Reviews

The Rat Patrol
1966 United States

World War Two action series set in the North African desert.

Raumpatrouille Orion
1966 West Germany

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

The Ravelled Thread
1979 United Kingdom

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.

Rawhide
1959 United States

Cattlemen drive their herds across the Great Plains.

Reacher tv series
2022 United States

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
1966 United Kingdom

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

Ready Steady Go
1963 United Kingdom

Pop music show that epitomised the swinging 60s. - "The Weekend Starts Here"

The Real Ghostbusters
1986 United States

Animated spin-off to the 1984 comedy film which, at its height, was a truly excellent series

The Real Exotic Marigold Hotel
2016 United Kingdom

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
1988 United Kingdom

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
2024 United States

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
1964 United Kingdom

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

Redgauntlet
1970 United Kingdom

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

Reilly, Ace of Spies
1983 United Kingdom

Superb dramatisation of the real-life adventures of a Russian born MI6 agent.

Rejseholdet
2000 Denmark

Danish crime drama revolving around an elite mobile task force which is dispatched across Denmark to solve challenging cases

Remington Steele
1982 United States

Where mystery meets charm, and the detective’s name is as real as a unicorn’s tax return

Rentaghost
1976 United Kingdom

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

Return of the Saint
1979 United Kingdom

Simon Templar returns to the small screen in a new series of adventures.

The Revenue Men
1967 United Kingdom

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

Rhoda
1974 United States

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
1996 United Kingdom

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.

The Rifleman
1958 United States

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

Ripper Street
2012 United Kingdom

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

Ripping Yarns
1977 United Kingdom

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

Riptide
1969 Australia

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

Rise of Empires: Ottoman
2020 United States

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

Rising Damp
1974 United Kingdom

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