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.
In 1987, NASA astronaut Captain William "Buck" Rogers is piloting the space shuttle Ranger 3 when he flies into an unexpected space phenomenon and is frozen for 504 years
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.
Pamela Gems' first play for ITV is about two sisters, May Vine (Vanda Godsell), Louie Robbins and the man who becomes their lodger.
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.
Darts based game show that at its peak enjoyed an audience of nearly 17 million viewers in a late Sunday afternoon slot
After retiring from the force, the eccentric and irascible George Kitchener Bulman turns private eye, plunging into London’s murky underworld and tangled espionage, where every clue leads deeper into danger and deception
Anthony Hopkins stars in this historical drama which takes place as the Battle of Berlin rages above ground and Nazi forces are nearing certain defeat, and the last weeks of the Nazi regime are played out
Early outing for Leonard Rossiter in a single drama produced by ITV
Millionaire police officer heads LAPD's murder squad to solve high profile cases.
Alf Liddell is a quiet, good humoured, home-loving man who prefers to keep out of the limelight. But when Alf is elected to the local council he proves to be a man of principles-so strong that he soon makes powerful enemies.
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...
Gripping action-drama thriller revolving around a non-NATO nuclear missile being fired from Turkey at the USSR, which leads to an automatic Soviet response as it is perceived as a NATO strike. Can continued escalation be avoided?
Swashbuckling adventure set during the English Civil War - seen through the eyes of two families; the Laceys, loyal to King Charles I, and the Fletchers, loyal to Oliver Cromwell
British teen drama set in a Newcastle youth club, following the lives, struggles, and friendships of local kids. Known for its gritty realism, it launched the careers of several UK stars
Sam Cade is a tough yet sensitive sheriff in sprawling Madrid County - a fictional semiarid desert area somewhere in the American Southwest. Between chases, shootouts and law enforcement, the series also touched on relevant '70s issues...
Period murder mystery series set around a Benedictine Abbey in Shrewsbury in 12th century England. Here resides Brother Cadfael, a former Crusader, a skilled observer of human nature, whose talents are called upon to investigate the most intriguing and murderous crimes.
Historical period drama detailing the murder, sex and madness that will forever have a place in the annals of ancient history.
Café Continental was the first televised variety show in the UK appearing on the BBC Television Service from 1947 and continuing to 1953.
Multi-award-winning police action/adventure series that broke new ground by having its central buddy characters, rather than being the standard team of uninspired Starsky and Hutch clones, female officers doing a tough and dangerous job as well - if not better - than any of their male counterparts.
Medical drama spin-off from Emergency-Ward 10, Britain's most popular medical soap opera of the 1950s and 60s, which never lived up to its predecessor
The BBC's enduring drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of London during the 1950s, based on the best-selling memoirs of Jennifer Worth.
Edward Woodward as the troubled yet still deadly agent. With consistently hard-hitting, uncompromising scripts and uniformly excellent support playing from a talented core cast
Monday's Watch With Mother offering which began in 1966 with the words "Here is a box, a musical box, wound up and ready to play. But this box can hide a secret inside. Can you guess what is in it today ?"
Classic adaptation of Mary Wesley's much-acclaimed second novel. As storm clouds gather over Europe in 1939, five cousins meet to pay tribute to a world that will never be the same again...
Margery Allingham's 1930s private detective, Albert Campion, has had several versions on BBC television. Here's a rundown on each of them...
Hidden camera show where the public were the stars. "Smile - you're on Candid Camera!"
Where street smarts meet intellectual intrigue...a seasoned private detective navigates the gritty underbelly of crime, armed not only with his LAPD experience but also an insatiable curiosity about the world