Historical period drama detailing the murder, sex and madness that will forever have a place in the annals of ancient history.
Set in a small Yorkshire town where everybody knows everybody else's business, 'A Bit Of A Do' gave another British comedy writer the chance to poke fun at one of the country's favourite preoccupations - class distinction.
Adapted from the highly successful novel/play/film by successful writing team Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall, this version of Billy Liar was updated by them to make it more relevant to the early 1970s.
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.
Series set in four eras centred round Edmund Blackadder, a treacherous, selfish and devious rogue.
"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.
Devised by Vince Powell and Harry Driver, Bless This House was a starring vehicle for Sid James that showed him in a new and unfamiliar light-as a family man.
Spin-off from 'The Army Game' - Private 'Excused Boots' Bisley and his bullying Sergeant, Claude Snudge, return to civvy life where they find employment in a Pall Mall gentleman's club called The Imperial.
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.'
Infidelity, lust and incest came to British television screens in 1976
Spin-off from The Fenn Street Gang - Stanley Bowler is an East End villain whose social aspirations fail consistently due to his lack of ability to grasp the qualities he needs such as refinement and elegance of manner.
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.
At the time it was made Brideshead Revisited was the biggest television film project attempted by any company including the BBC, who had considered it, but decided it too hard to make. There was a point where Granada must have been thinking the same.
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.
Cheeky cockney and loveable rogue Ronald 'Budgie' Bird. Budgie was a small time crook, a petty thief, a chancer who always dreamed of getting rich but mainly had to content himself with the slimmest of pickings.
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.
Millionaire police officer heads LAPD's murder squad to solve high profile cases.
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.
The adventures of Mr. Spoon who would travel to Button Moon in his homemade rocket-ship. All of the characters were based on kitchen utensils...
Big band, big sound and big big personality - with a rousing call of "Wakey-Wakey" Billy Cotton introduced an inexhaustible 50 minutes of non-stop music, dancing and comedy in the essential weekend variety revue that was a stalwart of BBC programming for 12 years.
A group of young detectives solving cases using scientific methods.
Television Heaven or Television Hell? The Borgias was un-relentlessly derided and almost single-handedly spelt the end of costume drama (at least for a while) on BBC television.
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.
Architect Mike Brady marries beautiful young Carol, who has three girls to care for. Likewise, Mike's previous wife's death has left him to raise his three boys all alone. In no time this amalgam becomes the ideal average American middle class family.
Compelling and hugely successful BBC drama series about boardroom strife and family conflict endured by three brothers.
Future Hollywood actor Robert Shaw (The Sting, Jaws) made his small screen debut as ex- pirate Dan Tempest, the leader of a small band of freebooters who roamed the Caribbean Seas in the 1720's on their ship The Sultana.
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.
Children's comedy series about a group of scientists who work in a rambling long-forgotten Government establishment called Halfwitt House.
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Best remembered as BBC television’s Inspector Maigret, Rupert Davies led a remarkable life shaped by wartime service, imprisonment, theatre and screen work, leaving a legacy of understated craft, resilience and enduring character acting that was cut tragically short
Stylish adaptation of Homer's classic tale of the adventures of Odysseus
Australian soap opera set against the turmoil of World War II, The Sullivans follows a resilient Melbourne family navigating love, loss, and loyalty—delivering heartfelt drama, rich history, and unforgettable characters that bring a nation’s past vividly to life
An iconic English comedienne, Hylda Baker, short in stature and with a rich Lancashire accent, became a star later in life until finally, her career came to a shuddering halt
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
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
Three-part miniseries that retells the legend of King Arthur from the perspective of the wizard Merlin, covering the rise and fall of Camelot
On a bitterly cold winter's day, escaped convicts Johnny and Frank take refuge in the Steptoes' freezing home, where unexpected friendships and striking parallels reveal that life in Oil Drum Lane can feel like a prison itself
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.
In the breathtaking Swiss Alps, a spirited orphan melts her stern uncle’s heart with resilience and optimism, in this faithful retelling of a beloved classic
Long before The Simpsons took American prime time by storm, a slightly less dysfunctional cartoon family blazed the trial for generation crossing animated antics.
Reviewing John Barrie’s life and career from stage actor to television favourite as Sergeant Cork, highlighting his 1964 interview, love of the North, family values, and later life lived quietly away from the spotlight
In a realm shadowed by old bloodlines and brutal honour, hedge knight Ser Duncan the Tall and enigmatic young Egg are drawn into deadly intrigue that will forge friendship, test courage, and shape legend
A group of ex-Vietnam Commandos band together to form an unlikely partnership in order to assist the victims of injustice, whilst on the run themselves for a crime that they did not commit.
