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."
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.
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
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
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.
A mystery writer with a chronic skin and joint disease falls into a fantasy world.
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.
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
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
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
"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."
Historical swashbuckler centered round England's great Naval hero.
A mock-reverent look at the life and career of a venerable actor - as played by Harry Enfield.
Biographical drama starring Dorothy Tutin as a 19th century nurse who accopmlished in civilian duty what Florence Nightingale did for military hospitals
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
When an astronaut is involved in a near fatal crash his body is rebuilt using cybernetics.
Six individual sitcoms that ITV hoped would produce a full series and do for them what 'Comedy Playhouse' did for the BBC.
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BBC children's series about a mischievous 12 year-old girl, Penelope Arbuckle, and her imaginary witch friend who only Penelope (and the TV audience) could see.
A suave private investigator navigates the glitz and danger of 1970s Las Vegas, with a guest cast that is a veritible Who's Who of American talent, solving crimes with charm and style in a city that never sleeps
A self-absorbed middle-class couple are preparing to take early retirement in the south of France. But when their estranged son and his wife are killed, they are forced to return to Britain to become guardians to their three troublesome grandchildren
The Cruel Necessity dramatises the 1649 trial of Charles I using much of the original courtroom dialogue, exploring Oliver Cromwell's justification for the King's execution and the moral, legal, and political consequences of this historic event
ATV's 3 hour presentation of arguably Shakespeare's most celebrated play, which emphasises the futility of the unworldly love of his seemingly perfect couple against the cold calculating worldly might of Octavius.
The Time Lords send the Doctor and Jo to the distant colony world of Uxarieus, where greedy mining interests, desperate settlers, ancient secrets and the Master's search for a devastating super-weapon threaten the planet's future
Popular Western series for kids that was made along similar lines to The Lone Ranger, The Cisco Kid and other successfully syndicated US shows of the late 1950's.
An iconic English comedienne, Hylda Baker, short in stature and with a rich Lancashire accent, became a star later in life until finally, her career came to a shuddering halt
A group of ex-Vietnam Commandos band together to form an unlikely partnership in order to assist the victims of injustice, whilst on the run themselves for a crime that they did not commit.
Carefully crafted, often gripping adaptation of one of Britain’s most respected crime writers, The Ruth Rendell Mysteries delivers a measured, thoughtful brand of storytelling that remains compelling decades on
Launched in 1969 with high hopes, Hollywood flair, and a hefty budget, this international co-production promised exotic adventure and international appeal. Riptide aimed for the stars, but sadly it splash-landed somewhere in the shallows
Drama series that blended emotional realism with the social concerns of its time as an 'agony aunt' in a national magazine gets far too involved with the people she offers advice to
Long before The Simpsons took American prime time by storm, a slightly less dysfunctional cartoon family blazed the trial for generation crossing animated antics.
