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Count Duckula
1988 United Kingdom

Children's cartoon series centred around Duckula's adventures in search of riches and fame.

Counter Attack
1960 United Kingdom

Three young rebels plan their own counter-attack when foreign troops occupy part of the British Isles-the Channel Islands-for the first time since 1066.

Counterstrike
1969 United Kingdom

An alien 'agent', Simon King, sent to Earth by an intergalactic council posing as a journalist in order to unmask refugees from a dying planet, who wanted to take over the world.

Court Martial
1965 United Kingdom, United States

Court Martial was a British made production co-funded by ITC (in the UK) and Roncom Productions (in the USA) which aired on ITV in 1965 and on ABC in 1966.

Cracker
1993 United Kingdom

Possibly the starkest, darkest, popular drama series to have emerge from a British Television company since the classic Edge of Darkness, Granada Television's Cracker was an instant success.

Crime Buster
1968 United Kingdom

Ray Saxon has a nose for sports racketeers. Working for the Sunday Globe he investigates corruption and murder.

Crime of Passion TV series
1970 United Kingdom

In France crime passionnel (or crime of passion) was a valid defence during murder cases; during the 19th century, some cases could result in a custodial sentence for two years for the murderer.

Crimewatch
1984 United Kingdom

Reality crime show in which members of the public are asked for help and information in criminal investigations.

Crown Court TV series
1972 United Kingdom

Courtroom drama in which the jury, who were made up of members of the public, would decide the verdict.

Crystal Tipps and Alistair
1972 United Kingdom

Creator Hilary Hayton invented a land where everything seemed fab and groovy and where best friends Crystal and Alistair lived in a pop-art world that one could easily envisage being a part of John Lennon's 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.'

Curry and Chips
1969 United Kingdom

Poorly received sitcom by Johnny Speight who attempted (and many would say failed) to highlight the stupidity of racism.

The Cosby Show
1984 United States

One of TV's biggest hit in the 1980s and one which almost single-handedly revived the sitcom genre.

The Count of Monte Cristo
1956 United Kingdom

1950s series based on Alexander Dumas' masterpiece of mystery and intrigue, Le Comte de Monte Cristo, first published in 1845.

Cybill
1995 United States

Cybill may be the closest American television has come to the spirit (and success) of the British hit Absolutely Fabulous.

Citizen 63
1963 United Kingdom

One of the most significant TV shows of 1963, this five part John Boorman documentary, made by BBC West filmed five individuals as they confronted and conformed to the problems and pressures of everyday life in Britain in 1963.

Citizen James
1960 United Kingdom

Sid James in his first TV series after Hancock. Written by Galton and Simpson.

Citizen Smith
1977 United Kingdom

John Sullivan's television scriptwriting debut concerned the exploits of would-be Marxist, Wolfie Smith, and the activities of his four-man revolutionary party, the Tooting Popular Front.

Clarence
1988 United Kingdom

Ronnie Barker plays a short sighted delivery man who falls in love with a maid and moves to the country with her.

Cluff
1964 United Kingdom

Any no-gooder underestimating the tweed-suited detective would do so at their own cost because Cluff's slow methodology belied a skilfully perceptive insight into human nature and behaviour, particularly in the criminal mind.

Cold Feet
1997 United Kingdom

Unfairly described as an English version of Friends, Granada's comedy/drama Cold Feet rose from humble beginnings to become an award winning ratings winner with a healthily average audience of 10 million viewers.

Colditz
1972 United Kingdom

War drama about the infamous German POW camp and the prisoner's attempts to escape it.

Colonel March of Scotland Yard
1953 United Kingdom

Hollywood screen legend Boris Karloff as a determined police officer heads Scotland Yard's department for seemingly unsolvable cases.

The Cisco Kid
1950 United States

The Cisco Kid was nominated in 1953 for an Emmy Award for children's programming. By 1955 it was the most popular filmed television series among American children.

The Cleopatras
1983 United Kingdom

Lavish historical drama from BBC Television which was much derided by critics and viewers alike.

The Clifton House Mystery
1978 United Kingdom

Children's fantasy/paranormal drama series. When the Clare family moves into an old Bristol townhouse, the children discover a mysterious sealed room - and the skeleton inside.

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
1967 United Kingdom

In the year AD2068, Earth's elite Spectrum force is bought into action when war is declared on the planet by the Mysterons.

Casey Jones
1957 United States

Popular Western series for kids that was made along similar lines to The Lone Ranger, The Cisco Kid and other successfully syndicated US shows of the late 1950's.