Peter Tinniswood

In 1901, a middle-class schoolboy whose parents are working abroad spends his summer in Bedfordshire with his great-uncle Silas. Though sixty years old, Silas relishes life—he’s a womaniser, drinker, and a poacher. At the prompting of his long-suffering housekeeper, Mrs Betts, he takes on the occasional odd job.

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Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.

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Mog was a British television comedy from 1985 and 1986 about a cat burglar living in a psychiatric hospital. It starred Enn Reitel as the title character, who is only faking insanity. It was based on Peter Tinniswood's 1970 novel of the same name. It was made for the ITV network by Central.

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Drama series about the internal tensions behind the façade of a northern English family.

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Between performances in Seaton Carew, Albie and Carla sort out their wedding, the broken tannoy, Elsie Tanner's chiropodist and whether their friend Lita should go nude with the snakes.

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A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.

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An anthology series of BBC television dramas on sexual themes. The same cast are featured in each production.

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Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.

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