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1970s
The Persuaders! (1971)
Byte-Sized Overview The Persuaders! is a glossy, cheeky 1971 action-adventure series about two very different rich men who are roped…
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2020s
Reacher (2022)
Byte-Sized Overview Reacher is the no-nonsense Amazon Prime Video action thriller built around Lee Child’s wandering ex-Military Police investigator, Jack…
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2000s
24 (2001)
Byte-Sized Overview 24 is the sort of high-concept thriller that sounds slightly daft until it starts working on you. Each…
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1950s
Boston Blackie (1951)
Byte-Sized Overview Boston Blackie is a syndicated American crime-adventure series from the early television era, based on Jack Boyle’s long-running…
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2020s
Time (2021)
Byte-Sized Overview Time is not a glossy prison thriller interested in clever escapes or swaggering antiheroes. Jimmy McGovern’s BBC One…
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1970s
McCloud (1970)
Byte-Sized Overview McCloud is a breezy, fish-out-of-water police drama with a cowboy hat, a New York badge and a stubborn…
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1960s
Route 66 (1960)
Byte-Sized Overview Route 66 is the great American road trip before the phrase became an excuse for beige campervans and…
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2000s
Burn Notice (2007)
Byte-Sized Overview Burn Notice is the sort of show that turns espionage into a sunlit hustle. Jeffrey Donovan plays Michael…
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2000s
Prison Break (2005)
Byte-Sized Overview Prison Break is a high-concept escape thriller built around a brotherly rescue plan with the emotional subtlety of…
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1990s
Oz (1997)
Byte-Sized Overview Oz is HBO’s grimy prison drama set inside the fictional Oswald State Correctional Facility, usually called Emerald City…
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2020s
MobLand (2025)
Byte-Sized Overview MobLand is a British gangster drama set in and around London, where two crime families are edging towards…
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2020s
Dept. Q (2025)
Byte-Sized Overview Dept. Q is Netflix’s Edinburgh-set take on Jussi Adler-Olsen’s Danish cold-case novels, relocated to the Scottish capital and…
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