Reviews

Medici Masters of Florence

Political drama set in Florence in the early fifteenth century. The Medici family, bankers of the Pope, may be the most upwardly mobile family in history. In just over a century they went from being one of a number of banking houses in Florence to supreme political power.

Medici the Magnificent

20 years after the events depicted in 'Medici: Masters of Florence,' Lorenzo - Piero's son, takes over as head of the family in order to avoid the fall of Florence

Medium

Primetime Emmy Award winning series about a mother and housewife who has psychic visions about dead people and the violence surrounding their deaths. Can she balance her family life whilst solving crime - and who is going to believe her?

Meet The Wife

Domestic sitcom about a loving married couple.

Melissa

Few television thrillers can legitimately claim classic status across multiple generations, but Melissa occupies precisely that territory. We look at the three versions of this classic tale of blackmail, murder and secrets from the 60s, 70s and 90s

Men Behaving Badly

Possibly was the defining British sitcom of the 1990s. The series unapologetically revelled in political incorrectness at a time when political correctness was increasingly common in the UK.

The Men from Room 13

Suspenseful BBC crime drama in which a secretive Scotland Yard unit plants undercover officers inside criminal gangs, inviting viewers to guess their identities as each case unfolds over gripping, cliff-hanging episodes

Merlin

Three-part miniseries that retells the legend of King Arthur from the perspective of the wizard Merlin, covering the rise and fall of Camelot

Merlin (2008)

In a realm where destiny weaves its ancient tapestry - magic lies hidden - waiting to be unleashed. Discover an epic journey where legends are born, destinies collide, and the power of friendship can change the course of kingdoms...

Mess Mates

When his ambition to skipper an ocean-going liner is scuppered, Captain Biskett has to make do with a small and battered cargo ship.

Metal Mickey

When a boy scientist creates a robot to do household chores, he is unprepared for the mayhem it causes when it comes alive.

Miami Vice

Two Miami-based cops keep law and order in a stylish, action-packed series set in the sleazy drug-infested back streets of a seemingly glamorous resort city.

Michael Bentine's Potty Time

Created, written and presented by the multi-talented Michael Bentine, Potty Time was a marvellously madcap puppet series for pre-school children that re-enacted some of the world's greatest historical events and shed new light on mysteries ancient and modern all with a unique Potty slant. Adults loved it too.

Mick and Montmorency / Jobstoppers

Children's comedy series in which two inept friends try their hands at a number of different trades - all with equally disastrous results.

Mickey Dunne

The misadventures of a gambling streetwise Cockney wide-boy who manages to survive on his wits and ‘gift of the gab’

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

A wisecracking anti-hero detective who lives tough in a tough world of murderers, kidnappers, drug dealers and extortionists.

The Middle

US sitcom set round the daily mishaps of a married woman and her semi-dysfunctional family and their attempts to survive life in general in the town of Orson, Indiana

The Midnight Men

In 1913, a naïve farmer in the Balkan states becomes involved in political intrigue, including a deadly assassination attempt

Midsomer Murders

Behind the calm of picture‑postcard English villages, the series fuses cosy mystery, dark comedy and quirky rural traditions as successive Detective Chief Inspectors unravel a continual run of killings, cementing its place as one of Britain’s most enduring detective dramas

Mighty Moments From World History

C4 comedy series in which the National Theatre of Brent act out pivotal points in history as presented by Desmond Olivier Dingle, its Founder, Artistic Director, and Chief Executive

Mike & Angelo

Long-running children's sci-fi sitcom that owed just a little to Doctor Who with its concept of an alien who arrives on Earth in a spaceship disguised as a wardrobe which acts as a portal to his own world. Oh, and there's regeneration, too...

Mike Yarwood In Persons

Mike Yarwood rose to the pinnacle of small-screen success and to this day 'Mike Yarwood In Persons' holds the record for the biggest audience for a single light entertainment broadcast.

Mill of Secrets

Simon and Amanda's holiday in Kent with their Aunt Jo becomes a thrilling adventure when they make a startling discovery in an old barn...

Millennium

A retired FBI profiler whose attempt at a new life in Seattle becomes embroiled in a battle against the darkest acts of men. A dark vision of the impending thousand-year mark combined with an exploration of evil.

The Mind Beyond

A six-part BBC anthology probing extrasensory perception, spiritualism, and the porous border between psychological disturbance and the supernatural. The Mind Beyond juxtaposes scepticism and faith, psychology and mysticism, parapsychology and folk horror

The Mind of Mr. J. G. Reeder

Based on Edgar Wallace's short stories, this classic British series introduces the mild-mannered yet razor-sharp Mr. Reeder—whose mastery of criminal psychology makes him the ultimate nemesis of London’s most devious lawbreakers

A Mind To Kill

Philip Madoc as Detective Chief Inspector Noel Bain, working for the Mid-Wales Police Department as their senior investigator for homicides.

Mind Your Language

A diverse group of international students hilariously struggles to learn English under their exasperated teacher. Despite criticism for stereotypes, it gained a cult following in countries learning English

Minder

Dodgy dealings of a wheeler and dealer and his bodyguard for hire.

Mindhunter

Step into the minds of history’s most notorious serial killers with Mindhunter on Netflix — a chilling, intelligent thriller you won’t forget