Two astronauts are dispatched to explore the mysteries of a duplicate Earth located on the opposite side of the Sun. Their mission is cut short by three weeks, plunging them into a perilous quest to discover if they've returned home or landed on the mirror planet
US actress Barbara Bates, who appeared in a 1962 episode of 'The Saint' had a short, troubled and tragic life which she ended herself. Andrew Cobby looks back on two of her later movies which often get an airing on British television
The film that Eric Morecambe convinced a television company to drop. Aired only after Eric's death - was it as bad as he feared? Brian Slade reassesses Night Train to Murder
Morecambe and Wise had already been written off as failures with their first series in the 1950s, and with three failed movies that didn't win over the critics the boys might well have been robbed of the comedy gold that followed in the 1970s...
As much a part of a traditional British Christmas as turkey and tinsel, Morecambe and Wise made 26 editions of their show as well as seven specials for Thames Television. Now, for the first time, their complete Thames output is available on DVD
A new BBC DVD release uncovers over four hours of never before released material of Britain's best loved comedy duo - a piece of television history restored
Vampires, Werewolves, Mummy's and all manner of creepy crawlies and magnificent monsters. Welcome to the studio that dripped blood.
Gerry Anderson products dominated the toy shelves in the 1960s. Thunderbirds proved to be the most successful, and following this huge success toy manufacturers were not about to pass up another opportunity when Captain Scarlet arrived...
Formerly known as the Museum of Television & Radio, the Paley Center for Media in New York harbours a collection of over 160,000 programmes ranging across more than 95 years of television and radio history
Like many famous entrepreneurs of his day, there were a number of comments attributed to Lew Grade. They became known as Gradisms