The Ginger Tree – BBC Series
The Ginger Tree was a unique programme in the history of television – made in 1989 it was the very first drama ever shot in HD. I have written about this in the past, when […]
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The Ginger Tree – BBC Series
Doomwatch – Series 1-3 The Remaining Episodes – BBC Series
Doomwatch finally comes to DVD for the first time in all of its remaining glory. A victim of the cultural vandalism of the 1970s when the BBC happily wiped loads of their programmes because they needed […]
The Missing Postman – BBC Series
The Missing Postman is a two part comedy drama from the BBC which was first broadcast in 1997. Adapted from his own novel of the same name, Mark Wallington’s tale is a low key comic […]
The Children of Green Knowe – BBC Series
The Children of Green Knowe is quite, quite lovely. It’s the sort of beautifully measured terribly middle class family fare adapted from classic children’s literature which the BBC excelled at during the 1980s. The final […]
Stalky & Co – BBC Series
Stalky & Co is a 6-part adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s 1899 novel which was broadcast on BBC television in 1982. It’s a curious affair for family drama, the story of three close friends at a […]