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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084531/

A middle-aged professor’s young bride and his assistant plan to commit a double murder disguised as a "Crime Passionel", but discover too late that one of their intended victims has become a fellow conspirator.

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0180850/

Mr. Wakefield’s Crusade saw a rich but bored man (the Mr Wakefield of the title) turn detective to try and discover who was behind the murder of his friend’s wife.

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0381272/

Stephen Downing is in prison, classed as IDOM, In Denial of Murder. Downing maintains his innocence for the murder of a young woman, Wendy Sewell, in the village of Bakewell in 1973. Don Hale is the crusading journalist determined to prove Downing’s innocence.

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0256564/

A boy looks up to his big brother, Jack, who is his hero and is someone that he is not – brave, noble and has the courage to stand up to their father. When their father returns from the battlefields of France to his family, he sends his younger son to an apprenticeship in a jam factory designing the labels. There, his boss sends him off to art school, but his real passion is writing. He began to send small stories into the newspaper. While the boy cannot draw, he discovers that he has a talent for writing. The depression sets in. The older son, Jack, who had escaped to the country returns with a girl suffering double pneumonia. Worst of all she is a Catholic and the father hates Catholics. The phrase Susso kids: the outbreak of World war II. Brother Jack rushes to enlist and his brother was unable/not allowed because he was a key reporter for the newspapers. They need him for propaganda.

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086745/

Brian Drake is hit by a lorry on the way to work and can no longer work. As a result he sets off to become a hermit only to be joined by various other outcasts (a bit like "The Outlaw Josie Wales") and is followed by a private detective working for his wife. He too is an outcast and so joins the group.

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106249/

In this compelling story of a daring conman, Leo Hopkins (Hugh Laurie) prospers from the greed of others – but his undeniable charm and willingness to take risks plunge him into a mess of troubles and worry. Addicted to gambling, seduced by his secretary and threatened by his corrupt boss, his life spirals downward and Leo must find a way to straighten himself out before he loses everything.

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0243705/

A seven-part drama that explores the lives, loves, and careers of a group of friends from Coventry who all move to London. Emma is in a seven-year relationship with Mark Rose, with whom she has a son named Sam. She marries him although she loves his brother Rich–a butcher. Rich lives with his girlfriend Louise who is a hairdresser, but he finds the temptation of a dalliance with Emma hard to resist, especially when his relationship with Louise comes under strain when Louise’s mother becomes ill. Also, there is Emma’s best pal Amanda, who’s single since splitting up with her investment banker boyfriend Michael; Romance novel writer Sinéad is besotted with Mark but turns to the Internet for love when he marries Emma; and Rich and Mark’s younger brother Robbie, who comes to London for the wedding and stays to pursue his hobbies of beer and women.

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7945066/

Earth, 2068. City by city, free society is being forcibly absorbed into a vast autocracy. One military force holds the line. One pilot could turn the tide.

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298672/

Linda’s a Manchester girl, born and bred. She’s in her early 30s and the friends she has now are the same friends she’s had since primary school. By day she potters around in Craven Lane Motors selling cars and flirting with mechanics. But when night time comes around she can usually be found singing her heart out on stage at the Lee Lane Social Club. Her best friend Michelle may be settled and happy with her boyfriend and kids, but Linda’s single and loving it. She may not have found Mr Right just yet, but she’s having a whale of a time while she’s looking.

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057768/

Plumber Freddie Blacklock lives with his wife Thora in the north of England. Freddie is a down-to-earth bloke who likes to take things easy whereas Thora has ambitions for the couple to improve their social standing.

Often affecting a posh voice in an attempt to impress those she comes into contact with – from the doctor to work contacts of Freddie’s – her pride and his uncomplicated approach to life are frequently at odds!

The Blacklocks have been married for 25 years, their children have flown the nest and they know each other inside out. But, as the adage says, familiarity breeds contempt… or at least a major headache.

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