1970s British drama television series

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Series Age rating: 12 Year: 1971 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Adaptations of mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporary rivals in the genre.

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Van der Valk

Series Age rating: 15 Year: 1972 IMDB Rating: 7.1

Van der Valk is a British television series that was produced by Thames Television for the ITV network. It starred Barry Foster in the title role as Dutch detective Commissaris "Piet" van der Valk. Ba...

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Supernatural

Series Age rating: 15 Year: 1977 IMDB Rating: 7.1

Anthology series in which a prospective “Club of the Damned” member is required to tell a horror story, their application for membership being judged on how frightening it was.

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Grange Hill

Series Age rating: 7 Year: 1978 IMDB Rating: 7.1

Children's drama series following the lives of students and teachers at Grange Hill comprehensive school.

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Wuthering Heights

Series Age rating: n/a Year: 1978 IMDB Rating: 7

Wuthering Heights is a 1978 British film adaptation of Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights, starring Ken Hutchison, Kay Adshead, Pat Heywood, and John Duttine that was originally broadcast on BBC-T...

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Play of the Month

Series Age rating: n/a Year: 1965 IMDB Rating: 6.9

Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays which were usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, of...

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Quatermass

Series Age rating: 11 Year: 1979 IMDB Rating: 6.9

In the near future, a now-elderly Bernard Quatermass investigates the disappearance of his granddaughter and a mysterious cult.

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Emma

Series Age rating: 3 Year: 1972 IMDB Rating: 6.7

Emma presides over the small provincial world of Highbury with enthusiasm, but she will find that it is all too easy to confuse good intentions with self-gratification. The often insensitive, well-mea...

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