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Watership Down (2018)
2018 United Kingdom

BBC/Netflix miniseries of Richard Adams' adventure novel. Fleeing their doomed warren, a colony of rabbits struggle to find and defend a new home

THe Best of Men - BBC Drama
2012 United Kingdom

Heart warming and uplifting factual story of Doctor Guttmann who introduced sport into the rehabilitation of paralysed soldiers, which led to the foundation of the Paralympic Games

The Brontës of Haworth ITV series 1973
1973 United Kingdom

Yorkshire Television's dramatized biography of the Brontë sisters Charlotte, Anne and Emily who each wrote some of the greatest works in English literature

No-Honestly tv series
1974 United Kingdom

Romantic British sitcom starring real life husband and wife John Alderton and Pauline Collins, as C.D. and Clara, reflecting on how they met and fell in love

Delia Smith's Cookery Course 1979
1979 United Kingdom

It starts with a jaunty, jazz-tinged theme, then whisks you away on an journey of culinary arts - 1970s style

Atypical tv series
2017 United States

Netflix streaming series about a teenager with autism, that has gained a huge fandom for its honest, funny and heart-warming portrayal of living on the spectrum

The Terror
2021 United States

The terrifying tale of two British Navy ships stranded in the icy waters of the Northwest Passage – and the dread that engulfs their crews

Dinosaurs
1991 United States

Funny, cuttingly satirical, and unafraid to tackle topical issues of social and political importance like drug abuse, body image, racism, and the environment - 'Dinosaurs' was way ahead of it's time

The Grandeur That Was Rome tv series 1960
1960 United Kingdom

First transmitted in 1960, Sir Mortimer Wheeler embarks on an epic journey from Britain to Africa, to investigate the legacy of the Roman Empire

Wycliffe
1994 United Kingdom

Quiet, thoughtful and a skilled observer of people, Detective Superintendent Wycliffe leads a team investigating the most serious and challenging of cases

The Godfather Saga miniseries review
1977 United States

Seven hour miniseries that combined The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, re-edited in chronological order with additional footage

The Loner tv series
1975 United Kingdom

Trilogy of dark comedic plays about a man coming from nowhere, going nowhere, and about what happens to him in transit

Noah's Ark tv series 1956
1956 United States

US drama series set in a veterinary hospital. Featuring television's first paraplegic character

The Boys - Amazon Prime
2019 United States

In a universe where superpowered individuals work for a powerful corporation, their alter-egos are neither benevolent nor mild-mannered...

The Magic Ball
1971 United Kingdom

Sam has a magic ball which can take him anywhere his imagination wants to wander

The Defenders
1961 United States

Courtroom Drama: One of the most ground-breaking and, at times, controversial American television shows of the 1960s

The Orville tv series review
2017 United States

Inspired by the original Star Trek and set in the 25th century, The Orville is a not-so-top-of-the-line Starship of Earth's interstellar fleet

Down the 'Gate tv series
1975 United Kingdom

Sitcom starring Reg Varney as a porter in Billingsgate fish market

The Watch tv series
2020 United Kingdom

Fantasy police procedural inspired by the Discworld series. Set in a fictional city where crime has been legalized

Mourning Becomes Electra BBC play 1952
1947 United Kingdom

Lauded by drama critics as a masterpiece of the modern stage, Mourning Becomes Electra with themes of murder, adultery, incestuous love and revenge, was the first substantial success of post-war television drama

It's a Sin TV series
2021 United Kingdom

British drama series described as a poignant masterpiece of humour and humanity, focusing on a group of gay friends, as they determine to live and love more fiercely than ever in the shadow of AIDS

Black Books
2000 United Kingdom

Bafta-winning sitcom about the antics of a foul tempered and eccentric bookshop owner, his long-suffering assistant, and his one single friend

Desmonds
1989 United Kingdom

Classic British sitcom set in a Peckham barber shop, which is a gathering place for an assortment of local characters

Chernobyl mini series
2019 United Kingdom, United States

In April 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant became one of the world's worst man-made catastrophes. "This is one of those programmes everyone, absolutely everyone, should see at least once"

Noggin the Nog
1959 United Kingdom

"Listen to me and I will tell you the story of Noggin the Nog, as it was told in the days of old"

Britannia
2018 United Kingdom

In 43 AD, the Roman Army - determined and terrified in equal measure - returns to crush the Celtic heart of Britannia

The Woodentops
1955 United Kingdom

Friday's Watch With Mother offering in the 1960s was set on a family run farm

The Inbetweeners
2008 United Kingdom

The misadventures of four teenage pupils at the fictional Rudge Park Comprehensive who are not exactly among the social outcasts, but nowhere near smooth enough to hang out with the cool kids

Friday Night Dinner
2011 United Kingdom

The Goodman family get together around the dinner table every Friday night. When they do, madness and mayhem is guaranteed to be on the menu...