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Amazon Prime's bio-series dramatizing Leonardo da Vinci's extraordinary life through the works that made him famous, and through the stories hidden within those works

Four characters, who have been on the relationship merry-go-round time and again, are coping with the various levels of frustration that go with their single life, when their lives intertwine

Excellent science fiction drama series that unflinchingly explores discrimination, exploitation and ghettoisation

Sir Galahad comes in many guises, and in the case of beautiful model Lorraine Watts he's in the form of Tory MP Charles Latimer. But what is his fiancé going to say?

After the success of her long running sitcom, Mary Tyler Moore was ready for a new challenge. But things didn't go as well as was hoped for...

A tangled web of political intrigue, prostitution and drugs unfold in this superb French police procedural drama

Another 'lost' BBC play. Anton Chekov's celebrated play concerns the lives of an aristocratic family who struggle to search for meaning in the modern world.

To the rest of the world Ray Barone seemingly has it all - he's a successful sportswriter with a wonderful wife, a beautiful family, and a nice house. And if that wasn't enough, everybody loves him!

"Are you going to Trumpton? Camberwick Green? Chigley? Can we come with you?"

Maggie and Reg have married late in life and are now looking forward wedded bliss. But that bliss is interrupted when Reg's brother, the brash and workshy Bruce and his jumpy wife Violet, return from South Africa with nowhere to live.

Can contestants solve the cryptic clues and direct Anneka Rice to different locations, via helicopter, to find treasure - in just under an hour?

An ageing cricketer's last match is marred by his poor final innings, but the arrival of his pretentious, sport-hating son brightens the day in Terence Rattigan's debut television comedy.

"This is the clock, the Trumpton clock, telling the time, never too quickly, never too slowly..."

Monday's Watch With Mother offering which began in 1966 with the words "Here is a box, a musical box, wound up and ready to play. But this box can hide a secret inside. Can you guess what is in it today ?"

Another 'lost' BBC play from the early days of television. In this uproarious satire, an unhinged anarchist settles in a small Irish community, setting off a series of increasingly ridiculous events.

Classic children's series that, in spite of only appearing in 13 adventures, was voted in a BBC poll as the most popular children's TV programme of all time.

A crew of misfits investigate a series of supernatural crimes in Victorian London at the behest of Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes

Two-part Emmy and Golden Globe nominated Canadian miniseries - spurred by divine voices and visions, fifteenth century teenager Joan d'Arc leads French forces against the English

When Agatha Christie decides to kill off her most famous and long-running character, she has an unexpected visitor - none other than the great detective himself - Hercule Poirot

Jimmy is in the autumn of his life when his home is demolished and he is forced to live with his daughter and son-in-law. When he meets Charlie, a wayward and neglected youngster, an unlikely friendship blossoms

Years before “recycling” and “environmentally friendly” became part of our everyday language, 'The Wombles' captured the imagination of a generation of children with their comical antics and the simple motto "Make Good Use of Bad Rubbish."

Anglia Television's first series for children

When Marty Byrde's business partner is caught skimming money off a drug cartel's profits, it's Marty and his family who have to pay off the debt. Everyone else has been murdered...

This BBC Sunday Night Theatre presentation, broadcast on 15 April 1951, tells the story of two young women dispatched towards the latter part of the 19th century to introduce the Salvation Army into a bleak northern town.

Brother Dominic, a novice monk, is let loose in a monastery...

Anthology series of different tales introduced by a star considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time

From the corridors of power to the passages frequented by lower personnel. It's them against us. And both are guaranteed laughs

1960s travelogue series unseen for sixty years and originally broadcast in monochrome, now restored to its original colour print

Two-part Western miniseries telling the story of George Custer, Crazy Horse and the events prior to the battle of the Little Bighorn, from the different perspectives of two women

Ground-breaking Golden Globe and double Emmy Award-winning sketch comedy in which the star became the first black entertainer to be the host of a successful weekly variety show on network television