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Porridge
1974 • Comedy
Porridge is a British situation comedy broadcast on BBC1 from 1974 to 1977, running for three series, two Christmas specials and a feature film also titled Porridge. Written by…
Why matched: genres Comedy
Porridge
1979 • Crime • Comedy
Times are hard for habitual guest of Her Majesty Norman Stanley Fletcher. The new prison officer, Beale, makes MacKay look soft and what's more, an escape plan is hatching from…
Matched on: Mackay
Local Hero
1983 • Drama • Comedy
An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.
Why matched: genres Drama, Comedy
Defence of the Realm
1986 • Thriller • Action
A reporter named Mullen 'stumbles' onto a story linking a prominent Member of Parliament to a KGB agent and a near-nuclear disaster involving a teenage runaway and a U.S. Air Fo…
Why matched: genres Thriller, Action
Gumshoe
1971 • Drama • Crime • Comedy
A would be private eye gets mixed up in a smuggling case.
Why matched: genres Drama, Crime
A Sense of Freedom
1985 • Drama • Crime
The true story of Jimmy Boyle, who was reputed to be Scotland's most violent man.
Why matched: genres Drama, Crime
Water
1985 • Adventure • Comedy
The British governor of a tiny island nation in the Caribbean Commonwealth finds his idyllic existence thrown into chaos when an American drilling company finds a huge source of…
Why matched: genres Adventure, Comedy
Nothing But the Night
1973 • Thriller • Mystery • Crime
When various trustees of the Van Traylen Orphanage begin dying in close order, it's at first written off as a coincidence. But, when a school bus accident very nearly takes out…
Why matched: genres Thriller, Mystery
Britannia Hospital
1982 • Science Fiction • Comedy
Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative reporter Mick Travis arrive…
Why matched: genres Science Fiction, Comedy
Dreamchild
1985 • Drama • Fantasy
80-year-old Alice Hargreaves is about to visit Columbia University to attend a reception in honour of author Lewis Carroll. As a child, Alice's close friendship with the writer…
Why matched: genres Drama, Fantasy