
Known for
6.6Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.
Play for Today
1970
7.4The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.
Lovejoy
1986
7.7Hamish Macbeth is a comedy-drama series made by BBC Scotland and first aired in 1995. It is loosely based on a series of mystery novels by M. C. Beaton. The series concerns a local police officer, Constable Hamish Macbeth in the fictitious town of Lochdubh on the west coast of Scotland. The titular character was played by Robert Carlyle. It ran for three series from 1995 to 1997, with the first two series having six episodes and the third having eight.
Hamish Macbeth
1995
8.2Enemy At The Door is a British television drama series made by London Weekend Television for ITV. The series was shown between 1978 and 1980 and dealt with the German occupation of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands, during the Second World War. The programme generated a certain amount of criticism in Guernsey, particularly for being obviously filmed on Jersey despite being ostensibly set on Guernsey. The series also marked the TV debut of Anthony Head as a member of the island resistance. The theme music was by Wilfred Josephs.
Enemy at the Door
1978
6.3An anthology of seven psychological dramas, each with a different cast and crew, exploring deaths in unusual circumstances.
Unnatural Causes
1986
8.3Bob's team just got BIGGER with the most mega build EVER! Meet new team members Thud, Crunch, and former TV star Ace. They help Scoop, Muck, and Lofty clear the quarry to make room for an exciting new dam and reservoir. However, a rival contractor tries to undermine Bob and it's up to the team to save Spring City. Will they be up to this mega challenge or will it all end up washed away?
Bob the Builder: Mega Machines
2017
Film credits
2010s · 3 titles
8.3Bob's team just got BIGGER with the most mega build EVER! Meet new team members Thud, Crunch, and former TV star Ace. They help Scoop, Muck, and Lofty clear the quarry to make room for an exciting new dam and reservoir. However, a rival contractor tries to undermine Bob and it's up to the team to save Spring City. Will they be up to this mega challenge or will it all end up washed away?
Bob the Builder: Mega Machines
2017
5.3Depressed and suicidal, thirtysomething bachelor Duncan – determined to find the secret to a healthy, strong relationship, – flashes back to his last five relationships (in the last four years) and considers what caused each one to fail. Based on the novel 'Essays in Love' by Alain de Botton.
My Last Five Girlfriends
2010
10.0Packed with CBeebies stars and some very special guests, the classic Dickens novel is adapted to tell the story of how miserly Ebenezer Scrooge needs some CBeebies magic to help him care for those around him and share the joy of Christmas! Three presents lead Scrooge through a series of experiences that help him change his ways, and if the audience join in with all the singing and dancing along the way, it's sure to do the trick!
CBeebies Presents: A Christmas Carol
2013
1990s · 2 titles
NRJoin Ozzy Octave and his friends as they sing and dance to their favourite nursery rhymes. Some of the happening songs include 'Polly Put the Kettle On', 'Michael Finnigan', 'Jack and Jill', 'Pop Goes the Weasel' and 'Oranges and Lemons'.
Fun Song Factory: Nursery Rhyme Land
1997
NRIt's Christmas at the Fun Song Factory and Ozzie Octave, the fuzzy Fun Song Factory Foreman, is busy decorating the factory as a Christmas Surprise for everyone. The factory is bursting at the seams with festive fun. There are lots of traditional carols and favourite Christmas songs to join in with and don't forget to hang up your stocking just in case Santa Claus comes down the Chimney. Merry Christmas to you all!
Christmas at the Fun Song Factory
1996
1980s · 3 titles
NRA tradition-bound gentlemen's club is thrown into chaos when women are allowed in during "ladies' night." One member resents the intrusion of women so much, he resorts to murder.
Ladies' Night
1986
NRAn ex-SAS officer and an ex member of the Special Boat Services, team up to search for £ 2 million worth of diamonds which go missing when an aircraft is hijacked. Ruthless terrorists seize a London embassy residence. The SAS are called in. There's intense political pressure for a quick resolution. The worst fears of David Barber, the officer in command, are tragically realised. With a brilliant career in ruins, the prospects for ex-Major Barber seem grim until he meets Colonel Patrick Ansell, Managing director of Saracen systems Ltd.
The Zero Option
1988
NRFour students working in a factory cause emotional, as well as industrial catastrophe, for when theory and reality meet it is the 'Silly Season'.
The Silly Season
1982
1970s · 2 titles
NRWhen a farmer's land is wanted for a new town development, a lot of people find their lives put in the melting pot.
Ploughman's Share
1979
9.0Olive Major is determined that her year of office as Mayor will be a happy and successful one. But her appointment of Ex-Warrant Officer Higham as Attendant and Mace-bearer causes the storm-clouds to gather over Medburgh Town Hall.
The Mayor's Charity
1977
Series credits
6.6Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.
Play for Today
1970
7.4The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.
Lovejoy
1986
7.7Hamish Macbeth is a comedy-drama series made by BBC Scotland and first aired in 1995. It is loosely based on a series of mystery novels by M. C. Beaton. The series concerns a local police officer, Constable Hamish Macbeth in the fictitious town of Lochdubh on the west coast of Scotland. The titular character was played by Robert Carlyle. It ran for three series from 1995 to 1997, with the first two series having six episodes and the third having eight.
Hamish Macbeth
1995
8.2Enemy At The Door is a British television drama series made by London Weekend Television for ITV. The series was shown between 1978 and 1980 and dealt with the German occupation of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands, during the Second World War. The programme generated a certain amount of criticism in Guernsey, particularly for being obviously filmed on Jersey despite being ostensibly set on Guernsey. The series also marked the TV debut of Anthony Head as a member of the island resistance. The theme music was by Wilfred Josephs.
Enemy at the Door
1978
6.3An anthology of seven psychological dramas, each with a different cast and crew, exploring deaths in unusual circumstances.
Unnatural Causes
1986
Behind the camera
NRThe show is about a boy named Aladdin who gets granted 3 wishes by a genie after being locked in a cave by her "long lost uncle" and her trip back home.
CBeebies Presents: Aladdin
2010
NRThe Enchanted Toyshop is a magical dolls house which links the five episodes. The Tweenies individually enter the shop via their imagination. They shrink and then see the toy of their dreams come alive. Fizz befriends and sings with Penelope Pink the Pop Princess, Jake helps Jangles the Clown have faith in himself, Milo meets a true hero in 'Little Blue Plane' and Bella's aspirations are realised when she directs and stars alongside thespian mice in the Mousehole Theatre. The final episode goes inside the shop once more as Father Christmas wraps these very special presents on Christmas Eve.
Tweenies - Enchanted Toyshop
2001
