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Have I Got News For You

Have I Got News For You (1990)

Have I Got News For You

John Winterson Richards reviews the BBC's eternal, totally-irreverent, often controversial satirical quiz show that leaves no party, personality or action unscathed in the pursuit of laughs.

Hazell

Hazell (1978)

Hazell

Private Eye James Hazell is an East End lad, once a copper. He is not the type to play with physical violence. He does not like fighting, but he is no coward. A rough and ready cockney, he may drop his aitches, but he never loses his determination.

Andromeda

Andromeda (2000)

Andromeda

After being frozen for several centuries, Dylan Hunt, the captain of the spaceship Andromeda Ascendant, is horrified to discover that the Systems Commonwealth has collapsed and the known galaxies have descended into barbarism.

Doogie Howser, M.D.

Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989)

Doogie Howser, M.D.

Possessing a genius intellect and an eidetic memory, Doogie Howser becomes a qualified doctor at the age of fourteen.

Law & Order TV series

Law & Order (1990)

Law & Order TV series

Dick Wolf's unique, multi-award winning, two-tiered examination of the complex mechanics of the American justice system.

Hot Metal

Hot Metal (1986)

Hot Metal

The Crucible is a new muck-raking tabloid newspaper in London and managing editor Russell Spam is always on the lookout for the latest dirt and gossip.

Summerton Mill

Summerton Mill (2005)

Summerton Mill

Down at the bottom a very pretty valley, there's a magical place called Summerton Mill. And when the waterwheel turns at Summerton Mill, a little bit of magic takes place. And, for a little while, everything goes back to how it used to be...

The Young Pope - HBO series

The Young Pope (2016)

The Young Pope - HBO series

HBO series following the early years of young American-born Pius XIII's pontificate. Pius XIII quickly demonstrates that he will not be a mere figurehead for the Vatican. Instead, Pius XIII is arrogant, self-serving, and power hungry.

The Jeffersons

The Jeffersons (1975)

The Jeffersons

Developed by ground-breaking television producer Norman Lear, The Jeffersons follows a successful African-American couple as they "move on up" from working-class Queens to a ritzy Manhattan apartment.