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After being sold to the mortician Sowerberry, young orphan Oliver Twist runs away and meets a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by their elderly mentor Fagin in 1830s London in this musical based on Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist.

A gritty drama which follows the work of the police force in the fictional town of Newtown in the North of England.

Celebrities are unexpectedly confronted with a Big Red Book containing details about their lives. They recount their life stories, with family, friends, and colleagues making guest appearances, in a studio setting.

A highly successful BBC Saturday night quiz show that ran for a decade in the '70s and '80s, first with Bruce Forsyth, then with Larry Grayson. Bruce resurrected the show in the 1990s, and was succeeded by Jim Davidson as host.

A rebellious, hard-living factory worker juggles relationships with two women, one of whom is married to another man but pregnant with his child.

Addresses some of the major 60s social issues - a bored rich London-girl from Chelsea decides to go "slumming" in depressed Battersea, getting a flat and starts factory-work and makes friends... of which one has to get an illegal abortion.

Set in Oxbridge General Hospital, this soap opera focused equally on the lives and loves of its medical staff and the pressure of their work.

Arts documentary series with concerts and experimental dramatizations.

After their father's death, Eli and Nellie Pledge inherit the family pickle business. While Nellie works hard, Eli indulges in vices. With workers like Bert and Stan, they carry on the legacy.

A rundown of the latest chart hits, featuring in-studio performances from popular music artists.

An anthology series from the U.K., from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television.

Recreation of Victorian/Edwardian variety shows with music, comedy and magic acts. Performers in period costume portray stars like Vesta Tilley. Audience in 1900s attire. Culminates with all singing "Down at the Old Bull and Bush".

Nellie Pickersgill moves to London to take over her ailing father's Chelsea pub.

Two estranged middle-aged siblings are forced back together when they inherit a pickle factory which they struggle to keep afloat due to a lack of funds and little business acumen, as they both vie for control.

British version of "Hollywood Squares" with nine celebrities of different stature arranged in a grid.

A revival of the British variety show Tonight at the London Palladium, it ran from 28 October 1973 to 28 October 1974.

Saturday night entertainment show hosted by a variety of celebrities and the great names of the time, such as The Beatles.

Documentary looking at Top Of the Pops' changing musical direction in 1978, when pop singles were slowly being replaced in the chart by disco, punk and New Wave. It looks the show's treatment of particularly punk and New Wave acts, and New Wave performers in general swallowing their pride and appearing on TotP, a show which was still seen mainly as Light Entertainment.

A young man is accused of getting a girl pregnant. Two sets of parents tussle and then they find out who really got her pregnant.

A variety show frequently featuring top talent.

Jimmy Tarbuck hosts another All Star Comedy Carnival, this time with skits from Love Thy Neighbour, Rod Hull and Emu, Nearest and Dearest, Moira Anderson, Father Dear Father, Thirty Minutes Worth, Christmas with Wogan, Wandsworth School Choir, Bob Todd, On The Buses, David Nixon, Sez Les, Tony Jacklin and The Fenn Street Gang.

Series of short plays from different regions of the British Isles.

Music-themed entertainment show for kids, featuring singing presenters, live bands, games and quizzes.

A ship - the sea.. and people. A series of plays with a twist.

The star and host of this show, taped in England, was Val Doonican, an Irishman, who along with comedians Bernard Cribbins and Bob Todd, were featured in this variety show. Both English and American stars were guests.