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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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Spartacus: Blood and Sand

The life of Spartacus, the gladiator who lead a major rebellion against the Romans from 73 to 71 BC.

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

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

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.

That 70s Show

Nostalgic sitcom centred on the lives of a group of teenagers from 1976 to 1979.

Home Improvement

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

Reilly, Ace of Spies

Superb dramatisation of the real-life adventures of a Russian born MI6 agent.

Topper's Tales

Illustrated children's story narrated by Julian Orchard.

The Water Margin

In ancient China, at the time of the Song Dynasty, there was a cruel and corrupt government. Only the outlaws can stop them. Heroes who have been driven to live in the water margins of Liang Shan Po. Each fights tyranny with a price on his head.

Neverwhere

Richard Mayhew leads an ordinary life in London when one day a girl named Door falls, injured, across his path. The next thing he knows, his life is gone and he's pulled into the fantastical world of London Below.

Person of Interest

A billionaire software-genius creates a Machine for the government that is designed to detect acts of terror before they can happen.

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

New York cop gives up his badge to become a private investigator.

Dumb Martian

Earthman Duncan Weaver on a solo tour of duty on one of Jupiter's moons buys a Martian woman as a companion. He mistreats her, assuming her to be just a "dumb Martian." He learns, to his cost, that she has more intelligence than he gives her credit for.

The Big Bang Theory

Four geeky physicists who can tell you all you want to know about quantum physics - but life in general, and especially relationships with the opposite sex - totally baffles them.

Sharpe

Historical drama starring Sean Bean in the adventures of a soldier during the later years of the Napoleonic Wars, through Wellington's Peninsular campaign up to and including Waterloo.

Jamie and the Magic Torch

Children's cartoon series made by Cosgrove Hall about the adventures of Jamie, a small boy and his dog, Wordsworth, in a magical world called Cuckooland.

Alcock and Gander

Beryl Reid and Richard O'Sullivan in a typical early 70s sitcom. Upon her husband's death, Marigold Alcock inherits his businesses.

Xena: Warrior Princess

In an attempt to redeem herself for her dark past, Xena, once a mighty warrior princess, sets out on a perilous journey to do battle with ruthless Warlords and ancient Gods.

Hercules: the Legendary Journeys

At a time of myth and legend, when the ancient gods were petty and cruel, and they plagued mankind with suffering, only one man dared to challenge their power – Hercules.

Firefly

Following a civil war, a diverse bunch of misfits, some of whom fought on the losing side, are reluctantly thrown together.

Smiley's People

The murder of a Soviet defector forces his old handler, British spymaster George Smiley, out of retirement one last time.