Two British TV writers - Sean and Beverly, played by Stephen Mangan and Tamsin Greig, move to Hollywood to remake their successful British sitcom. But when the network wants to change the format and cast Matt LeBlanc in the lead role, Beverly is less than impressed.
After retiring from a life of espionage Robert McCall goes into business as a private investigator - a modern-day Robin Hood acting as a righter of wrongs.
ER first hit the television screens with all the speed and force of an express train in 1994, and immediately earned the label of 'rock 'em - sock 'em' television, hardly giving the viewer a chance to catch breath as each story-line unfolded.
"He was a pioneer", wrote Nicholas Parsons, "the first person to do 'topical satire' on television, but as the phrase had not yet been coined, and as the sketches were part of conventional variety shows, he never received the credit he deserved for originality."
British-produced anthology series along similar lines to Douglas Fairbanks Presents; both were made to cash in on the growing US and British television markets.
Escape Into Night is a haunting story full of vivid images that were probably the cause of many a nightmare back in April 1972.
Although very popular in its day this BBC sitcom now seems to be curiously overlooked.
To the rest of the world Ray Barone seemingly has it all - he's a successful sportswriter with a wonderful wife, a beautiful family, and a nice house. And if that wasn't enough, everybody loves him!
A modern adaptation of the 15th/16th century morality tale The Somonyng of Everyman
The meanest villain in the West falls for a pretty schoolteacher and tries to change his ways. A forgotten television movie that might possibly have been the inspiration for 'Blazing Saddles'