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Taxi

Taxi! (1963)

Taxi

Sid Stone is a London cab driver who often gets tangled up in the problems of others, usually through no fault of his own, in a rare straight role for Sid James. With only one episode surviving, we see how far this particular taxi will take us

Nanny and the Professor

Nanny and the Professor (1970)

Nanny and the Professor

As Professor Everett's fifth housekeeper in a year quits in utter frustration at trying to keep order in his chaotic household, a new, uninvited one, presents herself at his front door. But how did she know she would be needed?

Chopper Squad

Chopper Squad (1976)

Chopper Squad

Preceding 'Baywatch' by over ten years, 'Chopper Squad' was an Australian action/adventure series which featured sun, surf and beachside rescues

Topper (1953)

A man is persuaded to move into a house by its previous (dead) owners. The first fantasy series to appear on US television found its way to the small screen from a 1930's novel

Filthy Rich & Catflap

Filthy Rich & Catflap (1986)

Filthy Rich & Catflap

Richie Rich, a half-witted permanently out of work actor who considers himself a "veritable superstar", keeps company with his faithless permanently drunk minder Eddie Catflap and his agent Ralph Filthy, in this cult British comedy from Ben Elton

The Good Doctor

The Good Doctor (2017)

The Good Doctor

A young surgeon from a small town, who has autism and Savant syndrome and has the ability to note minute details and changes, as well as possessing a near photographic memory, is recruited into the surgical unit of a prestigious hospital in California

By Dawn's Early Light

By Dawn's Early Light (1990)

By Dawn's Early Light

Gripping action-drama thriller revolving around a non-NATO nuclear missile being fired from Turkey at the USSR, which leads to an automatic Soviet response as it is perceived as a NATO strike. Can continued escalation be avoided?

Cribb

Cribb (1980)

Cribb

A Detective Sergeant navigates the challenges of crime-solving in the late 19th century. With its rich depiction of Victorian life and clever storytelling, Cribb earned a place among the classic period crime dramas of British television

Diamond Crack Diamond

Diamond Crack Diamond (1970)

Diamond Crack Diamond

Six-part thriller from London Weekend Television starring Alan Dobie (Cribb) as John Diamond, a Fleet Street reporter who has a reputation for living dangerously

Whodunnit

Whodunnit? (1972)

Whodunnit

Crime-fiction mystery in which a celebrity panel watch a dramatization of a murderous deed before being given the chance to interrogate the suspects themselves and deduce whodunnit