Hector Hugh Munro, better known by the pen name Saki, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirised Edwardian society and culture and he is considered a master of the short story.
Primetime Emmy Award winning series about a mother and housewife who has psychic visions about dead people and the violence surrounding their deaths. Can she balance her family life whilst solving crime - and who is going to believe her?
Set in Portsmouth in 1864, John Lucarotti’s 'The Ravelled Thread', is a story of secrets and lies and a plot that could drag England into the American Civil War.
An adrenaline-charged, often violent journey into the treacherous world of a motorcycle club that operates both legal and illegal businesses in the small town of Charming, USA - and how the loyalty of two brothers are divided.
A Soviet musician is missing from his hotel. He wanders through 1962 London trying to contact people he has met and known in Russia. Who are these people? What lies behind his desperate search?
Considered a cult classic, "Monkey" was an inventive and energetic Japanese produced adventure based on the tale of a 7th century Buddhist priest who travelled across the continents in search of enlightenment.
Now regarded as a shining light of British television's golden age, The Wednesday Play is often held up as the perfect example of the impact that television had on a generation of viewers.
Swashbuckling series based on Alexander Dumas' adventurous 17th century characters. When d'Artagnan and his father are attacked on the way to Paris resulting in the father's death, the young swordsman seeks revenge on the murderer. A musketeer called Athos.
When a school housemaster's wife becomes interested in a young student, a scandalous situation that could jeopardise his entire future, is not far away. 'Young Woodley' so outraged the Lord Chamberlain, that he banned it from every theatre in England.
Set in 1876, when the richest gold strike in U.S. history drew a throng of restless misfits to an outlaw settlement in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Deadwood features a cast of surly inhabitants led by actors Timothy Olyphant and Ian McShane.
A group of scientists and doctors try to solve real world problems whilst dealing with issues of their own in this typical 1960's BBC drama series.
An epic story of love and war, intrigue and betrayal, and an unnecessarily complicated plot and missed opportunities.
In 1958 the BBC embarked on its most ambitious television series yet. The Diary of Samuel Pepys was a 14-part historical costume drama that had over 120 cast members with 162 speaking parts.
Inspired by Greek mythology, Atlantis was an impressive looking fantasy-adventure series set in a world of legendary heroes and mythical creatures.
The story of an SS scheme carried out by a German fraudster to swamp wartime Britain with forged banknotes, which could be put into circulation in order to destroy the British economy.
Tom Sharpe's comic tale about the proposed construction of a motorway through an ancestral home, and the double-dealings involved.
The 1980's puppet show that broke new ground on British Sunday night television with its biting satire and grotesque caricatures - the 'establishment' would never be the same again.
Political drama set in Florence in the early fifteenth century. The Medici family, bankers of the Pope, may be the most upwardly mobile family in history. In just over a century they went from being one of a number of banking houses in Florence to supreme political power.
Ambitious BBC dramatisation of the life and times of the Plantagenets - Henry sees the opportunity to seize the Crown of England and create a kingdom of law and order.
Set in a world of greed, betrayal, sexual intrigue and rivalry, Netflix's “Marco Polo” is loosely based on the famed explorer’s adventures in Kublai Khan’s court.
The premise for Benidorm is a simple one as it follows a selection of characters on their holiday at an all-inclusive hotel in sunny Spain, called the Solana. There are sex-mad swingers, dodgy dealers, arguing couples, dysfunctional families and everything in between. Disaster never seems to be far down the road.
When the 16 year-old heir to the fortune of one of America's wealthiest families is kidnapped - who, if anyone, is going to pay the ransom? 'Trust' is based on the true story of the kidnap of heir to the Getty fortune John Paul Getty lll.
Sitcom about a computer support team - Roy, Moss and Jen, who make up the I.T. Department of Reynholm Industries. Jen knows nothing about computers, whilst Roy and Moss are socially inept geeks.
Fictionalised historical drama set in 16th century England set around the reign of Henry VIII.
Chronicling the North American fur trade in late 1700s Canada, the series was co-produced by Discovery Canada, as the channel's first original scripted commission, and Netflix. There's a great tale to be told - but did this production tell it?
A nutty satire of police dramas from the creators of the `Airplane!' films, with a nonstop barrage of sight gags, puns and silly jokes.
Created, written and presented by the multi-talented Michael Bentine, Potty Time was a marvellously madcap puppet series for pre-school children that re-enacted some of the world's greatest historical events and shed new light on mysteries ancient and modern all with a unique Potty slant. Adults loved it too.
Edwin Clayhanger's wish is to become an architect - but his domineering father, Darius, the owner of a successful printing works, has other ideas for the lad's future. Arnold Bennett's epic story of life, love and conflict was brought to our screens in a lavish 26-part series in 1976.
This original and distinctive take on Dickens's iconic ghost story is a spine-tingling journey into Scrooge's dark soul, and one of the most chilling depictions of the story ever. But did it miss the whole point of the tale?
A New York mobster goes into hiding in rural Lillehammer in Norway after testifying against his former associates.