Reviews

The Dick Van Dyke Show

This much loved, top rated US comedy series from the 1960's very nearly didn't make it on the air because then CBS chief, Jim Aubrey, disliked it so intensely that he had to be persuaded by the shows sponsors, Proctor and Gamble, to put it on.

Dickens of London

The excellent scriptwriter Wolf Mankowitz has surpassed himself in 'Dickens of London', a miniseries recounting the life of Charles Dickens from early boyhood till his death.

The Dickie Henderson Show

This third series to run under the title of The Dickie Henderson Show aired on November 14 1960 and continued until March 1968 by which time Henderson had established himself as one of Britain's top all-round entertainers.

Diff'rent Strokes

Diff’rent Strokes was a sitcom created around the talents of its young star, Gary Coleman, and it was a perfect fit–and a much-needed success for a ratings-starved NBC in the late 1970's. But after the show went off the air, its three non-adult stars found life difficult...

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...

Dinner for One (Der 90. Geburtstag)

Miss Sophie has hosted the same dinner party for the same guests for a number of years, in spite of the fact that she has now outlived them all!

dinnerladies

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

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

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

Disclaimer

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...

A Discovery of Witches

A reluctant witch and enigmatic vampire are drawn together in a forbidden romance sparked by the discovery of an ancient manuscript, thrusting them into a perilous struggle against rival supernatural factions desperate to claim its secrets

Disraeli

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

The District Nurse

In a poverty-stricken Welsh mining town in the 1920s, a nurse has to fight for respect and recognition

Dix Pour Cent/Call My Agent

At a top Paris talent firm, agents scramble to keep their star clients happy and their business afloat...

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

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

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 (The Classic Series)

A mysterious 'Doctor' traps two school teachers in a time and space machine.

Doctor Who

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.

Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds

Children's cartoon series that drew from The Three Musketeers.

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 & Marie

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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