each character’s culture, profession, and personality
A gentle, almost forgotten BBC sitcom, Bachelor Father blends an unlikely real-life inspiration about a bachelor who adopts twelve children. Ian Carmichael’s understated charm, offers a warm, polished slice of early 1970s family comedy
After the body of a local actress has been discovered on farmland, bearing clear signs of strangulation, suspicion soon extends beyond the village widening the circle of suspicion before steadily tightening the net around one suspect
Bone-crunching action, relentless suspense and a bruised but unbowed hero defined Mannix, a gripping, compulsively watchable detective drama often condemned for its violence and abruptly cancelled at the height of its popularity
A softly spoken detective in a deceptively peaceful seaside town, Inspector Walter Purbright navigates Flaxborough’s polite façades to uncover the scandals simmering beneath. Murder Most English blends wry humour with sly intrigue as Colin Watson’s understated sleuth quietly gets his man
An ex-Army officer armed with savings but no street sense stumbles into post-war Britain’s civilian jungle, becoming easy prey for spivs and schemers in this witty, lost 1958 BBC comedy-drama
Matthew Gore is an unusually intelligent and sensitive boy who is selected by a mysterious extra-terrestrial presence as a conduit for information about human life. As this unseen visitor begins to educate Matthew, his schoolwork and artistic abilities improve at an alarming rate
Another 'lost' TV series, this time featuring Arthur Lowe, off-duty from Warmington-on-Sea, sporting a beard, and playing eccentric amateur detective Phineas Drake, in a whodunnit drama with comedic overtones
Star Maidens delivers a gleefully camp slice of 1970s sci‑fi, built on a bold role reversal premise where men flee a matriarchal planet after it is knocked out of orbit and drifts into Earth's solar system
"The toughest sea in the world" - that's how the oilmen look upon the North Sea. Cold, grey, stormy - Triumph Oil are up against a deadline. Time, weather, supplies - everything is against them. Is it an impossible deadline?
In the Edwardian twilight of 1907, English Captain Robert Virgin of the Royal Dragoons, is intent on defending the British Empire, or what remains of it, on behalf of the British Secret Service
A family already strained by ambition, resentment, and emotional fatigue unravels when young Janet Freeman vanishes, forcing Clive and Lucy into a desperate reckoning as their collapsing marriage becomes the backdrop to a deepening mystery
A laid‑back secret agent gains the power of temporary invisibility after a radiation accident, using a wrist‑mounted "DNA stabilizer" to vanish for 15 minutes a day while tackling high‑risk missions for a government agency
A hidden ocean civilisation rises to challenge humanity, plunging the world into panic as one man races to stop a catastrophic war between land and sea—where ancient grievances, political chaos, and fragile diplomacy decide the planet’s fate
Robert Hardy stars as a wealthy, brilliant, and endlessly curious eccentric with a taste for probing the occult and confronting manifestations of ancient terror, in a tantalising BBC drama that feels less like a failed experiment and more like a missed opportunity
A forgotten BBC drama turns a single 1970s road crash into a bold, non-linear "television novel", exploring fate, fractured lives and tough social issues through an impressive cast and gripping, experimental storytelling
Part sci-fi serial, part interactive quiz, Captain Zep – Space Detective was a boldly imaginative children’s series that invited its audience to solve intergalactic crimes amid animated worlds and live-action adventure
British police procedural set in Brighton, following frontline officers as they balance demanding personal lives with the realities of modern policing, blending gritty crime, humour and human drama
In the Ohio wilderness of 1800, a settler family’s log cabin becomes a battleground, as siege, divided loyalties and desperate choices test courage and survival on a perilous American frontier in this 'lost' BBC series
Ground-breaking British teen drama that follows groups of Bristol teenagers through love, loss, rebellion, and identity, portraying adolescence with raw honesty, shifting casts, and unflinching emotional intensity
Hard‑hitting wartime drama that follows the courageous women sent behind enemy lines in occupied France during the Second World War, revealing their perilous missions, hidden identities, and emotional and physical sacrifices
From deep within the morgue at St. Patrick's Hospital in London's East End, Dr. Iain McCallum and Dr. Angela Moloney along with a team of brilliant pathologists and detectives help the dead tell their stories
A powerful, now-lost 1951 TV adaptation of John Galsworthy’s (The Forsyte Saga) 1920s play: class against ambition, honour against ruthlessness, and a fight that costs more than anyone expects
From covert CIA dealings and Cold War intrigue to a supersonic, weapons-loaded chopper hidden in the desert, Airwolf wasn’t just another action show—it was a full-throttle, high-tech thrill ride