Reviews A-Z

'Lost' BBC drama set on a farm between 1938 and 1944 which tells of turmoil within a family as their whole livelihood is threatened

British drama on the effects of a nuclear holocaust on the working class city of Sheffield, and the eventual long-term effects on civilization, which is as traumatising and resonant today as it has ever been

Another 'lost' BBC play. Anton Chekov's celebrated play concerns the lives of an aristocratic family who struggle to search for meaning in the modern world.

The Troubled Air was Irwin Shaw's novel chronicling the rise of McCarthyism in the USA and in particular the anti-Communist witch-hunt among radio-programme workers.

Life in the Royal Flying Corps seems pleasant enough to young Bill St. Aubyn as he basks in the French sun. But when an important offensive is mounted, he is suddenly faced with the grim reality of war.

An intimate story of one of the most dramatic transitions of power in the last 2,000 years. At a key turning point for the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI forms a surprising friendship with the future Pope Francis

Commercial Television's first Science Fiction production: The world stands on the brink as a runaway freighter rocket, containing high explosives, is due to detonate over London at midnight on New Year's Eve 1999...

This 'lost' BBC play is a dark psychological story of how a kindly, benevolent, and somewhat mundane bachelor can transform into a cold and pre-meditated murderer

The BBC's switchboard was jammed with complaints following the showing of its controversial play depicting the harsh realities of poverty, unwanted pregnancies, and the struggle for freedom amid societal constraints. Possibly the most important docudrama of all time...

Peter Wildeblood's adaptation of Laurence Housman's Victoria Regina was broadcast in 1964 as four individual plays and starred Patricia Routledge who portrayed four ages of the monarch.