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The Bulldog Breed

The Bulldog Breed (1962)

The Bulldog Breed

A single series of seven comedies about Tom, the perennial optimist, as he wanders through life leaving chaos in his wake totally oblivious to the problems he causes for everyone.

Bleak House

Bleak House (2007)

Bleak House

"The word "big" doesn't really do it justice. Fifteen episodes, eight hours of television, 85 characters, 40 of them major speaking roles. No-one could accuse 'Bleak House' of being an unambitious project." - Radio Times 22nd October 2005.

Boston Legal

Boston Legal (2004)

Boston Legal

David E. Kelley’s successor to 'The Practice' was actually a hybrid, combining the serious cases and workplace conflicts of that series with the outrageous behaviour, unusual issues and a sometimes-adolescent attitude toward sex that distinguished Kelley’s controversial 'Ally McBeal.'

Bradens Beat

Braden's Beat / On The Braden Beat

Bradens Beat

On The Braden Beat was the most popular and best remembered TV series of the 1960s to champion the cause of the unwary purchaser against the unscrupulous seller.

Brookside

Brookside (1982)

Brookside

Airing on the launch night of Channel 4 on 2 November 1982 Brookside changed the face of soap opera in England by tackling realistic and socially challenging storylines.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Buffy The Vampire Slayer went for the emotional jugular then finished the viewer off with an adrenaline-powered stake to the heart. It was hot, sassy and sexy. It's was also a hellmouth full of fun.

Butterflies TV series

Butterflies (1978)

Butterflies TV series

Gently thoughtful, amusing and well observed eighties situation comedy series for the BBC about a seemingly ordinary, contented, middle class suburban housewife who suddenly find herself plunged into the middle of a disorienting, emotionally tumultuous, mid-life crisis.

Box of Delights

The Box of Delights (1984)

Box of Delights

John Masefield's enchanting children's fantasy The Box of Delights, tells the story of a young boy whose chance meeting with a Punch-and-Judy man leads him to a world where almost anything is possible.

Boys from the Blackstuff

Boys from the Blackstuff (1982)

Boys from the Blackstuff

Alan Bleasdale's hugely acclaimed series echoes the misery and despair of long-term unemployment. Set in Liverpool, these profoundly moving human dramas follow in turn the attempts of five working-class heroes to survive.

The Brothers BBC tv series

The Brothers (1972)

The Brothers BBC tv series

Compelling and hugely successful BBC drama series about boardroom strife and family conflict endured by three brothers.

Birds of a Feather

Birds Of A Feather (1989)

Birds of a Feather

Sitcom in which sisters Sharon and Tracey are left alone to fend for themselves following each of their husband's imprisonment for armed robbery. As if that wasn't bad enough, they also have to contend with nosey next door neighbour, Dorien.

A Little Princess

A Little Princess (1987)

A Little Princess

A young girl, left penniless when her father dies, is put to work as a servant in the school that he had sent her to in order to get a good education.

Bat Masterson

Bat Masterson (1958)

Bat Masterson

Based on the real-life exploits of William Bartholomew Masterson, a Dodge City lawman who preferred to use his wits instead of his fists and his cane instead of his Colt.

Battlestar Galactica

Battlestar Galactica (1978-2004)

Battlestar Galactica

A band of humans who, fleeing the destruction of their twelve homeworlds by the implacable cybernetic alien race the Cylons, strike out in their rag-tag fleet protected by the last surviving Battlestar, the Galactica, in search of their mythical lost colony.

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast (1987)

Beauty and the Beast

One of the most unusual and charming fantasy romances ever to reach prime time US screens, Beauty and the Beast was a modern day gothic romance set against the often violent, always bustling backdrop of New York City.

Behind the Fridge

Behind the Fridge (1971)

Behind the Fridge

A one-off special featuring a series of sketches portraying the eccentricities of the British courtesy of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.

Benson TV series

Benson (1979)

Benson TV series

This spin-off of the Susan Harris-created farce Soap sent the Tate family's insolent African-American butler Benson to the mansion of Jessica Tate's bumbling cousin, Governor James Gatling. In other words, Benson went from one dysfunctional family to another.

Bergerac

Bergerac (1981)

Bergerac

Detective/thriller series set on the offshore millionaire's paradise of Jersey in the Channel Islands

Best of Enemies

Best of Enemies (1968)

Best of Enemies

Television's first attempt to poke fun at the world of politics from within the Houses of Parliament in a situation comedy...

Bewitched

Bewitched (1964)

Bewitched

A witch marries a 'mortal' in 1960s America - and her family do not approve!

Big Breadwinner Hog

Big Breadwinner Hog (1969)

Big Breadwinner Hog

Peter Egan stars as Hogarth, a ruthlessly ambitious, flash and violent small-time criminal who has visions of being king of London's criminal underworld.

Biggles

Biggles (1960)

Biggles

Crack pilot James "Biggles" Bigglesworth leads a team of investigators who solve crime around the world.

Billy Bean

Billy Bean and His Funny Machine (1953)

Billy Bean

Billy Bean and his friend Yoo-Hoo the cuckoo operate a machine, which features such devices as a windmill, a Dorset-Faucet and a cartoonerator which draws magic pictures.