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- StarsPeggy MountSidney JamesJohn Le MesurierColonel Maynard has a problem when it comes to housekeepers - his chauffeur. George has an eye for the ladies, and his behaviour has seen sixteen housekeepers hand in their resignations. One solution is to find somebody that he couldn't possibly fancy, and Gabrielle Dragon fits the bill perfectly.
- StarsHarry H. CorbettJune WhitfieldBob ToddCockney wide-boy, Alfred Wilcox, works as a salesman for a plastics firm. He values his independence and will take any opportunity to get to the top. As far as he is concerned, the best things in his life are the opposite sex, wealth and prosperity and he doesn't care in which order they may come.
- CreatorRex FirkinStarsAlfred LynchCyd HaymanPeter BarkworthIn 1942, British pilot Jimmy Briggs crashes his aeroplane in occupied France and immediately finds himself on the run from the Nazis.
- CreatorGraham WilliamsStarsPatrick MowerPhilip MadocBrendan PriceA small team of detectives solve crimes of a varied nature in Southampton.
- StarsJames MasonColleen MooreByron HaskinThe history of the American film industry in Hollywood during the Silent era.
- CreatorBernard KopsStarsSydney TaflerAdrienne PostaGary WarrenLively comedy/farce involving a family with a 'know it all' teenager.All episodes exist, most though in black and white.
- StarsBarry JacksonJean HeywoodDaphne HeardHorace had a learning disability, and he used to like "fish n chips for tea." It was arguably the first mainstream UK TV serial that had a person with a learning disability as the protagonist.
- StarsPeter UstinovRoy DotriceWendy HillerA rural French town attempts to erect a public urinal.
- StarsArthur HaynesNicholas ParsonsLeslie NoyesHobo Haynes and a series of other working class characters fight back against the authorities and anybody else who might look down on them. Many musical acts of the time also appear to add a little variety to proceedings.Over 100 episodes exist.
- CreatorRoy ClarkeStarsRonald FraserPatrick NewellJune JagoBasil Allenby-Johnson (Badger) returns home from Colonial Malaya to an England just emerging from the swinging sixties, an England he no longer recognizes. Each episode features a different aspect of British life,10 Episodes exist in Black and white - Ronald Frazier.
- StarsFrances DeanFrank FosterTony RandallSpectacular variety series featuring the whole nine yards, jumping dogs, trapeze acts, brass bands, vaudeville as well as contemporary singers and musicians. Hosts were the same but different line ups or episodes were made to suit each country.ITV's first colour tv variety series.
- CreatorMonica DickensStarsGillian BlakeSteve HodsonArthur EnglishYoung Dora stays with her uncle on his farm while parents travel. Uncle suggests she visit Follyfoot Farm, part of estate caring for unwanted horses. Dora finds happiness there but faces uncertainty when parents return.
- StarsVictor PlattMartin LyderMaxwell ShawAn anthology series telling different and unrelated stories of espionage set in many countries and historical periods.
- StarsCraig StevensTracy ReedPaul MaxwellMichael Strait is a high-flying photo-journalist and a real Man of the World. His business takes him to every corner of the world and every corner of society and with his eye for trouble it proves to be an irresistible combination.
- CreatorRonald ChesneyRonald WolfeStarsPeter JonesMiriam KarlinReg VarneyFenner Fashions makes women's clothing. Reg Turner (Reg Varney) is the downtrodden foreman on the shop floor. The machinists are all women, led by their union rep, Paddy Fleming (Miriam Karlin). The stories are all about the schemes the machinists get up to to make life hard for the boss, Henry Fenner (Peter Jones). The foreman's life is also made hard by the women, who have him around their little finger. Each week there is a special order to complete, and the machinists make heavy work of things.
- StarsSimon CallowJulian FellowesSuzanna HamiltonDramatized versions of true stories that shocked mainstream Victorian society.Not seen since original Transmission.
- StarsRonald LewisBarbara MurrayJanie BoothExists complete.
- StarsGeorge ColeSusan GeorgeSylvia SymsAn anthology series of TV plays with a monetary theme.Exists complete feat George Cole, Dennis Waterman, Barbara Murray and Jaqueline Pierce.
- CreatorTed WillisStarsJohn BarrieWilliam GauntCharles MorganVictorian-era whodunnit with venerable Sergeant Cork battling entrenched views in a bid to use a more scientific approach to solving cases. Trusty sidekick Bob does not always understand his methods but faithfully co-operates..
- CreatorTerry NationStarsLucy FlemingIan McCullochDenis LillA community of survivors struggle to stay alive in the wake of a global pandemic known as the Death that wiped out 99.98% of humanity.
- CreatorJerry BelsonGarry MarshallStarsTony RandallJack KlugmanAl MolinaroTwo men, a neat freak and a slob separated from their wives, have to live together despite their differences.
- StarsTom JonesThe Mike Sammes SingersSue GloverA typical variety show featuring music by both guests and the host. Interspersed were comedy segments often by Ace Trucking Company which featured rising talents Fred Williard and Patti Deutsch.
- CreatorPhilip MackieStarsWilliam MervynDonald WebsterGillian LewisChief Inspector Rose, previously seen in 'The Odd Man' and 'It's Dark Outside', has retired from the police and intends to write his memoirs - but is constantly distracted by intriguing mysteries.
- StarsWilliam MervynKeith BarronJune TobinChief Inspector Rose (William Mervyn), previously seen in 'The Odd Man' and later to have his own series, investigates off-beat cases assisted by Detective Sergeant Swift (Keith Barron).
- CreatorLee RobinsonDennis HillStarsEd DevereauxTony BonnerKen JamesSonny and his kangaroo Skippy live in Waratah National Park in New South Wales. Matt Hammond, Sonny's father is the park ranger. Skippy saves the day in many adventures.
- StarsFrank WindsorNorman BowlerDavid Lloyd Meredith1970s BBC police drama with experienced cops DCS Charlie Barlow and DS John Watt who lead a task force charged with tackling the toughest cases Thamesford has to offer.
- StarsAnthony MarloweClaire NielsonMichael QuinnThe adventures of the agents of Scotland Yard's secret undercover crime unit, dubbed "The Ghost Squad".
- CreatorFrank P. BibasStarsBoris KarloffRobert HardyHarry BartellAn anthology of horror stories hosted by actor Boris Karloff.
- CreatorRod SerlingStarsRod SerlingRobert McCordJay OverholtsOrdinary people find themselves in extraordinarily astounding situations, which they each try to solve in a remarkable manner.
- StarsAnthony QuayleKaz GarasAnneke WillsRetired Scotland Yard commissioner Adam Strange investigates bizarre mysteries in "Swinging Sixties" London.
- StarsRobert StackWalter WinchellNicholas GeorgiadeSpecial Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptable agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.
- StarsEfrem Zimbalist Jr.Philip AbbottWilliam ReynoldsThe cases of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- StarsDiane CilentoJim DaleJohn WoodnuttLondon's Newgate Prison of the 1750s was the atmospheric setting for this bawdy and boisterous series of 60-minute tales, the first four of which were run as part of Rediffusion's 'Playhouse' series. The stories featured historic antihero inmates such as Jonathan Wild, highway woman Jane Rawley, Lady Sarah Bellasize and Jack Sheppard.Granada series - Exists complete.
- CreatorIvor JayStarsPatrick O'ConnellJoanna Van GyseghemRalph NossekA well-remembered police procedural drama from the late 1960s, this show showcases the exploits of Detective Inspector Gamble (Patrick O'Connell) and his aide, Detective Sergeant Vicky Hicks (Joanna Van Gyseghem), Metropolitan officers on the trail of the con-men and fraudsters who operate at all levels of society, from boardroom to bingo hall. This show is notable for being one of the earliest British television dramas to feature a female detective in a leading role. Several storylines focus on Gamble's tangled personal life, which occasionally threatens his efforts to hunt down the sharks (and sometimes the minnows) inhabiting the murky world of international fraud. The first series features guest appearances by Michael Gambon, Paul Eddington, Martin Shaw, Andrew Sachs, Derek Fowlds and Colin Welland, amongst many others.
- CreatorBrian ClemensAnthony SkeneMichael ZagorStarsDonna MillsGary CollinsDerek Francis"Thriller" was an anthology series of self-contained episodes, with genres ranging from murder mystery to suspense to psychological and supernatural horror.
- StarsPatrick McGoohanRichard WattisLionel MurtonJohn Drake is a special operative for NATO, specializing in security assignments against any subversive element which threatened world peace.
- CreatorRoy ClarkeStarsPaul GreenwoodTony HaygarthLorraine PetersSitcom about PC Penrose, 'Rosie' to his friends, a police officer in the fictitious Yorkshire town of Ravensbay.
- StarsStefanie PowersVera MilesJulie Harris"Journey to the Unknown" was a British anthology series about everyday people finding themselves put into unusual circumstances...many of them supernatural in nature.
- StarsJohn GabrielCharles 'Bud' TingwellErik ChittyA classic anthology science fiction series which features adaptations of stories by famous authors including Isaac Asimov, J.G. Ballard, Frederik Pohl and John Wyndham.
- StarsKeith BarronJack WatsonBrian JenningsWest Country Tales was an early 1980s supernatural drama series based on real-life experiences sent in by viewers in response to a BBC appeal. Of the hundreds of letters received, 13 stories were selected and turned into TV scripts.
- StarsPhilip MadocMurray MelvinKim FortuneA strange phone call and a wallet found in an old dark house lead 3 teenagers and their dog to follow a mysterious character across London.
- CreatorRonnie TaylorStarsDavid JasonJacqueline ClarkeRichard WilsonBritish sitcom in which happy-go-lucky character Peter Barnes comically and haphazardly tries to deal with the daily frustrations his life throws at him.
- StarsJohn AldertonWanda VenthamMaurice DenhamMike Upchat is an unsuccessful novelist who lives out of a railway station locker - he has the gift of the Gab and changes his life story every episode to impress different women -basically he reinvents himself to score
- StarsLiza GoddardRichard VernonDesmond McNamaraHeavy Metal singer Nigel Cochran moves into a small English village and forms a relationship with the local classical music teacher.
- StarsJohn AldertonPauline CollinsJames BerwickCharming British comedy series starring real-life spouses Pauline Collins and John Alderton as Clara and C.D., reflecting on how they met and fell in love. Each show begins with a short dialogue, followed by the story. Clara is sweetly eccentric; each show ends with her saying "No, Honestly!"
- StarsGeorge WaringMeadows WhiteRex RobinsonDrama deals with a magistrates' court, which usually is their first encounter with the law in the U.K. The stories evolve around the types of crimes that are presented there from parking offenses to murder. We meet the variety of characters who make there way through this procedure and follow them to their fate.
- StarsPeter WheelerJoseph BerryRichard ColsonA courtroom drama in which each case is usually presented in three episodes. At the end of the third episode, a jury of "ordinary people" comes to a verdict on the evidence presented.
- StarsSidney JamesSydney TaflerRonnie BrodyIn the first series of this comedy programme, Sid James played a rather immoral man whose schemes never worked out. In the second and third series, his character became more sympathetic and well-intentioned.
- StarsJohn ThawKeith BarronJames GroutThe cases & adventures of tough Sergeant John Mann, officer of Her Majesty's Royal Military Police Special Investigation Branch.
- StarsJack WatlingPatrick WymarkNorma RonaldThe day-to-day story of a multi-million pound aerospace company, its new jet plane, its test-pilot, its workers and its ruthless and hard-nosed managing director John Wilder, the embodiment of modern, unflinching capitalism.
- DirectorJune HowsonLaurence OlivierStarsRosalind AyresJudi BowkerRoy DotriceA mill-owner's son has a weekend away with a mill-hand's daughter. The pair are caught out and their scandalised parents try to navigate the implications.
- StarsPatrick AllenTimothy WestRosalie CrutchleyThomas Gradgrind, a wealthy, retired merchant in the industrial city of Coketown, England, devotes his life to a philosophy of rationalism, self-interest, and fact. He raises his oldest children, Louisa and Tom, according to this philosophy and never allows them to engage in fanciful or imaginative pursuits.Exists complete in ITV archive.
- StarsAlan Hale Jr.Bobby ClarkEddy WallerTelevision version of the classic train story of Casey Jones, the engineer of the steam-engine powered "Cannonball Express".
- StarsIan HastingsBasil DignamAlun ArmstrongMini series about a Northumberland mining village - the daily lives of the inhabitants and the tragedies and disasters that befell them. It's a lovely story-line and very well portrayed in this series.Exists complete in ITV archive.
- CreatorRonald ChesneyRonald WolfeStarsThora HirdFreddie FrintonBarbara MillerThe humorous ups and downs of a middle-aged married couple.
- StarsJeff RawleGeorge A. CooperPamela VezeyBilly is an idealistic young man who is trapped in a boring life. He works in a tedious job in an undertaker's office with a permanently uptight employer, dates a soppy girl who fails to satisfy him emotionally or physically and lives with his parents and grandmother who stifle his personality. To forget about all of this, Billy escapes into his imagination and fantasizes his life away.
- CreatorGeoffrey LancashireStarsDiane KeenDavid RoperClare KellyThe series, which was set in 1970s and early 1980s Manchester, dealt with the comic complications that ensue when impoverished newly-weds Chris and Fliss Hawthorne take in lodger Gavin Rumsey to ease their financial problems.Exists complete in ITV archive.
- StarsBernard HeptonKen JonesAlan DavidSitcom based in the accounts office of International Rentals, a television hire company.
- StarsCharlie DrakeHenry McGeePercy HerbertIn twenty years Charlie has had a thousand jobs. Each week sees Charlie attend the Labour Exchange to try and get a new one.
- StarsLeslie PhillipsJan HoldenYolande TurnerPR man Henry loves his wife, but can't help being a serial womanizer. In order to keep his marriage together, he leads a double life, but never manages to avoid the most awkward, farcical situations imaginable.
- StarsColin CromptonBernard ManningFrank CarsonComedy turns and sing-a-long songs from a fictional working men's club, where ladies are welcome but smoking is mandatory, in the Northern city of Manchester.
- CreatorTed WillisStarsBill OwenRichard WattisJosephine TewsonExists complete in ITV archive.
- CreatorWillis HallKeith WaterhouseStarsDiana DorsTony CaunterBarrie RutterA popular North Country vehicle for Diana Dors, who starred as the indomitable and downright blunt Queenie Shepherd, drinker of light ale by the crate, owner of a stout Yorkshire accent and bitter ruler of the roost in her own castle: a tower-block named Margaret Rose House, situated in the regally named Buckingham Flats.
- DirectorLarry KentStarsJohn GavinPatricia GageAlan McRaeYoung adults Alex McDonald and Karen Sayers are living in a communal situation. Falling in love, they feel they've outgrown their current situation and want a place of their own. Unable to afford the apartment they want, they ask their respective parents for the money for at least the first month's rent. Their parents refuse. As they figure their parents have the economic power, Alex and Karen decide to get back at their parents with the only power they think they have. They decide literally and figuratively to screw their parents by sexual manipulation: Karen will seduce Alex's father Roy, and Alex will seduce Karen's mother Celia, despite each parent still being married. Alex and Karen's initial "in" is through work where Karen gets a job working as Roy's secretary in his law firm, and Alex gets a job working as Celia's gardener. The respective seductions are easy and successful. As time goes on, Alex becomes jealous of Karen's relationship with his father. Karen and Alex break up because of this situation. Roy and Karen ultimately decide to get married. Complications ensue when both sets of families end up meeting each other prior to the wedding, and each individual comes to their own conclusion with whom they're really in love.
- StarsTim BarrettVivienne MartinJoyce GrantExists complete in ITV archive.
- StarsPeter ButterworthPeter JonesMeredith EdwardsJones and Butterworth play a pair of poverty-line buskers.Exists complete in ITV archive.
- CreatorN.J. CrispGerard GlaisterStarsMarius GoringAnn MorrishVictor WindingProfessor John Hardy is a forensic scientist who works not only for the police but also for other interested parties.Most episodes exist from 1971 - 1976.
- StarsJennie LindenIan OgilvyNicholas JonesSix plays involving the various occupants of 'Seasons' (a country house) over a 150 year period.
- StarsJohn ThawPaul EddingtonBarbara Leigh-HuntAnthology series of plays about the tensions caused by doubt and mistrust.
- CreatorRobert StoreyStarsBetty MarsdenAvril AngersRoy BarracloughYorkshire tv Comedy feat Roy Barraclough - exists complete.
- StarsJudy CornwellDerek WaringFrances BennettDaphne Pegg moves out of stern Aunt Ethel's place in the North to start a new, independent life in London. Meanwhile in London, recently divorced Roland Moody looks forward to living in a place of his own. Pegg has the keys to her dream flat, and Moody has the keys to his, but there is a big catch that will throw this unlikely couple together.
- StarsPhyllis CalvertElizabeth BurgerPenelope KeithKate Graham (Phyllis Calvert) works on a popular magazine as agony column writer "Dear Monica". Sometimes (in fact most times) she cannot help getting personally involved with the desperate who write to her.
- StarsPamela MoiseiwitschJane WymarkMartin ShawAn anthology series concerning bestial horror, created by Nigel Kneale.
- StarsRobert MorleyAndrew JohnsCharles KayBritish drama about famous murder cases involving women.
- CreatorBill MacIlwraithStarsElaine StritchDonald SindenJohn SavidentAn American author hires a British butler and discovers that they are polar opposites.
- StarsBob HoskinsJohn ThawPat AshtonHouse burglar George Dobbs returns home from three years in prison to find his best friend has moved into his house with his wife. But loving them both in different ways, he doesn't have the heart to turn either of them out.