Search results for "Sunday Night at the London Palladium"

Hard Times

Set in the grim fictional world of Coketown, itself inspired by the industrial north of England in the 19th century, this adaptation of Dickens' novel captures the oppressive spirit of mechanised Victorian society with extraordinary precision

Dead Like Me

After dying in a freak accident, cynical teenager George Lass becomes a grim reaper tasked with guiding souls to the afterlife while watching her fractured family cope with her death in this darkly funny, heartfelt cult drama

Triangle

The BBC’s ambitious early-1980s ferry drama Triangle pioneered location video filming but sank beneath dreadful scripts, gloomy North Sea realism and seasick performances

Jane Eyre

After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre enters service at Thornfield Hall, where Charlotte Brontë’s resilient heroine meets Edward Rochester, the brooding master she serves as governess in the BBC’s atmospheric 1963 adaptation

The New Road

Set in the Scottish Highlands of 1733, The New Road follows young Aeneas Macmaster's quest to uncover the truth about his father's death. Along General Wade's military road, he encounters intrigue, murder, romance, and a changing world

The Dark Island

Lost BBC espionage series, starring Robert Hardy, detailing the investigation of a torpedo found on the shore of an island in the Hebrides - which turns out to be no ordinary weapon of war

Children of the Stones

Matthew Brake and his astrophysicist father Adam move to Milbury, a village framed by an ancient stone circle. But all is not right in Milbury. The stones emit a strange power

Cybill

Cybill may be the closest American television has come to the spirit (and success) of the British hit Absolutely Fabulous.

The Darling Buds of May

Gentle comedy/drama set in rural Kent in the 1950s.

The Dark Side of the Sun

When a photographer dies under mysterious circumstances on Rhodes, his widow uncovers a sinister conspiracy linked to medieval secrets and supernatural forces. As she investigates, a charismatic and powerful villain draws her into a deadly battle against ancient evil

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.

Heidi

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

The Cruel Necessity

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

Doctor Who (The Classic Series)

A mysterious 'Doctor' traps two school teachers in a time and space machine.

I, Claudius

The thirteen episodes of 'I, Claudius' were a masterpiece of costume and design and when shown in the USA on PBS the series single-handedly redefined the boundaries of acceptability on American television.

dinnerladies

Working class sitcoms come few and far between, and 'dinnerladies' is one of the more relatable and bittersweet of them all.

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

Welcome to the world's most unusual detective agency. Randall and Hopkirk take on any case — dead or alive. And while Mr. Hopkirk may be deceased, he’s far from retired!

The Prisoner

Resigned British agent is captured by people unknown and taken to a mysterious village. "I am not a number, I am a free man!"

Danger Man

Patrick McGoohan starred as NATO agent John Drake a character based on Ian Fleming's James Bond

Liza of Lambeth

The BBC's 1965 adaptation of Liza of Lambeth, based on W. Somerset Maugham's experience of poverty-stricken London slum life while he was an intern at St. Thomas’s Hospital, was an ambitious attempt to bring his uncompromising first novel to television