John Quarmby

A one-episode television pilot for a proposed 1981 spin-off of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features former series...

Softly, Softly is a British television drama series, produced by the BBC and screened on BBC 1 from January 1966. It centred around the work of...

Owner Basil Fawlty, his wife Sybil, a chambermaid Polly, and Spanish waiter Manuel attempt to run their hotel amidst farcical situations and an array...

Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as...

Callan is the title of a British television series set in the murky world of espionage. Originally produced by ABC Weekend Television and later...

Doomwatch is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC, which ran on BBC 1 between 1970 and 1972. The series was set in the...

Van der Valk is a British television series that was produced by Thames Television for the ITV network. It starred Barry Foster in the title role as...

An anthology series produced by Thames Television, comprised of short mystery, suspense or crime adaptations featuring, as the title suggests,...

The series is set in a dystopian future in which Britain is under the grip of the Home Office's Department of Public Control (PCD), a tyrannically...

Written and filmed to reflect the reality of life in the Royal Navy and the Royal Marines in the 1970s, most stories focus on the Captain and his...

"Fall of Eagles" is a 13-part British television drama aired by the BBC in 1974. The series portrays historical events from 1848 to 1918, dealing...

Porridge is a British situation comedy broadcast on BBC1 from 1974 to 1977, running for three series, two Christmas specials and a feature film also...

A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a...

Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.

The BBC's answer to Dynasty, Howards' Way was launched in 1985 with an enormous 1 million pound budget. The main characters in the show were 'best...

When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice....

The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip...

Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy are evacuated from London at the beginning of the Second World War, little dreaming of the magical adventures that lie...

Children's series about a magic coin that can grant wishes.

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

A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a...

A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a...

An anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length TV movies, broadcast on BBC2 from September 1977 to April 1979.

Follows the problems of foreman Charlie Cattermole, top man Gussie Sissons, and the team of characters who are building a upmarket housing estate.

Frank Clancy goes from penniless working-class idealist in the 1930s to superstar journalist and editor in the London of the swinging '60s —...

Anthology series of plays where various disparate characters meet in the city of London.