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51. Down to Earth (2000–2005)
60 min | Drama
This series follows Faith and Brian Addis as they work to keep open their holiday home "Phyllishayes" - a roomy farmhouse in Devon offering memorable holidays for children who may never have experienced the countryside in their lives.
Stars: Ricky Tomlinson, Denise Welch, Zara Dawson, Pauline Quirke
Votes: 165
52. Homefront (2012)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama
A six-episode mini-series which follows the lives of four army wives in the UK.
Stars: Antonia Thomas, Greg Wise, Warren Brown, Clare Higgins
Votes: 133
53. Doctor Who Confidential (2005–2011)
TV-PG | 30 min | Documentary
Behind the scenes of the making of Doctor Who (2005) with the cast, crew and directors.
Stars: Russell T. Davies, David Tennant, Steven Moffat, Phil Collinson
Votes: 927
54. The Long Firm (2004)
220 min | Crime, Drama
The lives of characters who live, love, and suffer through their association with the charismatic charms of gangster Harry Starks.
Stars: Mark Strong, George Costigan, Neil Conrich, Geoff Bell
Votes: 733
55. The Hawk (1993)
R | 88 min | Drama, Thriller
Housewife Annie Marsh (Dame Helen Mirren) suspects her husband might be The Hawk, a brutal serial killer. Complicating matters is the fact that she once was incarcerated in a psychiatric ... See full summary »
Director: David Hayman | Stars: Daryl Webster, Thomas Taplin, Joshua Taplin, David Harewood
Votes: 501
56. The Jim Henson Hour (1987–1992)
48 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
An anthology show featuring the work of the great puppeteer and his staff.
Stars: Jim Henson, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Kevin Clash
Votes: 541
57. Chimera (1991– )
60 min | Horror
A journalist investigates the death of his girlfriend at a fertility clinic where she worked and uncovers a plot to create a new breed of human based on crossing the genetics of a man and an ape.
Stars: John Lynch, Christine Kavanagh, Kenneth Cranham, Gary Mavers
Votes: 288
58. A Mind to Murder (1995 TV Movie)
101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgliesh has been on leave following the death on duty of a member of his team, DS Sarah Hillier. His superiors order him back to work to investigate the ... See full summary »
Director: Gareth Davies | Stars: Roy Marsden, Mairead Carty, Sean Scanlan, Robert Pugh
Votes: 298
59. City Central (1998–2000)
50 min | Crime, Drama
The everyday public and private lives of the detectives, policemen and policewomen who work at the inner-city Christmas Street police station in Manchester.
Stars: Sean McKenzie, Ian Aspinall, Dave Hill, Ashley Jensen
Votes: 1,150
60. The Good Samaritan (2007 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Mild-mannered Brian Guest isn't having the best of times. Nothing seems to be going right for him, and worst of all, his high-maintenance wife Lucy wants a divorce. Surely, things couldn't get any worse for him?
Director: Kenneth Glenaan | Stars: Shane Richie, Brendan Coyle, Julia Ford, Louise Delamere
Votes: 70
61. The Arbor (2010)
Unrated | 94 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Portrayal of the late Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar.
Director: Clio Barnard | Stars: Manjinder Virk, Christine Bottomley, Natalie Gavin, Parvani Lingiah
Votes: 2,139 | Gross: $0.02M
62. Girls' Night (1998)
102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two British best friends and in-laws, Dawn and Jackie, work together at a factory. When Dawn is diagnosed with a brain tumor Jackie shares $100,000 she's got from her secret lover with Dawn.
Director: Nick Hurran | Stars: Brenda Blethyn, Julie Walters, Sue Cleaver, Meera Syal
Votes: 692
63. Hancock & Joan (2008 TV Movie)
86 min | Biography, Drama
In the mid-1960s, Joan, not long married to comic actor John Le Mesurier, meets and is mutually attracted to comedian Tony Hancock, married to the long-suffering Freddie. Hancock's most ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Laxton | Stars: Ken Stott, Maxine Peake, Alex Jennings, Don Gallagher
Votes: 147
64. The Beiderbecke Connection (1988)
201 min | Comedy, Drama
Trevor Chaplin teaches woodwork and likes to listen to jazz. Jill Chapman teaches English and wants to help save the planet. They live together and just want a quiet life. Since their last ... See full summary »
Stars: James Bolam, Barbara Flynn, Terence Rigby, Danny Schiller
Votes: 344
65. The Sailor's Return (1978)
100 min | Drama
Set in the early days of the reign of Queen Victoria provides an unusual historical representation of a black person's experience of England.
Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Tom Bell, Shope Shodeinde, Elton Charles, Denyse Alexander
Votes: 75
66. The Tribe (1998)
105 min | Drama
Property developer Jamie has to evict some weird, post-modern hippies from a building. But they slowly drag him into their dark underworld of bizarre rituals and dangerous liaisons.
Director: Stephen Poliakoff | Stars: Joely Richardson, Jeremy Northam, Anna Friel, Trevor Eve
Votes: 660
67. The Whistleblowers (2007)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Ben Graham and Alisha Cole are two lawyers are about to witness something that will take them into a world of few moral certainties.
Stars: Richard Coyle, Indira Varma, Daniel Ryan, Paul Freeman
Votes: 149
68. Coogan's Run (1995)
30 min | Comedy
A short series portraying six different people who all live in a town called Ottle; all played by Steve Coogan.
Stars: Steve Coogan, John Thomson, Malcolm Raeburn, Adrian Scarborough
Votes: 545
69. Bloody Kids (1980 TV Movie)
91 min | Drama
Two young boys enact a mock fight outside a football ground as a joke, but it goes wrong when one of them is injured. While the victim recovers in hospital, the other boy attempts to hide from the police.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Derrick O'Connor, Gary Holton, Richard Thomas, Peter Clark
Votes: 319
70. So Haunt Me (1992–1994)
30 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A suburban family find their new home is still occupied by the ghost of its previous owner, a middle-aged Jewish woman.
Stars: Miriam Karlin, George Costigan, Tessa Peake-Jones, Laura Howard
Votes: 111
71. Red Monarch (1983 TV Movie)
101 min | Comedy, Drama
About Stalin's inner circle who he starts seeing as untrustworthy.
Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Colin Blakely, David Suchet, Carroll Baker, Ian Hogg
Votes: 331
72. Linda Green (2001–2002)
TV-PG | 30 min | Drama, Comedy
A young woman contends with the difficulties of romance.
Stars: Liza Tarbuck, Sean Gallagher, Claire Rushbrook, Daniel Ryan
Votes: 139
73. Frozen (I) (2005)
Not Rated | 90 min | Thriller
It's two years since the mysterious disappearance of Kath Swarbrick's older sister Annie, but Kath remains haunted by a need to know what happened. When police investigations wind down, ... See full summary »
Director: Juliet McKoen | Stars: Shirley Henderson, Roshan Seth, Ger Ryan, Richard Armitage
Votes: 621
74. Summer (2008)
83 min | Drama
While caring for a dying friend, a man reflects back on their youth together.
Director: Kenneth Glenaan | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Steve Evets, Rachael Blake, Michael Socha
Votes: 1,080
75. Stolen (1990– )
Salim and Marianne love each other and their children, but there are different ways of loving. Marianne knows an affair is wrong - but suspects she can get away with it.
Stars: Cheryl Prime, Art Malik, Mary Maddox, Sonia Ashraf
Votes: 17
76. Rockliffe's Babies (1987– )
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama
Series featuring the tough and experienced Det. Sgt. Alan Rockcliffe, and his squad of young and enthusiastic plain-clothes PCs.
Stars: Ian Hogg, Joe McGann, Alphonsia Emmanuel, Bill Champion
Votes: 106
77. Badger (1999–2000)
50 min | Drama, Crime
Drama series about a police wildlife liaison officer and others who help him fight wildlife crime set in the rural county of Northumberland.
Stars: Jerome Flynn, Adrian Bower, Kevin Doyle, Phillippa Wilson
Votes: 42
78. Madson (1996)
50 min | Drama
A wrongfully imprisoned man seeks legal revenge on the detective who framed him. With help from a feisty lawyer, he slowly rebuilds his life by aiding her other mistreated clients.
Stars: Ian McShane, Joanna Kanska, Matthew Marsh, Jayne Ashbourne
Votes: 38
79. Connie (1985)
60 min | Drama
Gritty series set in the Midlands fashion and rag trade industry. Connie is the former owner of a fashion retail chain, who is now determined to return to a position of power within the business.
Stars: Stephanie Beacham, Richard Morant, Paul Rogers, Pam Ferris
Votes: 57
80. Second City Firsts (1973– )
30 min | Drama
This was a BBC drama anthology series of short plays, written largely by first-time writers, which were transmitted between 1973 and 1978.
Stars: Ken Kitson, Jean Heywood, Ivor Roberts, Alison Steadman
Votes: 25
81. The Life and Death of King John (1984 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 155 min | Drama
King John does whatever it takes to keep himself on the throne of England, making enemies of the pope, France, and his nephew along the way.
Director: David Giles | Stars: Leonard Rossiter, William Whymper, Mary Morris, Robert Brown
Votes: 146
82. The Riff Raff Element (1993– )
50 min | Comedy, Drama
Down-on-their luck, upper-class family rent out a wing of their stately home to a lower-class family.
Stars: Ronald Pickup, Trevor Peacock, Richard Hope, Mossie Smith
Votes: 99
83. Celebrity Eggheads (2008– )
30 min | Game-Show
In this celebrity version of the popular general-knowledge quiz show, a team of celebrities, connected by a common profession, try to outsmart a group of eggheads -- a group of Britain's top quiz champions.
Stars: Dermot Murnaghan, Jeremy Vine, Judith Keppel, Kevin Ashman
Votes: 31
84. Calendar Girls: Deleted Scenes (2004 Video)
6 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Nigel Cole | Stars: Linda Bassett, Frank Bello, John Bush, George Costigan
Votes: 30
85. Fame Is the Spur (1982– )
50 min | Drama
This TV series is based on a book of the same name by Howard Spring published in 1940. It describes the rise of the British socialist movement from the mid 19th century to the 1930s by ... See full summary »
Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, David Hayman, Joanna David, Phyllida Law
Votes: 17
86. Screenplay (1979– )
90 min | Drama
This was a series of summer plays, one of which ("Waxwork") led to the popular series Cribb (1980).
Stars: Julie Walters, John Shrapnel, Peter Ellis, Victoria Wood
Votes: 16
87. Love or Money (2001 TV Movie)
90 min | Romance
Two young, beautiful people, Daniel and Samantha, are selected in a television show to marry. They have never seen each other ever. After the wedding ceremony took place on television, it ... See full summary »
Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: Steven Duffy, Emma Cunniffe, George Costigan, Sheila Hancock
Votes: 69
88. Director: Alan Clarke (1991)
53 min | Documentary
Documentary introduced by David Leland looking at the work of director Alan Clarke, and made to complement the BBC2 season of many of his plays and films. The film includes clips from some of his work and conversation.
Director: Corin Campbell Hill | Stars: Alan Clarke, George Costigan, Phil Daniels, Janine Duvitski
Votes: 21
89. Pickersgill People (1978– )
55 min | Comedy
Comedy series about the everyday events in a small town in Northern England.
Stars: Nick Stringer, Philip Jackson, Antony Sher, Bernard Hill
Votes: 13
90. Jenny Can't Work Any Faster (1975 TV Movie)
Drama
Jenny is an autistic teenager. Her father is concerned about her being withdrawn and hopes that employing her in his own business will bring her out of her shell. He also employs a new young assistant called Brian.
Director: Peter Jefferies | Stars: John Corti, George Costigan, James Grout, Desmond Jones
91. Stan the Man (2002– )
50 min | Comedy, Drama
Stars: Michael Lawrence, John Thomson, Gaynor Faye, Joe Absolom
Votes: 10
92. Slip-Up (1986 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama
Tells the story of Scotland Yard's attempt to extradite Ronald Biggs, the Great Train Robber, from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Director: James Cellan Jones | Stars: Jeremy Kemp, George Costigan, Larry Lamb, Nicholas Le Prevost
93. Movie Connections (2007–2009)
40 min | Documentary
Series looking at the history of favourite films.
Stars: Ashley Jensen, Julie Walters, Alex Norton, John Gordon Sinclair
Votes: 23
94. Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light (2016)
270 min | Documentary
Clips plus interviews with colleagues and collaborators deepen a portrait of a provocative Tv director who those in the know are coming to realize was one of the greatest artists in the history of British media.
Director: Andy Kelleher | Stars: Tariq Anwar, Allan Bairstow, Davina Belling, Alan Chambers
Votes: 15
95. Somewhere More Central (1981 TV Movie)
30 min | Drama
Director: Anne-Louise Wakefield | Stars: Caroline Embling, Sandra Voe, Geoffrey Wilkinson, Sheila Reid
96.
The Jim Henson Hour (1987–1992)
Episode:
Monster Maker
(1989)
45 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A boy dreams of working for his mentor, a creature-maker, and comes face to face with a giant creature.
Director: Giles Foster | Stars: Kieran O'Brien, Harry Dean Stanton, George Costigan, Amanda Dickinson
Votes: 138
97.
Screenplay (1986–1993)
Episode:
Safe
(1993)
66 min | Drama
Kaz and her friends spend their days trying to get by and their nights in a homeless shelter. But how did they end up there and what does the future hold for them?
Director: Antonia Bird | Stars: Aidan Gillen, Kate Hardie, Neil Smals, Robert Oates
Votes: 160
98.
Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)
Episode:
Master of the Moor: Part 1
(1994)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Stephen Whalby loves the moor. When a series of senseless murders of young women invades his beloved moor, he becomes intrigued...and a suspect.
Director: Marc Evans | Stars: Colin Firth, B.J. McLagan, Rachel Fielding, Emma Croft
Votes: 342
99.
Screenplay (1979– )
Episode:
Happy Since I Met You
(1981)
52 min | Drama
Frances is 28, single and happy, despite ritual interrogation from her family as to why she's not married. Then she meets Jim, and finds she has decisions to make.
Director: Baz Taylor | Stars: Julie Walters, Duncan Preston, Eileen Mayers, June Dixon
Votes: 23
100.
Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode:
Sin Bin
(1994)
TV-14 | Drama
A male nurse in a mental hospital witnesses one patient killing another, but does not come forward.
Director: George Case | Stars: Graham Aggrey, Angus Barnett, Moya Brady, Kathy Burke
Votes: 19