Reviews

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.

Rag, Tag and Bobtail

Rag, Tag and Bobtail (1953)

Rag, Tag and Bobtail

Rag, Tag and Bobtail, the gentle tales of a hedgehog, mouse and rabbit, first appeared on British television in September 1953, slipping neatly into the newly named Watch with Mother cycle

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

Red Dwarf

Red Dwarf (1988)

Red Dwarf

Lost deep in space the mining vessel Red Dwarf is crewed by a cat, a hologram, a robot and the last surviving human.

Red One

Red One (2024)

Red One

After Santa Claus is kidnapped, the North Pole's Head of Security must team up with a notorious hacker in a globe-trotting, action-packed mission to save Christmas. Could this box-office failure be a festive streaming success?

Redcap

Redcap (1964)

Redcap

John Thaw starred as a Military Police Officer who investigated troops accused of crimes ranging from murder to desertion.

Redgauntlet

Redgauntlet (1970)

Redgauntlet

Redcoats versus Jacobites in an adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's romantic swashbuckler.