Reviews

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

Miranda

A masterpiece of craftsmanship and the product of immense comedic literacy, Miranda showed a genuine feminist sensibility without using the f-word, maintaining its quality over 20 episodes and never getting stale.

Misery Bear

Hit Internet series of short films on the saddest, loneliest, drunkest bear in the world

The Misfit

Having returned from a colonial life in Malaya to an England he longer recognised Basil Allenby-Johnson, "the Alf Garnett of the middle classes", takes a verbal swing at feminism; permissive and undisciplined youth; age prejudice by employers; student demos; the press; and the health service.

Misfits

Blending gritty realism with dark comedy, Misfits follows a group of young offenders who gain bizarre superpowers. It's a sharp, unpredictable series that redefines the superhero genre with raw energy and biting wit

Misleading Cases

Roy Dotrice played the part of the doddering but astute eternal litigant Albert Haddock, who would enter the courtroom to debate a variety of moral issues with pleas that referred back to forgotten or outdated laws.

Miss Adventure

Hattie Jacques plays it straight as private investigator Stacey Smith, whose cases always turn out far more complicated than at first sight, and get her into some very odd situations