Chuck Norris stars as a member of the Texas Ranger Division, keeping law and order in the Code of the Old West - utilising his skills as a martial arts expert - of course
Post-apocalyptic horror series based on the comic book of the same name which ran for 11 seasons and inspired several spin-offs
Multi award-winning nature documentary series inspired by the film Jurassic Park - using CGI, animatronics and live-action footage to depict a time before humankind walked the Earth in the era of the dinosaur
Harold Crombie (Robert Lang) is something of a nonentity-the sort of man who merges into the background so well that even his office colleagues barely notice he's there.
BBC sitcom about two septuagenarians who refuse to grow old gracefully. Years later the same theme was revisited even more successfully by Roy Clarke in Last of the Summer Wine.
The everyday life of a family of 11 living in rural Virginia during the depression.
Three weeks after the events of Avengers: Endgame, Wanda Maximoff and Vision are living an idyllic suburban life in the town of Westview, New Jersey, trying to conceal their true natures
German TV film portraying the events of the Wannsee Conference, a meeting of senior government officials of Nazi Germany and SS leaders, held in Berlin in January 1942
The BBC's epic 1972 adaptation follows the intertwined lives of Russian aristocrats during the Napoleonic Wars, exploring love, family, war, and personal transformation through a faithful, character-driven retelling of Leo Tolstoy's timeless masterpiece
A hidden ocean civilisation rises to challenge humanity, plunging the world into panic as one man races to stop a catastrophic war between land and sea—where ancient grievances, political chaos, and fragile diplomacy decide the planet’s fate
A Chinese invasion of South Vietnam triggers a new world war between East and West. In the town of Rochester, Kent, the anticipation of a nuclear attack leads to mass evacuations. This one-off drama proved to be so controversial that the BBC, who made it, refused to broadcast it for 20 years.
For most families the 1940s consisted of air-raid shelters, the sound of ack-ack and rationing. Some people profiteered - people like Darkie Pilbeam.
"Across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us."
One of the first crime series on British television and the forerunner to today's police procedural dramas.
The final shot of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' - in which the crate containing the Ark of the Covenant is revealed as just one among thousands of crates in a huge hangarlike building - is basically the premise of Warehouse 13.
A ghostly tale in which a treasure hunter visits the English coast in search of a lost, fabled crown that supposedly helps protect Great Britain against invasion, but uncovers something much more sinister
When an orphaned teen wakes up in a morgue she discovers that a divine artefact has been embedded in her back. The powers it gives her means that she is now the Halo-Bearer for a secret sect of demon-hunting nuns
In Roman Britain, Boudica rises from cautious ally to fierce rebel after betrayal and brutality ignite vengeance—leading her people in a desperate, defiant uprising against the might of Nero’s empire
Fantasy police procedural inspired by the Discworld series. Set in a fictional city where crime has been legalized
Pre school children's programmes from the 1950s and for generations of children to come.
A young couple, who at first appear to be completely mis-matched, have an on-off relationship in this hit sitcom that ran for seven series
Set in an alternate history where masked vigilantes are treated as outlaws, Watchmen embraces the nostalgia of the original ground-breaking graphic novel of the same name while attempting to break new ground of its own.
In ancient China, at the time of the Song Dynasty, there was a cruel and corrupt government. Only the outlaws can stop them. Heroes who have been driven to live in the water margins of Liang Shan Po. Each fights tyranny with a price on his head.
A melting pot of class and race set in a challenging comprehensive school, where the day-to-day troubles of its students spill out in dramatic ways
BBC/Netflix miniseries of Richard Adams' adventure novel. Fleeing their doomed warren, a colony of rabbits struggle to find and defend a new home
Years before he was Hyacinth Bucket's hen-pecked husband, actor Clive Swift appeared as a thinking man’s detective; methodical, confident, and occasionally smug. Inspector Waugh was very much part of the groundwork on which later British crime television was built...
Britain's first rural twice-weekly soap opera centred around village life in East Anglia, seen through the experiences of local a vet. All Creatures Great and Small meets Emmerdale.
Smart, sarcastic and a little dead inside, Wednesday Addams investigates a murder spree while making new friends — and foes — at Nevermore Academy
Now regarded as a shining light of British television's golden age, The Wednesday Play is often held up as the perfect example of the impact that television had on a generation of viewers.
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Best remembered as BBC television’s Inspector Maigret, Rupert Davies led a remarkable life shaped by wartime service, imprisonment, theatre and screen work, leaving a legacy of understated craft, resilience and enduring character acting that was cut tragically short
Stylish adaptation of Homer's classic tale of the adventures of Odysseus
Australian soap opera set against the turmoil of World War II, The Sullivans follows a resilient Melbourne family navigating love, loss, and loyalty—delivering heartfelt drama, rich history, and unforgettable characters that bring a nation’s past vividly to life
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
Born on the same day near the turn of the century on opposite sides of the world, both men are brought together by fate and the quest of a dream. Kane and Abel battle for the success and triumph that only one man can have
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
Three-part miniseries that retells the legend of King Arthur from the perspective of the wizard Merlin, covering the rise and fall of Camelot
On a bitterly cold winter's day, escaped convicts Johnny and Frank take refuge in the Steptoes' freezing home, where unexpected friendships and striking parallels reveal that life in Oil Drum Lane can feel like a prison itself
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.
In the breathtaking Swiss Alps, a spirited orphan melts her stern uncle’s heart with resilience and optimism, in this faithful retelling of a beloved classic
Long before The Simpsons took American prime time by storm, a slightly less dysfunctional cartoon family blazed the trial for generation crossing animated antics.
Reviewing John Barrie’s life and career from stage actor to television favourite as Sergeant Cork, highlighting his 1964 interview, love of the North, family values, and later life lived quietly away from the spotlight
In a realm shadowed by old bloodlines and brutal honour, hedge knight Ser Duncan the Tall and enigmatic young Egg are drawn into deadly intrigue that will forge friendship, test courage, and shape legend
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.
