Reviews

Shogun

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."

Shoulder to Shoulder

Historical drama series depicting the women's suffragette movement in Britain.

Shout Aloud Salvation

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.

Shroud for a Nightingale

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

The Siege of Sydney's Street

Comedy Playhouse presentation about a man who is at odds with the world around him.

The Silent Service

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

The Silent Village

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.

Silent Witness

Few long-running dramas manage to balance grit, intelligence and emotional depth quite as effectively as Silent Witness. Now marking thirty years on television, the series has remained a compelling, if often unsettling fixture of British television

Silo

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

The Silver Sword

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.

The Simpsons

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

The Sin Shifter

A pearl trader and a priest-both fighting for the use of the same hall-one for a casino, the other for a church. Rose becomes the unwilling pawn in this battle between sacred and profane in a small Australian town.

The Singing Detective

A mystery writer with a chronic skin and joint disease falls into a fantasy world.

The Singing Ringing Tree

To win the love of a beautiful but conceited princess, the prince sets out to search for the Singing Ringing Tree which she deeply craves.

Singles

Four characters, who have been on the relationship merry-go-round time and again, are coping with the various levels of frustration that go with their single life, when their lives intertwine

Sink or Swim

Brian struggles to build a life in London from his flat above a petrol station. Things worsen when his younger brother Steve—a loud, cynical “Northern lout”—arrives, disrupting Brian’s already chaotic existence with his unruly presence and attitude

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

A 'lost' 1967 BBC2 anthology series adapting thirteen of Conan Doyle’s lesser-known tales, following Oxford acquaintances through eerie, comic, romantic, and mysterious adventures-showcasing his storytelling range beyond Sherlock Holmes

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes

"Ultimately, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes despite its production problems can be viewed as a flawed yet entertainingly successful addition to the Sherlockian television canon."

Sir Francis Drake

Historical swashbuckler centered round England's great Naval hero.

Sir Norbert Smith: A Life

A mock-reverent look at the life and career of a venerable actor - as played by Harry Enfield.

Sister Dora

Biographical drama starring Dorothy Tutin as a 19th century nurse who accopmlished in civilian duty what Florence Nightingale did for military hospitals

Sitting Pretty

One of writer John Sullivan's lesser remembered sitcoms, Sitting Pretty finds a middle-aged former 'good time girl' who has married a succession of playboys and millionaires, suddenly facing a stark reality when her unfaithful (latest) husband dies leaving her virtually penniless

6 Dates With Barker

Series of six self-contained sitcoms starring Ronnie Barker

Six-Five Special

A review of the BBC's pioneering 1950s music show for teens.

The Six Million Dollar Man

When an astronaut is involved in a near fatal crash his body is rebuilt using cybernetics.

Six of the Best

Six individual sitcoms that ITV hoped would produce a full series and do for them what 'Comedy Playhouse' did for the BBC.

Six Shades of Black

Six single plays linked by a common theme. The hero one week became the villain next week

Six Wives of Henry VIII

Lavish historical costume drama telling the story of one of the most controversial figures in British history.

Sixpenny Corner

Britain's first daily soap opera about two newlyweds running a small business no longer exists in the television archives. But we've tracked down the available information on this groundbreaking production

1670

A satirical comedy in which a zany nobleman contends with family feuds and clashes with peasants in his quest to become the most famous person in Poland