Play for Today (1970)

Summary: BBC anthology series featuring original plays, theatrical and literary adaptations from 1970-1984. Over 300 episodes aired, each 50 mins to 1 hr 40 mins long. Some were later developed into series, like Rumpole of the Bailey.

Release Date: October 15, 1970

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Runtime: 1 h 15 min

Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Rumpole of the Bailey (1978)

Orlando (1992)

Summary: After Queen Elizabeth I commands him not to grow old, a young nobleman struggles with love and his place in the world.

Release Date: June 09, 1993

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Biography

Director: Sally Potter

Writers: Virginia Woolf

, Walter Donohue

, Sally Potter

Runtime: 1 h 34 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Adventure Pictures, Lenfilm Studio, Mikado Film, Rio, Sigma Film Productions, British Screen Productions

Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics, Sony Pictures International, The Sales Company, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Countries: United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, France, Netherlands

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 4,000,000

Domestic: $ 5,377,643

International: $ 31,780

Doctor Who (1963)

Summary: The adventures in time and space of the Doctor, a Time Lord who changes appearance and personality by regenerating when near death, and is joined by companions in battles against aliens and other megalomaniacs.

Release Date: November 23, 1963

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Family

Runtime: 0 h 25 min

MPAA: TV-PG

Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

TV Series budget: $ 4,500,000

Domestic: $ 293,279