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Ashenden

Ashenden (1991)

Ashenden

Four-part BBC drama about a writer recruited into espionage work by British Intelligence during the First World War

Death in Paradise

Death in Paradise (2011)

Death in Paradise

It may seem like paradise, but what are the chances of getting off the glorious tropical island of Saint Marie - alive?

Call the Midwife

Call the Midwife (2012)

Call the Midwife

The BBC's enduring drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of London during the 1950s, based on the best-selling memoirs of Jennifer Worth.

Strange Interlude

Strange Interlude (1958)

Strange Interlude

Eugene O'Neill's controversial five-hour play, an exploration of loose morals and their consequences, was banned in many theatres. Produced by the BBC in 1958 in two parts, it used an experimental technique that is today commonplace

The Shillingbury Tales

The Shillingbury Tales (1980)

The Shillingbury Tales

A delightfully amusing story about rural village life and the local residents, a number of whom are members of the village brass band.

The Eichmann Show (BBC Drama)

The Eichmann Show (2015)

The Eichmann Show (BBC Drama)

Drama recounting the efforts of a ground-breaking producer and a blacklisted director to televise the trial of Adolf Eichmann. An astonishing true story behind a moment in television history.

Two Thousand Minus Sixty

2000 - 60 (1958)

Two Thousand Minus Sixty

Commercial Television's first Science Fiction production: The world stands on the brink as a runaway freighter rocket, containing high explosives, is due to detonate over London at midnight on New Year's Eve 1999...

Class

Class (2016)

Class

Set in and around Coal Hill Academy, Class, a Doctor Who spin-off, was aimed at a young adult audience. It was a series where diversity, compassion and young people's voices mattered.

The Lost Room

The Lost Room (2006)

The Lost Room

A detective investigates an impossible murder scene in a mysterious motel room, which acts as a portal to any door on Earth - when his daughter is abducted, his life begins to quickly fall apart.

On the Up tv series

On the Up (1990)

On the Up tv series

Sitcom starring Dennis Waterman as self-made millionaire Tony Carpenter who struggles in the circles of high society. His snooty wife is the exact opposite. After years of bickering she has finally walked out on him - it must be serious - she's taken the BMW!

Dune mini-series 2000

Frank Herbert's Dune (2000)

Dune mini-series 2000

Set in the distant future amidst a feudal interstellar society, on a planet with an inhospitable and sparsely populated desert wasteland, which is the only source of a drug that extends life and enhances mental abilities.

Alternative 3

Alternative 3 (1977)

Alternative 3

In 1977 Anglia television was responsible for a mockumentary that achieved worldwide notoriety and a cult status that has since fuelled a myriad of online conspiracy theories.

Backs to the Land tv series

Backs to the Land (1977)

Backs to the Land tv series

Three girls from very different backgrounds are sent to work on Crabtree Farm, Norfolk, in order to 'do their bit' during World War Two.

Weavers Green

Weavers Green (1966)

Weavers Green

Britain's first rural twice-weekly soap opera centred around village life in East Anglia, seen through the experiences of local a vet. All Creatures Great and Small meets Emmerdale.

Hallelujah TV series

Hallelujah! (1983)

Hallelujah TV series

For over forty years, Salvation Army Captain Emily Ridley has fought the Devil. But after a series of mishaps, her superiors have decide to move her to the quiet little Yorkshire town of Brigthorpe...

The Serpent - BBC series

The Serpent (2021)

The Serpent - BBC series

The twisting, real-life story of a murderer, thief and seductive master of disguise.

Wind in the Willows

The Wind in the Willows (1970)

Wind in the Willows

First published in 1908, Kenneth Grahame's classic children's story was turned into an innovative series by Anglia Television in 1970...

The Witcher

The Witcher (2019)

The Witcher

Geralt of Rivia, a solitary monster hunter, struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than monsters and beasts.

Dinner at Eight

Dinner at Eight (1951)

Dinner at Eight

It is a bright New York November and the rich Mrs Oliver Jordan is planning a dinner party. As the guests gather it is revealed there are love affairs, jealousy, crooked business deals and even death comes to join...

Evil Roy Slade

Evil Roy Slade (1972)

Evil Roy Slade

The meanest villain in the West falls for a pretty schoolteacher and tries to change his ways. A forgotten television movie that might possibly have been the inspiration for 'Blazing Saddles'

Tarzan

Tarzan (1966)

Tarzan

The first television outing for Edgar Rice Boroughs' lord of the jungle.

Vikings

Vikings (2013)

Vikings

Ragnar Lothbrok, a legendary Norse hero, is a mere farmer who rises up to become a fearless warrior and commander of the Vikings...

Bosom Buddies

Bosom Buddies (1980)

Bosom Buddies

Short-lived US sitcom that was more notable for launching the career of its two stars – Peter Scolari and Tom Hanks, than it was for its memorable moments of comedy.