Reviews

Ray Saxon has a nose for sports racketeers. Working for the Sunday Globe he investigates corruption and murder.

In France crime passionnel (or crime of passion) was a valid defence during murder cases; during the 19th century, some cases could result in a custodial sentence for two years for the murderer.

Reality crime show in which members of the public are asked for help and information in criminal investigations.

Criminal: UK zeroes in on the intense world of suspect interrogations, each self-contained episode focusing entirely on the high stakes questioning process as the clock for questioning is running down

1950s gameshow based on noughts and crosses

TVM depicting events leading up to Gen. George Washington's historic crossing of the Delaware River in 1776 "The enemy has twenty thousand. And I swear, I will not eat, nor will I sleep, until I have put that river between him and us."

The soap that was the byword for every dropped line, every wobbly doorway, every mundane plot. For many years Crossroads rose above the slating it took from the critics and with ratings as high as 15 million viewers won fans from far and wide.

Brilliantly suspenseful and moving drama in which Prentice McHoan’s investigation into the disappearance of his Uncle Rory uncovers his relatives’ long-buried secrets, and the lengths we’ll go to in order to protect those we love

Courtroom drama in which the jury, who were made up of members of the public, would decide the verdict.

The action-packed adventure of a man who has been shipwrecked on a remote tropical island, and who - along with his companion, must face formidable foes and violent marauders in order to survive.

Creator Hilary Hayton invented a land where everything seemed fab and groovy and where best friends Crystal and Alistair lived in a pop-art world that one could easily envisage being a part of John Lennon's 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.'

Chris and Fliss are living on the bread-line. Aside from the dining room table, a council-owned deckchair represents their finest piece of living space furniture. The last thing they need is someone turning up on their doorstep needing somewhere to stay.

Bernard Cribbins as a scruffy rather mischievous tinker who lives in a shabby caravan and has a tendency to get into all sorts of trouble

The Battle of Culloden, which took place on April 16th, 1746, was the last battle fought on British soil. This docudrama blurred the distinctions between documentary and drama and proved to be ground-breaking television.

HBO's hit comedy series about a Hollywood writer who seems to have the idyllic life in California but who is never far away from misfortune, misunderstanding and confrontation

Poorly received sitcom by Johnny Speight who attempted (and many would say failed) to highlight the stupidity of racism.

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...