Reviews

Chico and the Man

Chico and the Man (1974)

Chico and the Man

When a cantankerous elderly widower, the owner of a petrol filling station, hires an upbeat fast-talking young Chicano, they soon find themselves at loggerheads.

Chiefs (1983)

US miniseries starring Charlton Heston as an influential State Senator, and concerning three generations of police chiefs in a southern town over a period of four decades, portraying the fundamental shift in race relations between to 1920s and the early 1960s

Chigley

Chigley (1969)

Chigley

"Are you going to Trumpton? Camberwick Green? Chigley? Can we come with you?"

Children of the Stones

Children of the Stones (1977)

Children of the Stones

Matthew Brake and his astrophysicist father Adam move to Milbury, a village framed by an ancient stone circle. But all is not right in Milbury. The stones emit a strange power

Children's Ward

Children's Ward (1989)

Children's Ward

Award-winning teenage drama set in the children's ward of a bustling metropolitan hospital. The show expertly portrays the ups and downs of life in an environment filled with illness and uncertainty

The Chinese Detective

The Chinese Detective (1981)

The Chinese Detective

Detective Sergeant John Ho, a maverick British Chinese police officer, solves crimes in and around London's docklands while dealing with occasional prejudice and distrust - from his own community as well as within the police force

CHiPs (1977)

CHiPs an acronym for California Highway Patrol, featured cops on bikes as they patrolled the highways and byways around the vast Los Angeles freeway system.

A Choice of Coward

A Choice of Coward (1964)

A Choice of Coward

These four Noel Coward plays, made by Granada and broadcast over a month in 1964 in their Play Of The Week schedule, were slotted into an abundance of one off dramas being produced by the regional ITV companies at the time.

Chopper Squad

Chopper Squad (1976)

Chopper Squad

Preceding 'Baywatch' by over ten years, 'Chopper Squad' was an Australian action/adventure series which featured sun, surf and beachside rescues

A Christmas Carol 2019

A Christmas Carol (2019)

A Christmas Carol 2019

This original and distinctive take on Dickens's iconic ghost story is a spine-tingling journey into Scrooge's dark soul, and one of the most chilling depictions of the story ever. But did it miss the whole point of the tale?

Chuck

Chuck (2007)

Chuck

Chuck Bartowski is stuck in a dead end job as a computer nerd. One day, he accidentally receives an email containing a software program full of government secrets that is downloaded into his brain. Chuck is about to enter into a world of spies, danger, and frenzy...

Cilla Black

Cilla (1968)

Cilla Black

'Cilla' was an immediate hit when it debuted in January 1968 and up until the end of March the series attracted record viewing figures of over 13 million for each show.

Circus Boy

Circus Boy (1956)

Circus Boy

A ten-year old boy is adopted by a circus clown after his trapeze artist father is killed in a tragic accident.

The Cisco Kid

The Cisco Kid (1950)

The Cisco Kid

The Cisco Kid was nominated in 1953 for an Emmy Award for children's programming. By 1955 it was the most popular filmed television series among American children.

Citizen 63

Citizen 63 (1963)

Citizen 63

One of the most significant TV shows of 1963, this five part John Boorman documentary, made by BBC West filmed five individuals as they confronted and conformed to the problems and pressures of everyday life in Britain in 1963.

Citizen Smith (1977)

John Sullivan's television scriptwriting debut concerned the exploits of would-be Marxist, Wolfie Smith, and the activities of his four-man revolutionary party, the Tooting Popular Front.

Clangers TV series

Clangers (1969)

Clangers TV series

The Clangers were a clan of pink, woolly, mouse-like aliens who lived on a small blue moon.

Clarence

Clarence (1988)

Clarence

Ronnie Barker plays a short sighted delivery man who falls in love with a maid and moves to the country with her.

Class

Class (2016)

Class

Set in and around Coal Hill Academy, Class, a Doctor Who spin-off, was aimed at a young adult audience. It was a series where diversity, compassion and young people's voices mattered.

A Class By Himself

A Class By Himself (1972)

A Class By Himself

When his stately home runs into financial trouble, Lord Bleasham needs to find a way to raise funds...without his daughter finding out.

Clayhanger

Clayhanger (1976)

Clayhanger

Edwin Clayhanger's wish is to become an architect - but his domineering father, Darius, the owner of a successful printing works, has other ideas for the lad's future. Arnold Bennett's epic story of life, love and conflict was brought to our screens in a lavish 26-part series in 1976.

The Cleopatras

The Cleopatras (1983)

The Cleopatras

Lavish historical drama from BBC Television which was much derided by critics and viewers alike.

Click and Collect

Click and Collect (2018)

Click and Collect

Two mismatched neighbours take a road trip across the country to pick up the one toy that will make a little girl’s Christmas dreams come true

The Clifton House Mystery

The Clifton House Mystery (1978)

The Clifton House Mystery

Children's fantasy/paranormal drama series. When the Clare family moves into an old Bristol townhouse, the children discover a mysterious sealed room - and the skeleton inside.

Clochemerle

Clochemerle (1972)

Clochemerle

It's the summer of 1922 and the small village of Clochmerle - nestled in the Beaujolais region of France, is a happy little enclave that has avoided modernity and impropriety in a timeless atmosphere of calm and culture - until now...

The Cloning of Joanna May (1992)

Imagine the horror of reaching middle age, losing your looks, your husband, your lover, only to be confronted with a terrifying, incomprehensible truth - your youthful self, three times over, is living and loving somewhere else in the country