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Mr Selfridge

Mr Selfridge (2013)

Mr Selfridge

British drama series centred on Harry Gordon Selfridge, the flamboyant, visionary and yet flawed American founder of London's Selfridge's department store

George Washington 1984 miniseries

George Washington (1984)

George Washington 1984 miniseries

Three-part miniseries on the early life and career of the American General and President through his participation in the the American War of Independence

Our Day Out

Our Day Out (1976)

Our Day Out

Tempers flare and troubles abound when a coach load of 30 remedial kids - and their teachers - set out for an outing from Liverpool to North Wales

Marvelous Mrs Maisel review

The Marvelous Mrs Maisel (2017)

Marvelous Mrs Maisel review

Amazon Prime's award winning comedy/drama set in 1950s Manhattan, full of hilarious moments, witty dialogues and complex characters, packs a staggering amount of energy into every single episode

Broadchurch

Broadchurch (2013)

Broadchurch

A seemingly calm and friendly seaside town becomes a town wrapped in secrets when the death of an eleven-year-old boy sparks an unwanted media frenzy

Guinevere

Guinevere (1994)

Guinevere

It was her destiny to marry a King - Her duty to stand by his side in battle - And her fate to deny her true heart's desire...

Grace and Frankie

Grace and Frankie (2015)

Grace and Frankie

Netflix comedy starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as two unlikely friends who are brought together after their husbands announce they are in love with each other and plan to get married

East of Ipswich

East of Ipswich (1987)

East of Ipswich

Sitting in deckchairs and touring churches is not the holiday 17-year-old Richard wants, especially when there's a chance of romance - but his parents insist on taking him.

Westworld

Westworld (2017)

Westworld

At the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin this dark odyssey begins in a world where every human appetite can be indulged

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.