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- Set in 1943 Scotland during World War II, Janie is a young housewife married to a man named Dougal, 15 years her senior. As part of a war rehabilitation program, Janie and Dougal welcome three Italian P.O.W.'s to work on their farm and Janie soon falls in love and enters into a doomed affair with one of the Italians named Luigi.
- Tales of Scotland Yard centering on a detective team. A sort of halfway house between "Dixon of Dock Green" and "'Z' Cars." The detectives are still 1950s-style with good elocution and authoritative manner. A range of classic cases but gritty it isn't. Each case centres on one crime and one criminal.
- Anthology series of dramatic works.
- A long-running ITV talent show hosted by Hughie Green, providing showcases for names such as Paul Daniels and Frank Carson. The series was revived on the BBC in the 1980s, hosted by Bob Monkhouse and former winner Les Dawson.
- Quiz show in which every time a contestant answers a question correctly on their chosen subject their prize money doubles, starting at £1 upto £32. If they get a question wrong however they lose everything. The best player then goes on to a £1000 Treasure Trail.
- A long-running talent show that introduced viewers to acts including Showaddywaddy, Lenny Henry and Marti Caine. Caine would eventually return as host of a revival series in the 1980s.
- Things are not going well on the mining planet Ordessa: the conditions are awful, the workers are disgruntled and the management is cracking down by using killer security robots. Only the underground resistance movement, led by Lorca, has a chance of turning around the brutal regime, but the management has hired Danny the bounty hunter to track down him and his followers. Will any of them stand a chance against the brutal hunter and his robot assistants?
- Originally a Midlands-only "links" programme presented by Chris Tarrant and John Asher, Tiswas is chiefly remembered for evolving into a nationally broadcast comedy show with Chris joined by Sally James, Bob Carolgees and Lenny Henry.
- Written by and starring The Goodies' Tim Brooke-Taylor, Monty Python's Graham Chapman and John Cleese, and comedy legend Marty Feldman, "At Last the 1948 Show" is a groundbreaking, splendidly silly and surreal sketch comedy series.
- The adventures of Richard Crane, cafe owner & part-time smuggler, around the coast of Morocco, aided (and sometimes abetted) by his ex-Foreign Legion sidekick Orlando, waitress Halina, and local cop Colonel Mahmoud.
- Short comedy sketches performed by an ensemble cast accompanied by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, an eccentric English group featuring Neil Innes and fronted by Vivian Stanshall.
- London based British Rock/Pop tv show broadcast every Friday night during its run until 23/12/1966. Presented by Keith Fordyce & Cathy McGowan. Featuring many performances by The Beatles,Rolling Stones & The Who amongst other 60's greats.
- Secret Places follows the story of schoolgirls in England during World War II.
- A series of puppet stories highly popular with children about a girl, Sara, and her doll. The doll has one leg shorter than the other - hence the name Hoppity.
- Richard O. Sullivan as a child genius in the play "Honour Bright".
- Tugboat Annie makes her living piloting her tugboat through the treacherous waters of the Pacific Northwest. As if the forces of nature didn't make her job difficult enough, she must also deal with competition from Captain Horatio Bullwinkle, a rival tugboat pilot who constantly tries to steal jobs out from under Annie. Though Bullwinkle has a fearsome reputation, Annie is more than a match for him, whether the challenges require brains or brawn.
- A monologue of a woman talking on the phone with her longterm lover who is about to marry another girl.
- Capt. Dart, Slim and Husky patrol the solar system in their Galasphere 347 as part of the peace-keeping force, the United Galactic Organization.
- A disgraced ex-lawyer, now released from prison, uses his accumulated knowledge to earn a living from both sides of the law.
- A documentary about the allegedly conspiratorial killing of Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed
- Keith Allen spends some quality time with former child prodigy James Harries and his family. At first sight, they may seem to be a houseful of geniuses, but although every single member has a PhD in Metaphysics, we soon discover that some were purchased from a fake university in the USA, while the others were awarded to them by themselves. As the documentary proceeds, it eerily becomes apparent that this is a family that believes its own mythology. They regard themselves as morally, intellectually, and financially superior to the rest of society, even though the clan (housed in a mock mock-Tudor cottage in the middle of a Cardiff council estate) includes a convicted arsonist, an astral projectionist, a former Bunny Girl, a part-time private detective and a sex-change daughter (James is now Lauren), all of whom seem to live their lives in a parallel universe.
- ITV Sunday Night Drama is a UK television anthology series produced by ABC Weekend Television, Associated Television (ATV), Associated-Rediffusion Television, and Granada Television.
- The adventures of a male doll who is able to extend his legs and arms.
- No That's Me Over Here sees Ronnie battling the relentless forces of time while struggling to keep his place in a ruthless suburban status race. Bewildered by office politics, rapidly losing the fight to retain his non-fattening centre, and belittled at every opportunity by his patronising neighbour, he's the kind of chap who gets dressed up only to be unceremoniously brought down.
- Young Tim Cordon moves to the countryside and discovers an interest in the care of animals. Befriending local vet Mr Francis and his assistant Sheila, Tim is given some abandoned hamsters to look after and soon hits upon the idea of setting himself up as an animal hotel.
- Five teenagers search for hidden treasure in an old water mill.
- A weekly TV comedy series of a British household with Dickie Henderson as the head of the family. Every week would feature a guest star
- An anthology series of short stories told to acquaintances by a man named John Burden.
- Adventures of a crime-fighting ex-smuggler.
- Adventures of the handsome, fencing detective Sexton Blake and his sidekick Tinker.
- The adventures of swashbuckling Captain Claude Duval during the English Civil War.
- Contestants picked from the studio audience play a game for cash prizes where they must answer questions without ever saying the words "yes" or "no".
- The Beatles' first variety special.
- Drama about the life and work of a convent.
- A highly secret British Intelligence Unit is set up to deal with enemy menaces, staffed by three tough & capable operatives - the flamboyant Peregrine Smith, cold & logical Davidson, and tough ex-cop Richard Hurst. All licensed to kill - and pledged to protect the nation!
- A British agent starts work in South America.
- A barrister named Richard Boyd Q.C. is involved in a variety of cases in London.
- Public affairs series probing the news behind the headlines.
- An opium-addicted choirmaster develops an obsession for a beautiful young girl and will not stop short of murder in order to have her.
- Long-running series, mostly lost, about the Shadow Squad detective agency run by former Scotland Yard detective Don Carter and his cockney assistant Ginger Smart.
- A mysterious object is sighted heading towards Earth and causes panic. But what is the nature & origin of the object, and how can it be stopped?
- Top musicians of the time perform on this 1950s variety show.
- Children's programme for the under-twelves.
- Opera version of the story.
- Dick Starrett is insurance investigator in London and married to the upper class Jane. Her family disapproves of his being an American or background. Dick's co-worker is Peter Jamison and he collaborates with Inspector Starke on his cases.
- A black and white series about a small steam engine on an old-fashioned railway in Wales, and the characters he encounters.