Vera - Disc 5

Vera, the world's second oldest Detective Chief Inspector, has returned to solve four more crimes. And she's still not old enough to qualify for a pension because she will be returning again next year. 

Vera

Bannan - Disc1

Scottish-Gaelic language drama-with-a-dash-of-crime Bannan returned in January for another 5-episode series. So the 10 episodes that were commissioned last May have now run. The next time it returns, those episodes will not be going on this disc. 

Killing The Bridge

Here, There And Everywhere

Boom-Ba-Da-Boom!

Graham Norton Show - Series 18 Disc 2

Midsomer Murders - Disc 23

Midsomer Murders

Crashing + Tracey Ullman's Show + The Wizards of Aus

Some new comedy. I don't think I've seen any Tracey Ullman since the late 1980's in the show she had on Fox. I had forgotten how talented she is. 

Crashing

The Wizards of Aus

Tracey Ullman's Show

See ya, three

Due to budget cuts, in about an hour BBC Three will be signing-off the air for the last time after 13 years of providing some very popular original programming. 

The new BBC ||! streaming internet service will replace it and carry on in that format. Unfortunately, the so-called "world wide web" is quite restricted in this case and anyone outside of the UK would need to subscribe to an IP masking service in order to access the site.   

Spotless

Someone asked me about this and I realized it had fallen through the cracks and I had never posted it here.

Spotless is a French "drama-comedy thriller" (according to Wiki) 
and a "crime-drama" (according to IMDB) but the dialogue is in English and the cast is both French and British while one of the main stars is from Montreal. With Brendan Coyle (Downton Abbey, Starlings, Lark Rise to Candleford), Miranda Raison (Spooks, Plus One, Married Single Other, Sugartown, Vexed), Doug Allen (Band of Brothers, Five Days), Liam Garrigan (The Chase, Pillars of the Earth, Land Girls, Raw), Kate Magowan (EastEnders), Naomi Radcliffe (Born And Bred, The Grand, The Visit), Lucy Akhurst (Preston Front).

 Spotless

Emmerdale 2016 - Disc 1

Coronation Street 2016 - Disc 1

Full House + Lame Ducks + The New Statesman

Some comedy from the 1980's.

Full House ran for three series (20 episodes) in the mid-80's. The first series has turned up. Whether the other 14 episodes ever do, who knows? Starring Christopher Strauli (who is probably best remembered for his starring role in Only When I Laugh along with James Bolam, Peter Bowles and Richard Wilson), Sabina Franklyn (Keep It In The Family), Natalie Forbes (The Other 'Arf, Surgical Spirit, New Tricks) and Brian Capron (Where The Heart Is).

Full House

Lame Ducks had two series (12 episodes) on BBC in the mid-80's, starring John Duttine (People Like Us, To Serve Them All My Days, Ain't Misbehavin', Heartbeat, WPC 56....to name a few) and Lorraine Chase (The Other 'Arf, Lock Stock..., Emmerdale) and Brian Murphy (Man About The House, George & Mildred, L For Lester, Last of the Summer Wine, The Cafe). Hopefully some more of this turns up someday. Only 3 episodes from the first series here. 

Lame Ducks

The New Statesman....not to be confused with the comedy of the same name starring the late Rik Mayall that came a couple years after this.....this one starred:

River City 2015 - Disc 5

Scottish drama wrapping up 2015 and kicking off 2016.

The Young Montalbano - Disc 3

The Young Montalbano

EastEnders 2016 - Disc 1

Beryl's Lot + Mr Digby Darling + On The House = Series 1 only

Some rare vintage comedy............all somehow managing to escape the Yorkshire TV archive and all only the first series of each of show.

Beryl's Lot was a very popular 1970's hour long comedy-drama about a middle-aged wife/mother who decides to improve her life. The show ran for three series and 52 episodes. Starring Carmel McSharry (The Liver Birds, In Sickness & In Health, Wish Me Luck) and Mark Kingston (Shine On Harvey Moon, No Job For A Lady) with a large supporting cast including Tony Caunter (Queenie's Castle, Juliet Bravo, EastEnders, Big Deal, The Chief), Barbara Mitchell (The Larkins, Love Thy Neighbour, For The Love Of Ada, The Fenn Street Gang), Queenie Watts (Romany Jones, Yus My Dear), Robin Askwith (The Bottle Boys and saw him in Benidorm the other night), Norman Mitchell (way too many to list), Robert Keegan (Z Cars/Softly Softly, Selwyn Froggitt).

Beryl's Lot

Mr Digby, Darling reunited The Rag Trade stars Sheila Hancock and Peter Jones for three series and 19 episodes between 1969 and 1971.

Mr Digby, Darling

On The House with Kenneth Connor (Carry On films. 'Allo 'Allo!, Hi-de-Hi!), John Junkin (Law & Disorder, Sam & Janet, was Wally the milkman in Till Death Us Do Part, was in A Hard Day's Night and wrote Langley Bottom and for Hark At Barker, Hugh And I....), Tommy Godfrey (Love Thy Neighbour, Mind Your Language), Gordon Rollings (That's My Boy!..the 1963 show, Black Arrow, Life Begins At Forty, Big Jim And The Figaro Club).   

On The House

Silent Witness - Disc 21

Silent Witness