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Odd Man Out tv series 1977

Odd Man Out (1977)

Odd Man Out tv series 1977

British sitcom starring John Inman as a chip-shop owner who sells up his thriving business to take on an ailing seaside rock factory with his half-sister

Beasts 1976

Beasts (1976)

Beasts 1976

Laden with suspense, drama and a thick vein of black humour Beasts presented stories of civilised man in conflict with the primal, animal side of existence.

No Job for a Lady tv series

No Job for a Lady (1990)

No Job for a Lady tv series

Jean Price is the idealistic, newly-elected Labour Party Member of Parliament - trapped in a man's world, a place where bureaucracy and blather cheerfully co-exist...

Snowfall tv series

Snowfall (2017)

Snowfall tv series

In Los Angeles at the beginning of the 1980s a new drug, which will change the game for ever, is about to hit the streets. A storm is coming and it's name is crack...

Tony Hancock

Hancock (1963)

Tony Hancock

When Tony Hancock left the BBC for ITV his was one of the most watched shows on British television. By the end of this ITV series his career was in shreds...

Daughters of Albion

Daughters of Albion (1979)

Daughters of Albion

"Look...I've got you for one night. I want you..." When the girls from town meet the young men from university at an all-night party, anything can happen.

The Sheriff of Cochise County 1956

The Sheriff of Cochise (1956)

The Sheriff of Cochise County 1956

Blazing a trail of law and order in untamed Cochise County, Arizona, Sheriff Frank Morgan uses modern 1950s police methods to fight crime

This Man Craig

This Man Craig (1966)

This Man Craig

Thought-provoking 1960s drama series that tackled a number of social problems which it addressed with intelligence and sensitivity

The Count of Monte Cristo 1975

The Count of Monte Cristo (1975 TV Movie) (1975)

The Count of Monte Cristo 1975

Richard Chamberlain leads an all-star cast in the 1975 television adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic novel about a beleaguered young seaman who, after being wrongfully imprisoned for many years, plots his revenge

The Two Popes Netflix movie

The Two Popes (2019)

The Two Popes Netflix movie

An intimate story of one of the most dramatic transitions of power in the last 2,000 years. At a key turning point for the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI forms a surprising friendship with the future Pope Francis

Wolf Hall

Wolf Hall (2015)

Wolf Hall

The BBC's excellent award-winning historical drama on the rapid rise to power of Thomas Cromwell in the court of Henry VIII

Watership Down (2018)

Watership Down (2018)

Watership Down (2018)

BBC/Netflix miniseries of Richard Adams' adventure novel. Fleeing their doomed warren, a colony of rabbits struggle to find and defend a new home

THe Best of Men - BBC Drama

The Best of Men (2012)

THe Best of Men - BBC Drama

Heart warming and uplifting factual story of Doctor Guttmann who introduced sport into the rehabilitation of paralysed soldiers, which led to the foundation of the Paralympic Games

The Brontës of Haworth ITV series 1973

The Brontës of Haworth (1973)

The Brontës of Haworth ITV series 1973

Yorkshire Television's dramatized biography of the Brontë sisters Charlotte, Anne and Emily who each wrote some of the greatest works in English literature

No-Honestly tv series

No-Honestly (1974)

No-Honestly tv series

Romantic British sitcom starring real life husband and wife John Alderton and Pauline Collins, as C.D. and Clara, reflecting on how they met and fell in love

Atypical tv series

Atypical (2017)

Atypical tv series

Netflix streaming series about a teenager with autism, that has gained a huge fandom for its honest, funny and heart-warming portrayal of living on the spectrum

The Terror

The Terror (2021)

The Terror

The terrifying tale of two British Navy ships stranded in the icy waters of the Northwest Passage – and the dread that engulfs their crews

Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs (1991)

Dinosaurs

Funny, cuttingly satirical, and unafraid to tackle topical issues of social and political importance like drug abuse, body image, racism, and the environment - 'Dinosaurs' was way ahead of it's time

The Grandeur That Was Rome tv series 1960

The Grandeur That Was Rome (1960)

The Grandeur That Was Rome tv series 1960

First transmitted in 1960, Sir Mortimer Wheeler embarks on an epic journey from Britain to Africa, to investigate the legacy of the Roman Empire

Wycliffe

Wycliffe (1994)

Wycliffe

Quiet, thoughtful and a skilled observer of people, Detective Superintendent Wycliffe leads a team investigating the most serious and challenging of cases

The Godfather Saga miniseries review

The Godfather Saga (1977)

The Godfather Saga miniseries review

Seven hour miniseries that combined The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, re-edited in chronological order with additional footage

The Loner tv series

The Loner (1975)

The Loner tv series

Trilogy of dark comedic plays about a man coming from nowhere, going nowhere, and about what happens to him in transit

Noah's Ark tv series 1956

Noah's Ark (1956)

Noah's Ark tv series 1956

US drama series set in a veterinary hospital. Featuring television's first paraplegic character

The Boys - Amazon Prime

The Boys (2019)

The Boys - Amazon Prime

In a universe where superpowered individuals work for a powerful corporation, their alter-egos are neither benevolent nor mild-mannered...

The Defenders

The Defenders (1961)

The Defenders

Courtroom Drama: One of the most ground-breaking and, at times, controversial American television shows of the 1960s