Series★ 9.01988The ContractA British spy helps a Russian scientist to defect from the Soviet Union by taking a perilous journey through the Eastern Bloc.Open details →
Series★ 5.71984Mr. Palfrey of WestminsterMr. Palfrey is a mild-mannered, but highly skilled counter-espionage agent employed by a small, unnamed department within British intelligence. He and his team tackle complex cases, often involving government cover-ups and internal affairs.Open details →
Film★ 10.01975Murder MotelA young woman looking into the disappearance of her fiance discovers that the last place he was seen was at a very strange motel.Open details →
Series★ 5.01974Churchill's PeopleChurchill's People is a British anthology series based on A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Winston Churchill's four-volume history of Britain and its former colonies. 26 episodes were produced by the BBC and initially broadcast from 30 December 1974 to 23 June 1975.Open details →
Film1974According to the RulesWhen an aging ex-IRA man is found dead, a Garda inspector suspects the involvement of his old comrade, now a powerful politician and industrialist. But pursuing the case is likely to have consequences for both the policeman and his family.Open details →
Series★ 10.01974The Carnforth PracticeA six-part BBC2 drama about the Honourable Greville Carnforth, an aristocratic solicitor based in a small village community in the Lake District.Open details →
Film1972The Folk SingerA successful folk singer and his entourage are locked down in a Belfast hotel during the Troubles, as the authorities demand he identifies himself as either a Catholic atheist or a Protestant atheist.Open details →
Film1972Carson CountryPlay set in Northern Ireland about Carson and the setting up of the Stormont Government of 1918-1920, after strong protests by the Northern Irish Protestants against Home Rule and separation from Great Britain.Open details →
Series★ 7.21971BudgieBudgie is a popular British television series starring former popstar Adam Faith which was produced by ITV company London Weekend Television and broadcast on the ITV network between 1971 and 1972. The series was created by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall . The show was produced by Verity Lambert, Rex Firkin was the Executive producer.Open details →
Series★ 5.31965BBC Play of the MonthA BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.Open details →
Series★ 7.21964Theatre 625Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time.Open details →
Story ParadeSeries★ 8.01964Story ParadeStory Parade specialized in adaptations of modern novels. It was broadcast on June 5, 1964 and repeated on August 28, 1964. The teleplay was by Terry Nation (who invented "Blake's 7" and the Daleks in Dr. Who), and Elijah Baley was played by the late Peter Cushing. It also starred John Carson John Carson as R. Daneel Olivaw and Kenneth J. Warren. The master tapes of the program were erased, however a few clips from the production have turned up in various documentaries about Isaac Asimov's work.Open details →
Film★ 6.91963Dr. Syn, Alias the ScarecrowEnglish vicar Dr. Syn becomes a scarecrow on horseback by night to thwart King George III's taxmen.Open details →
FestivalSeries★ 8.01963FestivalAn anthology of single plays offering up adaptations of either of prominent stage plays or novels.Open details →
Film★ 6.31962The DamnedAn American tourist and a troubled young woman are chased by her gang leader brother to a top secret British government facility that conducts experiments on children.Open details →
Series★ 7.41962The SaintSimon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.Open details →
Series★ 7.81961The AvengersA quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).Open details →
Series★ 7.11960MaigretBBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret, a French police detective who preferred to watch and listen in order to solve crimes. The series ran from 1960-63 on British television.Open details →
Film1957Ordeal by FireThe biggest wildfire in North American history is brought to life, revealing what it means to us today, when the people of America are still figuring out how their federal government should manage and protect federal lands. It also explores how 21st century frontier technologies and people are coping with each other and with the ancient cycles of fire in a harsh yet beautiful land.Open details →