Alias (2001)
Relatively unknown until 2001, Jennifer Garner arrived on the TV scene with all the speed of a high velocity bullet in this explosive series
Continue ReadingRelatively unknown until 2001, Jennifer Garner arrived on the TV scene with all the speed of a high velocity bullet in this explosive series
Continue ReadingSet in the late 19th Century when the Wild West was no longer so wild and the 'frontier' had been pushed back almost as far as it would go, Alias Smith and Jones was one of US television's last great flirtations with the Cowboy genre...
Continue ReadingAnimated children's series about a time traveller who inadvertently arrives in medieval England at the court of King Arthur
Continue ReadingThe earliest television version of Lewis Caroll's fantasy masterpiece was broadcast before most people in Britain had televisions...
Continue ReadingBased quite loosely on the 1974 Oscar-winning film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, this situation comedy centered on Alice Hyatt (Linda Lavin), a widowed mother with a 12-year-old son who leave their New Jersey home to start a new life in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Unimpressed with Disney's 1951 animated version of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, Jonathan Miller was keen to develop a new version which would bring to the fore undertones of the story that had been glossed over in the often 'traditional' presentation of this classic children's tale.
Continue ReadingExcellent science fiction drama series that unflinchingly explores discrimination, exploitation and ghettoisation
Continue ReadingJames Herriot's tales of a country vet had first appeared on screen in a 1974 movie, became a TV series in 1978 and was revived successfully in 2020
Continue ReadingOne of the first TV series to poke fun at the clergy (albeit in a very gentle manner), All Gas and Gaiters is the fondly remembered sitcom that elevated Derek Nimmo to household-name status in Britain and also spawned two spin-off series as well as a radio show.
Continue ReadingBritish critics have called 'All In The Family' "a reworked, far less provocative version" of the show it was based on, BBC's 'Till Death Us Do Part'...
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