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The Brittas Empire

Brilliantly bonkers sitcom about a leisure centre manager and his staff. Chris Barrie is masterful, combining bureaucratic officiousness with a baffling cheerfulness that only adds to his character’s ability to drive everyone around him up the wall!

Without Love

Bold, unflinching, and unlike anything the average household had seen on the small screen. It dared to pull back the curtain on a hidden side of London life, offering a grim but truthful composite of the thousands of women who, night after night, plied their trade on the city's streets

Band of Gold

Step into the gritty heart of Bradford’s red-light district, where survival, sisterhood, and secrets collide. Band of Gold is a gripping crime drama where danger lurks, loyalties are tested, and every choice has a price

Empresses in the Palace

Few television dramas manage to capture the grandeur, intrigue, and emotional devastation of imperial politics with this much finesse—a sprawling, visually sumptuous Chinese historical series that has deservedly earned its place as a cultural touchstone

The Growing Pains of PC Penrose | Rosie

Long before he became a household name for his masterful touch with British comedy, Roy Clarke was pounding the beat—an experience he later transformed into a sitcom that charted the misadventures of a fresh-faced constable with more heart than street smarts

Harry and the Hendersons

When the Henderson family accidentally run over a Bigfoot-type creature during a road trip, they bringing him home to suburban Seattle and quickly discover that blending family life with one very large, very hairy houseguest is no ordinary challenge

The Last Detective

After Detective Constable "Dangerous" Davies reports a crime committed by a fellow officer, he is treated as a pariah by his colleagues, and his superiors dub him "the last detective" who would be considered to head up a major case

Target

For those who enjoy their cop dramas tough, terse and unrelentingly gritty, Target is a compelling, if controversial, footnote in British television history...

It's Awfully Bad For Your Eyes, Darling

Four 'posh' young women share a London flat. An unremarkable plot and a less than successful sitcom which significantly introduced Joanna Lumley to the world of sitcom and Jeremy Lloyd to producer David Croft, a meeting that would lead to the creation of Are You Being Served? the following year

The Three Stooges

The legendary slapstick trio of Curly, Larry, and Moe — whose outrageous antics, eye pokes, and pie fights defined physical comedy, went from vaudeville to film and eventually television, where they turned chaos into timeless hilarity

Tru Calling

Tru Davies, a morgue worker, relives days when corpses ask for help, giving her a chance to prevent their deaths. But Jack, who shares the same 'gift', believes fate shouldn't be changed

Barlow at Large

Barlow at Large marked a bold and ambitious shift for one of British television’s most enduring and complex police characters, working as a roving investigator for the Home Office, tackling complex and often politically sensitive cases

The Four Seasons of Rosie Carr

A captivating quartet of plays, each unfolding a different chapter in the life of one remarkable woman. Spanning from the Edwardian era to the transformative 1960s, the series offers a rich portrait of resilience across decades of change

Diary of a Young Man

A bold, bruising, and often brilliant experiment. While Diary of a Young Man may not be as widely remembered as some of the more iconic works of the 1960s, it deserves recognition as a milestone in the evolution of British television drama

Sink or Swim

Brian struggles to build a life in London from his flat above a petrol station. Things worsen when his younger brother Steve—a loud, cynical “Northern lout”—arrives, disrupting Brian’s already chaotic existence with his unruly presence and attitude

Brothers In Law

The television series that marked the first major starring role for a then 27-year-old Richard Briers, whose performance as a green but earnest pupil barrister set the tone for a career defined by affable, intelligent comedy

The Witch's Daughter

Perdita has lived a quiet, isolated existence on the windswept Scottish island of Skua, ever since the islanders branded her "the witch’s daughter"—a cruel legacy stemming from local superstition and tragedy

Here Come the Double Deckers!

A delightfully chaotic blend of British charm and American gloss, Here Come the Double Deckers! is a children’s television series from the early 1970s that has earned a modest but fond place in the hearts of those who remember it

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking

This original BBC drama, not based on a Conan Doyle story, finds Holmes in retirement. He is drawn out by Watson after the body of a young girl is found in the Thames, asphyxiated by a silk stocking

Five Children and It

1990s BBC adaptation of E. Nesbit's fantasy children's novel about four siblings who discover a grumpy sand fairy, the Psammead, who grants daily wishes—often with unexpected consequences

Riptide

Launched in 1969 with high hopes, Hollywood flair, and a hefty budget, this international co-production promised exotic adventure and international appeal. Riptide aimed for the stars, but sadly it splash-landed somewhere in the shallows

William

Series based on Richmal Crompton’s Just William books, starring young Dennis Waterman as the scruffy, mischievous schoolboy William Brown, the eternally eleven-year-old ringleader of chaos

The View from Daniel Pike

Broadcast by BBC Scotland between 1971 and 1973, The View from Daniel Pike is one of those regional dramas that managed to be both quietly groundbreaking and criminally overlooked outside its home turf

Tightrope

At first sight there appears to be no apparent reason why Redlow Comprehensive School should be different from any other school of its kind. Until, that is, a strange television transmission has one pupil walking a tightrope of fear.

Quantum Leap

"...And so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home."

Heidi

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

Space Patrol

Where Gerry Anderson's marionette marvels like Supercar and Fireball XL5 tend to dominate the discussion, it is both baffling and unfortunate that Space Patrol, a sharply written, genuinely imaginative puppet series from the same era, has remained so often overlooked

The Omega Factor

Long before The X-Files brought conspiracies and the paranormal into the mainstream, British television quietly launched its own cerebral and unsettling take on psychic investigation

The Aeronauts

French series that follows two French Air Force pilots: the straight-laced and dutiful Michel Tanguy and his eccentric, bumbling, yet endearing wingman, Ernest Laverdure, which became a cult hit when it was dubbed into English and shown on the BBC

The Professionals

"Anarchy, acts of terror, crimes against the public. To combat it I've got special men - experts from the army, the police, from every service. These are The Professionals."