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The Offshore Island (1959)

Post-apocalyptic drama - one of the first TV plays on a politically sensitive topic, about the survivors of a nuclear attack on the British isles.

Codename Kyril (1988)

Superior Cold War espionage thriller with an all-star cast. Regarded as probably one of the best and almost certainly one of the last of the Cold War dramas of the 1980s.

Justified (2010)

Western-style, gun-slinging U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens confronts murder, drugs, bank heists, mobsters, crime families, corrupt politicians and even his own tumultuous past – and never backs down.

The Magical Mystery Tour (1967)

In 1967, The Beatles were riding high on popularity following the release of their concept album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Then they made a film that many judged to have signalled the end of an era. But were they right?

Parkinson (1971)

The most loved interviewer in Britain, Michael Parkinson interviewed the last of Hollywood's golden greats from James Cagney to James Stewart. He introduced us to Billy Connolly and laughed along with the best of British. He crossed swords with Muhammad Ali and was attacked by "that bloody Bird."

Lonesome Dove (1989)

Miniseries about a cattle drive from Texas to Montana by a small crew led by two legendary Texas Rangers. Lonesome Dove is basically a very long feature film that happened to be made for the small screen rather than the cinema. It may very well be true that it is the greatest "miniseries" ever shown on television.

Entertaining Mr Sloane (1968)

A handsome, sexy and completely amoral young man, joins Kath's household as a lodger and proceeds to manipulate her and her brother. Joe Orton's play made its television debut almost a year after the author was bludgeoned to death by his partner.

Torchwood (2006)

Doctor Who spin-off in which a top-secret team of investigators led by Captain Jack Harkness, a visitor from another world, use scavenged alien technology to protect the Earth.

Chuck (2007)

Chuck Bartowski is stuck in a dead end job as a computer nerd. One day, he accidentally receives an email containing a software program full of government secrets that is downloaded into his brain. Chuck is about to enter into a world of spies, danger, and frenzy...