Reviews

Jack the Ripper

Jack The Ripper (1973)

Jack the Ripper

Two fictional detectives go off in search of clues to one of the world's greatest unsolved cases.

Kenneth Williams on Jackanory

Jackanory (1965)

Kenneth Williams on Jackanory

Storytelling series that proved to be one of the most popular children’s programmes of all time.

Jacks and Knaves TV series

Jacks and Knaves (1961)

Jacks and Knaves TV series

Short police procedural series; the forerunner to the highly successful Z-Cars (and sometimes cited as the inspiration for it).

Jamie TV Series

Jamie (1971)

Jamie TV Series

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?

Jamie and the Magic Torch

Jamie and the Magic Torch (1976)

Jamie and the Magic Torch

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.

Glynis Barber as Jane

Jane (1982)

Glynis Barber as Jane

Daily Mirror comic strip heroine brought to the small screen.

Jango

Jango (1961)

Jango

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.'

Jason King TV series

Jason King (1971)

Jason King TV series

A flamboyant playboy investigator and author sets off on a series of adventures.

Jeeves and Wooster

Jeeves and Wooster (1990)

Jeeves and Wooster

The misadventures of the dapper but dim-witted idle millionaire Bertie Wooster and his indispensable gentleman’s gentleman, the incomparable Jeeves

The Jeffersons

The Jeffersons (1975)

The Jeffersons

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.

Jekyll TV series

Jekyll (2007)

Jekyll TV series

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

Jemima Shore Investigates

Jemima Shore Investigates (1983)

Jemima Shore Investigates

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

Jessica Jones TV series

Jessica Jones (2015)

Jessica Jones TV series

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.

Jesus of Nazareth

Jesus of Nazareth (1956)

Jesus of Nazareth

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.

The Jetsons

The Jetsons (1962)

The Jetsons

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?

Jim's Inn - Ad-Mag

Jim's Inn (1955)

Jim's Inn - Ad-Mag

Early Shoppers Guide series also known as an Ad-Mag. This series and ones like it were banned by an Act of Parliament in 1963. Here we explain why.

Jo - French Detective Series

Jo (2013)

Jo - French Detective Series

English-language French police procedural concerning a veteran detective in Paris' elite Criminal Brigade. Jo St-Clair, brilliant and brutal, must outwit pathological killers to solve the most shocking murders

Joan of Arc 1999 miniseries

Joan of Arc (1999)

Joan of Arc 1999 miniseries

Two-part Emmy and Golden Globe nominated Canadian miniseries - spurred by divine voices and visions, fifteenth century teenager Joan d'Arc leads French forces against the English

Joe 90

Joe 90 (1968)

Joe 90

A nine-year old schoolboy is given the brain pattern and special skills of experts in order to carry out secret missions.

Brian Blessed as Long John Silver

John Silver's Return to Treasure Island (1986)

Brian Blessed as Long John Silver

When the Disney Channel contracted the UK ITV broadcaster HTV Wales to bring to the screen this major drama series, it realised a legacy left by Robert Louis Stevenson when he wrote his classic thriller more than a hundred years ago.

Johnny Jarvis

Johnny Jarvis (1983)

Johnny Jarvis

A stark and emotionally resonant drama, Johnny Jarvis captures the struggles of working-class youth in Thatcher-era Britain, charting friendship, disillusionment, and survival in a world offering few second chances

Jonathan Creek

Jonathan Creek (1997)

Jonathan Creek

Drama series in which a magician with a natural ability for solving seemingly impossible puzzles uses his abilities to solve the most perplexing of crimes and mysterious murders