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Possessing a genius intellect and an eidetic memory, Doogie Howser becomes a qualified doctor at the age of fourteen.

The Crucible is a new muck-raking tabloid newspaper in London and managing editor Russell Spam is always on the lookout for the latest dirt and gossip.

Down at the bottom a very pretty valley, there's a magical place called Summerton Mill. And when the waterwheel turns at Summerton Mill, a little bit of magic takes place. And, for a little while, everything goes back to how it used to be...

HBO series following the early years of young American-born Pius XIII's pontificate. Pius XIII quickly demonstrates that he will not be a mere figurehead for the Vatican. Instead, Pius XIII is arrogant, self-serving, and power hungry.

Developed by ground-breaking television producer Norman Lear, The Jeffersons follows a successful African-American couple as they "move on up" from working-class Queens to a ritzy Manhattan apartment.

It is election year on both sides of the Atlantic and with the world in a state of nuclear jumpiness, US president Johnny Cyclops is currently as popular as rabies. His chances of re-election are threatened by two major crises - one in Russia and another in the Middle East. Where will it all end?

8-part drama series about Cecil Rhodes, a 19th century empire-builder who became one of the world's wealthiest men. Over £10 million in the making, 'Rhodes' was largely ignored by viewers and panned by the critics.

A socially conscious doctor works with the Metropolitan Police and often gets too involved in his cases.

Ash has spent the last thirty years avoiding responsibility, maturity, and the terrors of the Evil Dead until a Deadite plague threatens to destroy all of mankind - and Ash becomes mankind's only hope.

After returning from Korea, three prominent members of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital try to adjust to civilian life.

They say actions speak louder than words, and that's never been truer than in the case of a certain Mr Bean, one of Britain's most popular comical television characters, the taciturn, clumsy, conniving and ever ingenious "child in a grown man's body."

Sketch show that single-handedly revived political satire on British television in the 1980s. Had it not been for one M. Thatcher, it might never have come to fruition.

Reboot of the classic 80s series about a race of technologically advanced alien species who claim to come in peace, but actually has sinister motives.

In the year 123AD, a Roman aristocrat finds himself exiled to Britain after insulting the Emperor's girlfriend. He is appointed Governor of the provincial capital of Chelmsford, but it is the surly local chieftain Badvoc who is really running things.

Following a pandemic that wipes out 80 per cent of the world's population, one US naval ship and its crew try to save humanity from extinction.

Anarchy reigns at a police station in the small English town of Gasforth - as dyed-in-the-wool conventionalist Inspector Raymond Fowler finds himself at loggerheads with modern policing methods, and in particular CID Inspector Derek Grim.

Ian Fletcher, formerly the Head of the Olympic Deliverance Commission, has taken up the position of Head of Values at the BBC in this BAFTA-winning comedy series.

Major Wyatt, well retired from his military days, has taken it upon himself to form a Neighbourhood Watch scheme in the quiet and affluent village of Bradly.

The only true worthy rival produced by U.S. television for the crown held by Rod Serling's classic Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits produced some of the most memorable and exciting science fiction ever to grace the small screen up to that time.

BBC sitcom about two septuagenarians who refuse to grow old gracefully. Years later the same theme was revisited even more successfully by Roy Clarke in Last of the Summer Wine.

Using his unique abilities to protect the townsfolk from rustlers, robbers and swindlers, sheriff Tex Tucker is the law in the frontier town of Four Feather Falls.

US spy thriller in which a former hostage, having been held in Iraq for many years, is returned to his homeland. But has he turned his allegiance from one state in exchange for another?

'Cilla' was an immediate hit when it debuted in January 1968 and up until the end of March the series attracted record viewing figures of over 13 million for each show.

In a laboratory an exciting new experiment is underway, but unexpected results occur. Three children discover that mysterious parties are interested. Can the teenagers stop the gang from leaving the country with stolen samples?

Daniel Defoe's classic adventure story of a young Englishman's sole quest for survival on a desert island is never more memorable than in this 1964 series.

Dudley Rush is a cartoonist, but not one that is particularly thrilled about his career. At 45 years old he spends his time drawing, or putting off drawing, a newspaper strip called Barney the Bionic Bulldog.

Based on the international bestseller by Umberto Eco, the story, set in 1327, revolves around an enlightened friar and his young apprentice who investigate a series of mysterious deaths at an abbey - risking the wrath of a powerful Inquisitor.

Early Shoppers Guide series also known as an Ad-Mag. This series and ones like it were banned by an Act of Parliament in 1963. Here we explain why.

Hywel Bennett as an educated but unemployed layabout with a sardonic wit who charms his way through lies and deceit to get what he wants.

It's 2011 and the Olympic Deliverance Commission are responsible for the organisation of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The countdown has started and with just 500 days before the opening ceremony, not everything is going according to plan.