Reviews

Australian series filmed in colour but only available to the UK viewing public of 1957 in black and white, The Adventures of Long John Silver was based very loosely on Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel Treasure Island.

The real-life Nelson family - Ozzie, his wife Harriet and their sons David and Ricky - played themselves in this long-running US sitcom.

Portland Bill is the keeper of the Trinity House lighthouse, on Guillermot Rock in a children's stop-motion animated series.

TV series based on one of Hollywood's biggest stars of the 1920s, Rin Tin Tin was one of two survivor of an Apache assault on a wagon train, a scenario that wasn't a million miles from the dog's true origins.

Richard Greene starred as the legendary 12th century outlaw who robbed from the rich and gave to the poor. ITV's first adventure series managed to maintain a high standard of writing, employing blacklisted Hollywood writers who wrote under various aliases.

Daniel Defoe's classic adventure story of a young Englishman's sole quest for survival on a desert island is never more memorable than in this 1964 series.

Australian series about a widowed father travelling the Southern Pacific seas with his two sons, daughter and a deckhand.

A shining example of a near flawlessly faithful adaptation of a canon of classic literary genius, Granada television's stylishly lavish series redefined the established film and TV image of the world renowned inhabitants of 221B Baker Street.

Another in the series of ITC's 'Adventures Of...' historicals. Sir Lancelot was lavishly filmed, being the first British series to be shot in colour with a view to the American market.