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Worzel Gummidge

Worzel Gummidge (1979)

Worzel Gummidge

Former Doctor Who, Jon Pertwee, as the tatty old scarecrow of Scatterbrook Farm who comes to life and gets up to all sorts of mischief.

Seven Deadly Sins

Seven Deadly Sins (1966)

Seven Deadly Sins

Seven self-contained plays by different writers - each featuring one of the sins categorised by the founders of the Christian Church as "deadly."

Seven Deadly Virtues

Seven Deadly Virtues (1967)

Seven Deadly Virtues

When 1966's Seven Deadly Sins proved popular with viewers, series producer Peter Willes decided to repeat the idea the following year.

Widows tv series 1983

Widows (1983)

Widows tv series 1983

After their husband's are killed, four widows plan a daring armed robbery.

Will and Grace

Will and Grace (1998)

Will and Grace

In New York City a gay lawyer and his best friend a straight Jewish woman share an apartment.

Whiplash

Whiplash (1960)

Whiplash

Western series filmed in Australia about a Stagecoach boss who refuses to carry a pistol.

The World of Tim Frazer

The World of Tim Frazer (1960)

The World of Tim Frazer

Tim Frazer is an easy-going structural engineer who gets involved with a secret government department and is recruited as an undercover agent.

Whack-O!

Whack-O! (1956)

Whack-O!

Jimmy Edwards as a crafty self-serving headmaster in a private school.

Winning Widows

Winning Widows (1961)

Winning Widows

Two three-times widowed sisters share a house and begin their search for husbands number four.

Wink To Me Only

Wink To Me Only (1969)

Wink To Me Only

Originally a Comedy Playhouse presentation from 1968, this was one of those rare beasts that was made into a full series but with an entirely different cast with entirely different character names.

Who Pays the Ferryman

Who Pays the Ferryman? (1977)

Who Pays the Ferryman

British ex-serviceman Alan Haldane returns to Crete after 30 years. The discovery that he fathered a child during the war sets off a chain of events that feels as ancient and inevitable as the Greek tragedies it echoes

Vicar of Dibley

The Vicar of Dibley (1994)

Vicar of Dibley

Sitcom set in the fictional village of Dibley, which is assigned a female vicar, much to the consternation of the Chairman of the Parish Council.

The Virginian

The Virginian (1962)

The Virginian

Set on the Shiloh Ranch in Medicine Bow, Wyoming, the stories centred around the ranch foreman known only as The Virginian and his impulsive young friend, Trampas.

The War of Darkie Pilbeam

The War of Darkie Pilbeam (1976)

The War of Darkie Pilbeam

For most families the 1940s consisted of air-raid shelters, the sound of ack-ack and rationing. Some people profiteered - people like Darkie Pilbeam.

Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer

Vic Reeves Big Night Out (1990)

Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer

Vic Reeves Big Night Out was perhaps one of the most weird and wonderful comedies to come out of the 1990s, but the origins of the show started way before that...

Virgin of the Secret Service

Virgin of the Secret Service (1968)

Virgin of the Secret Service

English agent Captain Robert Virgin of the Royal Dragoons, is intent on defending the British Empire, or what little remains of it, on behalf of the British Secret Service.