Reviews

Scott & Bailey

Scott & Bailey (2011)

Scott & Bailey

Detectives Janet Scott and Rachel Bailey tackle complex cases within the gritty world of Manchester’s Major Incident Team with unwavering determination. This isn’t your typical crime drama—it’s raw, real, and brilliantly executed

Scum

Scum (1991)

Scum

Scum, a brutal depiction of life in a British borstal, was shelved by the BBC in 1977 due to its graphic violence and political implications, remaining unaired until 1991 amid mounting controversy and debate

Search for a Star

Search for a Star (1964)

Search for a Star

1960s ITV talent show which sought to discover a star female all-round entertainer. The semi-finalists fared better than the eventual winner...

The Search Party

The Search Party (1951)

The Search Party

Another 'lost' BBC play from the early days of television. In this uproarious satire, an unhinged anarchist settles in a small Irish community, setting off a series of increasingly ridiculous events.

Season's Greetings

Season's Greetings (1986)

Season's Greetings

Alan Ayckbourn's dark, often farcical comedy about nine people who spend four days together over the Christmas period in the hope of having a pleasant family celebration together, only to find they fail dismally...

Second Verdict

Second Verdict (1976)

Second Verdict

Two fictional policemen scrutinise six real life historical murder cases and present evidence for and against the verdicts

Seconds Out

Seconds Out (1981)

Seconds Out

Sitcom set in the world of boxing starring Robert Lindsay as an amateur but promising middleweight who fails to take his career seriously, preferring to fool around in the ring, to the frustration of his manager and trainer

The Secret Agent (1992)

The Secret Agent (1992)

The Secret Agent (1992)

A meticulously detailed psychological drama in which a mostly inactive spy is ordered by his superior to carry out a terrorist act.

Secret Army

Secret Army (1977)

Secret Army

An underground Resistance movement risk life and limb in their endeavours to smuggle Allied airmen past the Nazis and return them back to Britain.

Secret Mission

Secret Mission (1956)

Secret Mission

They lived in constant danger of capture, torture and death at the hands of the Gestapo. Secret Mission, a 1950s docudrama, revealed the truth of six individual women who worked behind the lines in German occupied France

The Secret Service (1969)

Gerry Anderson's The Secret Service, which was a mixture of live-action with marionettes, was his last Supermarionation series of the 1960s, mainly because it's awful concept made for an equally awful series

Send Foster

Send Foster (1967)

Send Foster

Johnny Foster is a junior reporter on the Redstone Chronicle, a job that introduces him to some interesting people, some funny and some frightening.

Send in the Girls

Send in the Girls (1978)

Send in the Girls

Short-lived female-led series following the adventures of a group of ‘girls for hire’ as promoters for live sporting events or sales promotions, to add a bit of glamour to proceedings

The Serpent - BBC series

The Serpent (2021)

The Serpent - BBC series

The twisting, real-life story of a murderer, thief and seductive master of disguise.

The Serpent Queen

The Serpent Queen (2022)

The Serpent Queen

When Catherine de’ Medici marries into the French Valois court as a fourteen-year-old teenager, she is expected to bring in a fortune in dowry and produce heirs

Seven Deadly Sins

Seven Deadly Sins (1966)

Seven Deadly Sins

Seven self-contained plays by different writers - each featuring one of the sins categorised by the founders of the Christian Church as "deadly."

Seven Deadly Virtues

Seven Deadly Virtues (1967)

Seven Deadly Virtues

When 1966's Seven Deadly Sins proved popular with viewers, series producer Peter Willes decided to repeat the idea the following year.