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A security guard is murdered during a mail-van robbery and one of the van crew overhears the killer's name: Angelo (Peter Reynolds).

Before he can phone his boss to confirm that the job has been successfully accomplished, the elderly Miss Crystal (Olive Sloane) mistakenly dials the same number and hears a girl ask if it is Angelo speaking. The next day, seeing the newspaper headlines, Miss Crystal realises she may have a valuable clue - but can she remember the incorrect number she dialled...?

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Dr. Peter Brady, who has become invisible as a consequence of d scientific experiment on the reflection of light, is now dealing with murder when Barbara Crane, a celebrated actress, finds a still body on d cliff road.

Her driver persuades her, in the interest of her career, to let him throw the body over the cliff. Soon afterwards, she is blackmailed over the telephone by a man who claims to have witnessed the accident, he demands that $1,000 should be left for him to collect at Paddinqton Station. Peter Brady overhears part of the conversation and uses his invisibility to trick the criminals and solve the mystery of the body on the road.

Episodes Comprise:
- Play to Kill
- Point of Destruction
- Death Cell
- The Vanishing Evidence
- The Prize
- Flight into Darkness

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Dr. Peter Brady, made invisible by his own experiment on the principles that govern the refraction of light, decides to make the best of his condition and fight organised crime and injustice.

Brady is fascinated by the reports of a man who repeatedly tries to escape from prison having been sentenced for violent robbery at his own factory. When Dr. Brady goes to visit him in prison, Joe Green protests his innocence and reveals that he has an alibi. Brady decides to help clear the innocent man Subsequently Brady gets involved with an attempted murder, the kidnapping of his niece Sally and other adventures in which his invisibility proves an incredible advantage in fighting crime and helping people in difficulty.

Episodes Comprise:
- Jailbreak
- Blind Justice
- Bunk Raid
- Strange Partners
- Odds Against Death
- Picnic with Death

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Young lawyer Robert Blair (Michael Denison) is called on in desperation by two women, mother and daughter, who live in a large, isolated house known as The Franchise, and have been questioned by the police in connection with a peculiar accusation.

As feelings in the local village run high, the police build up a case on a formidable amount of circumstantial evidence - against which Blair can put only the improbability of the charge, and some unsuccessful amateur detection...

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Dr. Peter Brady (Tim Turner) is a brilliant English scientist who, working with the principles that govern the reflection of light, has developed a theory that every form of matter can be reduced to invisibility, just as a jellyfish becomes invisible in water.

During an accident in the laboratory, Brady himself becomes invisible, but his experiments have not yet gone far enough for him to reverse the process and regain visibility! Taken to the hospital as a high security risk, Brady is kept under surveillance, but his invisibility makes it easy for him to escape. Meanwhile, a fellow scientist, Dr, Compton, attempts to steal Brady's technical notes. In trying to outwit his dishonest colleague, Brady realises the true value of his discovery.

Episodes Comprise:
- Secret Experiment
- Crisis in the Desert
- Behind the Mask
- Shadow on the Screen
- The Mink Coat
- The Locked Room

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This British thriller, thought lost for decades, stars Donald Houston, Alan Wheatley and Susan Shaw in a gripping story of love and deception in the world of British association football.

'Small Town Story' includes appearances from sporting legend Denis Compton along with players from Millwall, Arsenal and Hayes football clubs. Though there is noticeable film damage in the first reel, this is the only copy known to exist. Canadian ex-serviceman Bob Regan (Kent Walton) returns to the English town where he was posted during the war. He discovers that the local football club stand to inherit £25,000 from recently deceased supporter Wallace Hammond if they make the Third Division - a situation that Hammond's devious nephew finds intolerable...

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Sixteen-year-old Terry Connor (David Bradley) is sent, along with some friends, to an Outward Bound centre. On his first day there Terry is taken potholing by the senior instructor, Alex. All goes well until, 100 feet underground, Alex goes to search for the torch that Terry has dropped.

Hours pass, and, to Terry's shock, when Alex (Tony Wright) finally returns he has no recollection of having been absent. Terry suspects something sinister is taking place - it is surely no coincidence that there is a secret Ministry of Defence establishment nearby. But just how dangerous his curiosity will be becomes clear when he learns the truth about the 'Jensen Code'...'The Jensen Code' was a highly unusual children's thriller, written by Carey Harrison (author son of actor Rex Harrison), and starring David (Dai) Bradley, the BAFTA-winning young star of Kes as the teenager who unwittingly uncovers a terrifying space-age espionage project. This complete 13-part series, rarely seen since its original transmission in 1973, is released here for the first time in any format. Originally made in colour, 'The Jensen Code' now exists only as black and white telerecordings made for overseas sales, the colour episodes having been junked many years ago.

Vicki (Diana Dors), a young French girl on the run from the Parisian police, arrives in London. Believing herself to be safe, she is horrified to discover that Nick (Herbert Lom) - a violent, scheming pimp - has designs on making her the latest acquisition to his "girls of the night"...

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A highly popular sequel to ABC's smash-hit 'Pathfinders' trilogy, the two 'Beneath the Sea' series once again star Gerald Flood - this time as intrepid reporter Mark Bannerman.

Created by cult favourite writer John Lucarotti both series see scientific journalist Mark Bannerman and his assistant Peter Blake get into (and out of!) all manner of aquatic scrapes. When Bannerman and Blake are invited aboard an atomic submarine to observe the trials of a new underwater transmitter, they embark on an adventure which leads them into the depths of inner space...

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One of ITV's earliest dramas written specifically for children and a precursor to the development of 'Doctor Who', Sydney Newman's 'Pathfinders' series is one of the most eagerly awaited archive television releases of all time.

Over three series the 'Pathfinders' journeyed to the Moon and other worlds, proving tremendously successful with the viewing public and even getting into the regional top ten on occasion - unheard of for a children's programme. With intelligent and engaging scripts by Malcolm Hulke and Eric Paice, the 'Pathfinders' faced drama at every turn - from space hazards to Venusian dinosaurs! - and this set contains all three series: 'Pathfinders in Space', 'Pathfinders to Mars' and 'Pathfinders to Venus'.

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Oscar-winning stage and screen veteran Wendy Hiller brings characteristic subtlety, grace and quiet determination to the role of a recently widowed woman who intends to relish her newfound freedom in this acclaimed three-part drama.

Lady Slane (Wendy Hiller) sits beside the body of her husband in a bedroom of their elegant home. The handsome, distinguished Henry Holland, Prime Minister, Viceroy of India and Earl of Slane (John Bott), has died at the age of 94. As her children ponder what is to be done with mother, 85-year-old Lady Slane realises that for the first time in her life, she is free to live where, and how, she chooses. And after more than half a century as a dutiful and loving wife, she revels in her new-found independence and the company of new friends...despite the wishes of her family.

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When Commander David Wheeler (Donald Burton) is arrested for a seemingly motiveless attack on a mysterious vessel, his son Richard (Andrew Ashby), along with friends Lucy (Shelley Crowhurst) and Peter (Richard Willis), embark on a search for the secret information that might clear his name -

becoming entangled in an intrigue of codes, espionage and a fearsome new weapon under the sea.

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When the "Tardis" arrives on the planet of the Gonds, the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe discover a world ruled and enslaved by the Krotons. The brightest Gonds are always chosen to serve as companions of the Krotons and are never seen again.

The Doctor and his friends decide to put a stop to their rule - but in doing so, inadvertently unleash the true power and terror of the Krotons instead...

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The TARDIS brings the Doctor, Victoria and Jamie to the coast of Kent, England, where the ESGO complex is drawing up natural gas under the North Sea via a huge network of pipes linked to their off-shore rigs. But the Doctor is convinced he can hear something in the pipes, a heartbeat, something...

alive? Others at the complex have heard it too, and one by one contact with the rigs is being lost But Chief Robson will have none of it, and work will continue. And so it does...until sentient, aggressive seaweed begins attacking the base and taking over the personnel one by one, creating a spearhead from which it will launch its attack and enslave the entire human race...Can the Doctor discover a way to stop the weed advancing? Or does the only real chance of success lie with Victoria and if it does, can a way be found to utilise that without harming one of the Doctor's very best friends...

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Jane Wyman stars in 'Three Guys Named Mike', a charming romantic comedy in which she has to choose from three suitors called Mike! Jane Wyman brings her considerable charms to the role of Marcy Lewis, a pretty but accident-prone airhostess who has three potential suitors, in Three Guys Named Mike.

Van Johnson plays the role of Mike Lawrence, a science student who is also working on the side as a bartender, who has romantic inclinations for Marcy. However Mike faces competition from two other Mikes Mike Tracy (played by Barry Sullivan) in the role of a wheeler-dealer advertising executive, and then there's Mike Jamieson (Howard Keel), a very handsome airline pilot who is also vying for Marcy's romantic attentions! As Marcy's confidence in her job increases, so her views about men change... which Mike will she finally choose? 'Three Guys Named Mike' is an ageless charming romantic comedy, which never ceases to delight!