TV Comedy
- The Complete Adrian Mole. Capsule review: An excellent comedy-drama adaptation of Sue Townsend’s first two books about Adrian Mole.
- Agony: The Complete Series. Capsule review: Maureen Lipman is a scatty agony aunt with romantic problems. Tries too hard to cover ‘issues’.
- All Star Comedy Carnival. Capsule review: a waltz down memory lane, with lots of laughs.
- The Arthur Haynes Show. Capsule review: The television output of a forgotten funnyman, dated but dotted with laughs.
- An Audience with Jasper Carrott. Capsule review: Carrott’s breakthrough series before an audience; still very funny.
- Beadle’s About series 1. Capsule review: Very much of its time, this raises the occasional smile but hasn’t worn well.
- Catweazle: Series 1 and Series 2. Capsule review: A classic children’s series with a strong central performance and clever storylines.
- Cilla’s Comedy Six: The Complete Series. Capsule review: Hit and miss sketches which prove Cilla Black was not a strong comedienne.
- Classic ITV Christmas Comedy. Capsule review: A good sampler of half-forgotten comedy programme festive specials, many from the 1980s.
- Dawson’s Weekly. Capsule review: Les Dawson in a set of comedy characterisations which are very entertaining.
- Doctor on the Box. Capsule review: every Doctor series which ran on the BBC, good for dipping in and out, but the earlier series are the sharpest.
- End of Part One: The Complete Series. Capsule review: a quirky and obscure delight in Pythonesque mode.
- Frost on Sunday. Capsule review: Frost goes variety in his lightest of the three weekend 60s series.
- The Galton and Simpson Playhouse. Capsule review: a set of amusing comedy plays.
- The Goodies … At Last, A Second Helping. Capsule review: time hasn’t been kind to this silly sketch series.
- If There Weren’t Any Blacks You’d Have To Invent Them. Capsule review: two versions of the same black comedy play, both very effective.
- Law and Disorder: Complete. Capsule review: gentle comedy with Margo in a wig.
- The Morecambe and Wise Show: The Thames Years. Capsule review: not as good as their BBC series, but this duo were always good fun.
- Mrs Merton and Malcolm. Capsule review: not entirely successful, but now and again this is as much comedy gold as the Royle Family.
- The New Incomplete Complete and Utter History of Britain. Capsule review: a lovingly compiled package of a variable comedy series.
- Outside Edge: The Complete Series. Capsule review: the pilot play and the whole series, a joy from start to finish.
- Paul Merton in Galton and Simpson’s … series 1. Capsule review: disappointing, especially the Hancock reboots.
- Pipkins: Volumes 1-4. Capsule review: legendary children’s series, with subversive puppets.
- The Rag Trade: The Complete First LWT Series. Capsule review: laugh out loud on occasion, but the original BBC series is stronger.
- Rik Mayall Presents. Capsule review: a series of comedy plays, cleverly written.
- Ripping Yarns: The Complete Series. Capsule review: superior comedy plays in the old yarn style and with a Python twist, with the Secrets play as a dark and funny extra.
- Romany Jones: Complete Series 1 and 2. Capsule review: James Beck’s only starring role following his success in Dad’s Army – but it is creaky fare!
- Sadie, It’s Cold Outside: The Complete Series. Capsule review: worthwhile character led comedy.
- Shillingbury Tales: The Complete Series. Capsule review: excellent writing, good performances.
- Six Dates With Barker. Capsule review: a set of comedy plays with Ronnie Barker in the lead, very nicely done.
- Spitting Image: The Complete Series 1-7, Series 8. Capsule review: of its time, and very dated, but now and again very sharp indeed.
- The Strange World of Gurney Slade: The Complete Series. Capsule review: a hidden gem with strange and surreal twists and turns.
- Sunday Night at the London Palladium: Volumes 1 and 2. Capsule review: variety and music show from the 50s and 60s.
- Tingha and Tucker. Capsule review: odd jumble of remaining items from a forgotten children’s series.
- Two’s Company: Complete Series. Capsule review: a well-remembered two header with flair and fun.
- Two of a Kind. Capsule review: early sketches from Morecambe and Wise, with a raw variety feel and some excellent extra features.
- Victoria Wood: Screenplays. Capsule review: early series of comedy plays which stand on their believable characters and situations.
TV Drama
- The Adventures of Black Beauty: Best of. Capsule review: children’s drama inspired by Anna Sewell’s novel, great theme tune and good production values.
- Adventures of Robin Hood: Complete. Capsule review: high adventure and many early appearances from familiar faces make this series a winner.
- Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel: Complete. Capsule review: affectionate piece of whimsy with a great central performance and enjoyable storylines.
- Alan Plater at ITV. Capsule review: a good overview of one of television’s best playwrights. Includes some taster episodes of series like Flambards.
- Anglo Saxon Attitudes: Complete
- The Arcata Promise
- Armchair Cinema: The Collection. Capsule review: a solid set of standalone dramas from Euston Films with strong characterisations. Some films miss the mark but all are worth watching.
- Armchair Theatre: Volumes 1-4. Capsule review: a range of episodes from the long-running series of standalone plays. The older titles are more innovative but as a whole they are interesting to compare with the BBC’s ‘Play for Today’.
- Armchair Theatre Archive: Volumes 1-4.
- Armchair Thriller: Complete. Capsule review: lengthy tales of chills and terror, hit and miss as a series.
- Band of Gold/Gold: Complete. Capsule review: hard-hitting series about a group of prostitutes in Bradford; the follow-up series isn’t a patch on the original.
- The Bass Player and the Blonde
- Beasts: The Complete Series. Capsule review: a range of horror tales which linger in the memory; two outstanding and the rest very good indeed.
- The Beiderbecke Trilogy/Get Lost: Complete
- Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
- The Blackheath Poisonings: Complete
- Bloody Kids
- Brass
- The Brontes of Haworth: Complete
- The Buccaneers: The Complete Series
- The Caesars: Complete
- Casting the Runes
- Cause Celebre
- Children’s Ward: Complete Series 1 and 2
- Chiller: Complete Series. Capsule review: surprisingly good series of spine-tinglers with a great opening sequence.
- A Choice of Coward: Complete
- Clayhanger: Complete
- Codename Kyril
- Crown Court: Volumes 1-8
- The Crunch … and other stories
- Danger UXB: Complete Series Special Edition
- The Dark Angel: Complete
- Dennis Potter at LWT: Volumes 1 and 2
- Dick Turpin: Series 1
- Disraeli: Complete
- Dramarama: Spooky
- Dramarama: Volume 1
- Edward and Mrs Simpson: Complete
- Enemy at the Door: Complete
- Espionage: Michael Powell
- Fireball XL5: Complete
- Flickers: The Complete Series
- Floodtide: The Complete Series
- The Four Just Men: The Complete Series
- Framed
- Fraud Squad series 1
- The Frighteners
- Gideon’s Way: Complete
- The Gold Robbers: Complete
- The Good Companions: Complete
- The Hanged Man: Complete
- Interpol Calling: Complete
- The Invisible Man: Complete
- ITC 50
- It’s Dark Outside: the Complete Series
- Jack Rosenthal at ITV
- Jamaica Inn: Complete
- Jemima Shore Investigates: Complete
- Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill: Complete
- Justice: Complete Series 1-3
- Killers
- A Kind of Loving: Complete
- The Knock: Complete Series 1
- Ladies in Charge: Complete
- Lady Killers: Complete Series 1-2
- The Last Place on Earth: Complete
- Laurence Olivier Presents
- The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
- Lillie: The Complete Series
- Look-Back on 70s Telly: Issues 1-4
- The Main Chance: Complete Series 1-4
- The Male of the Species: Three Plays by Alun Owen
- Manhunt: Complete Series
- Mr Axelford’s Angel
- Mr Palfrey of Westminster: Complete
- Mr Rose: Complete Series 1-3
- Mystery and Imagination
- Napoleon and Love: Complete
- The Nation’s Health
- The Nearly Man
- Nightingale’s Boys: Complete
- New Scotland Yard: series 1
- The Organisation
- Philby, Burgess and Maclean
- Piece of Cake: Complete
- The Plane Makers: Volumes 1-3
- Plays for Britain: Complete
- The Power Game: The Complete Series
- The Protectors: Complete Series
- Red Letter Day: The Complete Series
- Redcap: Series 1
- The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: Complete Series 1-2
- Robin of Sherwood: Complete
- The Sandbaggers: Complete
- Scoop
- Scorpion Tales: Complete
- Sergeant Cork: Complete Series 1-6
- Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance
- Shadows of Fear: Complete
- Six Days of Justice: Complete Series 1-2
- Smuggler: The Complete Series
- Soap Box: Volume 1
- South Riding: The Complete Series
- Storyboard: The Complete Series
- Strangers: The Complete Series
- Tales of the Unexpected: Complete
- Tales Out of School: Four Films by David Leland
- Thomas and Sarah: Complete
- Thriller: The Complete Series
- Travelling Man: Complete
- Twelfth Night
- The Tyrant King: Complete
- Upstairs Downstairs: Complete
- Van Der Valk: Complete
- A Very Peculiar Practice: Complete
- Village Hall: Complete Series 1 and 2
- Warrior Queen: Complete
- The Widowmaker
- Will Shakespeare: Complete
- William Tell: Complete
- Wish Me Luck: Complete
- The XYY Man: Complete
- Yesterday’s Dreams: Complete
- The Zoo Gang: Complete
TV Other
- 56 Up
- Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
- Charley Says: Limited Edition
- Coronation Street: 1972
- Emmerdale Farm: Volume One and Two
- Frost on Coward
- Frost on Friday
- Frost on Saturday
- ITV 60
- Six Centuries of Verse: Complete
- The Story of Film: An Odyssey
- Tempo: Volume 1
- Unknown Chaplin
- World in Action: Volumes 1-4
Films:
- British Comedies of the 1930s Volumes 1-2
- British Musicals of the 1930s Volumes 1-6
- The Ealing Rarities Volumes 1-14
- The Jessie Matthews Revue Volumes 1-6