British spymaster George Smiley comes out of retirement to investigate the murder of a Soviet defector, leading him to his old nemesis, ‘Karla’
A noble 12th-century knight returns home to England after fighting in the Crusades alongside Richard the Lionheart, only to find the country under the domination of the king’s tyrannical brother.
A collection of ten hour-long dramas based on short stories by Agatha Christie.
Three sisters discuss hiring a Girl Friday and are joined by the husband of one of them.
The life of the young Indian advocate who became a revolutionary, a saint and a martyr.
Hercule Poirot solves the murder of a film star on an Adriatic holiday island.
Inspector Clouseau is reported missing at sea and a television reporter interviews those who had known him.
Documentary on the Rank Organisation’s Company of Youth – popularly known as the Charm School – in which young actors were trained by the studios to become stars.
A British traitor in Moscow is given a new face and sent back home, where he becomes a double agent.
Two rich men arrange a wager on the effects of environment over heredity, and arrange for a con man and a stockbroker to change places.
Stalin struggles to deal with the many pitfalls involved in being a tyrannical dictator holding millions of people in his thrall.
The life of German composer, Richard Wagner.
Fact-based Second World War drama about a cleric who rescued thousands of PoWs and Italian resistance fighters from the Gestapo.
Inspector Clouseau has disappeared, and Dreyfus selects the world’s worst detective to replace him.
An English girl in India accuses an Indian doctor of rape.
William Bligh is summoned before a court martial to explain the events leading up to the famous mutiny.
A World War I pilot returns from battle to question all his beliefs and reject the comfortable life his fiancée offers him.
Wealthy residents of Pompeii enjoy a life of luxury, until Mount Vesuvius erupts, burying the city.
As WWII looms in Europe, an ambitious young English lawyer embarks on his tempestuous career – and even stormier romantic life.
The lives and struggles of some of the countless immigrants who arrived on Ellis Island during the 19th century in search of the American Dream.
In the 1880s, an English lord and lady are killed in Africa, and their son is brought up by apes.
An innocent Edwardian girl travelling in Italy has her eyes opened to real life and romance.
67-year-old Victor is forced to move into an old people’s home, but he prefers to grow old disgracefully.
A feminist writer snags herself a Chelsea flat but has to take in flatmates to help pay the bills.
Holmes and Watson meet as teenage students and trace mysterious murders to an eastern cult.