Desmond McNamara

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The Sin Bin
1

The Sin Bin

Mar 17, 1981
TV play set in an experimental self-rehabilitations unit at a British Prison, where six lifers participate in group therapy.
Drama
Staggered
5.3

Staggered

Jul 08, 1994
Very much in love, Neil's wedding plans are sabotaged, beginning when he is abandoned, naked, on a Scottish island. A road trip ensues, with Neil encountering many obstacles as he makes his way to London for what he believes is to be his wedding day. Or is it?
Comedy
Lucky break
6.2

Lucky break

Aug 24, 2001
Après un braquage raté dans une banque de la ville, Jimmy Hands, un escroc à la petite semaine, est incarcéré à la Prison Long Rudford. Il entrevoit la possibilité de s'évader lorsque « l'unité de thérapie par le théâtre » annonce qu'une comédie musicale va être montée dans la vieille chapelle, réputée pour être l'endroit le moins bien surveillé du pénitencier. Passionné de théâtre, le directeur de prison, Mortimer a écrit la trame de ce spectacle qui s'avère être la toile de fond idéale pour le plan d'évasion de Jimmy. Mais les choses se compliquent lorsque ce dernier tombe amoureux de la séduisante Annabel, la psychologue de la prison...
Comedy
Streets Apart
1

Streets Apart

Oct 09, 1989
Childhood sweethearts Bernie and Sylvia are reunited after twenty years and resume their relationship, although their lives have become very different.
Comedy
Minder
6.8

Minder

Mar 10, 1994
This comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and Arthur Daley, a second-hand car dealer with an eye for a nice little earner. Alongside his many business ventures, Arthur would regularly hire Terry out as a minder or bodyguard, later replaced by nephew, Ray Daley.
Comedy
Close to Home
5.5

Close to Home

Nov 18, 1990
A situation comedy about divorcee James Shepherd, a charismatic vet, who struggles to run both a successful surgery and a home for his two teenage children.
Comedy
Minder
6.8

Minder

Mar 10, 1994
This comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and Arthur Daley, a second-hand car dealer with an eye for a nice little earner. Alongside his many business ventures, Arthur would regularly hire Terry out as a minder or bodyguard, later replaced by nephew, Ray Daley.
Comedy
Minder
6.8

Minder

Mar 10, 1994
This comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and Arthur Daley, a second-hand car dealer with an eye for a nice little earner. Alongside his many business ventures, Arthur would regularly hire Terry out as a minder or bodyguard, later replaced by nephew, Ray Daley.
Comedy
South Of The Border
1

South Of The Border

Jun 22, 1990
Drama concerning a pair of female private detectives, Pearl Parker (Buki Armstrong) and Finn Gallagher (Rosie Rowell) operating within the bustling multicultural communities of South London. The series was renowned for affording opportunities to new talent, women and people of colour both in front of and behind the cameras.
Drama
Pie in the Sky
8.4

Pie in the Sky

Aug 17, 1997
Pie in the Sky is a British offbeat police comedy drama programme starring Richard Griffiths and Maggie Steed, created by Andrew Payne and first broadcast in five series on BBC1 between 13 March 1994 and 17 August 1997 as well as being syndicated on other channels in other countries, including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The series departs slightly from other police dramas in that the protagonist, Henry Crabbe, while still being an on-duty policeman, is also the head chef of the title restaurant set in the fictional town of Middleton and county of Westershire.
Comedy
Running Scared
5.5

Running Scared

Feb 19, 1986
Running Scared is a British television children's drama serial produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC 1 in 1986, based on the Bernard Ashley novel and is set in Woolwich with the Woolwich Ferry featuring in a key scene. A gritty series, Running Scared deals with a teenage girl, Paula, whose life is put at risk when she uncovers evidence that could put a local criminal gang leader behind bars. The series is notable for its use of the then recently released Kate Bush pop song Running Up That Hill as its main theme tune.
Kids
Casualty
6

Casualty

Dec 28, 2024
Le quotidien du service d'urgences du Holby City Hospital...
Drama
Wycliffe
6

Wycliffe

Jul 06, 1998
Cette série met en scène les enquêtes policières du surintendant Charles Wycliffe et son équipe en Cornouailles. Wycliffe se heurte souvent à son supérieur, le commissaire Stevens, qui lui reproche de ne pas participer davantage à la gestion du service et « d’être trop sur le terrain ». En effet, Wycliffe déteste la routine et aime fouiller la vie et la psychologie des victimes de ses enquêtes.
Crime
The Last Detective
7.5

The Last Detective

May 31, 2007
"Dangerous" Davies always gets the cases no one else wants, and no one notices when he eventually succeeds. But his old-fashioned decency and dogged determination have won him legions of loyal fans.
Crime
Sherlock Holmes
8.059

Sherlock Holmes

Apr 11, 1994
Cette série met en scène les exploits du célèbre détective Sherlock Holmes, adaptés des romans et nouvelles de sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Crime
S Club 7
6.8

S Club 7

Dec 27, 2002
La série raconte l’histoire d’un groupe, S Club 7, formé de trois chanteurs et quatre chanteuses qui souhaitent devenir célèbres. Pris entre la recherche constante d’un manager qui saurait les aider et des histoires d’amour, le groupe réussit à se frayer un chemin jusqu’à la célébrité tout en illustrant chaque épisode de leur musique.
Comedy
Mission casse-cou
6.4

Mission casse-cou

Nov 01, 1986
Véritable 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
Birds of a Feather
6

Birds of a Feather

Feb 25, 2016
Birds 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