Steptoe and Son (1962)

Summary: British sitcom about a father-and-son rag-and-bone business in London. The intergenerational divide between the miserly Steptoe and his ambitious son results in comedy, drama, and tragedy.

Release Date: January 05, 1962

Genre: Comedy

Runtime: 0 h 45 min

MPAA: TV-PG

Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

The Avengers (1961)

Summary: A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners.

Release Date: March 28, 1966

Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime

Runtime: 0 h 50 min

MPAA: TV-14

Production: Associated British Corporation

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Danger Man (1960)

Summary: John Drake is a special operative for NATO, specializing in security assignments against any subversive element which threatened world peace.

Release Date: April 05, 1961

Genres: Action, Adventure, Crime

Runtime: 0 h 24 min

MPAA: TV-PG

Production: Incorporated Television Company (ITC)

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1959)

Summary: Mystery crime stories with sometimes different cops and many now-famous faces.

Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Production: Merton Park Studios

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)

Summary: A tenacious British woman becomes a missionary and runs an inn for travelling merchants in China during the Japanese invasion and the tumultuous years leading up to the Second World War.

Release Date: January 11, 1959

Genres: Drama, Biography, War

Director: Mark Robson