In a world filled with supernaturally gifted individuals called Grisha, a plucky orphan discovers that she’s the long-prophesied Saint who can liberate their world from a sinister force that’s been plaguing it for centuries
Frustrated by the rules and regulations that hampered his criminal investigations, Detective Vic Steele turns his back on Scotland Yard and the Flying Squad to set up his own private detective agency.
World-renowned writer and confirmed bachelor C.S. Lewis (Joss Ackland) receives a captivating letter from an American woman (Claire Bloom). They strike up a correspondence and over time he finds himself falling in love with her
Either trying to book a holiday or a doctor appointment, life seems to hand Peter Barnes more than his fair share of frustration.
Historical drama starring Sean Bean in the adventures of a soldier during the later years of the Napoleonic Wars, through Wellington's Peninsular campaign up to and including Waterloo.
Short-lived sitcom starring Digby Wolf before he became a regular writer on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. Early out, too, for Ronnie Corbett.
Hywel Bennett as an educated but unemployed layabout with a sardonic wit who charms his way through lies and deceit to get what he wants.
Blazing a trail of law and order in untamed Cochise County, Arizona, Sheriff Frank Morgan uses modern 1950s police methods to fight crime
A modern adaptation of the famous Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stories. Sherlock Holmes lives in 21st century London, a city filled with mystery, crime and deceit.
The first British television series featuring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's iconic master-detective was written by a celebrated film and television critic
This original BBC drama, not based on a Conan Doyle story, finds Holmes in retirement. He is drawn out by Watson after the body of a young girl is found in the Thames, asphyxiated by a silk stocking
Low budget series of the master detective.
Baker Street's famous detective starring Douglas Wilmer was slightly inclined towards the comedic...
Scottish crime drama series set against a hauntingly beautiful landscape, following DI Jimmy Perez and his team as they investigate crime within a close knit island community
The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules.
A delightfully amusing story about rural village life and the local residents, a number of whom are members of the village brass band.
Second World War drama concentrating on what happened to servicemen their families after they returned home.
Best known for her full-blooded vocal delivery in a career spanning more than 60 years, Shirley Bassey, the girl from Tiger Bay, has a longevity and status almost unsurpassed by any other major performer. In the 1970s she made two series for the BBC
Radio host is also a private investigator. Not so much a private eye - but a 'private ear.'
Based on James Clavell's novel, about a 17th century English navigator, John Blackthorne, who becomes shipwrecked off the coast of Japan and is held captive by samurai warriors, 'Shogun' is a prime example of "The Golden Age of the Miniseries."
13-part anthology series featuring Conan Doyle's non-Sherlock Holmes stories encompassing many genres, including comedy, romance, crime, medicine, and the supernatural.
Historical drama series depicting the women's suffragette movement in Britain.
This BBC Sunday Night Theatre presentation, broadcast on 15 April 1951, tells the story of two young women dispatched towards the latter part of the 19th century to introduce the Salvation Army into a bleak northern town.
When a student nurse is lethally poisoned during a routine procedure, Adam Dalgliesh has to discover which, of the many guilty secrets held by the staff and students at Nightingale House, was a strong enough motive for murder
Comedy Playhouse presentation about a man who is at odds with the world around him.
A submarine has reportedly crashed killing all 76 crew members on board. But in reality the ship, armed with a nuclear missile, has disappeared into the deep ocean. Captain Shiro Kaieda is attempting to realise his ideal world
Seven tourists arrive and gather in a deserted inn. The dinner lies half-prepared in the kitchen. Cards lie on a bridge table. A tap is running aimlessly, overflowing the bath, and yet there is not a living soul in sight.
In a ruined and toxic future, thousands live in a giant silo deep underground. After its sheriff breaks a cardinal rule and residents die mysteriously, an engineer starts to uncover shocking secrets and the truth about the silo
When a Polish schoolteacher is arrested and taken to a German labour camp, his wife has to support her three young children. But when she is arrested on a similar charge, the children are forced to live in a ruined cellar whilst depending on each other for survival.
Described as the most daring network television series of the 1990s, 'The Simpsons', the longest-running American animated series, American sitcom, and scripted primetime television series, continues to parody American culture, television, and society in general