Reviews

Animated children's series - it wasn't Joanna Lumley

In the breathtaking Swiss Alps, a spirited orphan melts her stern uncle’s heart with resilience and optimism, in this faithful retelling of a beloved classic

Epic drama following one family's personal and domestic life set against the backdrop of wider social and political events through twentieth-century German history

After her husband has an affair, Helen decides to go it alone with her children. But her friends and family urge her to forgive and forget. This is something Helen can't and won't do.

Cullen Bohannon has lost everything in the civil war. His wife and son have been murdered, his faith is in shreds. He is a man alone, looking for revenge.

Long running radio comedy transferred to television

One-off comedy starring Barbara Windsor

A 'Watch With Mother' classic The Herbs remains one of British children’s television’s most whimsically enchanting creations

At a time of myth and legend, when the ancient gods were petty and cruel, and they plagued mankind with suffering, only one man dared to challenge their power – Hercules.

A delightfully chaotic blend of British charm and American gloss, Here Come the Double Deckers! is a children’s television series from the early 1970s that has earned a modest but fond place in the hearts of those who remember it

Well meaning but bumbling complainer tries to take on a world of bureaucracy.

Tintin, the intrepid young reporter and his faithful dog Snowy make their TV debut

Popular cult sci-fi about a number of individuals with superhuman abilities

A retired housewife decides to become a private investigator. With assistance from a reformed shoplifter and her husband Robert, combined with her own common sense, Hetty is confident she can solve any case

Fun and laughter in a British holiday camp...

US Western series that attempted to recreate Bonanza's success

US crime drama about a single mother with an exceptional mind (IQ 160) who has an unconventional knack for solving crimes - described by Variety as 'a solid police procedural'

1950s TV police series made on a shoestring budget

An angel tries to help those in the face of adversity.

US police series based around the dangerous professional and private lives of the officers who worked out of the aging, dilapidated, Hill Street Stationhouse.

Originally aired in 1971, Wilfred Greatorex’s Hine is a bold, intelligent and deeply unsettling exploration of the international arms trade, personified through its charismatic and morally ambiguous central character

Role reversal comedy that was perhaps a little ahead of its time...

The history of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy is one of idealism, despair, struggle, passion, success, failure and enormously long lunch-breaks.

Primetime Emmy Award winning Canadian drama series that explores the rise of Nazi power during the years prior to World War II

'Lost' British sitcom which tried to recreate on television the popularity of the radio series 'The Navy Lark'

The first television adaptation of Harold Brighouse's black comedy.

The prisoners at a camp in Germany run rings around their captors

Spinning-off from Casualty, Holby City was a gripping medical drama that looked into the fate of the patients once they left A&E. The series was loved by fans but slated by professionals. Find out why in our review...

Sitcom starring Peter Davison and Patricia Hodge in which to maintain a reasonable standard of living a wife works in the Army while her husband brings up baby.

Psychological thriller starring Brigit Forsyth as a university lecturer who has become the obsession of a former fellow pupil to the point where he is attending her lectures, taking photographs of her, and following her home