Reviews

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

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.

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

Cartoon series for kids inspired by James Bond.

Two panels of comedians compete against each other to tell the funniest joke.

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

In an alternate version of early 19th-century England where magic, long thought to be lost, re-emerges, the reclusive Mr. Norrell and the daring Jonathan Strange join forces, leading to unforeseen and far-reaching consequences

1960s travelogue series unseen for sixty years and originally broadcast in monochrome, now restored to its original colour print

Psychological suspense, medical experimentation and science fiction, with a little murder mystery thrown in for good measure

Adapted from R.C. Sheriff's successful play, Journey's End is set against the background of life in the trenches during World War One and concentrates on a group of officers behind British lines at St. Quentin, France.

Ancient Chinese detective stories written in English by a modern Dutch diplomat.

Despite a sometimes stormy relationship with Judy Garland, CBS had found success with several television specials featuring the star. Garland, who for years had been reluctant to commit to a weekly series, saw the show as her best chance to pull herself out of severe financial difficulties.

Popular music show of the 1960s where a guest panel listened to the latest releases and predicted whether or not they'd be a 'Hit' or a 'Miss'

An old-fashioned gentleman dabbles in detective work.

Not since the 1950s, when Ethel Waters starred as a maid to the Henderson family in the ABC sitcom Beulah, had a black female been cast in a leading TV role...

Although women taking centre stage in police procedurals was nothing new, previous shows hadn't yet promoted females beyond the rank of Detective Sergeant...

A boy grows up in the wilds as an orphan when the rest of his family is killed in an airplane crash. Filmed entirely on location in Kenya, East Africa.

12 Jurors - 11 Actors: American documentary-style comedy series about a fake civil trial in which a member of the public serves on the jury case not knowing that the whole setup has been staged

Witty banter and delightful comedic situations as girl meets boy - except this is the boy who had jilted her at the altar five years previously.

Courtroom drama series based on a one-off play.

Western-style, gun-slinging U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens confronts murder, drugs, bank heists, mobsters, crime families, corrupt politicians and even his own tumultuous past – and never backs down.

Born on the same day near the turn of the century on opposite sides of the world, both men are brought together by fate and the quest of a dream. Kane and Abel battle for the success and triumph that only one man can have

Drama series that blended emotional realism with the social concerns of its time as an 'agony aunt' in a national magazine gets far too involved with the people she offers advice to

Two newly divorced women move into an apartment together.

Music, dance and comedy sketches starring Kathy Kirby from Ilford, Essex.

1960s current affairs programme

Dudley Rush is a cartoonist, but not one that is particularly thrilled about his career. At 45 years old he spends his time drawing, or putting off drawing, a newspaper strip called Barney the Bionic Bulldog.

Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced Bouquet), who spends her entire time trying to climb the local social ladder, much to the dismay of her long suffering husband Richard.

The affable American comedian made such a hit with the British public that the BBC gave him his own stand-up comedy and sketch show, which featured a host of well-known stars