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Desperate Housewives

Wisteria Lane is a perfect upper-middle-class American suburb, with beautiful homes, neat lawns, minivans and sport-utility vehicles in the driveways, and an occasional baseball game in the street for the youngsters. But there are troubles beneath the surface.

Devil in the Fog

"In the beginning this tale tells how I, George, eldest born son of Master Salathiel Treet, strolling player and man of genius, came to have greatness thrust upon me."

Dial 999

Police series made with the cooperation of Scotland Yard, which threw a spotlight on real police methods of the time.

Dick Turpin

Turpin, cheated out of his wealth while on duty in Flanders, decides to regain his money using his own, not so lawful methods.

Dickens of London

The excellent scriptwriter Wolf Mankowitz has surpassed himself in 'Dickens of London', a miniseries recounting the life of Charles Dickens from early boyhood till his death.

Diff'rent Strokes

Diff’rent Strokes was a sitcom created around the talents of its young star, Gary Coleman, and it was a perfect fit–and a much-needed success for a ratings-starved NBC in the late 1970's. But after the show went off the air, its three non-adult stars found life difficult...

dinnerladies

Working class sitcoms come few and far between, and 'dinnerladies' is one of the more relatable and bittersweet of them all.

Dixon of Dock Green

George Dixon was a policeman of the old school. A dependable officer who would help old ladies cross the street and whose idea of treating juvenile delinquents was with a 'clip' round the ear. George Dixon was a 'Community Copper' before the term had even been invented.

Do Not Adjust Your Set

A series of crazy, zany, mad half hours of comedy for children in the late 1960s would soon develop into one of the most fondly remembered series of crazy, zany, mad half hours of comedy for adults. And now for something not so very different...

Doctor In The House

Hospital comedy based on Richard Gordon's series of books, which had previously been adapted for the cinema starting with a 1954 production starring Dirk Bogarde. New medical students arrive at St Swithin's Hospital...mayhem ensues

Doctor Who (The Classic Series)

A mysterious 'Doctor' traps two school teachers in a time and space machine.

The Day of the Triffids

When a comet blinds nearly everyone in the world, a genetically-engineered species of plant takes over.

The Deputy Dawg Show

Deputy Dawg was, without doubt, Mississippi's laziest lawman.

The Dick Emery Show

BBC televisions longest running sketch-show, running as it did from 1963 until 1981, was one that introduced some of the mediums most memorable and enduring comedic characters, skilfully brought to life by an undisputed master of his craft.

The Dick Van Dyke Show

This much loved, top rated US comedy series from the 1960's very nearly didn't make it on the air because then CBS chief, Jim Aubrey, disliked it so intensely that he had to be persuaded by the shows sponsors, Proctor and Gamble, to put it on.

The Dickie Henderson Show

This third series to run under the title of The Dickie Henderson Show aired on November 14 1960 and continued until March 1968 by which time Henderson had established himself as one of Britain's top all-round entertainers.

The Darling Buds of May

Gentle comedy/drama set in rural Kent in the 1950s.

Dad

A brilliantly crafted and subversive sitcom, written by 2point4 Children writer Andrew Marshall, Dad centres on the generation gap relationship between father and son.

Dad's Army

"If the quality of the writing was a major factor in Dad's Army's resounding success, then that quality was more than matched by a cast which not so much interpreted the writing, as physically embodied it."

Daktari

"The real stars of the series were Clarence the lion and Judy the chimpanzee."

Dallas

Dirty dealings in Texas among the oil-rich magnates.

Danger Island

A 12-year old boy overhears two sinister men plotting to assassinate their country's ruler.

Danger Man

Patrick McGoohan starred as NATO agent John Drake a character based on Ian Fleming's James Bond

Danger Mouse

Danger Mouse was a British Secret Service Agent who worked out of a post-box in London's famous Baker Street.

Danger UXB

Tense drama about a bomb disposal division of the Army in war torn London during the 1940s.

Dark Angel

In the year 2020 the world is left paralysed by an electromagnetic pulse that freezes technology in its tracks. Enter into this dark dystopian future - Max - a genetically enhanced human being.

Colonel Trumper's Private War

Television's first attempt at making a sitcom set during the War years.

Columbo

Shabby looking homicide detective uses his criminal knowledge and eye for detail to pit his wits against criminals.

Come Dancing | Strictly Come Dancing

Unquestionably the longest running reality/talent/entertainment and gameshow on television, Come Dancing went through a number of format changes over the years...

Comedy Playhouse

Series of unrelated one-off comedies used to showcase the talents of both writers old and new to television -as well as established and up-and-coming sitcom stars, Comedy Playhouse produced some of the best loved sitcoms on British television.