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Shout Aloud Salvation

Shout Aloud Salvation (1951)

Shout Aloud Salvation

This BBC Sunday Night Theatre presentation, broadcast on 15 April 1951, tells the story of two young women dispatched towards the latter part of the 19th century to introduce the Salvation Army into a bleak northern town.

Shroud for a Nightingale

Shroud for a Nightingale (1984)

Shroud for a Nightingale

When a student nurse is lethally poisoned during a routine procedure, Adam Dalgliesh has to discover which, of the many guilty secrets held by the staff and students at Nightingale House, was a strong enough motive for murder

The Silent Service

The Silent Service (2023)

The Silent Service

A submarine has reportedly crashed killing all 76 crew members on board. But in reality the ship, armed with a nuclear missile, has disappeared into the deep ocean. Captain Shiro Kaieda is attempting to realise his ideal world

The Silent Village

The Silent Village (1951)

The Silent Village

Seven tourists arrive and gather in a deserted inn. The dinner lies half-prepared in the kitchen. Cards lie on a bridge table. A tap is running aimlessly, overflowing the bath, and yet there is not a living soul in sight.

Silo

Silo (2023)

Silo

In a ruined and toxic future, thousands live in a giant silo deep underground. After its sheriff breaks a cardinal rule and residents die mysteriously, an engineer starts to uncover shocking secrets and the truth about the silo

The Silver Sword

The Silver Sword (1957)

The Silver Sword

When a Polish schoolteacher is arrested and taken to a German labour camp, his wife has to support her three young children. But when she is arrested on a similar charge, the children are forced to live in a ruined cellar whilst depending on each other for survival.

The Simpsons Television Heaven review

The Simpsons (1989)

The Simpsons Television Heaven review

Described as the most daring network television series of the 1990s, 'The Simpsons', the longest-running American animated series, American sitcom, and scripted primetime television series, continues to parody American culture, television, and society in general

The Sin Shifter

The Sin Shifter (1962)

The Sin Shifter

A pearl trader and a priest-both fighting for the use of the same hall-one for a casino, the other for a church. Rose becomes the unwilling pawn in this battle between sacred and profane in a small Australian town.