Virginia Balfour

Jim Bergerac is a detective sergeant in The Foreigners Office who likes to do things his own way. While dealing with his own personal demons Bergerac has a knack of finding trouble, and sometimes causing it.

Anthology series of half hour plays produced in BBC's Television Centre's studios.

A strand of annual British short television adaptations of classic ghost stories, referencing the oral tradition of telling supernatural tales at Christmas. First broadcast on BBC One from 1971 to 1978, and revived in 2005 on BBC Four.

On the eve of William and Anne's wedding, family chaos erupts when William's ex-wife interferes. During the post-wedding party, heavy drinking leads to open fights and hidden trysts. The festivities turn grim when a body is discovered in the barn, forcing the family to close ranks and cover up dark truths.

England, 1805. During an impending major sea battle with France, two teenagers discover a plot to assassinate Nelson.

British comedy satirising Stalin's inner circle as an absolute monarchs court. In the face of rampant abuse of power and poisonous distrust some still manage to keep faith with the Bolshevist creed until the very end. In front of the firing squad a stalwart bolshevist of the first hour exclaims: "Even in the best democracy errors are being made!"

An old lady seeks help from her doctor after her sun-in-law tells her that she suffers from logorrhea

The Reverend Justin Somerton, a scholar of medieval history, and his protégé Lord Peter Dattering are visiting an abbey library. While studying a stained glass window, they uncover clues leading to a treasure hidden by a disgraced abbot.