Reviews

SAS Rogue Heroes
2022 United Kingdom

Six-part BBC drama series based on Ben Macintyre's book of the same name, charting the creation of the famed Special Forces unit

The Scales of Justice
1962 United Kingdom

Crime and courtroom drama series originally created as a series of 'b' movies.

Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983 United States

A divorced housewife and a spy begin an unusual partnership after encountering one another in a train station in this Emmy Award winning series

The Scarf
1959 United Kingdom

After the body of a local actress has been discovered on farmland, bearing clear signs of strangulation, suspicion soon extends beyond the village widening the circle of suspicion before steadily tightening the net around one suspect

The Scarlet Pimpernel TV Series
1955 United Kingdom

Tales of English nobleman Sir Percy Blakeney whose alter-ego of The Scarlet Pimpernel was an ally to the French aristocracy facing the guillotine.

Schitt's Creek
2015 Canada

When the opulent Rose family have everything taken away from them; home, wealth, and self-esteem, they are forced to give up their luxurious lifestyles and live in a motel in an aptly named small town. Devoid of money or belongings, they are most definitely up Schitt's Creek

Scooby Doo
1969 United States

A group of teenage friends and their Great Dane travel in a bright green van solving strange and hilarious mysteries.

Scott & Bailey
2011 United Kingdom

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

Scrubs
2001 United States

Medical comedy-drama.

Scum
1991 United Kingdom

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

Sea Hunt
1957 United States

Freelance underwater troubleshooter travels the globe.

Sea of Souls
2004 United Kingdom

Parapsychologists investigate the unexplained.

Search for a Star
1964 United Kingdom

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
1951 United Kingdom

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
1986 United Kingdom

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...

The Second Coming
2003 United Kingdom

A man realises that he is the Son of God and has just a few days to avert the Apocalypse.

Second Verdict
1976 United Kingdom

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

Seconds Out
1981 United Kingdom

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)
1992 United Kingdom

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

Secret Army
1977 United Kingdom

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

The Secret Garden
1952 United Kingdom

A ten year-old orphaned girl is sent to live with an uncle she has never met.

Secret Mission
1956 United Kingdom

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 United Kingdom

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

Seinfeld
1989 United States

A show about nothing.

Send Foster
1967 United Kingdom

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
1978 United Kingdom

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

Separate But Equal
1991 United States

Two part double Emmy winning miniseries starring Hollywood legends Sidney Poitier and Burt Lancaster, depicting the landmark US Supreme Court desegregation case of public schools