Gary Sparrow is an ordinary bloke in 1990s Britain, married to the ambitious Yvonne and working as a TV repairman. Then his whole world changes when he stumbles upon a portal to WWII-era London and begins a dual life as an accidental time traveler.
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As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940. Later series sees the retired detective working as an MI5 agent operating in the aftermath of the war.
Payne is an American television series, patterned after the British program Fawlty Towers. It starred American actor John Larroquette, who portrayed assistant district attorney Dan Fielding on the American television program Night Court. Larroquette was also an executive producer for the series. Payne was a mid-season replacement on CBS and aired in March and April 1999. The show also starred JoBeth Williams, Julie Benz and Rick Batalla. Despite fairly positive reception, and receiving the blessing of John Cleese, who agreed to take a recurring role if the show was renewed, Payne was quickly cancelled. Nine episodes were filmed; eight were aired. The show is not available on DVD.
Take a Letter, Mr Jones was a short-lived 1981 British sitcom produced by Southern Television for ITV. It ran for a single series of six episodes. Graham Jones works as personal secretary to female executive Joan Warner within a London-based multinational corporation called 8-Star. Although he ably assists her in their busy office, Graham often helps Joan with her equally hectic domestic arrangements as she is a single mother to seven-year-old Lucy.
Joel, his cynical best friend, Nick, and easy-going little brother, Jamie, are contemporary cavemen who live in the suburban south and simply want to be treated like ordinary thirty-something guys. Despite their attempts at assimilation, Nick doesn't believe mainstream society will ever completely accept them, Jamie seems to take it all in stride and Joel straddles the middle, torn between his friends, his more traditional values and his loving fiancée.
Follows a fictionalized version of the life of American rock musician Chris Isaak. The show portrays Isaak and his band members as everyday people with everyday problems.
All's Fair is an American television situation comedy
Lead Balloon is a British television series produced by Open Mike Productions for BBC Four. The series was created and is co-written by comedian Jack Dee and Pete Sinclair. It stars Dee as Rick Spleen, a cynical and misanthropic comedian whose life is plagued by petty annoyances, disappointments and embarrassments. Raquel Cassidy, Sean Power and Tony Gardner also star. The first series of six episodes was broadcast on BBC Four in 2006, with the first episode achieving the highest ratings for a comedy on the channel. Repeats of the series were run on BBC Two and BBC HD, bringing it to a larger audience. A second series of eight episodes aired on BBC Two in November 2007, and a third series began airing in November 2008. A fourth and final series commenced broadcast on 31 May 2011 on BBC Two and ended on 5 July. Comparisons were made by critics to the successful American comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm, and positive comments were made about Lead Balloon's characters, particularly Magda, the Eastern European housekeeper. The first series was released on DVD in November 2007. The show's theme tune is a cover version of "One Way Road", written by Noel Gallagher and performed by Paul Weller.
This mystery-drama revolves around a newspaper reporter named Dan Vasser who suddenly begins to travel through time to change the lives of those around him. When his travels reunite him with his long-lost fiancée Livia, life with his present-day wife gets very interesting.
Quintuplets is a quirky ensemble comedy about the trials and tribulations of two parents raising 15-year-old quintuplets in a three-bedroom home.
An unwitting city slicker is made the marshal of a lawless town in this absurdist Western that pokes gentle but clever fun at the genre's stock plots and characters. Best of the West is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 1981 through August 1982.
Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen) is a recovering alcoholic who returns to the fictional newsmagazine FYI for the first time following a stay at the Betty Ford Clinic residential treatment center. Over 40 and single, she is sharp tongued and hard as nails. In her profession, she is considered one of the boys, having shattered many glass ceilings encountered during her career. Dominating the FYI news magazine, she is portrayed as one of America's hardest-hitting (though not the warmest or more sympathetic) media personalities.
Whoops Apocalypse is a six-part 1982 British sitcom by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick, made by London Weekend Television for ITV. Marshall and Renwick later reworked the concept as a 1986 film of the same name from ITC Entertainment, with almost completely different characters and plot, although one or two of the original actors returned in different roles. As the Apocalypse nears, US President Johnny Cyclops tries to run a reelection campaign whilst also dealing with the Russians, a deposed Shah needing to be hidden, and a new weapon called a 'quark' bomb.
Deal was a 2005 television pilot by Is or Isn't Productions as part of a two-year development deal for NBC. The comedy series was based on the life of Annie Duke, a professional poker player.
Comedy about a Pinner solictor who falls for a woman half his age.
The Mistress is a British sitcom that aired on BBC2 from 1985 to 1987. Starring Felicity Kendal and Jane Asher, it was written by Carla Lane. The Mistress features Kendal playing Maxine, a young florist who is having an affair with a married man, whose wife was played by Jane Asher. It was disliked by some viewers, who were unhappy at seeing Felicity Kendal, who was best known as the innocent Barbara Good, playing a woman sleeping with someone else's husband.
Teachers Only is an NBC television sitcom centered around the faculty of a high school; in the first season the school was Millard Fillmore High in Los Angeles, but in the second it is Woodrow Wilson High in New York with a changed cast. In both seasons Norman Fell played Principal Ben Cooper, but Lynn Redgrave's character, Diana Swanson, who had been an English teacher in the first season, became a guidance counselor in the second season. Redgrave and Fell were already established names when this show aired, but two of the supporting stars in the second season, Jean Smart would go on, three years later, to play her best known role, that of interior design studio receptionist Charlene Frazier Stillfield on the long running show, Designing Women. Also, Jean's co-star Teresa Ganzel became well known for her many game show appearances in the 1980s as well as her appearance in the comedic miniseries, Fresno. This show ran for only two seasons, in 1982 and 1983.
Louise, Adam and Lestor are good friends. They meet up in each other's flats or in a coffee bar to drink and discuss life, love and sex.
Ginger-Nell Hollyhock is a single and lonely hairdresser who lives in Kansas City, Missouri during the Great Depression year of 1933. When Ginger-Nell places classified ads in the local newspapers, she recruits a group of wacky relatives - a con-man husband, Fast Eddie Murtaugh; a tap-dancing daughter, Anna Marie Hollyhock; a son who wanted to fly like a bird, Junior Hollyhock; and a tottering old blind grandfather, Grandpa Hollyhock - all of whom come to live together for the laughs.
The Gertrude Berg Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from October 4, 1961 to April 5, 1962. The series centers on Sarah Green, played by Gertrude Berg, a 62-year-old widow who enrolls to college.
Another Day is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from April 8, 1978 to April 29, 1978. The series stars David Groh and Joan Hackett as a married couple, both of whom hold down full-time jobs, and their family.
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6 episodes • 1993
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rites of Passage | Nov 18, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Fools Rush In | Nov 25, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Is Your Journey Really Necessary? | Dec 2, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The More I See You | Dec 9, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 5 | I Get Along Without You Very Well | Dec 16, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 6 | In the Mood | Dec 23, 1993 | 0.0 |
10 episodes • 1995
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don't Get Around Much Anymore | Feb 20, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 2 | I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good | Feb 27, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Just One More Chance | Mar 6, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Who's Taking You Home Tonight | Mar 13, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Wish Me Luck | Mar 20, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 6 | As You Wave Me Goodbye | Mar 27, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Would You Like to Swing on a Star? | Apr 3, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Nice Work If You Can Get It | Apr 10, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Let Yourself Go | Apr 24, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Don't Fence Me In | May 1, 1995 | 0.0 |
11 episodes • 1995
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea | Dec 26, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 2 | It Ain't Necessarily So | Jan 1, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 3 | One O'Clock Jump | Jan 8, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 4 | It's a Sin to Tell a Lie | Jan 15, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Change Partners | Jan 22, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Goodnight Children Everywhere | Jan 29, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Turned Out Nice Again | Feb 5, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 8 | There's Something About a Soldier | Feb 12, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Someone to Watch Over Me | Feb 19, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 10 | The Yanks Are Coming | Feb 26, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Let's Get Away from It All | Mar 4, 1996 | 0.0 |
11 episodes • 1997
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You're Driving Me Crazy | Mar 3, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 2 | In the Mood | Mar 10, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Out of Town | Mar 17, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 4 | And Mother Came Too | Mar 24, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 5 | The Leaving of Liverpool | Apr 8, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 6 | How Long Has This Been Going On? | Apr 15, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Easy Living | Apr 22, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Come Fly with Me | Apr 29, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Heartaches | May 6, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Careless Talk | May 13, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 11 | The Bells Are Ringing | May 20, 1997 | 0.0 |
10 episodes • 1998
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Room with a View | Feb 23, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 2 | London Pride | Mar 2, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 3 | When Two Worlds Collide | Mar 9, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Mairzy Doats | Mar 16, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Pennies from Heaven | Mar 23, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 6 | We Don't Want to Lose You ... (1) | Mar 30, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 7 | ... But We Think You Have to Go (2) | Apr 6, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Have You Ever Seen a Dream Walking ... | Apr 13, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Love the One You're With | Apr 20, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 10 | My Heart Belongs to Daddy | Apr 27, 1998 | 0.0 |
10 episodes • 1999
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mine's a Double | Apr 20, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 2 | All About Yvonne | Apr 18, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 3 | California Dreamin' | Apr 25, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Grief Encounter | May 2, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 5 | The 'Ouses in Between | May 16, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Just in Time | May 23, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 7 | How I Won the War | May 30, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Something Fishie | Jun 6, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Flash Bang Wallop | Jun 13, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Accentuate the Positive | Jun 21, 1999 | 0.0 |