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- DirectorMax VarnelStarsPeter ReynoldsNoelle MiddletonYvonne BuckinghamA bent business man bumps off a colleague who threatens to expose him for forging bonds.
- DirectorBob McNaughtStarsJeff ChandlerBasil SydneyPeter ArneKing Saul of Israel is jealous of the fame and adoration of David, who long ago slew Goliath and brought victory to Saul's armies. Now Saul, egged on by his Edomite counselor Doeg, attempts to have David killed. Saul's son, and David's best friend, Jonathan, conspires to help David, who is reluctant to fight back against his own people the Israelites.
- StarsMargaretta ScottEdward WoodwardAbout two young adventurers stuck on an island.
- DirectorPeter BezencenetTerry BishopStarsRonald HowardTerry PalmerSuzanna LeighAn English town is evacuated when an old German WW2 bomb is found. A bomb squad is called in to disarm it but the men have their own agenda. A runaway teen couple stumble on their activities. 60 minute British programmer.
- CreatorA.J. BaconNeil MunroJilly CooperStarsFrank ThorntonJohn Le MesurierRobert DorningAnthology series of one-off, unrelated situation comedies.
- DirectorCharles SaundersStarsNora NicholsonDiana ChesneyRichard McNeffThe manager of a halfway house for female ex-cons takes action when a blackmailer threatens to expose her secret.
- DirectorSidney J. FurieStarsKieron MooreHazel CourtIan HunterPeople are mysteriously disappearing near a remote Cornish village, where a scientist is experimenting; reviving the dead.
- DirectorMax VarnelStarsAnton DiffringDiane HartMark SingletonInspector Duval comes to London to help crack the case of a socialite murdered during a jewel heist.
- CreatorTessa DiamondStarsGeoffrey PalmerPhilip GroutA.J. BrownNaylor and Freeman is a firm of solicitors. There are five partners, and each handles a variety of cases involving human problems.
- DirectorMario ZampiStarsErnie KovacsCyd CharisseGeorge SandersA petty crook is doing all right in his chosen profession of gallantly consoling wealthy widows--until he meets and falls in love with a lovely baroness who knows all about get-rich-quick schemes. The crook evolves an ingenious swindle geared to the time differential between New York and Rome and works it on his string of widows, but the baroness takes off with the dough. The crook flees to a mental home to escape the wrath of his victims.
- DirectorJerome EpsteinStarsSydney ChaplinDawn AddamsElspeth MarchAn unscrupulous fortune hunter pursues a much-older (and very rich) woman.
- CreatorGeoffrey BellmanJohn WhitneyStarsJan HoldenJane MuirPhilip LathamThe life and loves of a big department store in the West End of London.
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsPeter DyneleyJane HyltonNanette NewmanA young couple go to check out a house they're thinking of buying. A somewhat mysterious woman tells the couple several stories of the fates that befell the house's previous owners.
- DirectorDerek WilliamsStarsSean ScullyJacques VerbruggeSandra SpurrTim (Sean Scully) comes over to Amsterdam to visit his penfriend Piet (Jacques Verbrugge). An Englishman operating as a tourist guide is a diamond-smuggler and the boys along with Piet's sister Annike (Sandra Spurr), foil his plans in a boat chase.
- StarsRobert MorleyTracy ReedErik ChittyATV Sitcom If The Crown Fits, Adventures in the life of King Rupert, ruler of Mediterranean Grabnia. His daughter, Princess Amelia (Tracey Reed) is something of a beatnik, who prefers to wear jeans and a sweater rather than a dress and a tiara.
- DirectorJay LewisStarsBill TraversSpike MilliganGrégoire AslanSpike Milligan and his friends decide to go to occupied France to silence a large German gun that is firing across the channel. They bumble though encounters with Germans and the French resistance fighters, travelling around by train and bicycle.
- StarsJohn BarrieWensley PitheyJames BeckCrime drama based on the true exploits of retired Liverpool CID Detective Sergeant William Prendergast who spent 28 years with the Liverpool CID. He was as tough as they come and specialised in interrogations at which he was very successful.
- DirectorNigel PatrickStarsNigel PatrickYvonne MitchellWilliam BendixA small Irish town: atheist writer shot by a man claiming amnesia. Miracle or murder? Local priest discovers it's a plot: revenge killing. Gets to trial too late - the jury have acquitted. JN gloats - to be struck dead in the courtroom.
- DirectorEdward BuzzellStarsAgnès LaurentHazel CourtJack WatlingA theatrical impresario tries to win a bet with a psychiatrist over the production of a perfect baby.
- DirectorPeter SellersStarsPeter SellersNadia GrayHerbert LomA poor but proud French teacher gets fired after refusing to modify the grades of a rich student. As this could be the opportunity to exploit his honesty, Castel Benac hires Topaze as a managing director for a shady business.
- DirectorMax VarnelStarsRay McAnallyCatherine FellerYvonne BuckinghamArt critic Max Aaronson denounces a famous old painting in Arnold Woolf's gallery as a forgery. He says it is not the only one, but shortly after he is killed by a hit-and-run driver.
- DirectorTheodore ZichyStarsSarah LawsonNeil McCallumAlan Edwards
- DirectorMichael WinnerStarsCharles LambVi StevensLesley Scoble
- DirectorGodfrey GraysonStarsJill IrelandEllen PollockJohn CharlesworthA young girl is framed for a robbery, and sent to a harsh reform school, where she becomes the target of a vicious warden.
- StarsRichard VernonBeatrix MackeyAmanda GrinlingMarie-Hélène, a shy Normandy teenager, speaking little English, works as an au pair for a family in Brighton, Sussex, to improve her English while also adjusting to the culture shock.
- StarsDuncan CarseAubrey BuxtonAndrew SachsClassic long-running British nature documentary series featuring different subjects each time.
- StarsBrian MatthewJanice NichollsJim DaleThis was a vehicle for new record releases in the early sixties. A panel would rate the songs between 1-5 with the panel was made up of stars of the day.
- DirectorÁkos RáthonyiStarsJoachim FuchsbergerWilliam LucasSabine SesselmannA Chinese detective breaks up a drug smuggling ring and tries to find the "Daffodil Killer". The drug smugglers had devised the ingenious method of smuggling heroin from Hong Kong in the stems of daffodils.
- DirectorFrank MarshallStarsTerence AlexanderAngela DouglasJill HyemThe predictably boring life of a meek bookkeeper until fate transforms him into an underworld terror.
- DirectorMichael ForlongStarsBill TraversEd BegleySidney JamesA racing driver loses his nerves after several crashes
- DirectorRobert S. BakerMonty BermanStarsKeith MichellAdrienne CorriPeter CushingYears after fleeing his ancestral home with his mother, Jason returns home to claim his birthright, only to find his way blocked by his evil cousin Thomas. In order to reclaim his title, Jason must do battle with his cousin, who calls upon the members of the deadly Hellfire Club to stop him.
- DirectorKen AnnakinStarsRichard ToddAnne AubreyJamie UysLuke Billings and his four reprobate sons ride into a small South African settlement in search of revenge on Police Sergeant Sam Hargis. Hargis knows he cannot outgun the five outlaws and turns to the townspeople for help. But he gets no help except from a most unexpected source. Ultimately Hargis must face Billings on his own.
- DirectorHenry GeddesStarsDavid EllisSusan Millar-SmithTom SamuelsA boy tries to save a wounded and out of control rhino from both his well-meaning game warden uncle and bloodthirsty Kenyan tribesmen.
- DirectorPeter MaxwellStarsJohn CrawfordSusan HampshireWilloughby GoddardSet in post WW II-Vienna this British spy adventure centers on an international effort to thwart the communists that is led by an American newspaper journalist trying to save the two innocents from certain death.
- DirectorMontgomery TullyStarsVincent BallLisa DanielyPeter IllingA small town in France must adopt ingenious methods to cope with occupying German forces. A Canadian pilot crashes nearby and is invaluable in helping the villagers fight their own private war.
- DirectorMichael BrandtStarsHeather BennettHennie ScottJohn Moulder-BrownThree children track their lost piano with one note missing through London.
- DirectorDarcy ConyersStarsBrian RixDora BryanRonald ShinerCecil's family is unaware that he and his cabinet-maker employee are making and selling false antique furniture. It is only when he dies and his salesman Bernie marries his widow Julie that the truth comes out through Cecil re-appearing as a parrot, puzzlingly given as a wedding gift. When a local Brighton heavy realises he's been conned the family band together to try and fix things.
- StarsLouis HaywardGaylord CavallaroRobert GallicoInspector Bollinger pursues criminals and scoundrels on the mean streets of London with the aid of his trusty German Shepherd dog.
- DirectorMichael PowellStarsDaniel MasseyRaymond MasseyRobert StephensGrenadier Guards Captain John Fellowes prepares for the Trooping the Colour ceremony and reminisces about his years at Sandhurst Military Academy as well as his family's dramatic life.
- StarsJimmy EdwardsJune WhitfieldRonnie BarkerIndividual sitcoms featuring Jimmy Edwards in various roles alongside guest stars.
- DirectorSidney J. FurieStarsJohn McCarthySusan TraversGeoffrey DentonIn 1890 England a doctor, in order to cure his wife's "sick mind", injects her with snake venom. She later gives birth to a daughter the villagers begin to call "The Devil's Baby". They soon burn the family's house down. Years later a Scotland Yard detective is sent to the village to investigate a rash of deaths that are caused by snakebite.
- DirectorRobert S. BakerMonty BermanStarsRory CalhounPatricia BredinJohn GregsonIn 1815 England, Col. Jackson hires Adam Corbett to serve as armed escort for himself and his daughter as they travel to the isle of Monte Cristo. It seems the Colonel has part of a map showing the site of the fabled Monte Cristo treasure.
- StarsAnthony KloudaJonathan CollinsSara O'ConnorIt follows the adventures of six children who try to restore their family's fortune by looking for treasure in various places.
- StarsMary MillerJohn ThawRonald LaceyEleven-part mini-series featuring an ensemble cast of up-and-coming acting talent, in plays by young authors, each actor or actress taking the lead role in turn.
- StarsWilfrid BrambellRoland CurramSam KyddAnthology series of plays where various disparate characters meet in the city of London.
- DirectorSidney J. FurieStarsJack WatlingCarole LesleyJohn SlaterA young man will inherit a huge fortune--8 million pounds--but to qualify, he must spend a million pounds in just two months. Easy to do? That's what you think!
- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsEmrys JonesPatricia DaintonDenis ShawA humble clerk and a British girl strike up a romance in an Italian village. Both claim to be rich, but it all works out well in the end.
- DirectorLance ComfortStarsWilliam LucasDavid SumnerRay Barrett
- DirectorEdward Craven WalkerStarsYannick PhilouzeElizabeth WalkerWhile sunbathing at Studland Bay, Elizabeth Walker gets invited to join some naturists on a trip to the famous nudist colony at Villata in Corsica. There she meet Yannick, who performs a unique underwater ballet.
- DirectorAnthony AsquithStarsVirginia McKennaBill TraversPatrick McGoohanIn Sweden, a post-office employee who survives a deadly armed robbery is accused of cowardice by society and is torn by conflicting feelings.
- DirectorMichael CarrerasStarsRichard BasehartAthene SeylerLisa GastoniA pilot slips his plane into Red China to rescue an American girl trapped there, but when he lands he discovers that the girl has a surprise for him--she wants him to fill his plane with Chinese refugees and fly them out of the country, too.
- DirectorWolf RillaStarsMarjorie RhodesCyril SmithVera DayA sailor named Albert is late for his own wedding, but a bigger problem occurs when he gets a message from the Navy saying he can't marry for certain legal reasons. Everyone jumps to conclusions and thinks there's another woman out there with a claim of some kind.
- StarsPeggy MountAvice LandoneDavid StollTwo middle-aged sisters who are widows decide to set up house together as an economy measure.
- DirectorEric TaylerStarsRuth DunningBruce ProchnikMaureen Pryor
- DirectorRosemary HillStarsDennis HandbyRoger KempDennis EdwardsClass distinctions, inferiority complexes, and social climbing abound as the bride, groom, and their families gather for a wedding banquet. There's a rumor that a general will be in attendance, secured by a real estate agent at one family's expense. After an argument about electricity, which exposes both the ignorance and the combativeness of the bride, the general does arrive, ear trumpet in hand. He commands the attention of all. But will tranquility last until the group photo?
- DirectorNaomi CaponStarsWendy CraigPatrick AllenPeter McEneryCandida is the sensible wife of a clergyman. Her husband tends to take her for granted, but she has a young admirer who doesn't.
- DirectorDon ChaffeyStarsJimmy EdwardsKenneth ConnorShirley EatonThe RAF Group Captain has a hard job to restrain the aircraft-man from tinkering with everything he can get his hands on.
- DirectorWendy ToyeStarsJune BronhillKevin MillerCynthia MoreyOrpheus's pursuit of his wife Eurydice, who is carried off to Hades by Pluto - much to the annoyance of Jupiter.
- DirectorRudolph CartierStarsYôko TaniLee MontagueRobert HardyIn the depths of a forest, a man is killed and his wife seemingly raped. When a notorious bandit is brought to trial, the case could hardly seem simpler. But what really happened?
- DirectorNaomi CaponStarsFrançoise RosaySonia DresdelColin Jeavons
- DirectorPhilip DaleStarsCharles GraySusannah YorkJack GwillimThe Prince Regent attempts to force his daughter into a marriage which would secure her popularity.
- StarsAnthony NewleyAnthony Newley plays the title character (real name Herbert Nebbish) who walks off his TV show after 2 songs. It seems he hears a voice in his head telling him the world is going to end in February.
- DirectorMark StuartStarsMahalia JacksonLeon BibbChris Barber's Jazz BandMahilia Jackson gospel singer in her first British TV show.
- DirectorDon TaylorStarsLeslie SandsNigel StockBarry FosterWilf's wife Alice is dying. He has sent for his two sons. Edgar, a successful scientist, has brought his wife. Richard, a disillusioned artist who has stumbled into teaching and who is in the throes of a divorce, has brought his heavily-pregnant fiancee. All started life as working-class and socialists. It emerges that Wilf and Alice made enormous sacrifices to put their two sons through grammar school to make them more upwardly-mobile, and indeed they are. Each has gone his own way. But do they understand or even know one another any more?
- DirectorDon ChaffeyStarsTerry-ThomasSonja ZiemannAlex NicolA man's death of smallpox at London airport sends officials into a panic as they conduct a frantic search for the carrier.
- DirectorJohn Paddy CarstairsStarsBob MonkhouseLeslie PhillipsAlfred MarksFred, Tim and Deirdre plan a fun weekend break on the coast. What they didn't make allowances for was the company of Deirdre's mother who insists on coming along as her daughter's chaperone.
- StarsMike WintersBernie WintersAlfred MarksTalk-show hosted by a variety of celebrities and the great names of the time, such as The Beatles.
- StarsKent WaltonThe Mike Cotton JazzmenThe YardbirdsLong-running music series, produced in Bristol, which typically featured pop and jazz performers, miming to their latest recordings.
- StarsRichard WordsworthFelix FeltonFrank FinlayOnce the mysterious Dr. Knock sets up his practice in a small French town, everyone begins to feel a lot more ill.
- StarsJohn BonneyAnne LawsonYusef SaadA newly married couple travel through the Middle East visiting sites mentioned in the Bible. These 15 min episodes were filmed in colour for ABC TV (UK) in the early 1960s.