Reviews

The Crossing

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."

Crossroads

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.

The Crow Road

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

Crown Court

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

Crusoe

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.

Crystal Tipps and Alistair

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.'

The Cuckoo Waltz

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.

Cuffs

British police procedural set in Brighton, following frontline officers as they balance demanding personal lives with the realities of modern policing, blending gritty crime, humour and human drama

Cuffy

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

Culloden

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.

Curb Your Enthusiasm

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

Curry and Chips

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

Cybill

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

Dad

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

Daddy Kiss It Better

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

Dad's Army

"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."

Daisy Jones and the Six

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

Daktari

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

Dalgliesh

"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."

Dallas

Dirty dealings in Texas among the oil-rich magnates.

Dalziel and Pascoe

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

The Dame Edna Experience

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

Dan August

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...

The Dana Carvey Show

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

Danger Island

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

Danger Man

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

Danger Mouse

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

Danger UXB

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

Dark Angel

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.

The Dark Island

Lost BBC espionage series, starring Robert Hardy, detailing the investigation of a torpedo found on the shore of an island in the Hebrides - which turns out to be no ordinary weapon of war