1960s
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Checkmate (1960)
Byte-Sized Overview Checkmate (1960) is a glossy American detective drama with a rather appealing premise for anyone who likes their…
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Maigret (1960)
Byte-Sized Overview Maigret is the BBC’s black-and-white take on Georges Simenon’s famously patient Parisian detective, with Rupert Davies as Commissaire…
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Special Branch (1969)
Byte-Sized Overview Special Branch is a London-set police drama about the Metropolitan Police unit that deals with espionage, subversion and…
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Randall and Hopkirk: Deceased (1969)
Byte-Sized Overview Randall and Hopkirk: Deceased is a late-1960s British private-eye series with a gloriously daft supernatural hook: Jeff Randall…
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Adam-12 (1968)
Byte-Sized Overview Adam-12 is a plainclothes-and-patrol-cars police drama set on the streets of Los Angeles, following Officers Pete Malloy and…
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It Takes a Thief (1968)
Byte-Sized Overview It Takes a Thief is a glossy late-1960s American action-adventure caper built around Alexander Mundy, a suave professional…
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The Champions (1968)
Byte-Sized Overview The Champions is a glossy British espionage-adventure series with a sci-fi twist, built around three agents who survive…
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The High Chaparral (1967)
Byte-Sized Overview The High Chaparral is a big, dusty Western about the Cannons, an Anglo ranching family trying to hold…
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Man in a Suitcase (1967)
Byte-Sized Overview Man in a Suitcase is a 1967 British espionage-adjacent thriller about McGill, an ex-American intelligence man who has…
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Softly: Softly (1966)
Byte-Sized Overview Softly, Softly is the BBC’s 1966 police procedural spin-off from Z-Cars, built around Detective Chief Superintendent Charlie Barlow…
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The Baron (1966)
Byte-Sized Overview The Baron is a polished 1960s spy-adventure series with a slightly posher wardrobe than most of its rivals…
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The Big Valley (1965)
Byte-Sized Overview The Big Valley is a glossy, sturdy 1960s Western set around the Barkley family ranch in California’s San…
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