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- A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.
- After losing his job, a middle-aged man reinvents himself by going back to college.
- British sitcom in which an unhappily married man discovers he can time travel back to 1940s war-torn London where he masquerades as an MI5 agent and part-time songwriter whilst courting the local barmaid.
- After the death of Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction to a sequence of events nobody could have predicted.
- A dramatization of the Irish civil rights protest march and subsequent massacre by British troops on January 30, 1972.
- The life and career of British singer and entertainer Cilla Black.
- The fascinating biography of British 'Blonde Bombshell', Diana Dors, who brought Marylin Monroe-esque charms to the UK along with public scandals and personal tragedies.
- An apprentice nun tasked with caring for the children of a retired naval officer finds herself falling in love with him as the Nazi invasion of Austria looms on the horizon.
- Based on the British situation comedy Rising Damp, which aired on ITV from 1974 to 1978. Stingy landlord Rigsby (Leonard Rossiter) manages to scam his lodgers, arts student John Cooper(Christopher Strauli) and medical student Philip (Don Warrington) making both pay for a room they must share. Rigsby's favourite lodger, Miss Jones (Frances de la Tour) flirts with Philip much to Rigsby's annoyance and when new upper crust lodger Seymour (Denholm Elliott) arrives she falls completely under his spell. It seems Rigsby's love for her will forever be unrequited.
- In the late 1930s, Nella Last, a 49 year old housewife living in Barrow-in-Furness on the North West English coast, agrees to send details of her routine to the Mass Observation Project; a non-governmental scheme designed to chronicle the lives of ordinary people. When war comes, Nella defies her over-protective husband to join the local Women's Voluntary Service. Initially diffident, she blossoms thanks to the dominant but kindly Mrs. Waite, and enjoys her independence as a useful war worker. The film also shows her relationship with her two sons, as well as the effect of the war on the community, and ends by explaining that Nella kept in touch with the Mass Observation project until her death in 1968.
- This special documentary examines Inspector Barnaby - his methods and techniques of investigation, from his time in the original novels through his translation to television.
- With exclusive access to police evidence, Susanna Reid presents the backstory and investigation into one of the Britain's most notorious, and dangerous, female serial killers.
- This was a very short (just over six minute long) fully choreographed Christmas carol concert performed by a choir in Dickens era dress with various stars of "Coronation Street" and "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" having non-speaking cameos doing things like passing out refreshments and dancing with the children (with the exception of David Burke "Dr. Watson" also doing a short solo.)
- The story of the carry on films.
- For the 2013 Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards, Bradley Walsh hosts a talk show with guests, reviews, previews, clips, new book promotions, and a quiz.
- A profile of the Duchess of Cambridge, exploring her transformation from a seemingly ordinary young woman to a future monarch and what this means for the royal family.
- Our Stories (2020) is a unique first for British television. The four biggest terrestrial television networks in the UK; the BBC, ITV (or STV in Scotland), Channel 4, and Channel 5, united for the first time to create this film celebrating how British TV shapes our culture. The film was shown as a TV advertisement, on the biggest channels from each network, at the exact same time. The BBC doesn't normally show adverts, apart from to show what's coming up next on their own channels, so this was even more unique for them. The TV channels which broadcast the advert were; BBC One, BBC Two, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, STV, UTV, S4C, 4Seven, E4, More4, Film4, ITV2, ITV3, ITV4, ITVBe, 5STAR, 5USA, 5Select, Paramount Network, and BBC Four, at exactly 8:58pm on the 8th of January 2020. It continued to be shown on TV for the rest of the month, along with on their respective websites, and social media pages.
- Live ITV coverage of the 2016 French Open Tennis Championships spearheaded by John Inverdale.
- About Edward Bulwer-Lytton, an English novelist, poet, playwright, and politician who wrote a stream of bestselling novels. Among them "Vril - The Coming Race" published in 1871.
- Live ITV coverage of the 2014 French Open Tennis Championships spearheaded by John Inverdale.
- 1971–197625m5.8 (23)TV EpisodeSally is enraged when her father decides to intrude on her interview for a job. Although Sid meant well, he soon comes to regret his meddlesome actions.
- Sid is enlisted by his boss to deliver the Chief Executive's Rolls Royce, but thanks to Mike and Sally's campaigning about how cars ruin the environment, things don't go to plan.
- Sid hurts his foot after tripping over Mike's friend's statue. Meanwhile Sally takes an interest in the unknown; so Jean, Sally, and Betty decide to do a séance. They all come to regret it though, when the house appears to be haunted.
- There is total mayhem in the Abbott household when Jean and Sally and Mike come down with flu, and Sid struggles to cope. A woman's work is never done.
- Jean's father is coming for the weekend, and Sid is desperate to not have to tolerate a weekend with him, so he plans a weekend of fishing.
- The whole family is stunned, when a long lost cousin of Sid's turns up unexpected, and uninvited, from America. What does he want, and how on earth can they get rid of him?
- Sid receives a letter from Henri and Odette who he met in France during the war. He reminisces about his time with them, and then decides to visit them, and take Jean along with him.
- Jean wants Sid to go to a wedding with her and Sally and Mike, but Sid wants to go to the football match. He tries every trick in the book to get out of going to the wedding.
- Jean is surprised when an old flame from her youth comes back into her life, and asks her to go for dinner with him. Sid is absolutely fine with this. Or is he?
- Sid brings another feathered friend along to keep their budgie company, but they very quickly regret their decision. Meanwhile, Mike tries to avoid getting a parking ticket, and Sally has a mishap when trying to move Sid's car.
- After getting the wrong idea about the relationship Sally has with a teacher, Sid and Jean get one particular 'fact' wrong, and it results in unpleasant consequences. Meanwhile, Mike produces an interesting painting.
- Sid and the family come home from a blissful family holiday, but Sid is incensed to see what neighbor Trev has done to his cherry tree. The whole situation causes major conflict.
- Jean convinces Sid to do something constructive one Sunday, instead of just lying in bed. So they go for a picnic; but things go awry when they get lost, and the budgie goes missing.
- Sid's boss asks him to look after his 250 year old Georgian tea set. Sid not only does his best to protect the valuable antique tea set, he ends up treating it like a new born baby.
- 1971–197624m6.4 (27)TV EpisodeSid and Jean try to come to terms with their teenage daughter Sally, getting engaged to be married, to her new boyfriend Geoffrey.
- Sid and Jean want to buy Mike a nice gift for his 20th birthday, but Mike wants a party at their house. Unfortunately for Sid and Jean, they aren't invited. So they decide to spend the night in the greenhouse so they can spy on the party.
- When Sid and Jean, and Mike and Sally, go out for a family meal, Sid and Jean reminisce about when they first met. Back when Sid was a discharged soldier, and Jean was a WREN.
- The family are curious about the lady Mike is dating, and are keen to meet her, but when Sally blurts out the lady's age, they are astounded. However, they accept her into their home politely. Is this REALLY Mike's new girlfriend though?
- 1971–197625m6.2 (24)TV EpisodeMuch to Sid's surprise, Mike has taken up running, and is planning a run to raise money for the hospital. Sid knows this is out of character; what is Mike up to?
- Jean is having a bad week, and is rather disenchanted with her life as a housewife. She is stunned, and a little bit envious, when she sees what appears to be her neighbour Betty having a fling with another man.
- Mike has created a sculpture which he hopes will make an impression with his peers, and win him a competition. But an incident with his sculpture means first place may be out of Mike's reach.
- Mike wants to start a career as a photographer, but much to Sid's dismay, he wants to use the garage as his studio. However, things don't go quite as smoothly as Mike expects them to.
- 1971–197624m6.5 (23)TV EpisodeMuch confusion ensues when a doppelganger of Sid's is on the prowl; especially as he is something of a womanizer. Thanks to him, Sid has a lot of explaining to do.
- Jean is worried Sid may take advantage of the fact he meets flirty women in his line of work. So she tries to trick him by pretending to be a woman who is interested in him. But he cottons on, and plays along, with hilarious consequences.