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Dad TV series

Dad (1997)

Dad TV series

A brilliantly crafted and subversive sitcom, written by 2point4 Children writer Andrew Marshall, Dad centres on the generation gap relationship between father and son.

Daddy Kiss It Better

Daddy Kiss It Better (1968)

Daddy Kiss It Better

Television play about a married couple who's marriage is falling apart, written by one of British theatre's greatest writers of the last 60 years, that was broadcast on Yorkshire Television's opening night in July 1968

Dad's Army

Dad's Army (1968)

Dad's Army

"If the quality of the writing was a major factor in Dad's Army's resounding success, then that quality was more than matched by a cast which not so much interpreted the writing, as physically embodied it."

Daisy Jones and the Six

Daisy Jones and the Six (2023)

Daisy Jones and the Six

Set in the Los Angeles music scene of the late 1970s, the series charts the ups and downs of a fictional rock band, partly inspired by Fleetwood Mac, through a documentary style series of interviews

Daktari

Daktari (1966)

Daktari

"The real stars of the series were Clarence the lion and Judy the chimpanzee."

Dalgliesh

Dalgliesh (1983)

Dalgliesh

"More Morse than Regan, Dalgliesh is an intensely cerebral and private person who writes poetry, lives in an expensive flat above the Thames at Queenhithe and drives a Jaguar."

Dalziel and Pascoe

Dalziel and Pascoe (1996)

Dalziel and Pascoe

A successful police drama that aired for 12 series on BBC One from 1996 to 2007. However, if it had stayed on ITV when initially produced as a three-part miniseries titled A Pinch of Snuff, it might have only been remembered as an abject failure

Dan August

Dan August (1970)

Dan August

Whilst it may not have been the most popular TV series of 1970 (cancelled after one season) Dan August can boast of having launched one actor on his path to superstardom...oh, and some of those guest stars...