Reviews

American Gods

Based on Neil Gaiman's 2001 novel set in a hidden world where magic is real, a collection of 'Old Gods' are facing a collection of 'New Gods' - a storm is coming and nothing will ever be the same again...

American Gothic

Everything is not what it seems in Trinity, South Carolina. Sheriff Lucas Buck develops a sinister interest in Caleb. Caleb's cousin Gail tries to protect him, and Caleb's dead sister returns as an angel, warning him that Buck is an incarnation of evil

Amerika

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

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.

An Actors Life For Me

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...

An Age of Kings

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.

An Englishman's Castle

Set in an alternate history where Nazi Germany won World War II, An Englishman's Castle focuses on a soap opera writer's oblivious life under a fascist regime until a personal revelation forces him to confront the moral implications of his work

An Evening At Home

Canadian husband and wife team Bernard Braden and Barbara Kelly in domestic bliss.

"...and Humanity"

In 1958, Edith Cavell’s courageous story was brought to television for the first time, driven by actress Flora Robson’s passion to portray the heroic nurse whose wartime sacrifice had long inspired audiences and artists alike

And Mother Makes Three

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...

Andromeda

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.

The Andromeda Breakthrough

A sequel to the previous year's hit sci-fi series A for Andromeda, 'Breakthrough' follows scientists investigating a mysterious extraterrestrial signal as global catastrophe looms, while corporate forces compete to control a powerful supercomputer that could determine humanity’s fate

The Andy Griffith Show

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

Andy Pandy, with his blue and white striped suit and floppy hat, along with Teddy and Looby Loo, entertained several generations of children

Andy Robson

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.

Angel

Spinning-off from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel continued to follow the fortunes of a centuries-old vampire cursed with a conscience...

Angels

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.

Anglo Saxon Attitudes

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

Animal Magic

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.

Ann and Harold

The first televised episodic series on television, Ann and Harold followed the courtship to the eventual wedding of a society couple.

Anna Karenina

With a haunting sense of doomed romantic longing, Nicola Pagett delivers a luminous, deeply felt portrayal of Tolstoy’s tragic heroine in the BBC's definitive 1977 adaptation of Anna Karenina, often considered to be among the greatest works of literature

Anna Lee

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.

Annie Oakley

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.

Another Saturday and Sweet F.A.

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.

Antony and Cleopatra

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.

Anzacs

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.

The Aphrodite Inheritance

A man visiting Cyprus to investigate the death of his brother is soon drawn into a strange conspiracy, with the narrative twists of the 8-part serial employing various supernatural and mythological motifs

Apparitions

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

The Appleyards

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.

The Arabian Knights

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