Reviews

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.

Rentaghost

Rentaghost (1976)

Rentaghost

Classic British children’s comedy featuring a group of ghosts who work for a company that hire them out for various tasks, such as haunting, entertaining, or helping people

The Revenue Men

The Revenue Men (1967)

The Revenue Men

Action adventure series featuring the exploits of the men and women who work for the official government investigation department of Customs and Excise.

Rhoda

Rhoda (1974)

Rhoda

Spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show about the weight-conscious, flamboyantly fashioned best friend of Mary Richards, who leaves Minneapolis to return home to New York City.

Rhodes

Rhodes (1996)

Rhodes

8-part drama series about Cecil Rhodes, a 19th century empire-builder who became one of the world's wealthiest men. Over £10 million in the making, 'Rhodes' was largely ignored by viewers and panned by the critics.