Reviews A-Z

Jacks and Knaves (1961)

Short police procedural series; the forerunner to the highly successful Z-Cars (and sometimes cited as the inspiration for it).

Jamie (1971)

Doctor Who meets Mr Benn? Jamie discovers a magic carpet which takes him back in time. But who is the mysterious Mr Zed and where does he come from?

Jamie and the Magic Torch (1976)

Children's cartoon series made by Cosgrove Hall about the adventures of Jamie, a small boy and his dog, Wordsworth, in a magical world called Cuckooland.

Jane (1982)

Daily Mirror comic strip heroine brought to the small screen.

Jango (1961)

A professor in criminology at Nairobi University is temporarily attached to Scotland Yard. Jango is a 'funny, scruffy geezer with glasses, a dirty raincoat, tweed hat and a twisted walking stick who is operating a one-man law business.'

Jason King (1971)

A flamboyant playboy investigator and author sets off on a series of adventures.

Jeeves and Wooster (1990)

The misadventures of the dapper but dim-witted idle millionaire Bertie Wooster and his indispensable gentleman’s gentleman, the incomparable Jeeves

Jekyll (2007)

A sequel to the 1886 gothic novella by Robert Louis Stevenson about a respected doctor and his evil alter ego, with the main character being a modern-day descendant of Dr. Jekyll