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The Baker Street Boys

The Baker Street Boys (1973)

The Baker Street Boys

Based on a group of street urchins whom Conan Doyle recruited on behalf of Holmes to perform various missions, take messages, search London following clues and going to places where the detective himself could not.

Baldmoney, Sneezewort, Dodder and Cloudberry

Baldmoney, Sneezewort, Dodder and Cloudberry (1975)

Baldmoney, Sneezewort, Dodder and Cloudberry

Meet the last four gnomes in England, or rather three of them. For when Baldmoney, Sneezewort and Dodder wake up under the old oak tree after a long winter sleep, they discover cloudberry is missing. The question is, should they set out on an expedition to find him? It could be very dangerous.

Banacek

Banacek (1972)

Banacek

Before he led The A-Team, George Peppard went solo in a 1970s mystery series in which he solved seemingly unsolvable cases in a very lucrative line of work

The Banana Splits

The Banana Splits (1968)

The Banana Splits

Following the demise of The Monkees, NBC put four actors into oversize animal costumes, brought in Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In dancer Byron Gillian as choreographer and threw in some Hannah-Barbera cartoons...

Band of Brothers

Band of Brothers (2001)

Band of Brothers

American war drama miniseries based on historian Stephen E. Ambrose's 1992 non-fiction book Band of Brothers. The executive producers were Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, who had collaborated on the 1998 World War II film Saving Private Ryan.

Bandwagon

Bandwagon: The Series (2010)

Bandwagon

John Winterson Richards switches from television to the Internet for a web-series he describes as, 'Possibly the Best Show You Have Never Watched'

Barbarians TV series 2020

Barbarians (2020)

Barbarians TV series 2020

Fictional account of events during the Roman Empire's occupation of Germania and one of the most decisive battles of world history

The Barchester Chronicles

The Barchester Chronicles (1982)

The Barchester Chronicles

Scandal taints the town of Barchester after the local church becomes the object of a scathing investigative report about the use of church funds.

Barlow at Large

Barlow at Large (1971)

Barlow at Large

Barlow at Large marked a bold and ambitious shift for one of British television’s most enduring and complex police characters, working as a roving investigator for the Home Office, tackling complex and often politically sensitive cases

Barnaby Jones

Barnaby Jones (1973)

Barnaby Jones

A retired private investigator returns to the field after his son is murdered while working on a case. Determined to find his son’s killer, Barnaby reopens his detective agency and is joined by his widowed daughter-in-law

Barney Miller

Barney Miller (1975)

Barney Miller

American sitcom set in a New York City Police Department police station on East 6th St in Greenwich Village.

The Baron

The Baron (1966)

The Baron

An antiques dealer works in an informal capacity as an agent for British Diplomatic Intelligence.

The Barricade

The Barricade (1963)

The Barricade

Flanders, 1918, and young Capt. Dunton deliberately orders his best friend to certain death. What has gone wrong between the two men? And will the Captain's plan succeed?

Barrier Reef

Barrier Reef (1970)

Barrier Reef

Groundbreaking drama series filmed on location in North Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef. The most expensive Australian series produced at that time and the first to feature extensive underwater colour filming

Basil Brush Show

The Basil Brush Show (1968)

Basil Brush Show

Basil Brush, the mischievous puppet raconteur, best known for his catchphrase “Boom Boom!!!”, was a British television success whose fame reached the other side of the world where he was equally loved in Australia and New Zealand

Bat Masterson

Bat Masterson (1958)

Bat Masterson

Based on the real-life exploits of William Bartholomew Masterson, a Dodge City lawman who preferred to use his wits instead of his fists and his cane instead of his Colt.

Bat Out of Hell (1966)

It's murder and intrigue most foul in this 1960s British thriller written by the prolific Francis Durbridge when the victim of a murder phones his wife after she has identified his body

Batman TV Series

Batman (1966)

Batman TV Series

Unable to secure the rights to a new television revival of the classic masked western hero the Lone Ranger, producer William Dozier instead turned his attention to another masked vigilante...

Battlestar Galactica

Battlestar Galactica (1978-2004)

Battlestar Galactica

A band of humans who, fleeing the destruction of their twelve homeworlds by the implacable cybernetic alien race the Cylons, strike out in their rag-tag fleet protected by the last surviving Battlestar, the Galactica, in search of their mythical lost colony.

Bay City Blues

Bay City Blues (1983)

Bay City Blues

Pulled from the schedules after just four episodes, Bay City Blues, created by Steve Bochco and starring Sharon Stone, was an ensemble drama which followed a minor league baseball team. The series found new life when aired on ESPN Classic

Baywatch

Baywatch (1989)

Baywatch

Action drama about lifeguards who patrol the beaches of Los Angeles County, California, and Hawaii - although it appeared to do little more than showcase the golden bodies of the cast, it became a guilty pleasure to millions

Beachcombers

The Beachcombers (1972)

Beachcombers

Immensely popular Canadian series concerning the adventures of a professional lumber salvager and his friends in British Columbia.

The Bear

The Bear (2022)

The Bear

A fine-dining chef returns home to run his family's sandwich shop after the suicide of his older brother, who left behind debts, a rundown kitchen, and an unruly staff

Beasts 1976

Beasts (1976)

Beasts 1976

Laden with suspense, drama and a thick vein of black humour Beasts presented stories of civilised man in conflict with the primal, animal side of existence.

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast (1987)

Beauty and the Beast

One of the most unusual and charming fantasy romances ever to reach prime time US screens, Beauty and the Beast was a modern day gothic romance set against the often violent, always bustling backdrop of New York City.

Becker

Becker (1999)

Becker

Ted Danson starred as John Becker, an extremely dedicated and very talented doctor, who tends to a medical practice in New York's Bronx. And while a brilliant doctor, he tends to fare rather less well in the traditional bedside manner stakes.