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The Pretenders
1972 United Kingdom

17th century historical action teenage adventure series.

Prime Suspect
1991 United Kingdom

Hard hitting crime drama starring Helen Mirren as a determined and strong female detective.

Probation Officer
1959 United Kingdom

Documentary style drama series about the work of Probation Officers and the youths they work with.

Prospects
1986 United Kingdom

Gritty comedy drama was set during the grim high unemployment days of Thatcher's Britain in the mid eighties

The Protectors
1964 United Kingdom

A private company offers security but ends up involved in forgery, espionage and murder.

The Powder Monkey
1951 United Kingdom

Thirty minute play in set during the Battle of Trafalgar.

The Practise
1985 United Kingdom

Twice weekly series set round a modern health centre

The Practise (USA)
1997 United States

David E. Kelley series centring on the partners and associates at a Boston law firm.

The Prisoner
1967 United Kingdom

Resigned British agent is captured by people unknown and taken to a mysterious village. "I am not a number, I am a free man!"

Pinwright's Progress
1946 United Kingdom

The first TV sitcom, transmitted on the BBC in 1946, about the owner of 'the smallest multiple store in the world.'

Planet of the Apes TV Series
1974 United States

Two astronauts are thrown into a future Earth where the apes are the dominant species and mankind is treated as dangerous beasts.

Plateau of Fear
1961 United Kingdom

Mystery after dark threatens to close Potencia-One, Santa Montana's lonely nuclear power station in the Andes.

Play School
1964 United Kingdom

"Here is a house, here is a door, windows -one, two, three four. Ready to knock? Turn the lock. It's Play School."

Pogles Wood
1966 United Kingdom

Mr and Mrs Pogle, young Pippin and his sprite friend Tog and the ways of the countryside.

A Perfect Spy
1987 United Kingdom

Magnus Pym is a self-serving, unfeeling individual who leads a life of duplicity and betrayal.

The Passing Show
1951 United Kingdom

Music and music-hall acts from the Edwardian era in a drama setting

Perry Mason
1957 United States

Court room dramas featuring an invincible defence lawyer.

Petticoat Junction
1963 United States

The small farming community of Hooterville provided the setting for widower Kate Bradley and her three beautiful daughters, who ran a small hotel called The Shady Rest.

Peyton Place
1964 United States

US Soap opera set in the small New England town of Peyton Place, whose quaint charm masks a complicated web of intrigue.

Cloris Leachman as Phyllis
1975 United States

Spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show in which a recently widowed woman moves to San Francisco

Pilgrim Street
1952 United Kingdom

Experimental police series which concentrated on day-to-day cases. A forerunner to Dixon of Dock Green.

Pinky and Perky
1957 United Kingdom

Children's puppet series starring two little pigs.

Our Man at St Marks
1960 United Kingdom

Light hearted comedy about a country vicar and his day-to-day exploits as he wove his way in and out of the lives of his parishioners.