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Thomas and Sarah

Thomas and Sarah (1979)

Thomas and Sarah

Spin-off from Upstairs Downstairs in which a chauffer and a nursery maid set up home in Victorian England.

Take Your Pick

Take Your Pick (1955)

Take Your Pick

Classic British quiz show with genial host Michael Miles who would ask contestants whether they wanted to "take the money or open the box...?"

Tenko

Tenko (1981)

Tenko

The harrowing story of the treatment and conditions that a group of women had to endure while they were held captive in a Japanese internment camp during the Second World War.

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.