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Single play based on a true story about an ingenious and daring escape from a German POW camp for Allied naval officers during WW2

Willie has tried to make his father aware of the danger to their house from flood water, but Dad thinks that Willie's fears are excessive. Willie decides to spend all summer long building a wall to keep out the river, but his efforts are in vain.

After a road accident, an attractive girl recovers consciousness in a strange room. With her is a young man she has never seen before.

Every weekend, long-suffering referee Mr. Armistead wades into the melee to try to teach two sets of testosterone-fuelled maniacs the value of restraint, justice and fair play.

For many, Armchair Theatre was not only an essential part of Sunday night viewing in Britain throughout the 1960s, but an outstanding contributor in the history of television production.

Courtroom drama in two parts - the first shows the police investigation and consequential arrest, while the second shows the suspects trial.

This excellent children's television series was a muddy and realistic version of the King Arthur legend.

It's title inspired by the initials of the television company that produced the series, Arthur's Treasured Volumes appears to be, if the sole surviving episode is an example, an underrated and unfairly forgotten TV gem.

Hard to believe it in this day and age but in 1970, long before the video revolution, the only way to see your favourite clips from the previous week's television was to write in to Michael Aspel.