Reviews

A Little Princess

A Little Princess (1987)

A Little Princess

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.

Live and Kicking

Live & Kicking (1993)

Live and Kicking

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

The Liver Birds

The Liver Birds (1969)

The Liver Birds

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!

Lizzie Dripping

Lizzie Dripping (1973)

Lizzie Dripping

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.

Lockwood & Co. (2023)

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

Logan's Run

Logan's Run (1977)

Logan's Run

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

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1994)

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

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.'

Lollipop Loves Mr Mole

Lollipop Loves Mr Mole (1971)

Lollipop Loves Mr Mole

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.

London's Burning TV Series

London's Burning (1986)

London's Burning TV Series

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

The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger (1949)

The Lone Ranger

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?

The Loner tv series

The Loner (1975)

The Loner tv series

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

Lonesome Dove

Lonesome Dove (1989)

Lonesome Dove

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.

The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power

The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power (2022)

The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power

Set thousands of years before the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, The Rings of Power covers all the major events of Middle-Earth's Second Age - the forging of the Rings, the rise of the Dark Lord Sauron and the last alliance between Elves and Men

Lost Christmas

Lost Christmas (2019)

Lost Christmas

Orphaned the previous Christmas young Goose looks after his demented grandma, selling stolen goods to soft-hearted fence Frank on his Manchester estate.

Lost In Space TV Series 1965

Lost In Space (1965)

Lost In Space TV Series 1965

A colony spacecraft transporting the Robinson family to a new world is sabotaged by an infiltrating enemy agent, causing them to crash-land on a remote planet deep in uncharted space.

The Lost Room

The Lost Room (2006)

The Lost Room

A detective investigates an impossible murder scene in a mysterious motel room, which acts as a portal to any door on Earth - when his daughter is abducted, his life begins to quickly fall apart.

The Lotus Eaters

The Lotus Eaters (1972)

The Lotus Eaters

"To eat the fruit of the lotus is to lose the desire to return home. But everyone who does has a reason."

Lou Grant

Lou Grant (1977)

Lou Grant

A City Editor at a major Los Angeles newspaper goes after serious issues such as Vietnamese refugees, child abuse and gun control.

Love Hurts

Love Hurts (1992)

Love Hurts

When Tessa Piggott vows never to trust men again, she doesn't plan on meeting Frank Carver...

Michael Medwin

The Love of Mike (1960)

Michael Medwin

Mike Lane; always broke, always short of rent, always running after easy money or a hard-to-get blonde.

Love on the Dole

Love on the Dole (1967)

Love on the Dole

"I wonder how much longer us women'll take to learn that living and loving's all a damn swindle? Love's all right on the pictures, but love on the dole ain't quite the same thing."

Lovejoy

Lovejoy (1986)

Lovejoy

Roguish but loveable antique dealer who would happily fleece the unscrupulous dealers he encountered, whilst ensuring that those who had fallen victim to the sharks received what was rightfully their due.

The Lovers TV Series

The Lovers (1970)

The Lovers TV Series

According to television everybody was getting a taste of the 'permissive society' in the 1970s. Everybody, that is, except Geoffrey Bubbles Bon Bon and Beryl.

Lucifer

Lucifer (2016)

Lucifer

Lucifer Morningstar has decided he's had enough of being the dutiful servant in Hell and decides to spend some time on Earth to better understand humanity. He settles in Los Angeles - the City of Angels

Luck of the Draw

Luck of the Draw (1962)

Luck of the Draw

Accepting the luck of the draw has become the Green's family motto. But Arthur, at 28 the only unmarried one, begins to have doubts. Should he carry on as before or should he forget family tradition and give fate a definite hand?

Lucky Feller

Lucky Feller (1976)

Lucky Feller

Shorty Mepstead, a South-East Londoner who lives at home with his mum, is in love with his brother's girlfriend...