Reviews

She was the Queen of Television Comedy, but Lucille Ball’s fourth and final series was an all-around disaster. What happened to the Lucy we loved?

Sitcom about a young woman's struggle to adapt to life after being left by her partner.

BBC drama serial adapted from Fay Weldon's 1983 novel about the destruction of love and the burning need for revenge when a dowdy wife discovers her husband is having an affair with a glamourous romantic novelist

Warwick Davis stars as a showbiz dwarf in this comedy written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.

Typical 1970s pop show for kids, given that 'extra something' by its enigmatic host.

A Sharply scripted comedy of character and wryly observed social change both series held a perceptively laughter gilded mirror to the changing face of the work-deprived industrial North East and of British society during the middle nineteen-sixties and early seventies.

Excellent BAFTA Award winning production about "The Jersey Lily"; a British-American socialite, actress and producer who charmed Victorian London.

A New York mobster goes into hiding in rural Lillehammer in Norway after testifying against his former associates.

American legal drama based on the books of Michael Connelly in which a defence attorney in Los Angeles works out of a chauffeur-driven Lincoln Navigator

The first television serialisation of C. S. Lewis' fantasy story for children in the magical realm of Narnia, a fantastic place where all things are possible

Dennis Potter's witty and moving musical drama that takes a nostalgic dive into 1950s Britain was among the last works of the highly acclaimed writer

Standard sitcom starring David Kossoff as a wise but stubborn furniture maker who resists his son's attempts at modernisation.

Surreal, disturbing, crossing the boundary of good taste, Little Britain features some of the most grotesque characters ever seen on television.

1950s children's puppet series

A beloved classic of American television which follows the life and adventures of the Ingalls family in the nineteenth century American Midwest

A young girl, left penniless when her father dies, is put to work as a servant in the school that he had sent her to in order to get a good education.

Six-part children's TV series with an educational theme set in Elizabethan London

Over three hours of Saturday morning children's entertainment originally presented by Andi Peters – fresh from the Broom Cupboard – and Emma Forbes, which later entered the height of its popularity when it was presented by Zoe Ball and Jamie Theakston

Two feisty flatmates navigate love, work, and friendship in 1970s Liverpool. The Liver Birds—witty, warm, and wonderfully of its time. A true British sitcom classic!

BBC children's series about a mischievous 12 year-old girl, Penelope Arbuckle, and her imaginary witch friend who only Penelope (and the TV audience) could see.

Supernatural detective thriller set in an alternate version of present-day Britain where ghosts, who are deadly to the touch, are rising from their graves

In the year 2274 the remnants of human civilization are forced to live in a dystopian society where people are killed at the age of 30. Some people, like Logan, go on the run to escape their fate

Casting a fresh look on a timeless legend, this exciting, action-packed series focused on the interpersonal dynamics and relationships that define Lois, Clark and Superman. 'The first love triangle with only two people.'

Maggie and Reg have married late in life and are now looking forward wedded bliss. But that bliss is interrupted when Reg's brother, the brash and workshy Bruce and his jumpy wife Violet, return from South Africa with nowhere to live.

The gritty reality and dark humour of a group of firefighters based at a fictional London-based fire station.

Western series in which a mysterious stranger arrives in town to be the righter of wrongs and the defender of the oppressed. Who was that masked man?

Trilogy of dark comedic plays about a man coming from nowhere, going nowhere, and about what happens to him in transit

Miniseries about a cattle drive from Texas to Montana by a small crew led by two legendary Texas Rangers. Lonesome Dove is basically a very long feature film that happened to be made for the small screen rather than the cinema. It may very well be true that it is the greatest "miniseries" ever shown on television.

Comedy sketch show in which the host poked fun at a number of British institutions

Lord Arthur Saville postpones his wedding in order to commit a murder. Which of his many relatives is to have the honour of being the victim?