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Dinner at Eight

Dinner at Eight (1951)

Dinner at Eight

It is a bright New York November and the rich Mrs Oliver Jordan is planning a dinner party. As the guests gather it is revealed there are love affairs, jealousy, crooked business deals and even death comes to join...

Dinnerladies

dinnerladies (1998)

Dinnerladies

Working class sitcoms come few and far between, and 'dinnerladies' is one of the more relatable and bittersweet of them all.

Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs (1991)

Dinosaurs

Funny, cuttingly satirical, and unafraid to tackle topical issues of social and political importance like drug abuse, body image, racism, and the environment - 'Dinosaurs' was way ahead of it's time

The Diplomat

The Diplomat (2023)

The Diplomat

In the midst of an international crisis, Kate Wyler, a career diplomat, lands a high-profile job for which she is not suited

Disclaimer TV series

Disclaimer (2024)

Disclaimer TV series

Pyschological thriller with Cate Blanchett as a television documentary journalist whose work has been built on revealing the transgressions of long-respected institutions. Until one day, her own past catches up with her...

Disraeli TV series 1978

Disraeli (1978)

Disraeli TV series 1978

Ian McShane stars in this four-part series about the great statesman and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Dixon of Dock Green

Dixon of Dock Green (1955)

Dixon of Dock Green

George Dixon was a policeman of the old school. A dependable officer who would help old ladies cross the street and whose idea of treating juvenile delinquents was with a 'clip' round the ear. George Dixon was a 'Community Copper' before the term had even been invented.

Do Not Adjust Your Set

Do Not Adjust Your Set (1967)

Do Not Adjust Your Set

A series of crazy, zany, mad half hours of comedy for children in the late 1960s would soon develop into one of the most fondly remembered series of crazy, zany, mad half hours of comedy for adults. And now for something not so very different...

Doctor In The House

Doctor In The House (1969)

Doctor In The House

Hospital comedy based on Richard Gordon's series of books, which had previously been adapted for the cinema starting with a 1954 production starring Dirk Bogarde. New medical students arrive at St Swithin's Hospital...mayhem ensues

Doctor Who (2005)

Following the Time War, the Doctor, the last survivor of the Time Lords, is left to wander all of time and space. Along the way he/she picks up some new companions and meets some old enemies.

Dollhouse

Dollhouse (2009)

Dollhouse

A shadowy organisation works out of a futuristic laboratory where young people's identities are erased and replaced with temporary specialised memories and skills - skills required to fulfil their wealthy clients needs...

Donny and Marie TV Show

Donny & Marie (1976)

Donny and Marie TV Show

Just as Britain was about to go Punk and the Sex Pistols were about to tell us to never mind the you-know-whatevers, US television in the 1970s was producing a series dressed up with enough kitsch to sink the entire decade with clichéd, stereotypical vapidity. Thank goodness for the Brits!

Don't Ask Me

Don't Ask Me (1974)

Don't Ask Me

Science made fun, presented by a team of eccentric but knowledgeable experts answering questions sent in by viewers and demonstrated in the most outlandish way

Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23

Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 (2012)

Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23

After a naïve Midwestern girl's big city dreams are dashed in New York, she finds herself living with her worst nightmare in this hilarious, contemporary comedy about a female odd couple who are surrounded by an outrageous cast of characters.

Don't Utter A Note

Don't Utter A Note (1966)

Don't Utter A Note

Charity begins at home for Florence and Nellie when they take on ex-criminal Basher Bates as their lodger-but just who is being reformed?

Don't Wait Up tv series

Don't Wait Up (1983)

Don't Wait Up tv series

Tom Latimer is just getting his life together during the process of his divorce, so the last thing he wants is for his father, Toby, to turn up on his doorstep with the news that Tom's mother has thrown him out

Doogie Howser, M.D.

Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989)

Doogie Howser, M.D.

Possessing a genius intellect and an eidetic memory, Doogie Howser becomes a qualified doctor at the age of fourteen.

Doomwatch

Doomwatch (1970)

Doomwatch

British television series which almost immediately struck a chord in the consciousness of a viewing public which was slowly awakening to the importance of greater ecological awareness.

The Doris Day Show

The Doris Day Show (1968)

The Doris Day Show

Doris Day was one of the few successful film actresses who made a smooth transition to television and her half-hour sitcom saved her from bankruptcy.

Double Your Money

Double Your Money (1955)

Double Your Money

Hosted by the charismatic Hughie Green, Double Your Money gave away the biggest cash prize on British television in the 1950s.

Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey (2010)

Downton Abbey

Reviving global interest in British period dramas, influencing fashion and tourism, and sparking discussions on class, gender roles, and historical storytelling, Downton Abbey is a cultural phenomenon with a lasting legacy

Dr. Fiunlay's Casebook

Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962)

Dr. Fiunlay's Casebook

Based on a series of stories 'The Adventures of a Black Bag' by Dumbartonshire born novelist A. J. Cronin, Doctor Finlay's Casebook proved to be an instant hit with viewers in spite of stiff competition from US exports Dr Kildare and Ben Casey.

Dr. Kildare

Dr. Kildare (1961)

Dr. Kildare

At Blair General Hospital a young intern has to learn to deal with his surgeon mentor.