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- The Master of Ballantrae is a charismatic fellow, no question; no-one much likes his brother. But the Master is a villain, and a rare one.
- A Hindu slaver tries to sell two Muslim captive women from Pakistan in a small town. The single local constable puts a stop to it but holds the women in his gaol. The younger woman bargains for her freedom by helping the policeman to trap a bandit gang who have been raiding nearby homes and farms.
- 1983–19854.7 (9)TV EpisodeJim agrees to look after Wanda's budgie whilst she is in hospital but, after telling his father that the bird is his, discovers that Dad, having forgotten Jim's mother's birthday, has given it to her as a surprise present. Jim bemoans its loss in the pub but fortunately Mum hates budgies and returns it to him. Less fortunately Wanda refuses to have it back since it gave her the allergy that put her in hospital and Councillor Allnutt has bought Jim another bird.
- Anthology drama series of people who take a gamble (sometimes with their lives) in order to prove a point or better their position.
- Greg is hired by Bill Sinclair to guard a rare and valuable statuette called the Manabi Figurine until it can be appraised, at which time Sinclair plans to sell it and make a profit for he and his partners who found the item. However, the figurine is stolen from Greg's safe and someone winds up murdered. Greg, Tom and Lt. Quon work together to find the thief who stole the figurine and committed the murder.
- The Investigation Branch of Customs and Excise headed by Caesar Smith (Ewen Solon) deal with smugglers of arms, drugs and people.
- Bill gives Barbie tickets to go to Trinidad. Eddie uses the envelope to write a note, throws it into the bin, and spends his whole morning going through the tip trying to find it. Meanwhile, the garbage man found them earlier and returned them, and Barbie has already gone. When Joan thinks Bill will wander, she makes him stay with her.
- Joan forces Eddie to babysit so she can go to the movies with Barbie. The vicar comes round and Eddie cons him into babysitting so he can go to the club. The wives come home early and the vicar goes to the club to tell Eddie. Joan is so mad at him, she locks his clothes in the wardrobe so he can't go to the darts match. Eddie wears Joan's clothes and gets in all kinds of trouble.
- Triumph Oil attempts to extract oil from the North Sea from the rig Nelson One, dealing with the trials and tribulations of the rig crew and their families.
- Dr. Gordon is arrested for a cottage burning that belonged to Mr. Skinner after he criticized it's condition. Vicky, Albert, and their friend Jill work to clear his name but need Black Beauty's help. Complicating matters is a mysterious man Duffield and a horse identical to Beauty.
- The story of Jesus Christ in eight weekly half-hour episodes.
- Ian Craig is an upbeat science teacher at a secondary school in fictional Straithard, Scotland. He deals with the troubles of his students and colleagues in an optimistic fashion and shares their triumphs.
- Jason travels to a South American republic to receive an award - in the form of a medallion - for one of his books. In fact both the corrupt President Cordoba, who has bugged the medallion, and the opposing rebel forces, led by glamorous government minister Delphi, believe that the book is so close to the truth about events in their country that he has an actual source of information, and neither will believe that it is all a fiction.
- An unhappy wife, with a brain tumor, leaves for France without her husband. See ends up on a road trip to Lourdes (filmed on location).
- It's way past bedtime, and Shelley is still awake - working on his company's latest ad campaign. But this proves to be the least of his problems when the girl from the room upstairs takes an overdose, and collapses on the communal stairs. Shelley makes sure she's taken to hospital sharpish - but ends up going a bit 'ape'.
- A titled Englishwoman proves more than a match for the fearsome Captain Brassbound.
- Intrigue from the Mediterranean Islands as Danny Scipio dispenses his own brand of revenge against organized crime outfits around Europe.
- Dramatization of murder investigations and other criminal cases that Detective Superintendent Robert Fabian, a real-life Scotland Yard Inspector and the host of the show, worked on.
- Sonia, the Radio West receptionist, is concerned for her friend, travel agent Jenny Kelson, whom she sees apparently being threatened by a young man. Eddie photographs and follows him, leading to a remote country house owned by a couple of dog breeders. Eddie discovers that they are burglars, tipped off by Jenny as to when householders will be on holiday and their homes empty. Jenny confesses she got involved to help finance her husband, a struggling artist with an upcoming exhibition. Eddie offers her a deal.
- Anthology series featuring adaptations of detective stories.
- Johnny receives a telephone call from a wealthy playboy asking him to protect his sister, but before they meet the man is murdered.
- 1963–7.4 (28)TV Episode
- Adventures of a Fashion Designer on International Assignments.
- Much as detective inspector Sam Harvey would like to retire to devote himself full-time to his hobby of writing children's books, he has to solve a couple of intricate and baffling murder cases first.
- Young Geoffrey Charles is stricken with a serious illness; when Francis also becomes ill, Demelza assists Elizabeth in caring for him.
- Tommy is an older man in the Autumn of his years who takes young boy Charlie under his wing.
- Captain of 'The Shipwreck' Grant Mitchell runs a cargo business, but finds himself often called on for help against problems, intrigue, and villainy on the choppy waters of his trade.
- Comedy abounds in this British farce about a hypochondriac bachelor who uncovers a plot by a gang of counterfeiters. (1954; B&W)
- When Jim Carter becomes seriously ill in prison, Ross worries that he will die before completing his sentence.
- George Tompkins is tired of his impoverished life in an idyllic country village. He's desperate for some excitement. One evening he finds a strange metal box and discovers it contains not only a fortune but also a bloody history. A history that immediately spins him out of control, on the run, and into the hands of some very unpleasant characters all of whom are decidely more interested in the cash than George's welfare. Struggling to stay alive, in love and in pocket, he realises that life in a dull country village isn't such a bad way of life after all. But then again, a little extra cash wouldn't hurt...
- Ross and Demelza, now married, celebrate the birth of their daughter. A traveling troupe of performers stages a play at Nampara, and Mark Daniel falls for a young actress named Keren.
- Ellis Cooper, wife Vivienne, grandmother and their three children are relocated from London to a rural town Angleton by his employer. Helping them adjust to country living are the Harkers whose father also works for Eden Brothers.
- Victor Carroon is subjected to various tests which indicate that he has taken on the identities of the other two men. Quatermass and Paterson find a gelatinous substance spread around the capsule's interior.
- Zack and Sandy run a shoestring air charter business in remote East Indies. Their lives are turned upside down when the stunning Wilhelmina takes over the managing and the guys find themselves dealing with various scoundrels and adventurers.
- 1954–19971hUnrated7.9 (45)TV EpisodeIt seems that Rich's brother, Tom, is an American agent trying to meet a defecting scientist, and the Russians are trying to stop the meeting before it happens.
- A British experimental rocket orbits the Earth. After being out of contact for 57 hours, the capsule crashes back to Earth in Wimbledon, London. When the capsule is opened, only one member of the three-man crew emerges, Victor Carroon.
- An aeroplane carrying MI5 agent Anthony James Harvey explodes over the English Channel and eye witnesses claim that nobody could have survived. However, evidence washed up on the Kent coast leads Sir Curtis to believe that Harvey actually parachuted from the plane before the explosion and staged his own death. He is a double agent who has been working for the Russians and has spent years creating a new identity to escape his masters. As the Department 'S' team go to interview Harvey's mother and associates they are observed and pursued by Russian agents.
- Annie O'Connell's boarding house in Buckskin, Montana, in 1880, is the setting for dramas unfolding for travelers and townies alike. Stories are seen through the eyes of 10-year-old Jody.
- 1954–19971hUnrated7.7 (51)TV EpisodeA young American studying in Ireland, Rich Evans, becomes involved with Russian agents and a defecting scientist, after he hears a warning from a dying man.
- The ongoing adventures of young English gentleman Bertie Wooster, from which he is usually required to be extricated by his intelligent and resourceful valet, Jeeves.
- Scotland Yard detectives investigate a diamond robbery and track the gems to a female criminal who specializes in fencing stolen gems.
- 1954–19971hUnrated7.9 (53)TV EpisodeAfter using considerable ingenuity to evade their pursuers, Rich Evans and his school chum arrive at Boyne Castle.
- Cousin Jackie brings Bart money from Pappy with instructions to pay off a debt. But before Bart can follow through, Jackie invests the money in a machine that prints cash. After realizing she has been swindled, Bart seeks to recoup the cash by turning the tables on the swindlers while also keeping Pappy's creditor at bay.
- Anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television.
- Widowed Christine Massey works as a freelance writer while raising her seven children in suburban Connecticut.
- Pandemonium is created in a home when relatives come to stay.
- Richard O. Sullivan as a child genius in the play "Honour Bright".
- Freeloading a train ride to Denver, Bart makes it as far as Crenshaw where he meets an old friend. When he finds how he figures prominently in her plans to take a lot of gold to Devil's Flats, he may wish he should have stayed on that train.
- Anthology series of one-off, unrelated situation comedies.
- Arthur Lowe as Redvers Potter owner of a mint manufacturers
- This British production featured lesser-known actors in filmed plays showing people caught in "the vise" of fate created by their own deeds.
- A private investigator, who had been a successful lawyer, solves crimes almost anywhere in the world, although he is based in New York City.
- Adventure drama series based around the fictitious Mogul Oil Company and the exploits of its chief "troubleshooter", Peter Thornton (Ray Barrett).
- A pair of adventurers are intent on swindling travellers bound for the Yukon Territories during the height of the Klondike Gold Rush.
- An anthology series from the U.K., from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television.
- Tales of Scotland Yard centering on a detective team. A sort of halfway house between "Dixon of Dock Green" and "'Z' Cars." The detectives are still 1950s-style with good elocution and authoritative manner. A range of classic cases but gritty it isn't. Each case centres on one crime and one criminal.
- Planning to sail to Boston, the Major, Hawks and Charlie are instead shanghaied to New Orleans where they meet a Captain who has different ideas on raising his child and running a ship.
- James 'Jim' London becomes a man of property when a relative dies, leaving him the run-down Victorian abode of 17 Railway Terrace, in Elephant and Castle (south London). He's troubled by randy neighbour Wanda, and the troublesome Councillors Allnutt and Moggs - not to mention his own lack of money, and the squatter upstairs!
- 1948. Drama. Three armed robbers kill a passer-by in a robbery and flee the city. Stars John Harvey, John Fitzgerald, and Robert Cartland. Written by John Gilling.
- A friend of Bret's discovers a way to safely rob the Bank of Denver. Now he has to return the money before a safecracker and his gang discover the money is gone.
- Thie West Country police force solving local crime. its a spin-off from another BBC drama series, Z Cars (1962).
- Walt Disney's 3-part made-for-TV feature, The Secret of Boyne Castle (1969), originally shown on "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" (the new title for "Disneyland"), re-edited into feature film form for European theatrical release.
- A sideshow owner and his main attraction, a midget, fall for the same woman.
- Series of one-off plays made by BBC television, which gave breaks to a wide range of writers and directors in the late 1960s, such as Dennis Potter, Ken Loach, David Mercer, and John Hopkins. Famous plays include "Up the Junction", "Cathy Come Home" , "Stand Up Nigel Barton", "Vote, Vote, Vote For Nigel Barton", "On the Eve of Publication", and "Son of Man". The series often addressed controversial issues, such as homelessness and abortion.
- The pretty owner of a 'greasy spoon' cafe helps a handsome customer involved in robbery and murder.
- Dr. Finlay is a member of a medical practice in the Scottish town of Tannochbrae during the late 1920s.
- An unmarried couple spend an innocent night together, owing to a shortage of rooms at the inn.
- This is the story of the early life and rise to fame of Tommy Steele. His manager wanted him to be a tough rock'n'roller and so challenge Elvis Presley but Tommy is too nice. He becomes famous anyway!!
- A man's killed in a phone booth at Waterloo station whilst Templar's making a call. But before dying ,he managed to slip a package of Miracle Tea into the bag of a young nurse who works at the naval base at Portland. Now Simon wants to know why.
- An American on vacation in Spain gets mixed up with a smuggling ring.
- Following the assassination of the esteemed monarch of Sayeda, the corrupt usurper and the discoverer of an immense oil field are after the young Prince and the land's oil treasure.
- An older woman whose philandering husband has disappeared seems unduly unconcerned about his circumstances.
- Tom Jones, a maid's son adopted by the nobleman she worked for, now all grown up must run away from home when he is set up by his jealous cousin. He has several adventures and women on his way to town where his possible salvation awaits.
- Series of television plays performed live.
- On a trip through India, a married couple encounters a beggar who seems to be different from all the others they've seen--the husband is convinced that this particular beggar is trying to kill them.
- A private detective solves a murder of which he has been accused, and tracks down a gang of jewel smugglers.
- With whole weeks missing from his life and evidence of actions that he simply cannot remember, Steed finds himself in an endless series of 'deja vu' situations. In reality he is slowly being hypnotised and the aim is to mesmerise him into killing 'Mother'.
- A cargo ship takes on a female passenger. Can the Captain contain the crew and himself as they hit stormy conditions and emotions explode?
- The Saint moves into regal circles. He comes to the aid of Queen Adana, whose husband is the deposed ruler of a Middle Eastern country.
- Convicted killer John Marriott is seemingly becoming the hardest man to execute.
- Due to his physical resemblance to criminal Steve Chancellor, law enforcement recruits seaman Larry Ellis to pose as Chancellor and infiltrate an organized crime ring in France.
- Grey Holden wins a river boat in a poker game, which he then pilots, along with his crew, in various adventures along the Mississippi River. This action series is set in the nineteenth century.
- Koenig convinces Helena and Maya that their supposed rescuers from earth are really hostile aliens who want a nuclear explosion on Moonbase Alpha.
- While unconscious and connected to an experimental brain machine, Koenig dreams that he and his friends are on the way home. Upon awakening everyone appears to be hideous monsters.
- While in Canada Timmy and Lassie encounter a downed hot air ballonist. By accident they end up in the balloon which takes them into the wilderness. The young boy and his dog must find a way to survive even fending off a wild pig.
- Johnny Staccato is a jazz pianist and private detective.
- Amateur detectives Nick and Nora Charles investigate various crimes.
- A drama anthology series hosted by actress Loretta Young. In addition to hosting the series, she played the lead in various episodes.
- Constable George Dixon and his colleagues at the Dock Green police station in the East End of London deal with petty crime, successfully controlling it through common sense and human understanding.
- James Shelley, an educated, sardonic, permanently unemployed "professional freelance layabout," has many battles with authority, the tax-man, his landlady, and his girlfriend Fran.
- A young girl meets and marries the man of her dreams--only she hasn't told him that she is half-black, and he and his rich family and friends are white.
- A playboy novelist, who has had a spell of work with an intelligence agency as a sideline, leaves, but finds himself performing new missions around the world.
- The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
- During the 1950s, in British-controlled Malaya, rubber-tree planters face many difficulties and dangers, including bandit attacks and nationalist guerrilla ambushes.