Reviews

Cybill may be the closest American television has come to the spirit (and success) of the British hit Absolutely Fabulous.

A brilliantly crafted and subversive sitcom, written by 2point4 Children writer Andrew Marshall, Dad centres on the generation gap relationship between father and son.

Television play about a married couple who's marriage is falling apart, written by one of British theatre's greatest writers of the last 60 years, that was broadcast on Yorkshire Television's opening night in July 1968

"If the quality of the writing was a major factor in Dad's Army's resounding success, then that quality was more than matched by a cast which not so much interpreted the writing, as physically embodied it."

Set in the Los Angeles music scene of the late 1970s, the series charts the ups and downs of a fictional rock band, partly inspired by Fleetwood Mac, through a documentary style series of interviews

"The real stars of the series were Clarence the lion and Judy the chimpanzee."

"More Morse than Regan, Dalgliesh is an intensely cerebral and private person who writes poetry, lives in an expensive flat above the Thames at Queenhithe and drives a Jaguar."

Dirty dealings in Texas among the oil-rich magnates.

A successful police drama that aired for 12 series on BBC One from 1996 to 2007. However, if it had stayed on ITV when initially produced as a three-part miniseries titled A Pinch of Snuff, it might have only been remembered as an abject failure

Comedy chat show hosted by an Australian megastar and featuring some lesser famous guests

Whilst it may not have been the most popular TV series of 1970 (cancelled after one season) Dan August can boast of having launched one actor on his path to superstardom...oh, and some of those guest stars...

Not afraid to be lewd, crude, shrewd, or sophisticated, this US sketch comedy show proved too controversial for US television

A 12-year old boy overhears two sinister men plotting to assassinate their country's ruler.

Patrick McGoohan starred as NATO agent John Drake a character based on Ian Fleming's James Bond

Danger Mouse was a British Secret Service Agent who worked out of a post-box in London's famous Baker Street.

Tense drama about a bomb disposal division of the Army in war torn London during the 1940s.

In the year 2020 the world is left paralysed by an electromagnetic pulse that freezes technology in its tracks. Enter into this dark dystopian future - Max - a genetically enhanced human being.

A man is called back to Glasgow after his estranged wife goes missing, only to find himself accused of her murder

Excellently chilling teenage drama series by Russell T. Davies

Imaginative, unique and ground-breaking in its daring and successful use of horror motifs in the then otherwise conservative US television field, Dark Shadows even to this day commands an affection and respect from its legions of fans.

Gentle comedy/drama set in rural Kent in the 1950s.

The year is 1941 and it's the height of World War II. In German-occupied France, a youthful submarine crew gathers for one last night of drunken revelry before they take to the high seas.

"Look...I've got you for one night. I want you..." When the girls from town meet the young men from university at an all-night party, anything can happen.

Judi Dench starred in this single play presentation about two daughters who are expected to marry men in 'their own class.'

Hugely popular award winning sketch and stand-up (although he was mostly seated) comedy that often courted controversy for tackling taboo subjects.

The show focused on childhood friends, Dawson, Pacey and Joey, as they grow up and try to cope with their changing friendships.

The effects of a devastating nuclear holocaust on small-town residents of eastern Kansas when the unthinkable happens

When a comet blinds nearly everyone in the world, a genetically-engineered species of plant takes over.

Detective Inspector Mitchell’s life is thrown into turmoil when his son is kidnapped.

American time travel superhero television series