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The quintessential quickfire stand-up comedy show, The Comedians is one of the great successes of ITV - lasting from 1971 until 1993 and making household names of many of its stars. With routines that were honed to perfe…

Slordig, sluw, maar uiterst sympathiek - dat is William, Richmal Crompton's beroemde fictieve schooljongen wiens avonturen generaties lang hebben verrukt. In deze definitieve productie van de verhalen, gemaakt tussen 197…

A milestone in television comedy, Spitting Image lifted satire to a new level for over a decade through the 1980s and '90s.

In Bangkok leven een corpulente Europese man en een jonge, zwangere Thaise vrouw in bijna stilte samen. Zijn grote lichaam staat in contrast met haar kleine gestalte. Hij geeft haar cadeautjes - ze heeft een groeiende co…

Tim Pigott-Smith (The Vice) stars as John Stafford, a newly promoted Chief Constable, in this police procedural drama series with a difference. The Chief shows a police force undergoing a culture change, as the outspoken…

Local news reporter Chris Hawthorne (David Roper) and his wife, Fliss (Diane Keen), live a simple but contented life with their twin babies and few material possessions, punctuated by occasional visit from Fliss’s mum, C…

William Blood is Mr. Normal, yet he is also a rather strange man. He has an inability to worry, and an inability to become ill, enabling him to make his living as a human guinea pig. One assignment, from the Common Cold…

The fifth series of The Comedians displays some of the comedy talent of the time (1970). The first recorded stand up, we see the comedians doing what they do best.

Meet the Larkins - the put-upon but crafty Alf (BAFTA winner David Kossoff – The Mouse that Roared), his domineering wife, Ada (Peggy Mount - You’re Only Young Twice), aimless son Eddie (Shaun O’Riordan), daughter Joyce…

On the morning of an unwanted marriage, the bride, Annette, runs away to Paris. On the train she is robbed and all her money is stolen – but as fortune would have it, she meets a wealthy passenger, Max, who allows her to…

Nick Condon (James Cagney), an American newspaper reporter working in Tokyo during the 1930s, refuses to toe the official line on the expansionist policies of the anti-democratic Imperialist government. Realising that Co…

Oldshaw, 1929; when you could enjoy a night out at the Theatre Royal, a pint in the interval, a hot pie on the way home – and still have change from a shilling. You could also have an argument with a brewer’s dray and en…

THE RIVALS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES is a British TV series based on the adventures of a string of fictional detectives, such as Lady Molly of Scotland Yard, Dr. Thorndyke and Carnacki. All of them are literary contemporaries o…

Hoofdinspecteur Neil Bain leidt een team moordonderzoekers terwijl hij een tienerdochter probeert op te voeden. Bevat alle afleveringen van de eerste serie.

THE BILL is een langlopende dramaserie over het dagelijks leven en de strubbelingen van agenten op het fictieve Londense East End politiebureau Sun Hill.

Within These Walls offered an authentic portrayal of day-to-day prison life, as well as the progress of the penal system, reflecting the shift from a Victorian ethos of punishment to an emphasis upon rehabilitation. Focu…

Within These Walls offered an authentic portrayal of day-to-day prison life, as well as the progress of the penal system, reflecting the shift from a Victorian ethos of punishment to an emphasis upon rehabilitation. Focu…

BAFTA-nominated comedy After Henry follows the comfortable middle-class lives of three women – except that, for one of them, life isn’t all that comfortable… Sarah has been left well provided-for by her late husband but,…

A cultural icon, consummate interviewer and guiding light behind some of the most popular documentaries ever made, Alan Whicker’s quiet brand of incisive, insightful television journalism has enthralled audiences for the…

Peter Jones (The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) and Miriam Karlin star as Harold Fenner - the much put-upon proprietor of Fenner Fashions - and Paddy, his ever-so-militant trade union shop steward, in a comedy that’s…