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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
An adrenaline-charged, often violent journey into the treacherous world of a motorcycle club that operates both legal and illegal businesses in the small town of Charming, USA - and how the loyalty of two brothers are divided.
A Soviet musician is missing from his hotel. He wanders through 1962 London trying to contact people he has met and known in Russia. Who are these people? What lies behind his desperate search?
Considered a cult classic, "Monkey" was an inventive and energetic Japanese produced adventure based on the tale of a 7th century Buddhist priest who travelled across the continents in search of enlightenment.
Now regarded as a shining light of British television's golden age, The Wednesday Play is often held up as the perfect example of the impact that television had on a generation of viewers.
Swashbuckling series based on Alexander Dumas' adventurous 17th century characters. When d'Artagnan and his father are attacked on the way to Paris resulting in the father's death, the young swordsman seeks revenge on the murderer. A musketeer called Athos.