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Wild, Wild Women tv series
1968 United Kingdom

In the post Victorian era a group of working-class women are discovering a feisty new spirit as their thoughts turn to the suffrage movement

The Legend of Vox Machina
2022 United States

A band of eight unlikely heroes, find themselves on a quest to save the realm of Exandria from dark magical forces in this animated series that was originally funded via Kickstarter

The Expanse - Season Two
2017 United States

The Expanse seasons two to six deepen character arcs and expand the universe. From fractured alliances to existential threats, the Rocinante crew navigates shifting loyalties, cosmic revelations, and humanity’s fight for survival

The Simpsons Television Heaven review
1989 United States

Described as the most daring network television series of the 1990s, 'The Simpsons', the longest-running American animated series, American sitcom, and scripted primetime television series, continues to parody American culture, television, and society in general

The Queens Champion
1958 United Kingdom

Loyalty and treason on the eve of the Armada in this eight-part BBC serial featuring some of television's best known names

As Time Goes By
1992 United Kingdom

Two former lovers meet unexpectedly after not having been in contact for 38 years. Their time for romance has passed - or has it?

House of Cards USA
2013 United States

Based on the BBC miniseries of the same name, House of Cards follows Francis Underwood, the politician's politician - masterful, beguiling, charismatic and ruthless

It's Ulrika
1997 United Kingdom

One-off sketch show showcasing the comic talents of Ulrika Jonsson, written by Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer and starring Matt Lucas and David Walliams

University Challenge
1962 United Kingdom

The inter-university quiz, first launched in 1962, in which some of the sharpest undergraduate minds in the country battle it out, has become part of the national culture

Mr. Pye 1986 C4
1986 United Kingdom

A retired bank manager has embarked on a private crusade: a mission to bring peace and love to a tired and cynical world. Unfortunately, he unwittingly unleashes the forces of good and evil!

Cowboy Bebop 1998
1998 Japan

A band of outcasted misfits travel aimlessly through a colonized solar system in the year 2071. The show that arguably influenced director Quentin Tarantino, who drew from it in his film "Kill Bill: Vol. 1"

Your Hit Parade tv series
1950 United States

Early TV music series that highlighted the top tunes of the day - billed as "America’s Barometer of Song" - the series gave rise to the term 'Hit Parade'

Foxy Lady tv series 1982
1982 United Kingdom

A female editor with no previous experience is given the task of resurrecting a failing local newspaper

The New Pope
2020 Italy, France, Spain

With the Roman Catholic Church in chaos and Jude Law's Young Pope in a coma, the Cardinals decide to replace him with a British pope, played by John Malkovich

All Creatures Great and Small
1978 - 2020 United Kingdom

James Herriot's tales of a country vet had first appeared on screen in a 1974 movie, became a TV series in 1978 and was revived successfully in 2020

Mary, Mungo & Midge
1969 United Kingdom

British pre-school series that, in 1969, was a departure from the norm

Miss Adventure
1964 United Kingdom

Hattie Jacques plays it straight as private investigator Stacey Smith, whose cases always turn out far more complicated than at first sight, and get her into some very odd situations

The Dana Carvey Show
1996 United States

Not afraid to be lewd, crude, shrewd, or sophisticated, this US sketch comedy show proved too controversial for US television

The Government Inspector
1958 United Kingdom

A simple case of mistaken identity satirises human greed, stupidity, and the extensive political corruption of Imperial Russia - this 1958 BBC adaptation marked the first dramatic role for Tony Hancock

Arcane
2021 France, United States

Adult animated adventure series set amid the stark discord of twin cities - the utopian Piltover and the oppressed underground of Zaun, where two sisters fight on rival sides of a war between magic technologies and clashing convictions

Peter Cushing in The Creature
1955 United Kingdom

Nigel Kneale's gripping tale of a party of explorers who arrive in Tibet, in search of the legendary Abominable Snowman. A classic 'lost' BBC play

The Wheel of Time
2021 United States

Moiraine, a member of a powerful organization of women who can channel the One Power, seeks a group of five young villagers, believing one of them is the reincarnation of the Dragon, an extremely powerful channeller who broke the world

Uncle Harry
1958 United Kingdom

This 'lost' BBC play is a dark psychological story of how a kindly, benevolent, and somewhat mundane bachelor can transform into a cold and pre-meditated murderer

Schitt's Creek
2015 Canada

When the opulent Rose family have everything taken away from them; home, wealth, and self-esteem, they are forced to give up their luxurious lifestyles and live in a motel in an aptly named small town. Devoid of money or belongings, they are most definitely up Schitt's Creek

The Monsters
1962 United Kingdom

Four-part science fiction series that failed to make an impact with either viewers or critics, and was never repeated before being 'junked' less than a year after transmission

Valerie
1986 United States

US sitcom Show about a who mother struggles with everyday family problems - starring Valerie Harper and a young Jason Bateman

Clochemerle
1972 United Kingdom, Germany

It's the summer of 1922 and the small village of Clochmerle - nestled in the Beaujolais region of France, is a happy little enclave that has avoided modernity and impropriety in a timeless atmosphere of calm and culture - until now...

Nine Perfect Strangers
2021 United States

Can ten days in a boutique health-and-wellness resort, that promises healing and transformation, really change you forever? Nine stressed city dwellers are about to find out...

Next of Kin
1995 United Kingdom

A self-absorbed middle-class couple are preparing to take early retirement in the south of France. But when their estranged son and his wife are killed, they are forced to return to Britain to become guardians to their three troublesome grandchildren