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Peter Egan stars as Hogarth, a ruthlessly ambitious, flash and violent small-time criminal who has visions of being king of London's criminal underworld.

Reality show in which contestants, known as "housemates", live together in a specially constructed house that is isolated from the outside world

Light-hearted drama series about Robby Box, a small-time London gambler, and his long-suffering family.

Just as World of Sport had challenged the comfortable cosy chair of the BBC by throwing an afternoon of horse racing and wrestling for ‘grappling fans’ up against Grandstand, so The Big Match competed with its football coverage, while the BBC stood still.

Set in California's San Joaquin Valley, The Big Valley was what the series 'Dallas' may have looked like if it had been set in the 1870s.

Crack pilot James "Biggles" Bigglesworth leads a team of investigators who solve crime around the world.

Set in the East End of London, the series followed the exploits of the officers of the fictional Sun Hill Police Station as they set about their daily task of keeping law and order.

Billy Bean and his friend Yoo-Hoo the cuckoo operate a machine, which features such devices as a windmill, a Dorset-Faucet and a cartoonerator which draws magic pictures.

Comedic stories of a gluttonous, lazy, deceitful, self-important and conceited schoolboy that was all the rage in the 1950s.

Big band, big sound and big big personality - with a rousing call of "Wakey-Wakey" Billy Cotton introduced an inexhaustible 50 minutes of non-stop music, dancing and comedy in the essential weekend variety revue that was a stalwart of BBC programming for 12 years.