I, Claudius

I, Claudius 1976

7.80

Acclaimed blackly comic historical drama series. Set amidst a web of power, corruption and lies, it chronicles the reigns of the Roman emperors - Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and finally Claudius.

1976

Robot Wars

Robot Wars 1998

6.80

Teams of amateur robot fighting enthusiasts battle it out over a series of rounds in a huge purpose-built arena aiming to become the Robot Wars Champion.

1998

Scene by Scene

Scene by Scene 1997

6.00

Mark Cousins invites film actors and directors to watch major scenes in their career to date, and to talk us through them.

1997

Motherland

Motherland 2017

7.16

Sitcom about navigating the trials and traumas of middle-class motherhood, looking at the competitive and unromantic side of parenting.

2017

The Great British Bake Off

The Great British Bake Off 2010

7.50

This British television baking competition selects from amongst its competitors the best amateur baker. The series is credited with reinvigorating interest in baking throughout the UK, and many of its participants, including winners, have gone on to start a career based on baking.

2010

I'm Alan Partridge

I'm Alan Partridge 1997

7.40

The fortunes of a former chat show host who is reduced to a lowly slot on Radio Norwich. Alan Partridge is divorced, living in a travel tavern, and desperate for a return to television.

1997

MotherFatherSon

MotherFatherSon 2019

6.70

Max is a charismatic self-made American businessman with media outlets in London and around the world. When the self-destructive lifestyle of his 30 year-old son, Caden, spirals out of control, the devastating consequences threaten the future of the family, its empire, and a country on the brink of change.

2019

Live at the Apollo

Live at the Apollo 2004

7.40

A British stand-up comedy programme performed from the Hammersmith Apollo Theatre in west London.

2004

Vienna Blood

Vienna Blood 2019

7.33

Max Liebermann, a student of Sigmund Freud, helps Detective Rheinhardt in the investigation of a series of disturbing murders around the grand cafes and opera houses of 1900s Vienna.

2019

Talking Pictures

Talking Pictures 2013

6.17

A look back at television appearances by legends of the silver screen, using archive footage to tell the story of their lives and careers.

2013

Murder Most Horrid

Murder Most Horrid 1991

6.80

A comedy that started in 1991 as a pilot, Murder Most Horrid stars Dawn French as various characters, as she embarks on a different mystery every episode. In one way or another she is involved with murder - either committing the crime herself or even getting bumped off herself!

1991

Bottom

Bottom 1991

7.89

Richie Richard (socially awkward, sexually inexperienced) and Eddie Hitler (carefree alcoholic ) are two social outcasts living on the dole. Trapped together in a squalid flat in Hammersmith, London they are perpetually skint, bored and sexually frustrated. They spend their days scheming, bickering, and being nasty and sadistic to each other.

1991

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales 1992

6.30

An animated adaptation of twelve of Shakespeare's best-known plays. The series was produced by S4C for the BBC, but animated by some of the foremost artists of Soyuzmultfilm, the former Soviet Union's main animation studio. Each 26-minute play is directed by a different animator, in a wide variety of styles: cel animation for Macbeth, stop-motion puppets in Twelfth Night, and paint on glass for Hamlet.

1992

A Bit of Fry & Laurie

A Bit of Fry & Laurie 1989

7.90

A British comedy television series with turns of phrase and elaborate wordplay, written by and starring former Cambridge Footlights members Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.

1989

This World

This World 2004

6.00

The series is mainly focused on social issues and current affairs stories around the world. International current affairs documentaries, replacing "Correspondent".

2004

Under the Sun

Under the Sun 1989

1

BBC series exploring cultures around the world.

1989

Top of the Lake

Top of the Lake 2013

7.06

A woman haunted by her past, Detective Robin Griffin, investigates complex and unsettling cases.

2013

Dick and Dom in da Bungalow

Dick and Dom in da Bungalow 2002

7.30

Dick and Dom in da Bungalow was a CBBC children's entertainment television series presented by the duo Dick and Dom. The series was broadcast on weekend mornings on various BBC television channels for five series, running between 31 August 2002 and 11 March 2006.

2002

Mandy

Mandy 2020

7.59

Mandy is a woman with dreams. Big dreams. Most of all she dreams of breeding Doberman Pinchers. But there are hurdles to overcome before that dream can become a reality. In the series we'll see her go on a health kick, rent out her small back bedroom on Airbnb and attempt a series of short-lived jobs in the modern gig economy.

2020

Our Friends in the North

Our Friends in the North 1996

7.48

An epic tale of a changing Britain over four decades, seen through the eyes of four friends.

1996