Reviews

Parkin's Patch

Parkin's Patch (1969)

Parkin's Patch

Yorkshire Television's police series was an understated, honest portrayal of a rural constable at a time when police procedurals were often less about chase scenes, and more about community. This 26-episode gem deserves a second look

Michael Parkinson

Parkinson (1971)

Michael Parkinson

The most loved interviewer in Britain, Michael Parkinson interviewed the last of Hollywood's golden greats from James Cagney to James Stewart. He introduced us to Billy Connolly and laughed along with the best of British. He crossed swords with Muhammad Ali and was attacked by "that bloody Bird."

Parks and Recreation

Parks and Recreation (2009)

Parks and Recreation

Amy Poehler gives an award-winning performance as mid-level bureaucrat Leslie Knope in this US mockumentary about public officials striving to make their Indiana town a better place.

Party of Five

Party of Five (1994)

Party of Five

Multi-award nominated and winning American drama series about the Salinger family - five youngsters who are trying to deal with the tragic loss of both parents in a car accident

Paul Temple (1979)

A successful writer of detective novels, living a wealthy life, is also a part-time private eye in this television version of a successful radio series

Peace with Terror

Peace with Terror (1963)

Peace with Terror

Frederick James Parsons is fanatical, dedicated, sincere; with his willing but slow-witted accomplice, Harry Warblow, he has planned a crime so sensational that it will surely call world-wide attention to his aims.

Peaky Blinders (2013)

Stylish, epic gangster saga centring on a gang led by fierce boss Tommy Shelby. Beginning on the lawless streets of 1920s Birmingham, Tommy sets about creating an empire for himself and his family, and stop anyone who gets in their way

Pebble Mill at One

Pebble Mill at One (1972)

Pebble Mill at One

Broadcast from the heart of the Midlands, Pebble Mill at One was the comforting hum of British life. It carved out space for informal, magazine-style broadcasting that influenced everything from This Morning to The One Show

Pennies from Heaven

Pennies from Heaven (1978)

Pennies from Heaven

Dennis Potter's remarkably innovative series about a sheet music salesman whose imagination often bursts into full song, building musical numbers around the greatest frustrations in his life.

Penny Dreadful

Penny Dreadful (2014)

Penny Dreadful

Dark, mysterious and suspenseful, featuring the most terrifying characters from classic horror literature, Penny Dreadful goes to the darkest corners of Victorian London with blood-curdling results.

The Perfect Couple

The Perfect Couple (2024)

The Perfect Couple

Nicole Kidman is a guest at a wedding weekend in Nantucket that gets disrupted when one of the guests turns up dead. Everyone is a suspect!

A Perfect Spy

A Perfect Spy (1987)

A Perfect Spy

Magnus Pym is a self-serving, unfeeling individual who leads a life of duplicity and betrayal.

Perfect Strangers

Perfect Strangers (1986)

Perfect Strangers

Can two cousins–one all-American and the other from Mediterranean Europe–share an apartment without driving each other crazy?

The Peripheral

The Peripheral (2022)

The Peripheral

Set in the future when technology has subtly altered society, a woman discovers a secret connection to an alternate reality as well as a dark future of her own

Person of Interest TV series

Person of Interest (2012)

Person of Interest TV series

A billionaire software-genius creates a Machine for the government that is designed to detect acts of terror before they can happen.

The Persuaders

The Persuaders! (1971)

The Persuaders

"Take two relatively harmless compounds, say nitro and glycerine, mix them together and you have a very potent combination."

Peter Gunn

Peter Gunn (1958)

Peter Gunn

Ground-breaking and classic US detective series that set a new standard for what a television crime drama could be. The series was a precursor to shows like ‘The Rockford Files’ and ‘Magnum, P.I.’

Peter Kay's Car Share

Peter Kay's Car Share (2015)

Peter Kay's Car Share

Supermarket employee John Redmond finds himself travelling into work with colleague Kayleigh Kitson as part of a work car share scheme. Both have different work ethics, and he is far from prepared for the impact the buddy he is paired with will have.

Peter the Great

Peter the Great (1986)

Peter the Great

3 Primetime Emmy Award-winning biopic of Peter I, Czar of Russia, from childhood in 1682 to the Great Northern War against Sweden during the 1700s

Petrocelli

Petrocelli (1974)

Petrocelli

Harvard-educated lawyer Anthony Petrocelli turns his back on the courtrooms of Manhattan for a quieter legal career in a small Arizona town, but seems to have no trouble running into his share of murderers to defend

Petticoat Junction

Petticoat Junction (1963)

Petticoat Junction

The small farming community of Hooterville provided the setting for widower Kate Bradley and her three beautiful daughters, who ran a small hotel called The Shady Rest.

Peyton Place

Peyton Place (1964)

Peyton Place

US Soap opera set in the small New England town of Peyton Place, whose quaint charm masks a complicated web of intrigue.

Phoenix Nights

Phoenix Nights (2001)

Phoenix Nights

Brian Potter and his hapless band of staff and regulars are determined to make the Phoenix Club a success no matter what.

The Photographer

The Photographer (1968)

The Photographer

The world of beautiful women and fashion photographers-what happens when a girl from the country arrives in London and finds herself out of her depth?