Four 'posh' young women share a London flat. An unremarkable plot and a less than successful sitcom which significantly introduced Joanna Lumley to the world of sitcom and Jeremy Lloyd to producer David Croft, a meeting that would lead to the creation of Are You Being Served? the following year
Marty Feldman's series of madcap sketches only burned brightly for two series but won him the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for the Best Light Entertainment Series, and a BAFTA for Best Script
In 1964, ITV took a chance on a young Liverpudlian comedian with a quick wit and a cheeky grin by handing him his first series. It could have all gone hopelessly wrong.
One-off sketch show showcasing the comic talents of Ulrika Jonsson, written by Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer and starring Matt Lucas and David Walliams
Roger Moore in his TV series debut starred as Sir Walter Scott's 19th century hero Wilfred of Ivanhoe.
UK/US co-production of Sir Walter Scott's classic romantic novel with an all-star cast.
In the final play of Allan Prior's Blackpool trilogy, the writer decided to go for a story with a bit more of an edge to it, the theme being betting and gambling
Classic children's animation about a small green railway engine from "the top left corner of Wales"
Izeena lives in her magic tree house in a world of animal friends.
From the vaudeville circuit to a highly popular comedic career in radio, television, and film. Jack Benny was known for his comic timing and the ability to cause laughter with a pregnant pause or a single expression.
Music, quick-fire comedy and soundbites that influenced a generation of DJs
Two fictional detectives go off in search of clues to one of the world's greatest unsolved cases.
Michael Caine, in his first acting role for British television for twenty years, goes after the famous East End murderer...
Storytelling series that proved to be one of the most popular children’s programmes of all time.
Short police procedural series; the forerunner to the highly successful Z-Cars (and sometimes cited as the inspiration for it).
Doctor Who meets Mr Benn? Jamie discovers a magic carpet which takes him back in time. But who is the mysterious Mr Zed and where does he come from?
Children's cartoon series made by Cosgrove Hall about the adventures of Jamie, a small boy and his dog, Wordsworth, in a magical world called Cuckooland.
Daily Mirror comic strip heroine brought to the small screen.
A professor in criminology at Nairobi University is temporarily attached to Scotland Yard. Jango is a 'funny, scruffy geezer with glasses, a dirty raincoat, tweed hat and a twisted walking stick who is operating a one-man law business.'
A flamboyant playboy investigator and author sets off on a series of adventures.
The misadventures of the dapper but dim-witted idle millionaire Bertie Wooster and his indispensable gentleman’s gentleman, the incomparable Jeeves
Developed by ground-breaking television producer Norman Lear, The Jeffersons follows a successful African-American couple as they "move on up" from working-class Queens to a ritzy Manhattan apartment.
A sequel to the 1886 gothic novella by Robert Louis Stevenson about a respected doctor and his evil alter ego, with the main character being a modern-day descendant of Dr. Jekyll
TV investigative journalist Jemima Shore turns amateur detective to uncover blackmail and murder among the upper classes in this 1980s blend of cozy mystery and conventional crime thriller
Lavish drama series focusing on the life of Winston Churchill's mother - Lady Randolph Churchill
Children's drama series broadcast over 13 episodes from February 1973.
Jessica Jones tries to rebuild her life as a private investigator in Hell's Kitchen. Haunted by a traumatic past, the former superhero uses her gifts and her street smarts to continue her personal drive for justice.
In 1956, the BBC made Television history with a series of eight programmes on the life of Christ. Placed in the children's programmes slot on Sundays, it attracted an adult audience whose appreciation placed it, as a BBC survey showed, next to the Coronation of 1953 in national appeal.
Hanna-Barbera's animated series that followed The Flinstones - turning stone age into space age seemed a simple enough task. But how did it go down with the television audience of the day?
Though their position seems secure, thoughtful English men and women know that "their" time in India is coming to an end.