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- Bumbling, childlike Mr. Bean has trouble completing the simplest of day-to-day tasks, but his perseverance and resourcefulness frequently allow him to find ingenious ways around problems.
- The C.I.A. hears of a K.G.B. scheme to assassinate the Soviet General Secretary and enlists Stoner (Tom Skerritt), an agent retired for ten years, to go to Russia to investigate. He verifies the plot, but then has trouble leaving the country. In the meantime, the U.S. policymakers struggle over whether or not to inform the Soviets of the plot. Stoner's problems are complicated by the renewal of an affair with Anna (Dame Helen Mirren), a Russian, as he tries to convince her to defect.
- The medieval era cases of a Crusader-turned-Monk who investigates mysteries in the Norman English town of Shrewsbury.
- A noblewoman discovers her husband is The Scarlet Pimpernel, a vigilante who rescues aristocrats from the blade of the guillotine.
- A satire show using puppets that are caricatures of major public figures.
- A business adviser uses all means necessary to help his friends out of financial ruins. However he has a moral code. Also, his unresolved family past won't leave him alone.
- A British colonial policeman in Africa investigates a murder in a hospital up river.
- Carter, who used to be a policeman, now works as a private investigator. Then suddenly he disappears. His wife searches for clues in his office, but the only thing she finds is... another wife. The two women decide to join forces.
- During the British Raj, Captain Carruthers works under cover to track smuggled shipments of arms on the restless Northwest Frontier of India. He fears a full-scale rebellion is brewing. To forestall this, the British governor signs a treaty with the friendly, peace-loving ruler of Tokot, a key kingdom in the region, which is described as four days' march northward from Peshawar. Meanwhile, the king's son, Prince Azim, befriends Carruthers and a British drummer boy, Bill Holder, who teaches him how to play the instrument.
- Set in Singapore and begins before World War 2 and just just after. Follows the lives of John Dexter, an Englishman and Julie Soong, who are from prominent families. They would fall in love but their families would object to their union. Julie's family would send her to America while John would go to England and while still reeling from losing Julie would get involved with someone who would get pregnant so he has to marry her. They would later reunite when she returns. They would still be in love but the war would keep them apart when John signs on to help the military.
- During World War II, a British actor impersonates Field Marshal Montgomery in order to confuse German intelligence.
- In 2040, the dimini female (teenage girl) 72 Batch 19Y and her misfit family in the Efficiecity, a completely enclosed bureaucratic city sealed off from the polluted and abandoned outside world.
- This was made for an international audience. There is no dialog in any episode so there is no dubbing or subtitles. Instead, one follows a bald man through comical situations by way of the actors' action and somewhat exaggerated gestures.
- Worshipped as a national savior, Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson masterminded the naval victories that thwarted Napoleon's plans to invade Britain. Yet, in the midst of public adulation, rumors swirled about his private life. Nelson took a friend's wife as a mistress and even fathered a child by her in secret. Starring Kenneth Colley (Monty Python's Life of Brian), Geraldine James (The Jewel in the Crown), and Tim Pigott-Smith (V for Vendetta), this lavish historical drama examines Nelson through the eyes of four people close to him: his wife, who feels bitter and betrayed but ultimately loving; his friend, who helplessly loses his wife to a hero; his captain, who admires Nelson's bold leadership but disdains his lifestyle; and an ordinary seaman, who turns to his commander for inspiration while facing death. What emerges is an unconventional portrait of a complex figure and a study in the effects of fame. Seen on Masterpiece Theatre.
- A quirky British Secret Service Agent named Major Hammond tries to discover who is using a secret weapon to steal experimental planes.
- The adventures of a bear named Paddington (Charlie Adler) and his adoptive family, The Browns in London, along with their visiting American relative.
- The investigation of Paul Vandervent into the mysterious death of his father brings further discord among two feuding families tied together in business and marriage, living under the same roof.
- Soap set around a religious family. This series was only shown in 3 ITV regions.
- A team of professional mercenaries tackle dangerous and delicate situations at home and abroad.
- Stanley Duke is a middle aged advertising executive who's life is turned upside down when his son is diagnosed schizophrenic. To make matters worse Stanley's home is suddenly invaded by of his past and current wives amongst other women.
- With his suitcase full of dress-up clothes, Huxley Pig can do anything, go anywhere, and meet anyone he likes. With his friend Sam Seagull, Huxley performs as a clown at the circus, becomes chef for a day, and sails the high seas where he meets "merpigs", while trying to steer clear of Horace the Rat. This scheming rodent will try anything to spoil the fun of Huxley and Sam, but usually comes off second best.
- Stansfield Academy, a school for boys, starts admitting girls for the first time and this causes all kinds of trouble for the students.
- Dr Chris Masters finds himself working in the Pacific Islands after his accidently killing a thug, his only option from the hospital board. The four part TV drama follows his time working with Dr Read on Korralona working on his passion to beat cholera. While there he falls in love with the daughter of the islands princess as she grows into womanhood. And through the occupation by Japanese during WW2 the trials and tribulations of the couple are portraid. It was a masterpiece in 1992 and can now only be found on YouTube. The filming was done mainly in Rarratonga (cook islands) with a great cast and beautiful settings.
- This is a documentary that revisits the making of Gone with the Wind (1939) with archival footage, screen tests, insightful interviews and rare film footage.
- An orphaned girl and her lonely aunt living in 1930s England attract the attention of a handsome naturalist when they decide to raise an abandoned seal.
- The struggles of an independent British car manufacturer, Associated British Motors.
- Just when they were beginning to enjoy life alone, a middle-aged couple find their grown-up children wanting to return home.
- Palace Hill is the name of the High School. The show is a satire of high school life full of quite bizarre students, up to quite bizarre antics.
- A self-satisfied, upper-middle-class husband discovers that his marital infidelities have caused him to contract AIDS.
- In the Moss Side, Manchester "race riots" of 1981 a struggling punk band are tempted by a sinister entrepreneur to perform at a major gig in support of British extreme Right political organizations.
- A documentary visiting many of the locations used in the Inspector Morse novels and films featuring discussions with the author Colin Dexter.
- Popular (40% audience share) weekly debate show shown all across the central region of the UK. A national version also aired in the late 1990s entitled "Thursday Night Live"
- A young girl escapes her loneliness by retreating to The Magical World of Another Time, which can only be reached by using your imagination.
- Charlie, a private detective gets caught up in sinister trade Union machinations. In the opening episode Charlie Alexander (David Warner) stumbles across the dying Stan Peace (Richard Ireson), a shop steward in the Distributive Worker's Union. Peace dies but Charlie wants to know why his name was in Peace's address book. As Charlie investigates things get murkier.
- Two fun loving, young Chimps called Bangers and Mash get up to all sorts of antics. Usually their mischievous ways cause headaches for their family at No 3, Tree Street and the local residents of Chimpton.
- A look round the houses of the rich and famous and the extraordinary homes belonging to members of the public.
- Drama series about the Youth Enquiry Service (Y.E.S.) run by teenagers for teenagers.
- A short one-off spin-off episode of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983), which outlines the facts about the AIDS virus, using two of TV's best loved characters, Dennis and Oz.
- A series of sketches, stage comedy and music with Freddie Starr and special guests. Despite decent ratings for the show, Freddie himself stated that: "I felt the whole concept was wrong."
- A boy changed into a dog by his baby sister's power of suggestion manages to transform himself into a boy again.
- The final chapter of the scorching historical saga set in Australia's North Queensland cane fields, Fields of Fire Series 3 takes the story into the 1950s, where Gina and Paolo are successful cane growers.
- The story of a year in the life of the Salcombe lifeboat crew, the ordinary men and one woman with the extraordinary job of putting out to sea when other sailors head for the safety of home. Based in the small town in South Devon for a full year, the Central Television team captured dramas at sea and on land which made this one of the most eventful twelve months for the people of Salcombe and for the film crew who lived and worked with them.
- Soap opera about the lives of three Asian families living in Birmingham.
- No Excuses was about Shelley Maze, a female rock star. The series showed her trying to come to terms with her failing career and her relationships with the people she'd worked with.
- This is Belinda Carlisle's 1990 "Runaway Live" tour for her "Runaway Horses" album presented on home video. Featuring a live performance of her now classic late 80's & early 90's songs as well as a few hits from the days of the Go-Go's, all presented with fancy and elaborate outfits and settings.