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The Revenue Men
1967 United Kingdom

Action adventure series featuring the exploits of the men and women who work for the official government investigation department of Customs and Excise.

Ann and Harold TV series
1938 United Kingdom

The first televised episodic series on television, Ann and Harold followed the courtship to the eventual wedding of a society couple.

Wreckers at Dead Eye
1970 United Kingdom

On a wild, dark night in 1770, a storm-lashed ship crashes helplessly on the treacherous rocks of Dead Eye, lured to its doom by a flickering light on the coast. It's sole survivor now has to fear for her life as a gang of desperate men try to silence her.

Ashes to Ashes TV series
2008 United Kingdom

It's 1981: the year of the Royal Wedding, the Brixton riots, Bucks Fizz winning the Eurovision Song Contest – and the year that Gene Hunt takes the Met by storm.

Best of Friends
1963 United Kingdom

Charles Hawtrey and Hylda Baker in a long-lost and (possibly) best forgotten sitcom.

Queer as Folk
1999 United Kingdom

Ground-breaking television series that chronicles the lives of three gay men living in Manchester's gay village around Canal Street. 'The Guardian' ranked the series at number 13 in their list of "The Top 50 TV Dramas of All Time".

The Office
2001 United Kingdom

David Brent thinks he's the coolest, funniest, and most popular boss ever. He isn't.

Breaking Bad
2008 United States

A family man turns to crime after a lung cancer diagnosis unravels his simple life. Recruiting a former student and small-time dealer to be his partner in crime, he rises to the top of the meth trade, leaving a trail of bodies in his wake.

The Adventures of Ben Gunn
1958 United Kingdom

A six-part prequel to Treasure Island which explains how Ben Gunn became a pirate, where the buried treasure in Treasure Island came from, and how John Silver lost his leg.

Champion House
1967 United Kingdom

When their family business is threatened with financial ruin, a family go into bitter battle - with themselves.

Daughters of the Vicar
1966 United Kingdom

Judi Dench starred in this single play presentation about two daughters who are expected to marry men in 'their own class.'

You Rang M'Lord
1988 United Kingdom

A comedic take on 'Upstairs Downstairs', the hugely successful drama centred around the aristocratic home of a member of parliament and the staff employed to keep the home functioning in accordance with social standing of the time, set as it was in the early decades of the 20th century.

Your Show of Shows
1950 - 1954 United States

An American classic starring the unforgettable Sid Caesar. Your Show of Shows was the template for the modern American sketch show.

Oh Doctor Beeching!
1995 United Kingdom

Oh, Dr Beeching! was a hit with its pilot show, its viewing figures unrivalled for a new comedy for some years afterwards. Unfortunately, due to the expense of its location shooting, it was somewhat over budget at a time when the BBC purse strings were largely welded shut.

The Judy Garland Show
1963 United States

Despite a sometimes stormy relationship with Judy Garland, CBS had found success with several television specials featuring the star. Garland, who for years had been reluctant to commit to a weekly series, saw the show as her best chance to pull herself out of severe financial difficulties.

Come Back Mrs Noah
1977 United Kingdom

A housewife wins a prize to visit a spaceship. While she is there, it spontaneously goes into orbit. Following hot on the heals of Are You Being Served? Mollie Sugden starred in this excellent David Croft sitcom which is now sadly overlooked.

Sorry
1981 United Kingdom

Timothy Lumsden leads a dull life - he works in a public library and lives at home with his domineering mother and self-effacing father. Timothy Lumsden is sorry...

Hound of the Baskervilles
2002 United Kingdom

There's no police like Holmes. But not all his TV exploits have been a success. Here's a classic example.

Edge of Darkness
1985 United Kingdom

When Ronald Craven attempts to unravel the truth behind the murder of his daughter his investigations soon lead him into a murky world of government and corporate cover-ups and nuclear espionage, pitting him against dark forces that threaten the future of life on Earth.

Sanford and Son
1972 United States

Remaking a classic: Included in Time Magazine's 2007 list of "100 Best Shows of All Time", Sanford and Son was based on the BBC Galton and Simpson sitcom Steptoe and Son.

Cold Equations
1962 United Kingdom

A teenager stows away aboard a rocket in order to visit her brother on another planet. But her actions put everyone else's safety in jeopardy.

An Age of Kings
1960 United Kingdom

In 1960 the BBC embarked on their most ambitious television production up until then, a fifteen-part serial adaptation of the eight sequential historical plays of William Shakespeare.

Culloden
1964 United Kingdom

The Battle of Culloden, which took place on April 16th, 1746, was the last battle fought on British soil. This docudrama blurred the distinctions between documentary and drama and proved to be ground-breaking television.

The War Game
1965 United Kingdom

A Chinese invasion of South Vietnam triggers a new world war between East and West. In the town of Rochester, Kent, the anticipation of a nuclear attack leads to mass evacuations. This one-off drama proved to be so controversial that the BBC, who made it, refused to broadcast it for 20 years.

The Browning Version
1966 United Kingdom

Schoolmaster Andrew Crocker-Harris is retiring because of ill-health, and Taplow, one of his pupils, brings him a present on the eve of his retirement in this Terence Rattigan play from 1966.

The Close Prisoner
1964 United Kingdom

"We are all conceived in close prison: in our mother's wombs, we are close prisoners all...and then all our life is but a going out to the place of execution, to death..." John Donne.

Worst Week of my Life
2004 United Kingdom

Worst Week of My Life is a hysterical farce-like take on the premise of Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em.

The Doris Day Show
1968 United States

Doris Day was one of the few successful film actresses who made a smooth transition to television and her half-hour sitcom saved her from bankruptcy.

The Brahmin Widow
1968 United Kingdom

A soldier returns to India to find the girl he loved but had to leave.