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This drama focuses on London lodging house in the early days of World War Two. Stories ranged from within the house to the drama of Dunkirk.

Harry H. is a detective who prefers to sit by the water and fish but can never say no to a case when someone is in need.

Short series of plays by leading British dramatists.

The events of the series revolve around a group of thieves (Alwan, Zuhair and Marzouk), who are trying to steal gold from the chief cloth merchant Abu Hamad, who wants to treat his blind son Hamad, so he turns to the hero Ayoub to help him arrest them.

The Secret War was a six–part television series produced by the BBC in conjunction with the Imperial War Museum documenting various technical developments during the Second World War. It was aired during 1977 and presented by William Woollard. The programme opening music was an excerpt from Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. The closing music was by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. The 'seventh' episode often included with video versions of the series was not part of the original series but produced separately.

The series follows Ashhafan, whose miserly behavior becomes the talk of his small town. Each episode presents a new scenario where his frugality leads to comical misunderstandings and conflicts with friends, family, and neighbors.

Emu's Broadcasting Company was a children's television series featuring Rod Hull and Emu running their own television station, which parodied many BBC series of the time. Supporting Rod Hull and his emu puppet were Billy Dainty who played a James Bond pastiche called Captain Perceval and Barbara New who played the tea lady.

A mini-series detailing the adventures of two shepherds and their herd of sheep, based on the writings of Slovak author Marianna Grznárová.

Eugène de Rastignac comes to Paris and finds lodging in the same boarding house as a former pasta maker, Père Goriot. While the other lodgers abuse Goriot, Eugène is sympathetic to the meek and mild Goriot.

It's Anybody's Guess is an American game show broadcast on NBC from June 13 to September 30, 1977. Monty Hall hosted the show while his second-banana from Let's Make a Deal, Jay Stewart, was the announcer. It was produced by Stefan Hatos-Monty Hall Productions.

A dramedy about Hamid, the simple employee who can't adjust to his daily life with his wife, children, and manager who oppresses him, so he resorts to hypocrisy to deal with his boss who promotes him, but he abandons his principles in the process.

The TV game show of Maine trivia suitable for natives and people from away.

In 1975, the composer Robert Ashley embarked on an ambitious work titled Music With Roots in the Aether. He called it an opera (or piece of theater, depending on the case) for television. The work is comprised of seven two-hour sections. Each episode is dedicated to investigations, interviews, and performances of one of his peers – David Behrman, Philip Glass, Alvin Lucier, Gordon Mumma, Pauline Oliveros, and Terry Riley, respectively, with the final reserved for himself.

A documentary series by ZDF in which journalist and documentary filmmaker Georg Stefan Troller profiles and interviews people of varying degrees of fame, mostly artists.

Engelbert hosts a show that was a mix of comical banter, silly sketches and an array of musical talent, current and past. Guests include old vaudevillians like Milton Berle and Jack Benny plus TV performers Shirley Jones and Ken Berry.

British children's TV show with viewers' requests sung by the presenters, Keith Field accompanying with the guitar and Kathy Jones who in later series was replaced by Maria Morgan.

"For too long rabbits and players have been mocked. Now it's come to a stop," declares the long-eared Kukurtaja, captured by the Vihavaino, governor of the castle. A rogue-like adventure story is set in the latter part of 1700s, in an island-fortress.

Renato Rascel dons the priest-detective's cassock and, with irony and wit, embodies the character of Father Brown in the six episodes that make up the series. Endowed with a great humanity that allows him to “read” hearts, the protagonist, assisted by the repentant thief Flambeau, solves the cases that arise by resorting to psychological insights that are every bit as good as those of Agatha Christie or Georges Simenon. The series, produced by Rai and broadcast on Rai Uno in prime time, was a huge success with critics and audiences alike and also marked Renato Rascel's personal breakthrough as a comedy actor. He also wrote the theme song, which topped the charts for many weeks.

(Soheir) is a wealthy girl who refuses to marry because she believes that everyone covets her wealth, so she publishes an advertisement in the newspapers about her desire to marry a poor young man.

A variety and sketch comedy show.

The New Bill Cosby Show is an American variety television series aired in the United States by CBS as part of its 1972-73 lineup.

Based on the novel by Peter Edel: the fate of a young Jewish couple during the Nazi era, who, full of dreams and hopes, search for ways to escape the inhumane situation in Hitler's Germany. In their hopeless situation, they meet a man who leads them down a contradictory and dangerous path, but at the end of which lies a new beginning.

Sale of the Century was a UK game show based on a US game show of the same name. It was first shown on ITV from 1971 to 1983, hosted by Nicholas Parsons. The first series was supposed to air only in the Anglia region, but it rolled out to other regions since 8 January 1972 and achieved full national coverage by the end of 10 May 1975, at which point it was one of the most popular shows on the network - spawning the often-mocked catchphrase "and now, from Norwich, it's the quiz of the week." It has been revived twice first on Sky One from 1989 to 1990 hosted by Peter Marshall and then on Challenge TV in 1997 hosted by Keith Chegwin.

A musical miniseries based on Jack London novels.

The Krofft Superstar Hour is a Saturday morning children's variety show, produced by Sid and Marty Krofft. After eight episodes, the show was renamed The Bay City Rollers Show. It aired for one season from September 9, 1978 to November 28, 1979 on NBC.

Reconstruction of the 19th century trial involving child prostitution. Eliza Armstrong age 13 is sold by her mother Elizabeth for £5 to a brothel.

The television program was built around the character Barend Servet, played by IJf Blokker, who had first appeared in De Fred Haché Show in 1971. Other characters returning from the Haché Show were Sjef van Oekel (played by Dolf Brouwers) and Fred Haché (played by Harry Touw). In typical Schippers fashion, the program, like its predecessor, derived its comedic effects from crude humor, silly costumes or nudity, chaos, and absurdism; it combined the trivial and banal with controversial content. There were four episodes and a Christmas special, "Waar heb dat nou voor nodig?". For the Christmas special, two songs were written by Wim T. Schippers and Clous van Mechelen for Dolf Brouwers: "Vette jus" and "Juliana onze vorstin".

Arrows was a pop television series aimed at the teen market, which aired in 1976 and 1977 in the UK. The show was produced by British TV legend Muriel Young, and ran for two full 14 week series on the ITV network, produced by Granada Television. The Arrows show format was that the band would perform their own songs, and they would introduce the guest artists. There was also a pop dance troupe called Him and Us who were regulars on the series. The Arrows were Alan Merrill, Jake Hooker and Paul Varley. Guests on the Arrows show included such artists as Marc Bolan, The Bay City Rollers, The Drifters, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Peter Noone, Alvin Stardust, Gene Pitney, Slade, Pilot, Billy J. Kramer, The Real Thing, and many more.

In the town of Schilda, the female population is growing angry because, apart from the town clerk, the pastor, and the gatekeeper, all the men in town are away on business. This is because the citizens of Schilda enjoy an excellent reputation worldwide and have therefore been taken into the service of the high lords of other countries. However, since the women of Schilda no longer want to do without their husbands, they threaten them with divorce. Of course, the men return immediately and immediately discuss what to do so that they can remain in Schilda in peace. The swineherd Georg Christian Trölsch has the saving idea: since the cleverness and skill of the Schildbürger was the reason for their absence, it is decided that from now on they will act foolish and stupid. This way, hardly any foreign lord will be interested in bringing a Schildbürger to his court.