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Panorama TV series

Panorama (1953)

Panorama TV series

In its early days Panorama tended to be a mixture of the arts, human-interest and scientific or medical studies. A BBC chief felt that the show should leave current affairs to other programmes.

The Paradise Club

The Paradise Club (1989)

The Paradise Club

Two contrasting brothers, one a gangland boss and the other an ex-priest, are thrown together for the first time in eight years upon the death of their notorious gangster mother.

Ron Randell in OSS

O.S.S. (1957)

Ron Randell in OSS

Secret agents operate behind enemy lines during World War ll

Only When I Laugh

Only When I Laugh (1979)

Only When I Laugh

Set in an NHS hospital where the same three seemingly permanent patients, all congenital hypochondriacs, are forever playing a game of one-upmanship with each other, much to the irritation of the house surgeon.

The Organisation

The Organisation (1972)

The Organisation

Amusingly odd allegory about a multi-million pound, multi-interest corporation dedicated to making more millions. Working at its headquarters are people who hate its power, love it, suffer it.

Not On Your Nellie sitcom

Not On Your Nellie (1974)

Not On Your Nellie sitcom

Reluctant landlady Nellie Pickersgill is summoned down from Bolton to Fulham to run "The Brown Cow" on behalf of her father in his hour of need.

Oh Boy!

Oh Boy! (1958)

Oh Boy!

Groundbreaking British music show from the early days of rock n' roll.

One Summer

One Summer (1983)

One Summer

Two youths run away Liverpool for the hills and valleys of Wales only to find it's not the peaceful and idyllic life they expected.

NYPD Blue

NYPD Blue (1993)

NYPD Blue

Violent, frank and explicit drama series set within the New York Police Department.

On The Buses

On The Buses (1969)

On The Buses

Skiving London bus driver and his conductor try to score but have no success with women.