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- StarsMaeve DermodyCharles DanceToby StephensTen strangers are invited to an island by a mysterious host, and start to get killed one by one. Could one of them be the killer?
- CreatorMatt CharmanStarsSheridan SmithMatthew McNultyOliver WoollfordA policewoman sets out to discover who murdered her husband, an undercover officer.
- CreatorJed MercurioStarsLennie JamesSheri SaddPeter SullivanFollow the drama at a state-of-the-art Major Trauma Centre, a unit which treats only the most gravely ill or seriously injured.
- CreatorSimon BlockStarsClare CalbraithBrian FletcherSamantha BondA drama following a group of inspirational women in a rural Cheshire community during World War II.
- StarsAnna Maxwell MartinNicholas PinnockKate DickieThis series follows country vicar Merrily Watkins, who is one of the few women priests working as an exorcist in the UK. When a grisly murder takes place in her local area, the police come calling for her assistance.
- StarsPaul WhitehouseEsther ColesVilma HollingberyBittersweet comedy drama about a community psychiatric nurse.
- CreatorDebbie HorsfieldStarsAidan TurnerEleanor TomlinsonJack FarthingRoss Poldark returns home after the American Revolutionary War and rebuilds his life with a new business venture, making new enemies and finding a new love where he least expects it.
- CreatorRonald D. MooreStarsCaitríona BalfeSam HeughanSophie SkeltonClaire Beauchamp Randall, a nurse in World War II, mysteriously goes back in time to Scotland in 1743. There, she meets a dashing Highland warrior and gets drawn into an epic rebellion.
- StarsHermione NorrisOona ChaplinRichard RankinDuring the First World War, Kitty Trevelyan tries to put the past troubles behind her as she joins two other girls to volunteer at one of the busy war hospitals in northern France.
- CreatorToby WhithouseStarsLenora CrichlowRussell ToveyAidan TurnerA werewolf, a vampire, and a ghost try to live together and get along.
- StarsIan McShaneMatthew MacfadyenEddie RedmayneSet against a backdrop of war, religious strife and power struggles which tears lives and families apart.
- StarsBen ChaplinCharlotte RileyNora WaldstättenThe English town of Kingsbridge works to survive as the King leads the nation into the Hundred Years' War with France while Europe deals with the outbreak of the Black Death.
- StarsTimothy SpallEleanor Worthington-CoxJuliet StevensonAn 11 year-old Janet terrorized by the paranormal activity permeating every room - or so she'd like everyone to believe; especially Mr. Grosse, the doting researcher who goes to great lengths to protect her from the strange, dark forces.
- StarsDavid AttenboroughJamie McPhersonHuw CordeyThe fascinating relationship between predators and their prey, and the strategies predators use to catch their food and prey use to escape death.
- StarsKatherine ParkinsonDan Renton SkinnerLucy HutchinsonThe Kennedy family move to the New Town of Stevenage and are excited at the prospect of being considered middle-class.
- StarsFinn ElliotGreg WiseHattie MorahanA young boy struggles to fit into the life of a post-war English village after witnessing the death of his mother.
- CreatorIain HollandsStarsMathew BayntonJenna FischerJoel FryWhen a group of ordinary people learn that an eight-mile-wide comet is on a collision course with Earth, they hunker beneath the town of Slough to watch the end of the world on television.
- StarsPhilip JacksonRebekah StatonHelen MonksA large family is raised by an unconventional single mother on a council estate in Wolverhampton, England.
- CreatorWill SharpeStarsSophia Di MartinoOlivia ColmanJulian BarrattDark comedy about the eccentric members of the Flowers family. Maurice and Deborah are barely together but yet to divorce. They live with Maurice's batty mother and their maladjusted twin children.
- CreatorMarnie DickensStarsJodie ComerValene KaneRichard Rankin26-year-old Ivy Moxam steps out of an ordinary house, on an ordinary street, on an ordinary day. Ivy hasn't been seen for thirteen years; she was kidnapped in 2003 at the age of thirteen.
- CreatorSteve ThompsonStarsJessica RaineSamuel BottomleyHans MathesonIn the Yorkshire Dales in the 1870s, the shantytown of Jericho is the home of a community that will live, thrive and die in the shadow of the viaduct they've been brought together to build.
- StarsTuppence MiddletonSophie RundleAlexandra MoenDrama set within the fictional realms of Charles Dickens critically acclaimed novels, bringing together some of his most iconic characters as their lives intertwine in 19th century London.
- CreatorBarry LangfordBenjamin RossStarsSean BeanRichie CampbellTom WardInspector John Marlott investigates a series of crimes in 19th Century London, which may have been committed by a scientist intent on re-animating the dead.
- DirectorBen WheatleyStarsNeil MaskellSura DohnkeMarvin MaskellColin hires a lavish country manor for his extended family to celebrate New Year. Unfortunately for Colin his position of power in the family is under serious threat from the arrival of his estranged brother David.
- StarsDervla KirwanRonald PickupJacqueline LeonardA 50 something English Banker falls for and has an affair with a teenage Irish waif from the wrong side of the tracks causing him grief at work and at home.
- StarsStephen Gibbons
- StarsAlan Whicker
- DirectorGraham DixonStarsKevin WhatelyKaty MurphyAlexandra MilmanAn out-of-work architect turns his house into a bed and breakfast hotel.
- DirectorMargaret TaitStarsCelia ImrieJack ShepherdGerda StevensonBarbara Thorburn wiles away the hours with memories of Greta, her mother, the poet.
- StarsFrank SkinnerConleth HillPaula WilcoxFrank Sandford has big hopes for his pop duo, Blue Heaven, but his home life is less than satisfactory.
- DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsMichael CaineSean YoungIan HolmA former British Secret Service Agent falls for an American woman, and becomes entangled in a web of espionage.
- StarsBeryl ReidMark WilliamsVic ReevesFive-show series of unrelated comedy pilots.
- DirectorGerald ThomasStarsJim DaleBernard CribbinsMaureen LipmanHistory is only slightly rewritten: instead of experienced sailors, there are only convicts whose last and only meeting with H2O was their prison diet of bread and water. And Columbus doesn't have his own map.
- DirectorJohn GlenStarsMarlon BrandoTom SelleckGeorges CorrafaceGenoese navigator overcomes intrigue in the court of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain and gains financing for his expedition to the East Indies.
- DirectorRoland JofféStarsPatrick SwayzePauline CollinsOm PuriAn American doctor, a British nurse, and an illiterate Indian farmer unite to transform a Calcutta ghetto in this uplifting, inspirational movie starring Patrick Swayze and Pauline Collins.
- CreatorGil GrantStarsNigel TerryCherie LunghiJames FaulknerIn 14th-century England, the Grey family--widower Thomas Grey and his children--deal with romance, political intrigue, and war.
- DirectorBill AndersonStarsDonald DouglasPhil HendyPaul Higgins
- StarsPeter O'BrienBernard HillAnne ReidThis powerful series of programmes features dramatic reconstructions of some of Britian's most notorious crimes - a collection of cases which are exciting, moving and surprising, each demonstrating how truth can be stranger than fiction.
- DirectorNick WardStarsDavid BamberAmelda BrownJason CarterA sensitive drama about a farm labourer's abused daughter who fantasises about the officers of the local U.S. Air Base to escape the guilt and hypocrisy of everyday life. But her dreams of glamour and excitement are shattered when she is seduced by a pilot, setting in motion a chain of events...
- StarsBarry HumphriesEmily PerryJoan HarsantWith her familiar greeting of "Welcome possums!", Dame Edna uses her purple possum picker to find three contestants from the all-female audience of her hit game show.
- StarsCaroline QuentinSusan HampshireTony BrittonAn aging, egotistical actor strongly disapproves of his grown-up daughter's boyfriend.
- DirectorDharan MandrayarStarsJacob Paul GuzmanGazan KhanR.S. ShivajiIn 1920s India, a young boy named Charles befriends a baby Indian elephant that he names Ele. Their friendship is tested when Charles must save his friend Ele from hunters.
- DirectorPradip KrishenStarsRoshan SethAlice SpivakFrances HelmBusiness is bad for three aristocrats who run a colonial-style lodge for tourists in India.
- DirectorSteve GoughStarsKlaus J. BehrendtPascale Delafouge-JonesMargaret JohnIn Wales during WW2, a German airman crash-lands in a wood and is found by 12-year-old Elenya. Elenya decides to keep him a secret and does so for as long as she can until finally the village learns the truth, with tragic consequences.
- DirectorColin FinbowStarsAnna JonesRosalind AyresMartin Jarvis
- StarsFrankie Howerd
- DirectorJon AcevskiStarsBen KingsleyJenny AgutterDavid AshtonA French prince who was turned into a frog becomes a secret agent and goes to England to stop an evil plot that begins when famous buildings there start disappearing.
- StarsChristopher EcclestonMaggie O'NeillDavid CalderA widow whose husband died in the Gulf War forms a relationship with his colleague.
- CreatorPamela DouglasStarsDavid LópezBlaze BerdahlTodd AlexanderA group of kids solves local crimes, capers, and mysteries in their neighborhood, with the help of a ghost who can only communicate through writing and words.
- StarsRosemary LeachLiz CrowtherRosie MarcelA middle aged couple decide to become foster parents.
- StarsMartin KempJohn StrideRosalind BennettFor school leavers Laura, Annie and Carmen, life in East Anglia is as dull as it gets. The only options are marriage to the boy next door...or work in the local poultry factory. How are they going to find love and riches...?
- DirectorRonan O'LearyStarsDaniel J. TravantiTim McDonnellO.Z. WhiteheadOver lunch at the Four Seasons Hotel, an acquaintance tells the protagonist about his troubles.
- DirectorJamil DehlaviStarsJames WilbyMelissa LeoShabana AzmiA childless Western couple visit a fertility shrine in Karachi run by eunuchs and set off a huge culture clash.
- DirectorGraeme MooreStarsJimmy ReidThe story about the man who made 11 local boys into The Libon Lions
- CreatorKay MellorStarsKay MellorDan RileySarah Wheatley
- DirectorLuis PuenzoStarsWilliam HurtSandrine BonnaireJean-Marc BarrIn the 1990s, a South American city suffers the outbreak of a plague. The people react in different ways: Dr. Rieux tries to cure the sick, two French journalists expect sensational headlines, pious believers lament this God-given scourge.
- DirectorLizzie BordenStarsSean YoungPatrick BerginArnetia WalkerAn Atlanta prosecutor sets her own trap for a sexual dominator who poses as a famous photographer.
- StarsNick HancockSteve PuntHugh DennisThe exploits of three former school friends who share a flat.
- DirectorLeonard SternStarsEric IdleRobert WuhlLauren HuttonAs sole heir to a relative's estate, Wendel is surprised to learn that the only thing he's been left is a riddle. However, he and his musician friend, Lou, are soon thrust into a comic chase, as an assortment of unsavoury characters, underworld figures, and even private investigators, are after them for the inheritance - and they don't know what it is!
- DirectorNick BroomfieldStarsSpalding GrayThis is the story of Spalding Gray and his attempt to write a novel. It is a first person account about writing and living, and dealing with success while trying to be successful.
- CreatorRobert Banks StewartStarsMillicent MartinJohn MichieLaure KillingAstrologer Gladys Moon and her psychic son, Trevor, travel between Folkestone and Calais, conducting readings, selling occult wares and getting involved in various crimes and mysteries.
- DirectorFaris KermaniStarsSheila AllenIshan BhabhaPaul BhattacharjeePeter West becomes the headmaster of a school where most of the pupils are Asian. Feelings turn sour when he refuses to allow halal meat to be served, as he believes the children should integrate fully with the English way of life.
- StarsIan HolmElizabeth McGovernRonald PickupAn anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.
- DirectorIan SellarStarsAlan CummingSandrine BonnaireBruno GanzAlexander Novak goes to Prague to find a film extract. He meets Elena, with whom he falls in love, and who introduces him to Josef, the director of the film's Archives, who turns out to be Elena's lover. This one disappears
- DirectorKarl FrancisStarsPeter O'ToolePaul RhysJoely RichardsonThe film is set in Wales and concerns itself with the aristocracy who are taxing to common people to ruin. Naturally, a certain member of said aristocracy decided that all this is not on, chiefly because most of the money collected by the taxes etc is being spent on keeping Lord Sarn drunk. So Anthony Raine dresses up as a woman, calls himself Rebecca, and leads the common people to victory over their masters.
- StarsJill BakerLucy SpeedNimmy MarchEx-army officer Patrice Jenner is out on "Civvy Street" and starts up an all-women taxi firm.
- StarsGeorge ColePat HeywoodIlona StallerGeorge Cole stars as Henry Root, a dissatisfied fishmonger who is determined to preserve Britain's cultural heritage. He decides to act as self-appointed Ambassador for England and sets off across Europe.
- DirectorJohn MackenzieStarsDanny AielloSherilyn FennFrank OrsattiAn exploration of certain conspiracy theories surrounding the JFK assassination from Jack Ruby's perspective. Ruby owns a run-down strip club in Dallas, and does what he can for credibility, both by giving information to the FBI and by doing the odd favor for his mafia contacts. When hitman Action Jackson is hit, Louie Vitali asks him to help get crime boss Santos out of a Cuban jail. When they get back, the bosses take his headliner Candy Cane under their wing to develop her career in Vegas. A mysterious government man named Maxwell expresses his displeasure to Ruby over his Cuban activities. Slowly all the pieces of a massive conspiracy begin to emerge to Ruby, who can do nothing to stop it.
- StarsCarl BradshawEric FriedDiana EskellBased around the adventures of a group of children from various nations, and set on the Caribbean island of Martinique.
- StarsIvan KayeDoreen MantlePeter ArmitageSam is a Jewish detective in North London whose old-fashioned mother moves in after his wife leaves him.
- DirectorDarrell RoodtStarsWhoopi GoldbergLeleti KhumaloMiriam MakebaSouth African teenagers fight against apartheid in the Soweto Uprising.
- CreatorCarla LaneStarsGwen TaylorPenelope WiltonJill BakerThree middle-aged women share a friendship, none of them knowing that they also share the same man.
- CreatorRichard OmmanneyStarsLouisa RixRace DaviesJulia DeakinA successful plumber enjoys adding bizarre and unusual features to both the inside and outside of his house much to the annoyance of his recently widowed next door neighbour.
- DirectorHal HartleyStarsRobert John BurkeBill SageMartin DonovanDennis is a handsome & bookish college student. His brother, Bill, is a roughhewn ladies' man & thief. Together they search for their dad, confront their expectations of each other, themselves, & their attitudes towards women.
- StarsDiane BullVilma HollingberyHeather TobiasWhen Annie Briggs' millionaire husband dies suddenly she is left penniless and forced to move back in with her parents and sister on their farm. After her life of luxury this comes as a jolt.
- CreatorPaul MendelsonStarsMiriam KarlinGeorge CostiganTessa Peake-JonesA suburban family find their new home is still occupied by the ghost of its previous owner, a middle-aged Jewish woman.
- CreatorStephen EdmondsonJerome VincentStarsMark Alexander ToddAnn BrysonWilliam ManneringSpace Vets was a 39-episode children's science fiction show about a motley crew of misfit intergalactic space vets.
- DirectorTony MaylamStarsRutger HauerKim CattrallAlastair DuncanIn a flooded future London, Detective Harley Stone hunts a serial killer who murdered his partner, and has haunted him ever since. He soon discovers what he is hunting might not be human.
- StarsDervla KirwanRonald PickupJacqueline LeonardA 50 something English Banker falls for and has an affair with a teenage Irish waif from the wrong side of the tracks causing him grief at work and at home.
- CreatorIan AllenStarsNigel PlaskittHeather TobiasIan AllenA children's series featuring the seaside town of Bottle Bay, which exists inside a ship in a bottle on a mantlepiece. Every midnight the various ghosts of Bottle Bay emerge to haunt the town.
- StarsStephen Gibbons
- StarsFrancesca HuntDavid RobbAndrew KeirSet in the 1950s, two inexperienced newlyweds struggle to make a go of a rundown hill farm.
- StarsGeorgina HaleJohn HaslerBea JulakasiunT.Bag's 100th birthday is coming up and a golden letter contains the first coordinates that leads to a clue about her big birthday surprise. T. Shirt and his cousin Tow Ling join the quest.
- StarsAlan Whicker
- StarsGeorgina HaleJohn HaslerEvelyn SweeneyT-Bag and T-Shirt have now gained possession of a large, flying cup and saucer which hovers in space above the Earth. Whilst reading an account of her cousin, Kit Bags final adventure into some peruvian jungly type place (Kit Bag was a famous explorer), she finds out about the lengendary Sunstones of Montezuma and how they can grant the power of the sun to whoever lays them on an altar in an Aztec temple in the jungle (all this sounds quite familiar!). She sets off to find them, but is foiled by an archaeologist (Diggory) and his daughter Penny who scatter the sunstones as T-Bag is claiming the power of the sun.
- DirectorGraham DixonStarsKevin WhatelyKaty MurphyAlexandra MilmanAn out-of-work architect turns his house into a bed and breakfast hotel.
- StarsJulian ClaryLee SimpsonPhilip HerbertA flamboyant Channel 4 television celebrity moves into a Streatham flat with geeky well-meaning Terry, completely transforming his life and home and repeatedly upsetting Terry's moustachioed policewoman girlfriend.
- DirectorMargaret TaitStarsCelia ImrieJack ShepherdGerda StevensonBarbara Thorburn wiles away the hours with memories of Greta, her mother, the poet.
- DirectorDavid Kent-WatsonStarsSam BarkerAnna CachiaGeraard CampbellChris McCall, a seemingly perfect family man who secretly works as a top contract killer for an outfit known as The Office, risks losing everything when he kills the wrong person.
- StarsFrank SkinnerConleth HillPaula WilcoxFrank Sandford has big hopes for his pop duo, Blue Heaven, but his home life is less than satisfactory.
- StarsMichael McShaneSandi ToksvigMel MartinOdd couple sitcom set in London about a woman and a man sharing a flat.
- DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsMichael CaineSean YoungIan HolmA former British Secret Service Agent falls for an American woman, and becomes entangled in a web of espionage.
- DirectorSyd MacartneyStarsSaskia ReevesDavid O'HaraJoss AcklandWhen Isobel Hetherington and her three young daughters take up their seaside residence in the hot summer of 1887, life seems idyllic. But the arrival of Phillip Wilson Steer for his annual painting visit launches a chain of events that will change their lives forever. Overcome by his first sight of Isobel, Steer immediately decides to capture her on canvas - and as the painting grows, so does their love for each other. But jealousy and tragedy eventually force them to confront reality.
- StarsBeryl ReidMark WilliamsVic ReevesFive-show series of unrelated comedy pilots.