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The Aweful Mr Goodall

The Aweful Mr Goodall (1974)

The Aweful Mr Goodall

Widower Jack Goodall is a 55-year-old former civil servant who worked for M.I.5. He is hoping to enjoy his retirement - but his section have other plans for him.

Pardon My Genie

Pardon My Genie (1972)

Pardon My Genie

When a young shop assistant casually tries to polish an old watering can he releases a genie who is as rusty as the can he lives in; he’s four thousand years old, and his magic doesn’t always work as well as it should.

Generation Kill

Generation Kill (2008)

Generation Kill

Emmy Award winning mini-series following the Marines of the First Recon Battalion as they attempt to survive the first forty days of the Iraq War.

Six of the Best

Six of the Best (1965)

Six of the Best

Six individual sitcoms that ITV hoped would produce a full series and do for them what 'Comedy Playhouse' did for the BBC.

Manchild

Manchild (2002)

Manchild

Comedy drama series about a group of stylish and solvent middle-aged men determined to live life to the full, especially if it involves behaving badly.

Dave Allen

Dave Allen at Large (1971)

Dave Allen

Hugely popular award winning sketch and stand-up (although he was mostly seated) comedy that often courted controversy for tackling taboo subjects.

Mad Men TV series

Mad Men (2007)

Mad Men TV series

Drama about the lives of the men and women who work in one of New York's most prestigious ad agencies at the beginning of the 1960s.

The Expert TV series 1968

The Expert (1968)

The Expert TV series 1968

The professional and personal life of Home Office pathologist Professor John Hardy, who works not only for the police but also for other interested parties.

A Fine Romance

A Fine Romance (1981)

A Fine Romance

BAFTA Award winning comedy starring Judy Dench and her real-life husband Michael Williams, who play an unlikely couple that come together to form an unmarried union.

Playbox

Playbox (1955)

Playbox

1950s children's entertainment with games, stories and competitions.

Dollhouse

Dollhouse (2009)

Dollhouse

A shadowy organisation works out of a futuristic laboratory where young people's identities are erased and replaced with temporary specialised memories and skills - skills required to fulfil their wealthy clients needs...

End of Part One

End of Part One (1979)

End of Part One

Sketch show with a mixture of Pythonesque humour and satire that never really found its audience. Its writers went on to create some classic comedies.

Three of a Kind

Three of a Kind (1981)

Three of a Kind

BAFTA Award winning fast-paced sketch show starring Lenny Henry, Tracey Ullman and David Copperfield

Star Trek: Enterprise

Star Trek: Enterprise (2002)

Star Trek: Enterprise

A century before Captain Kirk's five-year mission, Jonathan Archer captains the United Earth ship Enterprise during the early years of Starfleet.

Colin's Sandwich

Colin's Sandwich (1988)

Colin's Sandwich

1980s sitcom starring Mel Smith. Depressed and struggling, Colin has the unenviable daytime job of listening to the complaints of the public. He doesn't like his job much and has dreams of becoming a full-time writer.

Star Trek Voyager

Star Trek: Voyager (1995)

Star Trek Voyager

In the 24th Century, the Federation star ship USS Voyager is lost in the Delta Quadrant - 75,000 light-years from home.

Jimmy Tarbuck

It's Tarbuck (1964)

Jimmy Tarbuck

In 1964, ITV took a chance on a young Liverpudlian comedian with a quick wit and a cheeky grin by handing him his first series. It could have all gone hopelessly wrong.

The Falklands Play

The Falklands Play (2002)

The Falklands Play

The gripping account of how Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's government handled the biggest crisis in British foreign affairs since the Suez Canal.

Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra (1974)

Antony and Cleopatra

ATV's 3 hour presentation of arguably Shakespeare's most celebrated play, which emphasises the futility of the unworldly love of his seemingly perfect couple against the cold calculating worldly might of Octavius.

Bandwagon

Bandwagon: The Series (2010)

Bandwagon

John Winterson Richards switches from television to the Internet for a web-series he describes as, 'Possibly the Best Show You Have Never Watched'

Manhunt

Manhunt (1969)

Manhunt

Three fugitives are trying to escape war torn France and make their way back to England. One of them has vital knowledge for the allies - but the German Army are closing in on them.

Take Hart

Take Hart (1977)

Take Hart

Unparalleled in its scope and originality, 'Take Hart' was the inspiration for generations of artists, animators, graphic designers and teachers.

The Last Tycoon

The Last Tycoon (2016)

The Last Tycoon

F. Scott Fitzgerald's last novel is an absorbing trip back to Hollywood's not-so-Golden Age and centers on its first wunderkind studio executive in the 1930s, and the power struggle between him and his mentor and current head of the studio.

Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23

Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 (2012)

Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23

After a naïve Midwestern girl's big city dreams are dashed in New York, she finds herself living with her worst nightmare in this hilarious, contemporary comedy about a female odd couple who are surrounded by an outrageous cast of characters.

Studio E

Studio E (1957)

Studio E

Children's television magazine that was the forerunner to Blue Peter.