An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through...

Details the lives of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, from before their first meeting to their rise to stardom.

TV-movie version of the Victor Hugo novel.

A couple return home to find a man inside who claims to be friends with the previous homeowner. He seems a friendly at first, but all is not as it...

In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the...

production of the play by Frederick Lonsdale. Lord Grenham, a womaniser all his life, tries to mend his son's marriage and finds he might have met...

The reign of Edward II, King of England, is troubled from the start when he brings his male lover, hated by the nobles, out of exile.

A youth on the run hijacks a yacht with three children aboard.

During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a humble wayside flower), snatches French aristos...

Famed composer Gustav Mahler reflects on the tragedies of his life and failing marriage while traveling by train.

Janice Beard is a dreamer who can't seem to quite make it big. She is working in an auto design company and falls for the mailboy, but he is hiding...

An adaptation of Angela Carter's fairy tales. Young Rosaleen dreams of a village in the dark woods, where Granny tells her cautionary tales in which...

Dick Foster is adopted as a child, but has grown into a youth who causes problems and upsets.

Psychological drama about a British patrol in the Burmese jungle who fall out among themselves.

A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia. Portia's...

A married couple have their preconceptions of life tested by their guest

The Tragedy of King Richard II, by William Shakespeare. The actions and repercussions of a proud King, whose vanity and selfishness lead to his...

The brutally entitled Don't Be Like Brenda (1973) is an eight-minute lecture to young women, telling them not to be sexually promiscuous like the...

A drama following the romance between Ed, who has a reputation for treating girls badly, and Jenny, who comes to work in the factory canteen, and how...

After the end of Word War II, a lone and elusive skier from the German Mountain Troops continues to kill British Occupation Forces personnel,...

Jim Bergerac is a detective sergeant in The Foreigners Office who likes to do things his own way. While dealing with his own personal demons...

The Legend of the lost keys is an educational BBC Look and Read production, which was first aired on BBC Two on 12 January 1998, and has been shown...

The Protectors is a British television series, an action thriller created by Gerry Anderson. It was Anderson's second TV series using live actors as...

Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as...

Callan is the title of a British television series set in the murky world of espionage. Originally produced by ABC Weekend Television and later...

Adaptations of mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporary rivals in the genre.

Captain Zep – Space Detective is a British television children's series produced by the BBC between 1983 and 1984. Constructed as part drama...

Tom Brown, as a new boy at Rugby Public School, has to contend with the school's harsh discipline and accepted bullying from the older boys, the...

Three elegant murder mysteries adapted from the crime novels of Dorothy L. Sayers. Set in the 1930s, the relationship of amateur sleuth Lord Peter...

The Last Place on Earth is a 1985 Central Television seven part serial, written by Trevor Griffiths based on the book Scott and Amundsen by Roland...

The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and...

This ten episode program was based on ten short stories written by Agatha Christie but with wide-ranging themes. Some were romances, some had...

Period drama series about the brooding rivalry between former soldier Ross Poldark and local industrialist George Warleggan, and the two women in...

Modern-day interpretation of fairy tales, with a contemporary, darker twist.

Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the...

Pulaski is a British television drama series produced by the BBC in 1987. Created by Roy Clarke, the series was a parody of detective dramas centred...

After years of exile in Greece, Connie returns to England to lay claim to the family fashion business.

Jim Bergerac is a detective sergeant in The Foreigners Office who likes to do things his own way. While dealing with his own personal demons...

A French visitor to Scotland smuggles her cat into the country, sparking a terrifying outbreak of rabies which threatens to engulf an entire...

Jack the Ripper is a 1988 two-part television film/miniseries portraying a fictionalized account of the hunt for Jack the Ripper, the unidentified...

The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his...

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more...

BBC2 Playhouse is a one hour UK anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas created by Sara Pia Anderson and produced by...

Lord Peter Wimsey investigates after the novelist Harriet Vane is accused of poisoning her former lover.