Reviews

Emerald Soup

Emerald Soup (1963)

Emerald Soup

In a laboratory an exciting new experiment is underway, but unexpected results occur. Three children discover that mysterious parties are interested. Can the teenagers stop the gang from leaving the country with stolen samples?

Emergency Ward 10

Emergency-Ward 10 (1957)

Emergency Ward 10

Britain's first medical soap, which was also the first of the country's twice-weekly serials, went on to become one of the nation’s best loved programmes, reaching an average audience of 16 million people a week and 24 million at its peak.

Emily in Paris

Emily in Paris (2020)

Emily in Paris

From Sex and the City creator Darren Star - an American from Chicago with a Master's in communications moves to Paris for a new job opportunity, only to find she has difficulty communicating

Emma BBC TV series

Emma (2009)

Emma BBC TV series

A four-part BBC television drama serial adaptation of Jane Austen's 1815 novel which follows the story of the "handsome, clever and rich" Emma Woodhouse

Empire Road

Empire Road (1978)

Empire Road

Depicting the lives of the African-Caribbean, East Indian and South Asian residents of a racially diverse street in the city of Birmingham, Empire Road was the first British television series to be written, acted and directed predominantly by artists of colour

Empresses in the Palace

Empresses in the Palace (2011)

Empresses in the Palace

Few television dramas manage to capture the grandeur, intrigue, and emotional devastation of imperial politics with this much finesse—a sprawling, visually sumptuous Chinese historical series that has deservedly earned its place as a cultural touchstone

Empty Nest

Empty Nest (1988)

Empty Nest

US sitcom which was a spin-off of 'The Golden Girls' tells of the day to day misadventures of a widowed paediatrician and his two adult daughters

End of Part One

End of Part One (1979)

End of Part One

Sketch show with a mixture of Pythonesque humour and satire that never really found its audience. Its writers went on to create some classic comedies.

Endeavour

Endeavour (2013)

Endeavour

First class prequel to the long-running Inspector Morse, Endeavour, which ran for 9 seasons, takes us back to Oxford in the 1960s where a young and head-strong detective constable is starting out on his career

The Enemy

The Enemy (1963)

The Enemy

A young Englishman makes many friends in Vienna, but all of them turn against him with the outbreak of the first world war. After the Armistice, he returns to find nothing but bitterness and despair.

The Enfield Haunting

The Enfield Haunting (2015)

The Enfield Haunting

Timothy Spall excels as a ghost hunter with a deep sense of loss and vulnerability, determined to prove the existence of the supernatural, in this British drama horror based on the real-life claims of ghostly activity at a residential property

The English 2022 TV series

The English (2022)

The English 2022 TV series

In 1890, Lady Cornelia Locke (Emily Blunt), arrives at a remote hostelry in Kansas from England, on the trail of the man she holds responsible for her son’s death

The Enigma Files

The Enigma Files (1980)

The Enigma Files

Gripping British crime drama following Detective Nick Lewis as he investigates unsolved cases buried in police archives. With suspense, intrigue, and compelling performances, the Enigma Files delivered classic detective thrills

Ennal's Point

Ennal's Point (1982)

Ennal's Point

Six-part BBC2 series about the professional and personal lives of a Welsh lifeboat crew and their tight-knit community in a small seaside village which was adapted from a novel by Alun Richards and starred Philip Madoc and Glyn Owen

Entertaining Mr Sloane

Entertaining Mr Sloane (1968)

Entertaining Mr Sloane

A handsome, sexy and completely amoral young man, joins Kath's household as a lodger and proceeds to manipulate her and her brother. Joe Orton's play made its television debut almost a year after the author was bludgeoned to death by his partner.

Episodes TV show

Episodes (2011)

Episodes TV show

Two British TV writers - Sean and Beverly, played by Stephen Mangan and Tamsin Greig, move to Hollywood to remake their successful British sitcom. But when the network wants to change the format and cast Matt LeBlanc in the lead role, Beverly is less than impressed.

The Equalizer

The Equalizer (1985)

The Equalizer

After retiring from a life of espionage Robert McCall goes into business as a private investigator - a modern-day Robin Hood acting as a righter of wrongs.

ER TV series

ER (1994)

ER TV series

ER first hit the television screens with all the speed and force of an express train in 1994, and immediately earned the label of 'rock 'em - sock 'em' television, hardly giving the viewer a chance to catch breath as each story-line unfolded.

Eric Barker

The Eric Barker Half Hour (1951)

Eric Barker

"He was a pioneer", wrote Nicholas Parsons, "the first person to do 'topical satire' on television, but as the phrase had not yet been coined, and as the sketches were part of conventional variety shows, he never received the credit he deserved for originality."

Errol Flynn Theatre

Errol Flynn Theatre (1956)

Errol Flynn Theatre

British-produced anthology series along similar lines to Douglas Fairbanks Presents; both were made to cash in on the growing US and British television markets.

Escape Into Night

Escape Into Night (1972)

Escape Into Night

Escape Into Night is a haunting story full of vivid images that were probably the cause of many a nightmare back in April 1972.

The Escape of R.D.7 (1961)

When a scientist’s almost fanatical devotion to a vaccine project brings her into collision with orthodox authority and there is a threat to put an end to her experiments, she rebels and continues on her own…with devastating consequences

Everybody Loves Raymond

Everybody Loves Raymond (1996)

Everybody Loves Raymond

To the rest of the world Ray Barone seemingly has it all - he's a successful sportswriter with a wonderful wife, a beautiful family, and a nice house. And if that wasn't enough, everybody loves him!

Everyman

Everyman (1947)

Everyman

A modern adaptation of the 15th/16th century morality tale The Somonyng of Everyman

Evil Roy Slade

Evil Roy Slade (1972)

Evil Roy Slade

The meanest villain in the West falls for a pretty schoolteacher and tries to change his ways. A forgotten television movie that might possibly have been the inspiration for 'Blazing Saddles'

Executive Stress

Executive Stress (1986)

Executive Stress

Two of British comedy's most popular stars came together for this highly original and cleverly written series.

Exile TV Drama

Exile (2011)

Exile TV Drama

Emotional drama about living with the effects and heartbreak of Alzheimer's

The Expanse

The Expanse (2015)

The Expanse

Hundreds of years in the future the solar system has been colonized by humanity. A disparate band of protagonists place themselves between the political tension of a cold war and unravel the single greatest conspiracy of all time