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Survival

Survival (1961)

Survival

Television's longest-running and most successful nature documentary series.

The Golden Shot

The Golden Shot (1967)

The Golden Shot

Promoted by ATV as "the liveliest live show ever!", one critic responded, "this is the deadest dead duck ever".

Sugarfoot

Sugarfoot (1957)

Sugarfoot

Western series in which the hero would rather talk than shoot his way out of trouble.

Stranger on the Shore

Stranger on the Shore (1961)

Stranger on the Shore

Tea-time drama series about a French teenager who comes to England to be an au-pair. Best remembered for its theme tune than anything else.

Softly Softly

Softly, Softly (1974)

Softly Softly

Spin-off from Z Cars in which two leading detectives are seconded to the Regional Crime Squad.

Soldier and Me

Soldier and Me (1974)

Soldier and Me

Tense children's drama about two young boys on the run from would-be assassins who are plotting the execution of Czech dissidents in the wake of the 1968 revolt that led to Russia's occupation of their country.

Sooty

Sooty (1955)

Sooty

Introducing the glove puppet superstar of children's TV.

Spindoe

Spindoe (1968)

Spindoe

A tale of cross border gang warfare - North versus South London and a lesson in no-honour among thieves.