Reviews

Flickers

Flickers (1980)

Flickers

Fresh from a third-rate career in the music halls, forty-year-old Arnie Cole (Bob Hoskins) has turned movie pioneer, showing single-reel films in makeshift cinemas during the first quarter of the twentieth century.

Flight of the Heron

Flight of the Heron (1968)

Flight of the Heron

Epic period drama made by Scottish Television and based on D.K. Broster's 1925 novel centred round fictional events at the time of the non-fictional Jacobite Rebellion of 1746 and leading up to the battle of Culloden.

The Flint Street Nativity

The Flint Street Nativity (1999)

The Flint Street Nativity

Squabbles arise when a class of seven-year-olds put on a nativity play at School. Herod won't stop waving to his mum and dad and the subversive Innkeeper is determined to liven up the traditional script.

The Flintstones

The Flintstones (1960)

The Flintstones

Long before The Simpsons took American prime time by storm, a slightly less dysfunctional cartoon family blazed the trial for generation crossing animated antics.

The Flip Wilson Show

The Flip Wilson Show (1970)

The Flip Wilson Show

Ground-breaking Golden Globe and double Emmy Award-winning sketch comedy in which the star became the first black entertainer to be the host of a successful weekly variety show on network television

Flipper

Flipper (1964)

Flipper

The show that was dubbed an "aquatic Lassie" - Flipper comes to the rescue in a series of nautical adventures.

Flower of Gloster

The Flower of Gloster (1967)

Flower of Gloster

Afternoon TV series about four youngster pilot a narrow boat along the canals from North Wales to London and their adventures on Britain's inland waterways.

The Flowerpot Men

Flowerpot Men (1952)

The Flowerpot Men

Bill and Ben were the Flowerpot Men who lived in a shed at the bottom of a garden and in between their large flowerpot homes lived Little Weed.

The Flying Nun

The Flying Nun (1967)

The Flying Nun

Of all the fantasy situation comedies that aired in the 1960's, The Flying Nun was one for the books. A 90 pound Catholic nun who takes flight when the wind blows up her habit...

Follyfoot

Follyfoot (1971)

Follyfoot

One of the most ambitious children's series undertaken by an Independent Television company involved the entire reconstruction of a farmhouse and its surrounding buildings on the estate of the Earl of Harewood.

Foo Foo cartoon series

Foo Foo (1959)

Foo Foo cartoon series

Foo Foo was created for ABC Television in the UK by Halas & Batchelor, who had been producing films since 1940.

Food for Ravens

Food for Ravens (1997)

Food for Ravens

Drama profile of Aneurin Bevan, noted for his tenure as Minister of Health in Clement Atlee's government which spearheaded the creation of the National Health Service

For the Children

For the Children (1937-1946)

For the Children

Just a year after experimental BBC television began broadcasting to a few hundred homes in London, a ten-minute show called For The Children made its debut.

For the Love of Ada

For the Love of Ada (1970)

For the Love of Ada

Gentle comedy series of the boy-meets-girl variety with a unique twist in that the boy and girl in question were both in their seventies.

The Forsyte Saga

The Forsyte Saga (1967)

The Forsyte Saga

The last major British serial to be filmed in black and white...The series chronicled the saga of a London merchant family between 1879-1926.

Fortunes of War

Fortunes of War (1987)

Fortunes of War

At a cost of £6.5 million, Fortunes of War was, at the time, the most expensive BBC series ever made.

The Fosters

The Fosters (1976)

The Fosters

Originally billed as a 'sparkling new comedy series' about life in a typical south London black family, The Fosters was anything but typical, new or original.

Foundation

Foundation (2021)

Foundation

Science fiction streaming series loosely based on a series of stories by Isaac Asimov. Foundation is a complex saga of humans scattered on planets throughout the galaxy all living under the rule of the Galactic Empire

Four Feather Falls

Four Feather Falls (1960)

Four Feather Falls

Using his unique abilities to protect the townsfolk from rustlers, robbers and swindlers, sheriff Tex Tucker is the law in the frontier town of Four Feather Falls.

The Four Just Men

The Four Just Men (1959)

The Four Just Men

Loosely based on a novel by Edgar Wallace, The Four Just Men was one of the first series that mixed an all-star cast, crime-fighting adventure and exotic locations. Unfortunately, the studio that made it soon went bust...

The Four Seasons of Rosie Carr

The Four Seasons of Rosie Carr (1964)

The Four Seasons of Rosie Carr

A captivating quartet of plays, each unfolding a different chapter in the life of one remarkable woman. Spanning from the Edwardian era to the transformative 1960s, the series offers a rich portrait of resilience across decades of change

Fox (1980)

Thirteen-part series centred on the lives of the titular Fox family, who live in Clapham in South London and have gangland connections.

Foxy Lady tv series 1982

Foxy Lady (1982)

Foxy Lady tv series 1982

A female editor with no previous experience is given the task of resurrecting a failing local newspaper

Foyle's War

Foyle's War (2002)

Foyle's War

Drama series featuring a delightful mix of profiteering, black market shenanigans, and—of course—murder that unfolds against the tumultuous backdrop of World War II

Fraggle Rock

Fraggle Rock (1983)

Fraggle Rock

Children's musical fantasy about a race of creatures who live in a fantastical world in the rock under a lighthouse (UK version), below an inventors workshop (US version) below a bakery (France)

The Franchise

The Franchise (2024)

The Franchise

Satirical comedy that follows the chaotic and farcical production of a fictional superhero film and the crew of an unloved franchise who are fighting for their place in a savage and unruly cinematic universe