Ten years after a bloodless Soviet takeover of the United States, leading to slave-labour camps for some, collaboration or rebellion for others, a maverick politician is released from prison hoping to end the occupation
Amos N' Andy had the distinction of being one of the longest running (since 1929) and most popular US radio shows of all time before it came to TV screens in June of 1951. It also aired in the UK on the BBC between 1954 and 1957, making it the first US sitcom shown on British television.
Robert Neilson (John Gordon-Sinclair) is an actor who dreams of being a star - alas, the best he has achieved so far is the face of Doberman Aftershave in a TV commercial...
In 1960 the BBC embarked on their most ambitious television production up until then, a fifteen-part serial adaptation of the eight sequential historical plays of William Shakespeare.
Canadian husband and wife team Bernard Braden and Barbara Kelly in domestic bliss.
Almost a direct follow on from the BBC's hugely popular Not In Front Of The Children starring Wendy Craig who was in an almost constant state of domestic discord...
After being frozen for several centuries, Dylan Hunt, the captain of the spaceship Andromeda Ascendant, is horrified to discover that the Systems Commonwealth has collapsed and the known galaxies have descended into barbarism.
Hit sitcom that stayed at the top of the ratings through its entire 8-year run. Set in small-town America where traditional values were upheld and people knew and cared for each other
Andy Pandy, with his blue and white striped suit and floppy hat, along with Teddy and Looby Loo, entertained several generations of children
Based on Frederick Grice's 1969 novel, The Courage of Andy Robson, about a young boy who is uprooted from his life in the pit community of Easington, in 1910, when his father is killed in a mining accident.
Spinning-off from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel continued to follow the fortunes of a centuries-old vampire cursed with a conscience...
Drama based at the fictitious St Angela's Hospital in London. 'Angels' was dubbed the 'Z-Cars' of nursing by some critics due to its authentic semi-documentary approach.
A disillusioned historian confronts personal guilt and academic scandal involving a faked archaeological find, while navigating fractured family ties and lost love in this post-war series that won a BAFTA
Presented by the inimitable Johnny Morris, the man who not only spoke to the animals, but also for them, Animal Magic was a firm children's favourite on BBC television for no less than 21 years.
The first televised episodic series on television, Ann and Harold followed the courtship to the eventual wedding of a society couple.
Anna Lee was a bold move by ITV in 1993 to show that not all detectives were male and in fact some were both young and female.
Television's first Western heroine was played by Gail Davis and co-starred Brad Johnson as Deputy Sheriff Lofty Craig and Jimmy Hawkins, as Annie's brother, Tagg.
Every weekend, long-suffering referee Mr. Armistead wades into the melee to try to teach two sets of testosterone-fuelled maniacs the value of restraint, justice and fair play.
ATV's 3 hour presentation of arguably Shakespeare's most celebrated play, which emphasises the futility of the unworldly love of his seemingly perfect couple against the cold calculating worldly might of Octavius.
5-part series following the lives of a group of young Australian men who enlist in the 8th Battalion of the First Australian Imperial Force in 1914.
Supernatural drama series about a priest who is working to promote candidates for sainthood and becomes drawn into the world of exorcism as he discovers a dark battle between good and evil
Transmitted once a fortnight from 1952 in the Children's Television slot, The Appleyards is generally regarded as Britain's first television soap opera-even if it was made for kids.
Animated series of stories set round the ancient city of Baghdad which is under the rule of the evil Sultan Bakaar, who has usurped the throne from the rightful inheritance of the young Prince Turham
Adult animated adventure series set amid the stark discord of twin cities - the utopian Piltover and the oppressed underground of Zaun, where two sisters fight on rival sides of a war between magic technologies and clashing convictions
When a maverick academic attends a conference in Moscow about the newly opened Soviet Archives he uncovers a secret which could change the face of Russian history forever. A riveting British TV series that will keep you on the edge of your seat
Hugely successful and long-running British sitcom set in a London department store.
Multi award-winning British documentary series produced since 1975 and voted as one of the top 50 most influential programmes of all time.
For many, Armchair Theatre was not only an essential part of Sunday night viewing in Britain throughout the 1960s, but an outstanding contributor in the history of television production.
By the time the final story of the first series was broadcast, Armchair Thriller had built up quite a following, resulting in the first episode of 'The Limbo Connection', which starred James Bolam as a man in search of his missing wife, achieving an audience in excess of 17 million viewers.
Hugely successful series from Granada TV that started in 1957 as a fortnightly live sitcom, which was moved to a weekly spot when it became so popular. The series followed the misfortunes of a mixed bag of army conscripts.