Reviews

A politician's amoral and manipulative scheme to become leader of the governing party and, thus, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Based on the BBC miniseries of the same name, House of Cards follows Francis Underwood, the politician's politician - masterful, beguiling, charismatic and ruthless

Lavish drama series set in the world of haute couture in the 1920s.

HBO's prequel to Game of Thrones going back approximately 200 years to centre on the beginning of the end of the once all-powerful dynasty

How do you get a ship in a bottle? How did a medieval knight, laden with armour, mount his horse? How do non-stick saucepans stay non-stick?

Pioneering comedy sketch show starring Terry-Thomas

Tom Howard decides to invest his skill, time and redundancy money in a run-down local boat-building yard. The decision puts a great strain on his marriage. Dubbed 'Dallas on Sea', Howards' Way was the BBC's attempt to emulate the success of the American super-soaps of the 1980s

Frankie Howerd in a series of three shows written by Eric Sykes.

Short lived but lively musical series based on The Wizard Of Oz.

Hugely popular long-running comedy series starring former stage partners Hugh Lloyd and Terry Scott as a type of modern day Laurel and Hardy double-act.

A Harley Street psychiatrist devotes his time to helping the not so well-off.

Untypical 1970s police drama set in a small provincial town. More 'Dixon of Dock Green' than 'The Sweeney'

A team of con-merchants (known as grifters) steal from the greedy. "The con is on."

Set partly on a building site, a boy (15-year old Dennis Waterman) and a girl (16-year old Judith Geeson) meet secretly in a partly-built block of flats each day after the builders leave.

The thirteen episodes of 'I, Claudius' were a masterpiece of costume and design and when shown in the USA on PBS the series single-handedly redefined the boundaries of acceptability on American television.

A US Air Force officer discovers a genie in a bottle.

Classic US domestic sitcom about and starring the incomparable Lucille Ball

Landmark TV series in which real-life cases were dramatized

Standard US sitcom that tried to reproduce the phenomenal success of I Love Lucy.

Spy thriller - the first to feature an African American alongside a white actor in a lead role.

Early Spike Milligan series featuring his usual off-the-wall madcap humour.

An inept broadcaster whose inflated sense of celebrity drives him to treachery and shameless self-promotion.

Comedy series about two construction workers who are constantly getting into dangerous situations on and off the job. Sitcom gold for the critics but prematurely cancelled by the Network. When they realised their mistake, it was too late...

Wilde's witty, elegant and absurdly funny classic with an all-star cast

The Earth has been at war with the Outspacers for many years. The fate of the planet depends on the success of a vital project headed by one man.

Improvised comedy sketch show

A widowed woman and her hapless nephew takes charge of her husband's funeral business.

The story of a crowded day in the life of a modern Russian family - a day in which a young girl falls in love, a black marketeer is trapped by police, and a few hasty words spark a teenage rebellion.

A magazine series broadcast simultaneously on TV and radio.

The misadventures of four teenage pupils at the fictional Rudge Park Comprehensive who are not exactly among the social outcasts, but nowhere near smooth enough to hang out with the cool kids