Reviews

Dave Allen

Dave Allen at Large (1971)

Dave Allen

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

Dawson's Creek

Dawson's Creek (1998)

Dawson's Creek

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

The Day After

The Day After (1983)

The Day After

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

Dead Boy Detectives

Dead Boy Detectives (2024)

Dead Boy Detectives

The ghosts of Charles Rowland and Edwin Payne have chosen not to enter the afterlife in order to investigate crimes that involve the supernatural, with the help of a psychic medium who can see and communicate with spirits

Dead Head

Dead Head (1986)

Dead Head

Petty criminal Eddy Cass is drifting through life on minor scams and bad decisions. When he agrees to courier a package across London and then decides to open it, he is horrified by its contents. His life will soon spiral out of control...

Deadwood cast

Deadwood (2004)

Deadwood cast

Set in 1876, when the richest gold strike in U.S. history drew a throng of restless misfits to an outlaw settlement in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Deadwood features a cast of surly inhabitants led by actors Timothy Olyphant and Ian McShane.

The Deal 2003 tv movie

The Deal (2003)

The Deal 2003 tv movie

2003 British television film that depicts the political rise of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, and the pact they made to determine the future leadership of the Labour Party

Dear John

Dear John (1986)

Dear John

Meet John Lacey, a forty-something language teacher at a Comprehensive School. He has everything; a steady job, nice house, beautiful wife, loving son and a car. Until one day he gets home from work and finds a letter from his wife informing him that their relationship is over...

Dear John USA

Dear John (USA) (1988)

Dear John USA

A rarely successful adaptation from Britain to America in this sitcom concerning a divorced man who tries to get his life back in order after losing everything to his ex-wife

Hinge and Bracket - Dear Ladies

Dear Ladies (1983)

Hinge and Bracket - Dear Ladies

Quirky sitcom centred around two cultured ladies, Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket who reside together in the genteel and picturesque village of Stackton Tressel

Death Comes to Pemberley

Death Comes to Pemberley (2013)

Death Comes to Pemberley

Set in 1803, six years after Elizabeth and Darcy’s marriage, Death Comes to Pemberley transforms Austen’s world into a gripping murder mystery, where family ties, old rivalries, and dark secrets collide against the grandeur of Pemberley estate

Death in Paradise

Death in Paradise (2011)

Death in Paradise

It may seem like paradise, but what are the chances of getting off the glorious tropical island of Saint Marie - alive?

The Death of Bunny Munro

The Death of Bunny Munro (2025)

The Death of Bunny Munro

A grief‑stricken salesman spirals through a chaotic Sussex road trip with his young son, confronting guilt, masculinity, and haunting memories. Matt Smith leads with intensity, while Rafael Mathé delivers a breakout, emotionally resonant performance

Death Valley

Death Valley (2025)

Death Valley

A Welsh murder mystery that gently pokes fun at the cosy crime genre by creating its own combination of comedy and mystery. A curmudgeonly retired actor meets an eager young detective - they're the perfect crime-fighting duo, if they can only get along

Dee Time

Dee Time (1967)

Dee Time

Billed as an "early evening scene" Dee Time starred charismatic former BBC Radio 1 DJ Simon Dee in a series of hip talk shows in which he interviewed the big names in the TV and film showbiz-set as well as stars of the world of popular music...

The Defenders

The Defenders (1961)

The Defenders

Courtroom Drama: One of the most ground-breaking and, at times, controversial American television shows of the 1960s

Dempsey and Makepeace (1985)

A high adrenalin, all-action series including obligatory car chases and beatings up of London's criminal fraternity (as well as international drug-pushers and terrorists) in a style that took over where The Professionals left off.

Department S (1969)

"Whilst the cases which made up the bulk of the show's episodes were often fun, ingenious riffs on the standard spy/caper craze of that particular decade, where the series really scored was in the interplay between the three central characters involved."

Dept. Q

Dept. Q (2025)

Dept. Q

A moody, character-driven crime drama that delivers on both substance and style. Matthew Goode is mesmerising as the damaged detective, and the central mystery is rich enough to hook you early and keep you guessing

The Deputy

The Deputy (1959)

The Deputy

Henry Fonda starred - well occasionally, in this 1950s Western series that also gave a television debut to Robert Redford.