Thorne : Scaredy cat
Oct 31, 2010Crime
Mark Billingham
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Thorne : Scaredy cat
Oct 31, 2010Crime
Killer Couples
Jan 01, 2009The vast majority of killers prey on their victims alone and undercover, but in a tiny number of cases, two people are drawn together to form a deadly duo. And when they do, they’re usually even more brutal and sadistic than those who murder alone. In Killer Couples, popular crime writer Mark Billingham examines four unique and mind-boggling cases.
Crime
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men
Feb 16, 1994Maid Marian and her Merry Men is a British children's sitcom created and written by Tony Robinson and directed by David Bell. It began in 1989 on BBC One and ran for four series, with the last episode shown in 1994. The show was a partially musical comic retelling of the legend of Robin Hood, placing Maid Marian in the role of leader of the Merry Men, and reducing Robin to an incompetent ex-tailor.
The programme was much appreciated by children and adults alike, and has been likened to Blackadder, not only for its historical setting and the presence of Tony Robinson, but also for its comic style. It is more surreal than Blackadder, however, and drops even more anachronisms. Many of the show's cast such as Howard Lew Lewis, Forbes Collins, Ramsay Gilderdale and Patsy Byrne had previously appeared in various episodes of Blackadder alongside Robinson. Like many British children's programmes, there is a lot of social commentary sneakily inserted, as well as witty asides about the Royal family, buses running on time, etc. Many of the plots spoofed or referenced film and television shows including other incarnations of Robin Hood in those mediums.
Comedy
Juliet Bravo
Dec 21, 1985Juliet Bravo was a drama that focused on two female police inspectors, neither of whom were called Juliet Bravo! These two inspectors worked in the small fictional town of Hartley, Lancashire. Jean Darblay was on the scene first and had trouble with her sexist colleagues. However she soon managed to gain their trust and prove a woman could be a successful police officer and housewife. Jean's call sign was Juliet Bravo. When she was promoted and moved on she was replaced by Kate Longton who not only took over the patch but also the headaches that went with it.
Crime
Boon
Dec 01, 1992Boon is a British television drama and modern-day western series starring Michael Elphick, David Daker, and later Neil Morrissey. It was created by Jim Hill and Bill Stair and filmed by Central Television for ITV. It revolved around the life of a modern-day Lone Ranger and ex-firefighter, Ken Boon.
Comedy
News at Twelve
Mar 28, 1988News at Twelve is a 1988 British television comedy for children. The series followed 12-year-old Kevin Doyle and his nightly "news bulletins" about the events in his life. The name of the TV series came from Kevin's age rather than the time the show itself aired, or of Kevin's news updates, which commonly featured his comical basset hound Baxter.
News at Twelve featured Patrick Malahide, Sheila Fearn, Julia Foster, Liz May Brice and Mark Billingham.
This series was aired on ITV and made by Central TV. A US pilot version was made in 1991 by NBC starring, amongst others, Danny Gerard and Sarah Melici, but it was never screened.
Screen Two
Jan 01, 1998
The Bill
Aug 31, 2010The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.
Crime
Birds of a Feather
Feb 25, 2016Birds of a Feather is a British sitcom that was broadcast on BBC One from 1989 until 1998 and on ITV from 2013. Starring Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph, it was created by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, who also wrote some of the episodes along with many other writers.
The first episode sees sisters Tracey Stubbs and Sharon Theodopolopodos brought together when their husbands are sent to prison for armed robbery. Sharon, who lived in an Edmonton council flat, moves into Tracey's expensive house in Chigwell, Essex. Their next-door neighbour, and later friend, Dorien Green is a middle-aged married woman who is constantly having affairs with younger men. In the later series the location is changed to Hainault. The series ended on Christmas Eve 1998 after a 9-year-run.
Comedy
The Upper Hand
Oct 14, 1996The Upper Hand is a British television sitcom, produced by Central Independent Television and Columbia Pictures Television and broadcast by ITV from 1990 to 1996. The programme was adapted from the American sitcom Who's the Boss?.
As in the former series, an affluent single woman, raising a son with the help of her mother, hires a housekeeper only to have a man apply for the job.
Comedy
Harry's Mad
Oct 31, 1996Harry's Mad was a children's television programme that was shown in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on CITV from 4 January 1993 to 11 March 1996. It is based upon a book written by Dick King-Smith.
Drama
Killers: Behind the Myth
Apr 29, 2016A look at some of Europe's and America's most horrific serial killers and how bizarrely simple blunders eventually brought them to justice.
Documentary
Profiling
Sep 22, 2008Six of the best British crime thriller writers are profiled during the running up to the ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards. Each author will be given their own week, featuring some of their finest TV adaptations every night, plus an exclusive documentary examining their lives and work, talking to the stars who have brought their characters to life on screen, fellow writers, fans and the authors themselves.
Documentary
Timeshift
Apr 20, 2017Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history, its narrative-led storytelling offering a richly immersive and varied window onto the past.
Documentary
In the Dark
Aug 01, 2017Helen Weeks est une inspectrice à la police de Manchester. Audacieuse, elle a pour habitude de ne jamais se laisser déstabiliser par l’adversité ou les remarques de son entourage. Divisée entre son partenaire obstiné, l’inspecteur Paul Hopkins, et sa liaison passionnelle avec un autre agent, Helen ne se sent pas du tout prête à devenir mère. Pour échapper à ses doutes, elle décide de venir en aide à sa meilleure amie d’enfance dont le mari est suspecté d’avoir kidnappé deux petites filles. Helen retourne donc dans son village natal afin de mener l’enquête. Mais ce retour aux sources va réveiller de vieux souvenirs liés à un crime du passé...
Crime
Richard Osman's House of Games
Mar 01, 2024Each week a group of four famous faces go toe to toe in testing their general knowledge skills in a variety of entertaining games.
Comedy
Written in Blood
Nov 20, 2018Each episode Simon Toyne meets with a top crime writer to discuss how real life crimes have influenced their fiction.
Mission casse-cou
Nov 01, 1986Véritable tête brûlée de la police de New York, le lieutenant James Dempsey voit son coéquipier Joey mourir lors d'une opération contre des trafiquants de drogue et découvre que sa hiérarchie est complètement corrompue. En danger, il décide de partir en Angleterre et intègre une unité spéciale de la police britannique. Sa collaboration avec sa nouvelle partenaire, la très noble et un peu snob Harriet Makepeace, fait très vite des étincelles...
Action & Adventure
Mission casse-cou
Oct 31, 1996Harry's Mad was a children's television programme that was shown in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on CITV from 4 January 1993 to 11 March 1996. It is based upon a book written by Dick King-Smith.
Drama
Mission casse-cou
Feb 16, 1994Maid Marian and her Merry Men is a British children's sitcom created and written by Tony Robinson and directed by David Bell. It began in 1989 on BBC One and ran for four series, with the last episode shown in 1994. The show was a partially musical comic retelling of the legend of Robin Hood, placing Maid Marian in the role of leader of the Merry Men, and reducing Robin to an incompetent ex-tailor.
The programme was much appreciated by children and adults alike, and has been likened to Blackadder, not only for its historical setting and the presence of Tony Robinson, but also for its comic style. It is more surreal than Blackadder, however, and drops even more anachronisms. Many of the show's cast such as Howard Lew Lewis, Forbes Collins, Ramsay Gilderdale and Patsy Byrne had previously appeared in various episodes of Blackadder alongside Robinson. Like many British children's programmes, there is a lot of social commentary sneakily inserted, as well as witty asides about the Royal family, buses running on time, etc. Many of the plots spoofed or referenced film and television shows including other incarnations of Robin Hood in those mediums.
Comedy
Mission casse-cou
Sep 26, 2001Oscar Charlie was a 13-episode CBBC children's television series that aired for the first time on 26 September 2001.
The series is about a boy, Charlie Spinner, who discovers that his grandfather, Oscar Spinner, is actually a secret agent. He acts senile but it is just a cover so that nobody would notice. After Charlie confronts Oscar with this they work together on a dangerous assignment.
Mission casse-cou
Aug 12, 2006Mission casse-cou
Aug 01, 2017Helen Weeks est une inspectrice à la police de Manchester. Audacieuse, elle a pour habitude de ne jamais se laisser déstabiliser par l’adversité ou les remarques de son entourage. Divisée entre son partenaire obstiné, l’inspecteur Paul Hopkins, et sa liaison passionnelle avec un autre agent, Helen ne se sent pas du tout prête à devenir mère. Pour échapper à ses doutes, elle décide de venir en aide à sa meilleure amie d’enfance dont le mari est suspecté d’avoir kidnappé deux petites filles. Helen retourne donc dans son village natal afin de mener l’enquête. Mais ce retour aux sources va réveiller de vieux souvenirs liés à un crime du passé...
Crime
Mission casse-cou
Aug 01, 2017Helen Weeks est une inspectrice à la police de Manchester. Audacieuse, elle a pour habitude de ne jamais se laisser déstabiliser par l’adversité ou les remarques de son entourage. Divisée entre son partenaire obstiné, l’inspecteur Paul Hopkins, et sa liaison passionnelle avec un autre agent, Helen ne se sent pas du tout prête à devenir mère. Pour échapper à ses doutes, elle décide de venir en aide à sa meilleure amie d’enfance dont le mari est suspecté d’avoir kidnappé deux petites filles. Helen retourne donc dans son village natal afin de mener l’enquête. Mais ce retour aux sources va réveiller de vieux souvenirs liés à un crime du passé...
Crime
Mission casse-cou
Nov 13, 2003Two creatures, one named "Something", the other named "Something Else" try to co-exist peacefully despite the fact that they are complete opposites. Imagine The Odd Couple as if it were done by Dr. Suess and you've got the basic idea.
Animation
Mission casse-cou
Nov 14, 2010Une équipe de la police de Londres enquête sur une série de meurtres aux environs de la gare de St Pancras...
Crime
Mission casse-cou
Jan 01, 1970Knight School was a comedy drama series shown on Children's ITV and made by Granada Television. It was written and created by Mark Billingham and Peter Cocks, who also starred in the series. Two series were broadcast, in the autumn of 1997 and 1998.
