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How many post-apocalyptic science fiction stories are both tremendously heartwarming and uplifting, and perfect viewing for the whole family?

When a Polish schoolteacher is arrested and taken to a German labour camp, his wife has to support her three young children. But when she is arrested on a similar charge, the children are forced to live in a ruined cellar whilst depending on each other for survival.

The first television adaptation of Harold Brighouse's black comedy.

The support crew serving on one of Starfleet's least important ships have to keep up with their duties, often while the ship is being rocked by a multitude of sci-fi anomalies, and without actually knowing what is going on.

Philip J. Fry is a twenty-five-year-old pizza delivery boy whose life is going nowhere. After he accidentally freezes himself on 31 December 1999, he wakes up one thousand years in the future.

A flamboyant playboy investigator and author sets off on a series of adventures.

Jessica Jones tries to rebuild her life as a private investigator in Hell's Kitchen. Haunted by a traumatic past, the former superhero uses her gifts and her street smarts to continue her personal drive for justice.

Based on James Clavell's novel, about a 17th century English navigator, John Blackthorne, who becomes shipwrecked off the coast of Japan and is held captive by samurai warriors, 'Shogun' is a prime example of "The Golden Age of the Miniseries."

Welsh-Russian animated series of stories from the Bible interpreted in different styles of animation

Nigel Kneale's classic ghost story represents possibly his best work outside of his legendary 'Quatermass' series.

In a future Britain, the appetites and passions of the masses are controlled by television. When audiences show signs of boredom, the broadcasters must find new methods to engage them.

Filmed in the Scottish Highlands, this elaborate British TV adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper's novel excels in almost every department, and is a fine showcase for British television drama in the 1970s.

It is May of 1945 and Germany stands ruined and defeated after the unconditional surrender to the Allies. 24 Nazis are accused of crimes against peace, war crimes, crimes against humanity and conspiracy.

A curious mixture of soap opera and DIY, 'Round at the Redways' appeared on the new independent network from the first week of ITV’s launch.

In 1956, the BBC made Television history with a series of eight programmes on the life of Christ. Placed in the children's programmes slot on Sundays, it attracted an adult audience whose appreciation placed it, as a BBC survey showed, next to the Coronation of 1953 in national appeal.

A meticulously detailed psychological drama in which a mostly inactive spy is ordered by his superior to carry out a terrorist act.

Early BBC adaptation of a play by George Bernard Shaw about 15th-century French military figure Joan of Arc.

Seven tourists arrive and gather in a deserted inn. The dinner lies half-prepared in the kitchen. Cards lie on a bridge table. A tap is running aimlessly, overflowing the bath, and yet there is not a living soul in sight.

A hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and 10-year-old nephew move into his beach-front house.

Quiz show in which a panel of guest celebrities attempt to guess the occupation of people unknown to them.

When a boy scientist creates a robot to do household chores, he is unprepared for the mayhem it causes when it comes alive.

Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon star as fictionalised versions of themselves on a restaurant tour of northern England, Italy, Spain and Greece.

Single play that has been reimagined on several occasions by the BBC and was the inspiration for a movie.

Domestic drama-cum-sitcom about a 'domestic' who begins studying philosophy in order to better herself.

The action-packed adventure of a man who has been shipwrecked on a remote tropical island, and who - along with his companion, must face formidable foes and violent marauders in order to survive.

A hard bitten detective seeks vengeance for the murder of his partner.

A professional stage magician uses his skills to solve crimes and help the helpless.

Following the everyday lives of workers at a paper company which are caught on camera for a documentary, this remake of the popular British comedy managed to eclipse its parent show.

Supermarket employee John Redmond finds himself travelling into work with colleague Kayleigh Kitson as part of a work car share scheme. Both have different work ethics, and he is far from prepared for the impact the buddy he is paired with will have.