Reviews

The Queens Champion

The Queens Champion (1958)

The Queens Champion

Loyalty and treason on the eve of the Armada in this eight-part BBC serial featuring some of television's best known names

The Queen's Gambit

The Queen's Gambit (2020)

The Queen's Gambit

American coming-of-age period drama which follows the life of an orphan chess prodigy during her quest to become an elite chess player, while struggling with emotional problems, drugs and alcohol dependency

Queer as Folk

Queer as Folk (1999)

Queer as Folk

Ground-breaking television series that chronicles the lives of three gay men living in Manchester's gay village around Canal Street. 'The Guardian' ranked the series at number 13 in their list of "The Top 50 TV Dramas of All Time".

Quiller

Quiller (1975)

Quiller

British spy series starring Michael Jayston as a covert operative who is sent on various missions across the globe to retrieve missing documentation, prevent secrets from falling into the hands of the enemy, or eliminate those whom Her Majesty's Government wishes to disappear

Quizball

Quizball! (1966)

Quizball

General knowledge quiz show featuring two sides representing a football team from the English or Scottish Leagues, as they battle it out off the pitch.

R3

R3 (1964)

R3

A group of scientists and doctors try to solve real world problems whilst dealing with issues of their own in this typical 1960's BBC drama series.

Radisson

Radisson (aka Tomahawk) (1957)

Radisson

The first major dramatic series to be filmed in Canada, Radisson starred Jacques Godin as true-to-life Pierre-Esprit Radisson a French explorer and soldier of fortune who lived between 1636-1710.

The Railway Children

The Railway Children (1968)

The Railway Children

Looking back on the fondly remembered third BBC adaptation of Edith Nesbit's classic novel of family, the thrill of adventure and the resilience of children, which has held the imagination of generations since it was first published in 1905

Rainbow

Rainbow (1972)

Rainbow

Pre-school fun, songs and learning with a dedicated hard core adult following, Rainbow ran for almost twenty years on the ITV network as a production of Thames Television.

Rainbow City

Rainbow City (1967)

Rainbow City

Ground-breaking BBC series which was the first British TV drama to feature a black actor in the lead role

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969)

Welcome to the world's most unusual detective agency. Randall and Hopkirk take on any case — dead or alive. And while Mr. Hopkirk may be deceased, he’s far from retired!

Raumpatrouille Orion

Raumpatrouille Orion (1966)

Raumpatrouille Orion

"What may sound like a fairy tale today may be tomorrow's reality." - The first German science fiction television series.

The Ravelled Thread

The Ravelled Thread (1979)

The Ravelled Thread

Set in Portsmouth in 1864, John Lucarotti’s 'The Ravelled Thread', is a story of secrets and lies and a plot that could drag England into the American Civil War.

Reacher tv series

Reacher (2022)

Reacher tv series

Amazon series based on the novels by Lee Child which follows the adventures of Jack Reacher, a former military policeman who wanders the country and gets involved in various crimes and conspiracies

Ready for the Glory

Ready for the Glory (1966)

Ready for the Glory

The rich and attractive Lady Pruella writes to a marriage bureau for a husband and a most surprising candidate turns up...

The Real Exotic Marigold Hotel

The Real Marigold Hotel (2016)

The Real Exotic Marigold Hotel

A group of pensionable aged celebrities travel to India to see if retirement there is more rewarding than in the UK. Along the way they begin to understand the gulf between rich and poor and the impact of the caste system