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Stephanie Turner in Juliet Bravo

Juliet Bravo (1980)

Stephanie Turner in Juliet Bravo

Although women taking centre stage in police procedurals was nothing new, previous shows hadn't yet promoted females beyond the rank of Detective Sergeant...

just good friends

Just Good Friends (1983)

just good friends

Witty banter and delightful comedic situations as girl meets boy - except this is the boy who had jilted her at the altar five years previously.

Joe 90

Joe 90 (1968)

Joe 90

A nine-year old schoolboy is given the brain pattern and special skills of experts in order to carry out secret missions.

keeping up appearances

Keeping Up Appearances (1990)

keeping up appearances

Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced Bouquet), who spends her entire time trying to climb the local social ladder, much to the dismay of her long suffering husband Richard.

Brian Blessed as Long John Silver

John Silver's Return to Treasure Island (1986)

Brian Blessed as Long John Silver

When the Disney Channel contracted the UK ITV broadcaster HTV Wales to bring to the screen this major drama series, it realised a legacy left by Robert Louis Stevenson when he wrote his classic thriller more than a hundred years ago.

Jacks and Knaves TV series

Jacks and Knaves (1961)

Jacks and Knaves TV series

Short police procedural series; the forerunner to the highly successful Z-Cars (and sometimes cited as the inspiration for it).

Kenneth Williams on Jackanory

Jackanory (1965)

Kenneth Williams on Jackanory

Storytelling series that proved to be one of the most popular children’s programmes of all time.

Glynis Barber as Jane

Jane (1982)

Glynis Barber as Jane

Daily Mirror comic strip heroine brought to the small screen.

Jack the Ripper

Jack The Ripper (1973)

Jack the Ripper

Two fictional detectives go off in search of clues to one of the world's greatest unsolved cases.

John Thaw as Inspector Morse

Inspector Morse (1987)

John Thaw as Inspector Morse

Arguably the world's, and certainly Britain's, finest entry in the long and distinguished history of the television/detective fiction genre.

Interpol Calling

Interpol Calling (1959)

Interpol Calling

The International Police investigate everything from murder to blackmail, drugs to hijacking and assassination to slavery.

It's A Living

It's A Living (1962)

It's A Living

Long-time comedy double-act Jimmy Jewel and Ben Warris star in a sitcom about a couple running a small general store.

Fenella Fielding as Izeena

Izeena (1966)

Fenella Fielding as Izeena

Izeena lives in her magic tree house in a world of animal friends.

Inheritance

Inheritance (1967)

Inheritance

Drama starring John Thaw which revolved around the fortunes of the Oldroyds of Annotsfield, a Yorkshire mill-owning family, through five generations.

Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe (1958)

Ivanhoe

Roger Moore in his TV series debut starred as Sir Walter Scott's 19th century hero Wilfred of Ivanhoe.

Roy Thinnes in The Invaders

The Invaders (1967)

Roy Thinnes in The Invaders

When David Vincent gets lost on a country road he stumbles across visitors from another planet. But will anyone ever believe him?

Inspector Gadget

Inspector Gadget (1983)

Inspector Gadget

Like the Six Million Dollar Man, Inspector Gagdet was an ordinary human until an accident armed him with a whole host of in-built secret weapons.

The Irish RM

The Irish RM (1983)

The Irish RM

A retired British Army officer who moves to the west of Ireland at the turn of the century, becomes become a Resident Magistrate.