Reviews

Captain Pugwash

Captain Pugwash (1957)

Captain Pugwash

Arrr, listen up, ye scallywags! Captain Pugwash be the finest, bumblin’ pirate to ever sail the high seas aboard the Black Pig! With his trusty crew, he be always gettin’ tangled up in misadventures—blast that sneaky Cut-Throat Jake!

Carnival Row

Carnival Row (2019)

Carnival Row

Dark, adult-orientated fantasy series in which a human detective and an immigrant fairy rekindle a dangerous affair, in a dangerous Victorian England fantasy world of murder and monsters

The Carol Burnett Show (1967)

The multi-talented Burnett could play everything from a cleaning woman to a femme fatale, thanks to her lithe body, incredible facial expressions and that wonderful booming voice.

Carrie's War

Carrie's War (1974)

Carrie's War

Two children are evacuated at the start of the Second World War to a remote village in Wales, where they are taken in by a timid and kindly lady and her mean-spirited tyrant of a brother

Carrington VC ITV Play

Carrington VC (1960)

Carrington VC ITV Play

A popular officer is accused of taking money from his Battery safe. His defence rests of his wife's evidence - but will she consent to appear at the court-martial?

Casanova

Casanova (1971)

Casanova

Banned? Almost. Forgotten? Never. The sexy, shocking series that redefined British television was Dennis Potter's Casanova, the 1970s drama that had the country blushing

Casey Jones

Casey Jones (1957)

Casey Jones

Popular Western series for kids that was made along similar lines to The Lone Ranger, The Cisco Kid and other successfully syndicated US shows of the late 1950's.

Casting the Runes

Casting the Runes (1979)

Casting the Runes

Prudence Dunning is a sharp and sceptical producer of an investigative TV programme. When her show ridicules the teachings of the occultist Julian Karswell, she unwittingly becomes the focus of his malice, in this chilling reworking of an M.R. James classic

Castle Haven

Castle Haven (1969)

Castle Haven

1960s soap opera about a number of families living in two Victorian house conversions in Yorkshire.

Castlevania

Castlevania (2017)

Castlevania

Adult animated dark fantasy action series based on the Japanese video game series of the same name by Konami. When his human wife is burned at the stake after being falsely accused of witchcraft, Dracula declares all the people of Wallachia will pay with their lives

Cathy Come Home

Cathy Come Home (1966)

Cathy Come Home

Harrowing drama of one family's downward spiral into poverty that sparked a national debate in the Houses of Parliament on the plight of the homeless.

Catweazle

Catweazle (1970)

Catweazle

The adventures of the scruffy eccentric 11th century wizard and his efforts to escape the bewildering experiences of being trapped in the 20th century.

The Caves of Steel

The Caves of Steel (1964)

The Caves of Steel

Lost BBC production of an Isaac Asimov tale concerning an investigation which follows the murder of a robot specialist

Crime Traveller

Crime Traveller (1997)

Crime Traveller

Detective Jeff Slade and his colleague Holly are armed with something very special in the ongoing fight against crime - their very own time machine

Century Falls

Century Falls (1993)

Century Falls

Tess and her pregnant mother move to a new town to rebuild their lives. But Tess soon realises that the village has a guilty secret; a secret which seems to threaten her happiness and that of her unborn sister

Challenge Anneka

Challenge Anneka (1997)

Challenge Anneka

Forerunner to the multitude of 'makeover' shows that constantly occupy our screen time today, Challenge Anneka was devised by Anneka Rice and proved to be hugely popular with the British public, even though it was not without its problems.

Champion House

Champion House (1967)

Champion House

When their family business is threatened with financial ruin, a family go into bitter battle - with themselves.

The Champions (1968)

After a near-fatal plane crash, three secret agents are endowed with extra sensory powers in this cult classic from the ITC production stable

Chance in a Million

Chance in a Million (1984)

Chance in a Million

One of the very earliest situation comedy successes for the fledgling Channel 4, Chance in a Million chronicled the misadventures of one Tom Chance, a slightly eccentric, but decent ordinary man with an unnatural ability to warp probability to ludicrous proportions.

The Changes (1975)

An excellent drama from a golden age of children's television, The Changes was described as one of the most ambitious series produced by the BBC Children's Drama Department.

Charley's Aunt

Charley's Aunt (1977)

Charley's Aunt

Eric Sykes and Jimmy Edwards star in an adaptation of the celebrated farce that broke all box-office records when it first appeared on the London stage