Richie plans to host a dinner party for the cream of the showbiz crop. Alas, he hasn't any money to buy the food.

Harold pretends to forget Albert's birthday as a joke, but it ends up not being so funny.

After filing a divorce, Irene moves to Paris, where she falls in love with Paul. But, with Irene's jealous husband, Bruce, pursuing to get her back to New York, will Paul and Irene ever unite?

A 1941 British spy thriller film directed by Anthony Asquith starring Leslie Banks, Alastair Sim and John Mills. Filmed during the Second World War and set in Scotland during the war, its plot concerns Nazi spies trying to kidnap an inventor.

Stand-up comedy series from Yorkshire Television which ran from 1969-1974 on the ITV network; think of it as a family-friendly Mock The Week but without the current affairs element.



Hosted by Barry Cryer and featuring many comedians of the day over the years including Ted Ray, Warren Mitchell, Arthur Askey and the legendary Les Dawson!


NB: A small number of jokes used in the series would be considered offensive today

Stars: J. Farrell MacDonald, Polly Ann Young, Warren Hull
Director: William West
Production Company: Sherwill Productions, Inc.

A veteran firefighter is forced to retire at age 65 by the Fire Department. However, when one of his friends dies in a blaze set by a serial arsonist, the now-retired fireman teams up with his daughter and her fiancé, who is an investigator for an insurance company, to hunt down and capture the arsonist.

Lord Richard Hastings's eye for a pretty girl places him and Sir Percy in the spotlight - and right under Chauvelin's nose. Will the gossip prove to be their undoing, or can the Pimpernel save the day?

Based on Louisa Alcott's book of the same name, the story revolves around Polly Milton a country girl who visits a wealthy friend in the city.

Writer: Rod Serling
Stars: Van Heflin, Everett Sloane, Ed Begley
Director: Fielder Cook

In Rod Serling's tale of corporate greed, when a young man is recruited onto the board of a high-powered corporation, he finds his ethics at odds with his ambition. Watch for an unbilled Lauren Bacall in a lobby scene... or is it a look-a-like?

Changes to staffing arrangements at Grace Brothers lead to fun and games as Captain Peacock's crew end up in the toy department.

Hyacinth takes long-suffering Richard on a weekend break to a golfing hotel, despite the fact that he doesn't like golf, hoping to play a round with the Major.

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A famous detective and his assistant are called in by the war office to find some important papers that were stolen from a man during an air raid.

Stars: David Farrar, John Varley & Jean Simmons.
Director: John Harlow.

⁣Groucho Marx hosts a quiz show which features a series of compe****ive questions and a great deal of humourous conversation.

The police are investigating the suspicious death of a mine owner when they stumble upon a strange Nazi plot to invade England.

Stars: David Farrar, Dennis Price & Pamela Stirling.
Director: John Harlow.

It is young Mr. Grace's birthday and he's in for a surprise courtesy of the Gentlemen's and Ladies' departments at Grace Brothers.

Young Mr Grace is going into semi-retirement and his brother Old Mr Grace is to replace him. Mr Humphries has contracted Marine's Disease. It means the staff must go into isolation.

Training continues, and the boys are perplexed to the point of anger when Marsh appears to actually have some knowledge.

Innocent newlyweds are falsely arrested and sentenced to death. The Scarlet Pimpernel comes to the rescue.

Murder mystery drama starring Nigel Patrick and Yvonne Mitchell. The murder of a young woman in London exposes deep racial tensions and prejudices inherent in the area.

Sapphire (1959)
Studio: The Rank Organisation
Director: Basil Dearden
Writer: Janet Green
Cast: Nigel Patrick, Yvonne Mitchell

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A 17th-century English farmer (Richard Greene) falls in love with a girl (Barbara Hale) from a clan of high-born outlaws.

Gulley Jimson (Alec Guinness) is a boorish aging artist recently released from prison. A swindler in search of his next art project, he hunkers down in the penthouse of would-be patrons the Beeders (Robert Coote, Veronica Turleigh) while they go on an extended vacation; he paints a mural on their wall, pawns their valuables and, along with the sculptor Abel (Richard Gough), inadvertently smashes a large hole in their floor. Jimson's next project is an even larger wall in an abandoned church.

Captain Peacock is the subject of intense romantic rumours among the staff after his flirtatious behaviour at the Christmas Party.

The ladies and gents department refuses to picket as most of the staff strikes for better wages. Their actions infuriate the other employees and Mr Grace tells the ladies and gents department to hold a party for the children of employees.

Hyacinth's arrangements for a nice picnic with Richard seemed like a great idea at the time, but her plans don't go as she had hoped.