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Slow Horses

Slow Horses (2022)

Slow Horses

A team of MI5 agents who have all committed career-ending mistakes, and subsequently work in a dumping ground department called Slough House, are used for cases deemed too risky for regular agents or where 'plausible deniability' is essential

The Champions (1968)

After a near-fatal plane crash, three secret agents are endowed with extra sensory powers in this cult classic from the ITC production stable

Law & Order TV series

Law & Order (1990)

Law & Order TV series

Dick Wolf's unique, multi-award winning, two-tiered examination of the complex mechanics of the American justice system.

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015)

When a woman is rescued from a doomsday cult and lands in New York City, she must navigate a world she didn’t think even existed anymore. This US sitcom, inventive and fast-paced, was nominated for 20 Emmy awards. Why didn't it win any?

Logan's Run

Logan's Run (1977)

Logan's Run

In the year 2274 the remnants of human civilization are forced to live in a dystopian society where people are killed at the age of 30. Some people, like Logan, go on the run to escape their fate

Vegas TV series

Vega$ (1978)

Vegas TV series

A suave private investigator navigates the glitz and danger of 1970s Las Vegas, with a guest cast that is a veritible Who's Who of American talent, solving crimes with charm and style in a city that never sleeps

The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead (2010)

The Walking Dead

Post-apocalyptic horror series based on the comic book of the same name which ran for 11 seasons and inspired several spin-offs

Threads (1984)

British drama on the effects of a nuclear holocaust on the working class city of Sheffield, and the eventual long-term effects on civilization, which is as traumatising and resonant today as it has ever been

The Day After

The Day After (1983)

The Day After

The effects of a devastating nuclear holocaust on small-town residents of eastern Kansas when the unthinkable happens

Sally

Sally (1964)

Sally

A 'lost' ITV play from 1964 which gave Vanessa Redgrave her Independent Television debut is a tale of a disabled artist who is commissioned to paint a portrait of a woman, whose married son she is having an affair with

Hawaii Five-0

Hawaii Five-0 (1968-2010)

Hawaii Five-0

Surf, sand, and crime-fighting! Follow Steve McGarrett and his elite Five-0 task force as they take down criminals in paradise. High-octane action and breathtaking Hawaiian scenery - from the original to the reboot

Pachinko

Pachinko (2022)

Pachinko

Based on the New York Times bestseller, this sweeping saga chronicles the hopes and dreams of a Korean family across four generations as they leave their homeland in an indomitable quest to survive and thrive

The Enfield Haunting

The Enfield Haunting (2015)

The Enfield Haunting

Timothy Spall excels as a ghost hunter with a deep sense of loss and vulnerability, determined to prove the existence of the supernatural, in this British drama horror based on the real-life claims of ghostly activity at a residential property

Chiefs (1983)

US miniseries starring Charlton Heston as an influential State Senator, and concerning three generations of police chiefs in a southern town over a period of four decades, portraying the fundamental shift in race relations between to 1920s and the early 1960s

Salem's Lot

Salem's Lot (1979)

Salem's Lot

Ben Mears, a writer, has returned to Jerusalem's Lot, Maine, after 25 years to try to write his next novel, only to find that the town has been invaded by vampires

Sword of Vengeance

Sword of Vengeance (1962)

Sword of Vengeance

Under the flag of truce a Huguenot nobleman cannot refuse shelter, even to his catholic enemies. But he finds that under his roof lies the man who tortured and killed his wife in the massacre six years before

Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (2004)

Richard Ayoade's and Matthew Holness' horror parody is about a fictional author in a show within a show - never broadcast anywhere but Peru!

Matt Houston

Matt Houston (1982)

Matt Houston

An oil tycoon's son from Texas comes to California to manage off-shore drilling. With plenty of cars, a helicopter, and many millionaire toys to choose from, Matt Houston finds plenty of time for his hobby as a private investigator

Smuggler

Smuggler (1981)

Smuggler

A former naval officer turned smuggler, who operates with a Robin Hood-like sense of justice, is at odds with both local criminals and the authorities, earning him the ire of rival gangs and the watchful eye of the law

The Secret Service (1969)

Gerry Anderson's The Secret Service, which was a mixture of live-action with marionettes, was his last Supermarionation series of the 1960s, mainly because it's awful concept made for an equally awful series

Manimal

Manimal (1983)

Manimal

A shape-shifting man who can turn himself into any animal he chooses uses this ability to help the police solve crimes

Amerika

Amerika (1987)

Amerika

Ten years after a bloodless Soviet takeover of the United States, leading to slave-labour camps for some, collaboration or rebellion for others, a maverick politician is released from prison hoping to end the occupation

The Perfect Couple

The Perfect Couple (2024)

The Perfect Couple

Nicole Kidman is a guest at a wedding weekend in Nantucket that gets disrupted when one of the guests turns up dead. Everyone is a suspect!

Jango

Jango (1961)

Jango

A professor in criminology at Nairobi University is temporarily attached to Scotland Yard. Jango is a 'funny, scruffy geezer with glasses, a dirty raincoat, tweed hat and a twisted walking stick who is operating a one-man law business.'

Kane & Abel

Kane & Abel (1985)

Kane & Abel

Born on the same day near the turn of the century on opposite sides of the world, both men are brought together by fate and the quest of a dream. Kane and Abel battle for the success and triumph that only one man can have

Lady Jane Grey

My Lady Jane (2024)

Lady Jane Grey

In an alternate 16th century England, Lady Jane Grey is coerced by her mother into marrying Lord Guildford Dudley, who just happens to turn out to be a shape-shifter who can take animal form

Automan

Automan (1983)

Automan

Glen A. Larson produced series that follows the adventures of a police officer and computer programmer who has created an artificially intelligent crimefighting computer program