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Hercule Poirot, a famous Belgian detective, who has an impeccable knack for getting embroiled in a mystery, solves crimes along with Captain Hastings and Scotland Yard Chief Inspector James Japp.

Friends Tim and Daisy, 20-something North Londoners with uncertain futures, must pretend to be a couple to live in the only apartment they can afford.

The lives and fortunes of the Bellamy family and their below-stairs servant staff at 165 Eaton Place play out against the social, political and historical backdrop of Edwardian London from 1903 to 1930.

A hapless but caring teacher tries to control his class of unruly kids. The teacher sees much good and potential in his pupils, much to the dismay of his fellow teachers who have lost hope in these kids.

A diverse group of immigrants and foreigners learn English at an adult education school in London.

Disgraced detective Tony fakes evidence in divorce cases, implicates wife in Stasio affair. Stasio and wife shot dead in hotel. Tony's ex-partner Frank investigates, suspects inheritance-seeking mistress Angeline and inconsistent Tony.

Mistreated foundling Heathcliff and his stepsister Catherine fall in love, but when she marries a wealthy man, he becomes obsessed with getting revenge, even well into the next generation.

Jack-the-lad bus driver and conductor Stan and Jack enjoy the female employees more than their work and Inspector Blake is relentless in his attempts to make their lives a misery.

The social rivalry between two women in the 1930s when Lucia moves to the small English town of Tilling.

British drama following the professional and personal lives of firefighters who put their lives on the line at Blackwall Fire Station in London, England.

After a rich Edwardian widow impulsively marries a handsome but poor Tuscan dentist and dies in childbirth, her English in-laws try to gain custody of the baby.

Seen on Masterpiece Theatre, starring Francesca Annis in an award-winning performance, Lillie vividly captures the complex woman who became one of the most notorious and respected figures of the Victorian era.

This short-lived sequel to On the Buses (1969) saw Blakey move to Spain with his sister.

Famed 18th-century English highwayman Dick Turpin eludes authorities while romancing a farmer's daughter, though his days robbing coaches under the alias John Palmer may be numbered.

Follows the humorous struggles of workers in a London clothing factory.

Dempsey, a tough NYPD cop, is sent to a London undercover police unit teamed up with the sophisticated, sexy, blonde Makepeace. They hunt down the top of London's underworld - when not quarreling.

The wife's affair and a death in the family hasten the demise of an upper-class English marriage.

Lady Eileen "Bundle" Brent is a pert, aggressive young aristocrat who insinuates herself into a series of murders, stolen state secrets, and a mysterious secret society.

The Second World War experiences of brave women recruited as undercover agents behind enemy lines.

A free-spirited yet naive country girl is caught between her wealthy, manipulative "cousin" Alec and the handsome, educated farmer Angel Clare in this Victorian tragedy from novelist Thomas Hardy.

Agatha Christie's husband-and-wife sleuthing team take on a series of short whodunit mysteries.

While golfing on the Welsh coast, Bobby Jones apparently hits a stranger who falls off the the sea cliff. His enigmatic last words are "Why didn't they ask Evans?"

Perplexed and unmarried Laura and sweet but inept Mike form an unlikely union after meeting. Despite differences and lack of chemistry, an undefinable connection keeps the stubborn Laura and grinning Mike together.

A medieval wizard (though not a very good one) is transported to the modern age.

An American actor based in London, is stuck playing the sidekick to a successful British comic. He meets an attractive nurse at the local hospital and starts to date her, also landing the lead role in a musical version of The Elephant Man.