A German mercenary is hired to defend the small township of Manchester during the English Civil War.

Thomas Becket, Henry II's longtime advisor, finds his friendship with the debauched king corroding when he is unwillingly appointed as Archbishop of...

A vicious gang of crooks plan to steal the wages of a local factory, but their carefully laid plans go wrong, when the factory employs an armoured...

The Theatre of Death in Paris specialises in horror presentations. A police surgeon finds himself becoming involved in the place through his...

A Nazi scientist and a woman known as a "spider goddess" attempt to develop a nerve gas made from spider venom.

Semi-autobiographical TV play by Dennis Potter, from the BBC's 'Wednesday Play' series. It deals with the experiences of Nigel Barton, a young man...

A homely but vivacious young woman dodges the amorous attentions of her father's middle-aged employer while attempting to please her glamorously...

Several elderly friends and acquaintances in 1950s London are disturbed to receive mysterious telephone calls predicting their impending deaths...

England, 1600. Queen Elizabeth I promises Orlando, a young nobleman obsessed with poetry, that she will grant him land and fortune if he agrees to...

British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and they're right. Hysterical panic has engulfed the world...

Porridge is a British situation comedy broadcast on BBC1 from 1974 to 1977, running for three series, two Christmas specials and a feature film also...

This 8-part drama brings high romance, low treachery and magical adventure via a host of legendary characters: wise old Merlin, brave Sir Lancelot,...

Compelling crime anthology looks at some of Britain's most notorious murder trials, in which both male and female defendants stood accused of the...