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Mrs Wilson

Mrs Wilson (2018)

Mrs Wilson

Drama based on true events - After the sudden death of novelist and ex-Secret Intelligence Service man Alexander Wilson, his wife Alison is forced to investigate when she discovers that her seemingly ideal husband lived many secret lives.

Edward the Seventh

Edward the Seventh (1975)

Edward the Seventh

A prime example of the lavish and epic period dramas that British television is famed for, the award winning Edward the Seventh fulfilled its early promise with a superb cast, excellent story telling, sumptuous locations, colourful costumes and high production values.

Gavin & Stacey

Gavin & Stacey (2007)

Gavin & Stacey

In a 21st century where the British sitcom is at a low in both brilliance and output, Gavin & Stacey is one of the very few that proved that mainstream comedy can be both well written and appeal to a mass audience.

The Killing

The Killing / Forbrydelsen (2007)

The Killing

Detective Inspector Sarah Lund is all set to emigrate to Sweden but her plans are put on hold when the police investigation into the murder of a young girl in Copenhagen turns out to have implications in high places.

Crackerjack

Crackerjack (1955)

Crackerjack

"It's Friday, it's five o'clock, yes it's Crackerjack!" From 1955 and for almost 40 years the BBC bought us children's entertainment in front of a live theatre audience. For many, Crackerjack is remembered with great nostalgia and even greater affection and is very firmly placed in the annals of television history.

The Offshore Island

The Offshore Island (1959)

The Offshore Island

Post-apocalyptic drama - one of the first TV plays on a politically sensitive topic, about the survivors of a nuclear attack on the British isles.

Justified

Justified (2010)

Justified

Western-style, gun-slinging U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens confronts murder, drugs, bank heists, mobsters, crime families, corrupt politicians and even his own tumultuous past – and never backs down.

Codename Kyril

Codename Kyril (1988)

Codename Kyril

Superior Cold War espionage thriller with an all-star cast. Regarded as probably one of the best and almost certainly one of the last of the Cold War dramas of the 1980s.

The Magical Mystery Tour

The Magical Mystery Tour (1967)

The Magical Mystery Tour

In 1967, The Beatles were riding high on popularity following the release of their concept album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Then they made a film that many judged to have signalled the end of an era. But were they right?

Michael Parkinson

Parkinson (1971)

Michael Parkinson

The most loved interviewer in Britain, Michael Parkinson interviewed the last of Hollywood's golden greats from James Cagney to James Stewart. He introduced us to Billy Connolly and laughed along with the best of British. He crossed swords with Muhammad Ali and was attacked by "that bloody Bird."

Lonesome Dove

Lonesome Dove (1989)

Lonesome Dove

Miniseries about a cattle drive from Texas to Montana by a small crew led by two legendary Texas Rangers. Lonesome Dove is basically a very long feature film that happened to be made for the small screen rather than the cinema. It may very well be true that it is the greatest "miniseries" ever shown on television.

Entertaining Mr Sloane

Entertaining Mr Sloane (1968)

Entertaining Mr Sloane

A handsome, sexy and completely amoral young man, joins Kath's household as a lodger and proceeds to manipulate her and her brother. Joe Orton's play made its television debut almost a year after the author was bludgeoned to death by his partner.

Torchwood

Torchwood (2006)

Torchwood

Doctor Who spin-off in which a top-secret team of investigators led by Captain Jack Harkness, a visitor from another world, use scavenged alien technology to protect the Earth.

Chuck

Chuck (2007)

Chuck

Chuck Bartowski is stuck in a dead end job as a computer nerd. One day, he accidentally receives an email containing a software program full of government secrets that is downloaded into his brain. Chuck is about to enter into a world of spies, danger, and frenzy...

A Mind to Kill

A Mind To Kill (1994)

A Mind to Kill

Philip Madoc as Detective Chief Inspector Noel Bain, working for the Mid-Wales Police Department as their senior investigator for homicides.

Black Sails

Black Sails (2015)

Black Sails

In the Golden Age of Piracy, on New Providence Island, a lawless territory controlled by history's most notorious pirate captains, the most feared is Captain Flint.

Then Churchill Said to Me

Then Churchill Said to Me (1993)

Then Churchill Said to Me

Frankie Howerd's last sitcom, Then Churchill Said To Me was very much a variation on a theme. Up Pompeii had moved to Baghdad for Whoops Baghdad and now it moved to a secret World War II bunker.

Warehouse 13

Warehouse 13 (2009)

Warehouse 13

The final shot of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' - in which the crate containing the Ark of the Covenant is revealed as just one among thousands of crates in a huge hangarlike building - is basically the premise of Warehouse 13.

Life with Lucy

Life with Lucy (1986)

Life with Lucy

She was the Queen of Television Comedy, but Lucille Ball’s fourth and final series was an all-around disaster. What happened to the Lucy we loved?

Sherlock TV series

Sherlock (2010)

Sherlock TV series

A modern adaptation of the famous Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stories. Sherlock Holmes lives in 21st century London, a city filled with mystery, crime and deceit.

Modern Family

Modern Family (2009)

Modern Family

Golden Globe-winning mockumentary-style sitcom following three branches of a sprawling, cheerfully dysfunctional, multi-cultural family in Los Angeles.

Terry and June

Terry and June (1979)

Terry and June

Terry and June Medford have moved from the big city to the pastoral community of Purley in Surrey. Despite June's efforts to enjoy the tranquillity of country life, Terry just can't avoid getting into trouble.

Sliders

Sliders (1995)

Sliders

While trying to develop an anti-gravity device, physics genius Quinn Mallory instead creates a device that opens portals to alternative realities.

Due South

Due South (1994)

Due South

Multi-award winning series about an impossibly upright Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer who goes to Chicago on the trail of his father's murderers - and then stays.

Home Improvement

Home Improvement (1991)

Home Improvement

Multi-award winning US sitcom about the star of a DIY TV show, which launched the career of Tim Allen.