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Grace and Favour

Grace and Favour (1992)

Grace and Favour

Grace Brothers pension fund has been plundered and all that is left for the staff’s retirement is a rundown country house hotel, left to them in a will.

Mozart in the Jungle

Mozart in the Jungle (2014)

Mozart in the Jungle

Amazon's first tentative forays into production of its own content saw a young, very talented oboist hoping for her big chance with the New York Symphony, when a brash new Maestro takes over as principle conductor.

The Good Place

The Good Place (2016)

The Good Place

When those who have been good throughout their lives pass away they go to 'The Good Place.' When Eleanor arrives there, it soon becomes apparent that she's been sent to 'the wrong place.'

The Umbrella Academy

The Umbrella Academy (2019)

The Umbrella Academy

Based on the comic book series of the same name, 'The Umbrella Academy' revolves around a dysfunctional family of adopted siblings who are trained to be superheroes in order to stop an impending apocalypse.

Bread

Bread (1991)

Bread

Carla Lane's sitcom divided opinion when it was first shown, but eventually the series peaked at 21 million viewers

Sez Les

Sez Les (1969)

Sez Les

Once described as the best-loved fat man in Britain Les Dawson won his place in the national heart not for his corpulence but for his comedy. Sez Les was made during the peak of his popularity and is often unfairly overlooked as a prime example of sketch-show comedy at its very best.

I, Claudius

I, Claudius (1976)

I, Claudius

The thirteen episodes of 'I, Claudius' were a masterpiece of costume and design and when shown in the USA on PBS the series single-handedly redefined the boundaries of acceptability on American television.

Saki: The Improper Stories of H.H. Munro

Saki, The Improper Stories of H.H. Munro (1962)

Saki: The Improper Stories of H.H. Munro

Hector Hugh Munro, better known by the pen name Saki, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirised Edwardian society and culture and he is considered a master of the short story.

Medium TV series

Medium (2005)

Medium TV series

Primetime Emmy Award winning series about a mother and housewife who has psychic visions about dead people and the violence surrounding their deaths. Can she balance her family life whilst solving crime - and who is going to believe her?

The Ravelled Thread

The Ravelled Thread (1979)

The Ravelled Thread

Set in Portsmouth in 1864, John Lucarotti’s 'The Ravelled Thread', is a story of secrets and lies and a plot that could drag England into the American Civil War.