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The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

1971 ★ 7.5

An anthology series produced by Thames Television, comprised of short mystery, suspense or crime adaptations featuring, as the title suggests, detectives who we

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DuPont Show of the Month

1957 ★ 7.4

DuPont Show of the Month is an acclaimed 90-minute television anthology series that aired monthly on CBS from 1957 to 1961. The DuPont Company also sponsored a

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Suspense

1949 ★ 5.1

An anthology series adapted from the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by well-known au

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Aoi Bungaku Series

2009 ★ 6.8

An animated adaptation of six classical Japanese literature pieces, including No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku) and Run, Melos (Hashire, Melos) by Osamu Dazai,

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Beyond Trainspotting: The World of Irvine Welsh

2023 ★ 0.0

After his pivotal novel Trainspotting was published in 1993, the debut work of Irvine Welsh quickly took the world by storm, spawning theatre productions, the i

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Masterpiece Mystery

1980 ★ 6.3

Mystery! is an episodic television series that debuted in 1980 in the USA. It airs on PBS and is produced by WGBH. The show has brought a large number of detect

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Tales to Keep You Awake

1966 ★ 7.3

Tales of terror by established authors such as Ray Bradbury or Edgar Allan Poe, as well as original scripts. Tales to Keep You Awake is a television series that

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Play for Today

1970 ★ 6.6

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hu

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The Wednesday Play

1964 ★ 5.2

An anthology series of television plays which aired on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations f

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The BBC Television Shakespeare

1978 ★ 6.0

The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and produced by BBC

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The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo

1964 ★ 6.7

The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo is an animated television series, produced by United Productions of America, which aired for one season. The television serie

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson

1980 ★ 7.5

The second part of the series of television films based on the stories of Arthur Conan Doyle about Sherlock Holmes. The film consists of three episodes (The Kin

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La virgen desnuda

1950 ★ 6.8

Melodrama based on the homonymous novel by the Spanish writer José María Carretero Novillo (El Caballero Audaz), which tells a romantic story about a pair of lo

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The Play on One

1988 ★ 6.0

A series of television plays, some original, some based on pre-existing plays or novels. The Play on One is a television series that consists of a series of tel

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The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries

1993 ★ 6.7

In spring 1948, Alleyn joins a weekend party at Frantock Hall. His deductive powers are tested to the limit as he uncovers the sinister connection between the t

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Hypnotic Scene

1895 ★ 0.0

The sinister mesmerist Svengali hypnotizes a group of people and compels them to perform various humorous acts in a Trilby segment from David Henderson's Aladdi

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From a Roman Balcony

1960 ★ 6.6

The ironic study of a young man's poignant adventures and sensual adventures...based on "Roman Tales" by Alberto Moravia. From a Roman Balcony is a 1960 drama f

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The Legends of Treasure Island

1993 ★ 7.9

The Legends Of Treasure Island is an animated cartoon from the UK that ran from 1993-1995. It had two series of 13 episodes each and each episode runs for 22–25

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The Safety Match

1954 ★ 5.9

A man of big status disappears in a small provincial town. An old bored investigator and his young hyperactive assistant are on a trail of a bloody murderer. Th

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Rosaline

2022 ★ 7.1

Left heartbroken after Romeo begins to pursue her cousin Juliet, Rosaline schemes to foil the famous romance and win back her guy in this comedic twist of Shake

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The Pit and the Pendulum

1991 ★ 5.7

Set during the height of Spanish Inquisition. The beautiful and kind-hearted Maria is arrested as a witch when she inadvertently cries out in horror at the publ

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Journey to the Centre of the Earth

1977 ★ 5.2

A 19th-century expedition to the Earth's core reveals primordial wonders, prehistoric monsters and a subterranean civilization that may convey the greatest disc

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Huckleberry Finn and His Friends

1980 ★ 8.2

Huckleberry Finn and His Friends was a 1979 television series documenting the exploits of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, based on the novels The Adventures of

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The Hound of the Baskervilles

1983 ★ 6.5

When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate. The Hound of the Baskervilles

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