Reviews

Swashbuckling historical adventure series about King Richard I.

Classic Western series starring Chuck Connors about a veteran of the American Civil War who moves to a small town after his wife dies, and tries to bring up his son with important lessons in moral values

Whitechapel in London's East End, 1889, six months after the infamous Jack the Ripper murders.

Series of individual comedies in the style of Boys Own adventure stories starring Michael Palin

Launched in 1969 with high hopes, Hollywood flair, and a hefty budget, this international co-production promised exotic adventure and international appeal. Riptide aimed for the stars, but sadly it splash-landed somewhere in the shallows

The Ottoman leader Mehmed II launches a legendary assault on the Byzantine stronghold of Constantinople, changing the course of history for centuries to come

Rigsby, as portrayed by the incomparable Leonard Rossiter, was a marvel of contradiction — sleazy, prejudiced, miserly and hopelessly deluded, particularly when it came to his amorous ambitions toward the ever-disinterested Miss Jones

Victorian detective tales.

When Riviera Police debuted it looked set to be a hit. It had all the ingredients of a light-hearted crime drama designed to dazzle: an exotic French Riviera backdrop, a cast of international detectives...so why did it flop so badly?

Hugh Laurie plays an embattled, morally questionable Tory politician who tries to leave his past behind as it may ruin his ambitions for his future. Shamelessly untroubled by guilt or remorse, he seeks to further his own agenda whilst others plot to bring him down

In the year 400 AD, a young Irish prince is determined to unite the many hostile tribes of Ireland against invasion by the Roman Empire.

Reporters search for big scoops in New York City in the 1920s

Early TV outing for Sherwood Forest's famous outlaw.

Action adventure series featuring the further adventures of Robin Hood.

Young chef opens up a bistro with his girlfriend with comic consequences.

Three women form a rock group and try to break into the big time.

Adventures of a private detective who had served time for a crime which he hadn't committed.

A delightful stop-motion animated children's series that emerged from the lush, storybook landscapes of Wales in the early 1980s. Originally titled Deri Deg in Welsh, the series later reached wider audiences with its English-language version

Bert Jones and his wife Betty live on a caravan site. They both have ideas above their station. Betty has told her mother she lives in luxury rather than squalor. Can Bert get them out of it? Not while he has a distinct aversion to working...

A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.

UK version of the popular children's programme where children were invited into the studio to play. Romper Room captivated kids from the age of 3 to 6 for 13 years on Anglia Television and had a waiting list of around a thousand kids

Ronnie Barker's first starring series was the launching-pad for a career that soon reached into the stratosphere of TV comedy

Most people are quite happy talking about life, but try to avoid living it. They need home and security so they can sit in comfort and talk about life-a roof over their mouths.

From the corridors of power to the passages frequented by lower personnel. It's them against us. And both are guaranteed laughs

US miniseries based on Alex Haley's saga of an African American Family.

US sitcom about a working class family.

The end of a summer; pale sky; white sand; a small tent - enter small, immaculate, dapper Teddy singing "By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea!" Not the beginning of a musical but of Molly Kazan's comedy Rosemary.