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- In 1854 Newcastle, 10-year-old Millie's mother dies in a brothel, leaving her to be taken in by 'Raggie Aggie'. On the streets, spirited Millie faces the city's corrupting influences again.
- This powerful series of programmes features dramatic reconstructions of some of Britian's most notorious crimes - a collection of cases which are exciting, moving and surprising, each demonstrating how truth can be stranger than fiction.
- A country relocation leads cousins Julian, Dick, Anne and tomboy Georgina to unite and investigate mysterious happenings, thwarting a notorious drug smuggling operation with help from their dog Timmy.
- The adventures of a super-powered granny who fights crime in her community.
- The real-life story of a famous police operation which resulted in a major drugs bust.
- Set in 1870s England, the story tells of Annabella Lagrange and the terrible secret her wealthy parents have kept from her. When she finally learns the truth, she runs away and eventually finds solace in the company of her family's former groom, a young Irishman with the very Spanish name of Manuel Mendoza. Together they travel the Northumbria countryside from job to job in his horse and caravan, Annabella trapped in limbo between her upper class upbringing which has rejected her, and the working class who are sometimes suspicious of her, only Manuel understanding her situation.
- In northern England around 1900, the worker John O'Brien lives near poverty in a small house in the worker's district. He falls in love with Mary, the teacher of his highly intelligent younger sister Kathy and daughter of a rich family. Their love is doomed by the social difference, but the vigorous Mary refuses to allow outer circumstances destroying their love.
- The story of 16-year-old Cissie Brodie who finds a barren place to live and care for her younger brothers and sisters, but her life becomes complicated when the aristocratic Fischel family takes an unwelcome interest.
- In the 1830's in northern England, Riah Millican, a widow with three children, takes a job as housekeeper to a reclusive former teacher, Percival Miller. Miller makes Riah the gift of a black velvet gown, and even educates her children. But when Riah discovers the reason behind Miller's gifts, she vows to leave his house, but Miller has a hold on her, even after his death, when he leaves his house to her on the condition that she never marry. Riah's daughter, Biddy, grows up and becomes a laundress in a large house where her education keeps her from fitting in and makes her a target. But it also catches the eye of a son of the house, and with Miller's legacies, Biddy may yet find her way to happiness.
- Tale of a farmer's son who gets involved with two sisters, then goes to fight in the trenches in WW1.
- Period thriller serial. In the late 1880's reformed smuggler Freddie Musgrave has worked hard to turn a legitimate trade, but then a face from his past turns up threatening to ruin things for him.
- Seminal Channel 4 live music series, famed for having the biggest music acts of the day performing live.
- Yorkshire in the 1880's: Joe Skinner marries Lily Whitmore, the woman he has long admired, to give a name to her illegitimate child by Lionel Fillmore, the opportunistic son of an impoverished aristocrat. Lionel, however, has his sights set on Victoria, the naive cousin of hard-working Bridget Mordaunt, and the wealth he wrongly assumes is hers. When Joe's shiftless brother Fred threatens his marriage plans, Lionel murders him and the blame falls on Joe. Bridget's warm regard for Joe sets her on a quest to prove his innocence, the pursuit of which reveals the sordid manipulations and evil that surround Lionel. Just when Lionel believes his crime will never be discovered, Douglas, his gentle sculptor brother finds the murder weapon---and the killer's identity.
- Agnes manages family affairs on eve of WWI, helps sister Jessie marry across class lines. Faces own class divide when courted by Charles despite parents' disapproval. Her heart torn between Charles and his soldier brother Reginald.
- UK black-ops agent is sent to Argentina to find a kidnapped special-ops analyst and take out the terrorists who took him. When a pretty girl who might somehow be involved catches his eye, things get very complicated very quickly.
- The Sinclair family find that their new home is haunted by the ghost of a young boy called Nobody.
- The story of three generations of women, from 1926 to the present day.
- Following the death of his parents Billy discovers that he was adopted so begins searching for both his real family and the truth.
- The true story of the First world footballing competition, won by a bunch of miners from Durham. Won it two times and beat the likes of Juventus to retain the cup in perpetuity.
- A rent collector in Victorian Tyneside tries to better himself. He finds navigating class prejudices and family obstacles difficult. Sometimes criminals oppose him. It seems he'll never succeed, but twists of fate and help from unexpected quarters make it seem as if he'll win through in the end.
- A series of specials reminiscing mainly on well known television series or institutions and reuniting and catching up with surviving cast members.
- Children's drama set in the northeast of England where young boys on a paper round with a ken eye often make the news as well as deliver it.
- The show was hosted by its editor Alistair Pirrie who had among his various female co-hosts over the years the then fourteen year old Lisa Stansfield.
- The Ink Thief steals the power of children's imaginations by taking the ink from drawings and pulling two young children into his world inhabited by Oobs and other creatures of imagination.
- Get Fresh was a Saturday morning children's TV show in the UK. Set in a spaceship called the millennium dustbin each week the hosts would travel to different towns around the country and talk to interesting people, show cartoons and have competitions. A puppet alien joined the crew which had less than desirable manners voiced by Phil Cornwell it always had mucus dripping.from its nostrils.
- Elbow frontman and broadcaster Guy Garvey lifts the lid on two decades of TV gold, taking you through era-defining musical performances, long lost studio appearances and revealing interviews.
- After her father's death, Anna Peterson and her family move from Australia to her father's ancestral home in New Zealand. Horses have been an important part of Anna's life and she hopes to keep one at their new ranch. Upon arrival however, the local people are unfriendly and their new home is in need of much repair. Through all this, Anna is fascinated by a wild stallion which roams the countryside and is being hunted by Garrett, a neighbouring rancher.
- Romance lifts a sister from a lively family in working-class Newcastle during World War II.
- Series of 3 programmes produced for Sky One - showing the Ultimate Top 10 : Moments, Aliens and Robots as voted by the British public. Interviews with leading actors and film critics, similar to BBC's "I love" and Channel 4's "100 Greatest"
- A bunch of city kids in a balloon got stranded on a remote and uncharted tropical island terrorized by pirates.The entire island is still living in the long gone past, centuries behind our time, and the kids just want to go back home.Will they make it?
- A middle-class white housewife and her Indian cleaning lady set up a catering business together.
- "Finney" begins with the murder of the patriarch of a criminal family, Patrick "Tucker" Finney. Who killed him? There are plenty of suspects - from his compulsive gambler and drug addict son Tom to rival "businessman" Bobo Simpson. Tucker's eldest son, Steven (or Finney, as everyone calls him) couldn't care less. As a sick joke, his father has left him a derelict cinema in the middle of Simpson territory. Finney decides to turn it into a jazz club, and finally pull his life together. Meanwhile, his older sister Lena, who has inherited both Tucker's shady empire and his hard personality, has decided to find out who murdered her father...
- Music videos and archived footage of ex-Pogues singer Shane MacGowan. We follow his life from the early days in Ireland and England, through his formation of - and later dismissal from - The Pogues, to his new band The Popes.
- Kappatoo, a 23rd century kid, time-swaps with his 20th century counterpart, Simon Cashmere. A children's sci-fi comedy that tries to offer observations on what we are doing to this planet as well as what life might be like in the 23rd century.
- A countdown of the 100 greatest films, as voted by the British public via the Channel 4 website.
- A funny remake of "The Prisoner" - with a 1980's twist to it 'The Laughing Prisoner' is a remake (or homage) of (to) the Kafkaesque 1960's television show 'The Prisoner' with Patrick McGoohan in the lead role. This time it is a successful television presenter (Jools Holland) who decides to quit at the height of his stardom. He is abducted from his apartment and brought to the village, where number 2 (a young Stephen Fry) is questioning him. The whole show has a cosy 1980's feel to it, with several bands from that period performing their music.
- At the end of the 18th century, a poor, stubborn, and honest young man rose up socially. But the powerful and shady rulers watch and raise a thousand persecutions against him, so his life is transformed into an erratic chase for the truth.
- A journey through Britain blending music, hymns and prayers.
- In this impressive TV movie, Robson Green stars as Richard Thomas, an athlete aspiring to the Olympic team, whose life is shattered when a tragic car accident leaves him blind.
- Short drama about the strange life of a Teesside tearaway
- The music show from Tyne Tees that tried to top "Top of the Pops" and failed.
- Celebrity contestants are shown archive television clips and asked questions about them.
- A series of six 1/2 hour episodes showing a different battle and historic period each week.
- A spin-off from Get Fresh, featuring a puppet named Gilbert the Alien (voiced by Phil Cornwell).
- The Smiths song about a charming man.