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1. Roads to Freedom (1970– )
50 min | Drama
Stars: Michael Bryant, Colin Baker, Daniel Massey, Alison Fiske
Votes: 78
2. Stage 2 (1971–1973)
Drama
Stars: Tom Courtenay, Eileen Atkins, Colin Blakely, Coral Browne
Votes: 6
3.
Colditz (1972–1974)
Episode:
Tweedledum
(1972)
Drama, History, War
RAF officer George Marsh, who had worked in a psychiatric hospital prior to the war and is now a medical orderly, works out that if he pretends that he is mentally ill, he will be ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Ferguson | Stars: Michael Bryant, Robert Wagner, David McCallum, Edward Hardwicke
Votes: 46
4.
Theatre 625 (1964–1968)
Episode:
Talking to a Stranger 4: The Innocent Must Suffer
(1966)
Drama
Todays theme: Talking to a Stranger 4: The Innocent Must Suffer.
Director: Christopher Morahan | Stars: Margery Mason, Maurice Denham, Michael Bryant, Judi Dench
Votes: 15
5.
ITV Playhouse (1967–1982)
Episode:
Mr. Axelford's Angel
(1974)
Comedy, Drama
Todays theme is Mr. Axelford's Angel.
Director: John Frankau | Stars: Julia Foster, Michael Bryant, Lally Bowers, Jacqueline Stanbury
Votes: 26
6.
Fall of Eagles (1974)
Episode:
The Appointment
(1974)
Drama, History, War
The Grand Duke Serge is assassinated by terrorist in Moscow in 1905 and the Tsar sees the need to dismiss his Police Chief and appoint a new one in order to heighten security in St ... See full summary »
Director: David Cunliffe | Stars: Michael Bryant, Gayle Hunnicutt, Charles Kay, Freddie Jones
Votes: 22
7. Colditz (1972–1974)
50 min | Drama, History, War
The prisoners in Colditz Castle make many attempts to escape captivity from the arrival of the first British prisoners after Dunkirk in 1940 until the liberation of the castle by the ... See full summary »
Stars: David McCallum, Richard Heffer, Paul Chapman, Jack Hedley
Votes: 749
8. The Strauss Family (1972)
60 min | Drama, Romance
A seven-part mini-series produced in England about Vienna's Strauss family in the 19th-century. Members of the London Symphony Orchestra provided the music.
Stars: Stuart Wilson, Anne Stallybrass, Barbara Ferris, Christopher Benjamin
Votes: 92
9.
Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)
Episode:
Shutdown
(1983)
51 min | Crime, Drama
Stali presses a reluctant Dzerzhinsky to execute Reilly as the Cheka chief resists Stalin's efforts to dismantle 'The Trust.'
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Sam Neill, Norman Rodway, Tom Bell, Laura Davenport
Votes: 40
10.
Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)
Episode:
The Last Journey
(1983)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Dzerzhinsky's organization "The Trust" needs Western funding, so he guarantees Sidney's safety in Russia in return for his help in raising funds.
Director: Jim Goddard | Stars: Sam Neill, Norman Rodway, Tom Bell, Laura Davenport
Votes: 40
11. Fall of Eagles (1974)
50 min | Drama, History, War
The collapse of three great European dynasties: the Romanovs, the Habsburgs, and the Hohenzollerns.
Stars: Michael Hordern, Charles Kay, Barry Foster, Gayle Hunnicutt
Votes: 513
12. Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
60 min | Drama
This show was a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid 1968.
Stars: Harry H. Corbett, Billie Whitelaw, Neil McCallum, Paul Whitsun-Jones
Votes: 121
13.
Theatre 625 (1964–1968)
Episode:
Talking to a Stranger 3: Gladly, My Cross-Eyed Bear
(1966)
Drama
Director: Christopher Morahan | Stars: Michael Bryant, Maurice Denham, Judi Dench, Maryann Turner
Votes: 13
14. Wives and Daughters (1999– )
TV-PG | 301 min | Drama
The daughter of a country doctor copes with an unwanted stepmother, an impetuous stepsister, burdensome secrets, the town gossips, and the tug on her own heartstrings for a man who thinks of her only as a friend.
Stars: Francesca Annis, Justine Waddell, Bill Paterson, Keeley Hawes
Votes: 6,612
15. Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)
720 min | Crime, Drama
A dramatization of the missions and adventures of the greatest spy in British history.
Stars: Sam Neill, Michael Bryant, Norman Rodway, Tom Bell
Votes: 1,364
16. ITV Television Playhouse (1955–1967)
60 min | Drama
Richard O. Sullivan as a child genius in the play "Honour Bright".
Stars: Campbell Singer, Thomas Heathcote, Richard Caldicot, June Brown
Votes: 34
17. Ten Great Writers of the Modern World (1988– )
Documentary, Biography
This documentary series uses drama and commentary to shed light on the lives and works of Joseph Conrad, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, T. S. Eliot, Henrik Ibsen, James Joyce, Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann... See full summary »
Stars: Eileen Atkins, Anthony Burgess, Douglas Hodge, Hermione Lee
Votes: 32
18.
Wives and Daughters (1999– )
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1999)
TV-PG | 76 min | Drama
Before going to Africa, Roger proposes to Cynthia and is accepted. Molly faces some problems with her stepmother and her views.
Director: Nicholas Renton | Stars: Justine Waddell, Francesca Annis, Keeley Hawes, Bill Paterson
Votes: 56
19.
Theatre 625 (1964–1968)
Episode:
Talking to a Stranger 2: No Skill or Special Knowledge Is Required
(1966)
Drama
Director: Christopher Morahan | Stars: Maurice Denham, Michael Bryant, Judi Dench, Margery Mason
Votes: 13
20. Gandhi (1982)
PG | 191 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.
Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Ben Kingsley, John Gielgud, Rohini Hattangadi, Roshan Seth
Votes: 218,335 | Gross: $52.77M
21. W. Somerset Maugham (1969–1970)
50 min | Drama
Stars: Kim Kee Lim, Ahmad Jamal, Ken Nazarin, Eileen Atkins
Votes: 10
22.
Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)
Episode:
After Moscow
(1983)
51 min | Crime, Drama
After the failure of the promised Btitish troops at Archangel and the failed assassination of Lenin as well as the assassinations of the Romanoffs, Sidney's hope for political control of ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Sam Neill, Norman Rodway, Tom Bell, Lindsay Duncan
Votes: 39
23.
Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)
Episode:
Gambit
(1983)
52 min | Crime, Drama
In the early days of the 1917 Russian Revolution, Reilly works on behalf of the British to topple the Bolsheviks and get Russia back in the war.
Director: Jim Goddard | Stars: Sam Neill, Norman Rodway, Tom Bell, Brian Protheroe
Votes: 41
24.
Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)
Episode:
The Visiting Fireman
(1983)
50 min | Crime, Drama
One of two British operatives at a German shipyard is found out and although Reilly is sent to his place, he doesn't reveal himself to his fellow agent.
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Sam Neill, Leo McKern, Norman Rodway, Peter Egan
Votes: 49
25. A Night to Remember (1958)
Not Rated | 123 min | Biography, Drama, History
On its maiden voyage in April 1912, the supposedly unsinkable RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean.
Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Kenneth More, Ronald Allen, Robert Ayres, Honor Blackman
Votes: 13,754
26. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Brian Rix
Votes: 73
27. Affairs of the Heart (1974–1975)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Stars: Georgina Hale, Anton Rodgers, Pamela Brown, Anna Calder-Marshall
Votes: 34
28.
Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)
Episode:
Prelude to War
(1983)
50 min | Crime, Drama
As an agent of Japan's ally Great Britain, Reilly must aid the Japanese fleet invade Port Arthur beginning the Russo-Japanese War.
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Sam Neill, Jeananne Crowley, David Suchet, Derek Newark
Votes: 59
29. Theatre 625 (1964–1968)
90 min | Drama
Stars: Michael Bryant, Judi Dench, Maurice Denham, Margery Mason
Votes: 24
30. Centre Play (1973–1977)
Drama
Anthology series of half hour plays produced in BBC's Television Centre's studios.
Stars: John Barrett, Will Knightley, David Daker, Michael Gough
Votes: 8
31.
Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)
Episode:
Endgame
(1983)
51 min | Crime, Drama
Reilly's plan to overthrow the Bolshevik government and install himself as head of state hits a bump in the road when Lenin's intelligence chief Dzerzhinsky convinces him to postpone a ... See full summary »
Director: Jim Goddard | Stars: Sam Neill, Tom Bell, Brian Protheroe, Hugh Fraser
Votes: 40
32.
Stage 2 (1971–1973)
Episode:
The Duchess of Malfi
(1972)
Drama
The Duchess of Malfi is recently widowed and her greedy brothers are determined she will not marry again, so they employ Daniel De Bosola, a murderer in their pay to spy on her. He fails ... See full summary »
Director: James MacTaggart | Stars: Eileen Atkins, Michael Bryant, Charles Kay, T.P. McKenna
Votes: 30
33.
Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)
Episode:
The Trust
(1983)
51 min | Crime, Drama
Sidney auctions off his collection of Napoleana to finance a Russian counterrevolutionary group and convinces Henry Ford to finance an invading German army.
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Sam Neill, Norman Rodway, Tom Bell, Clive Merrison
Votes: 42
34. Hamlet (1996)
PG-13 | 242 min | Drama
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Julie Christie, Derek Jacobi, Kate Winslet
Votes: 36,087 | Gross: $4.41M
35. The Vise (1954–1961)
30 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
This British production featured lesser-known actors in filmed plays showing people caught in "the vise" of fate created by their own deeds.
Stars: Donald Gray, Colin Tapley, Ron Randell, Robert Arden
Votes: 35
36.
Theatre 625 (1964–1968)
Episode:
Talking to a Stranger 1: Anytime You're Ready I'll Sparkle
(1966)
Drama
Director: Christopher Morahan | Stars: Judi Dench, Michael Bryant, Pinkie Johnstone, Maurice Denham
Votes: 18
37. Spine Chillers (1980– )
10 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Readings of classic ghost and horror stories aimed at older children.
Stars: Michael Bryant, Freddie Jones, Jonathan Pryce, John Woodvine
Votes: 11
38.
Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)
Episode:
Anna
(1983)
52 min | Crime, Drama
Reilly goes to Paris to try and find his estranged wife and convince an oil developer to sign with Britain rather than France.
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Sam Neill, Norman Rodway, Peter Egan, Diana Hardcastle
Votes: 45
39.
Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)
Episode:
Dreadnoughts and Doublecrosses
(1983)
52 min | Crime, Drama
Sidney proceeds with his byzantine plan to get Count Massino to approve his German contract for dreadnoughts through seduction and bribery.
Director: Jim Goddard | Stars: Sam Neill, Leo McKern, Norman Rodway, Celia Gregory
Votes: 41
40.
Ten Great Writers of the Modern World (1988– )
Episode:
Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
(1988)
Documentary, Biography
Director: David Thomas | Stars: David Barrass, John Bennett, Michael Bryant, Tatyana Colombo
Votes: 5
41. ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
An anthology series from the U.K., from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television.
Stars: Derek Francis, Alfred Burke, Arthur Hewlett, Esther Lawrence
Votes: 48
42. Sword of Freedom (1957– )
25 min | Adventure, Family
In sixteenth century Florence, Marco del Monte (Edmund Purdom), a dashing Robin Hood-like figure, leads the Republicans against the tyrannical Duke de Medici (Martin Benson) and his minions.
Stars: Edmund Purdom, Martin Benson, Adrienne Corri, Roland Bartrop
Votes: 20
43.
Screen Two (1985–2002)
Episode:
Heading Home
(1991)
Drama
A story of a women is torn between two men in post World War II London.
Director: David Hare | Stars: Gary Oldman, Joely Richardson, Stephen Dillane, Stella Gonet
Votes: 73
44.
Performance (1992– )
Episode:
King Lear
(1998)
Not Rated | 150 min | Drama
King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Paul Rhys, Finbar Lynch, Timothy West, David Burke
Votes: 264
45. The Ruling Class (1972)
PG | 154 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A member of the House of Lords dies, leaving his estate to his son. Unfortunately, his son thinks he is Jesus Christ. The other, somewhat more respectable, members of their family plot to steal the estate from him. Murder and mayhem ensue.
Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe, Hugh Owens
Votes: 5,745
46. BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
120 min | Drama
Monthly anthology series featuring televised versions of plays.
Stars: Charles Gray, Eric Porter, Jeremy Brett, Lally Bowers
Votes: 92
47. The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
75 min | Drama
Series of one-off plays made by BBC television, which gave breaks to a wide range of writers and directors in the late 1960s, such as Dennis Potter, Ken Loach, David Mercer, and John ... See full summary »
Stars: Edwin Brown, Neville Smith, Tony Selby, Michael Robbins
Votes: 80
48. Late Call (1975– )
54 min
Angus Wilson (1913-1991) wrote his novel "Late Call" in 1964, and 20 years later, Anthony Burgess ranked it as one of the 99 best novels written since 1939. This led to its inclusion in the... See full summary »
Stars: Dandy Nichols, Michael Bryant, Leslie Dwyer, Timothy Morand
Votes: 17
49.
Screen Two (1985–2002)
Episode:
The Absence of War
(1995)
90 min | Drama
Adapted by David Hare from his own play, this British TV movie stars John Thaw as politician George Jones. Going against the grain of his bosses during a tough political contest, Jones ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: John Thaw, Richard Pasco, Nicholas Day, Michael Bryant
Votes: 26
50.
Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)
Episode:
Dreadnoughts and Crosses
(1983)
51 min | Crime, Drama
Estranged from his British intelligence contacts, Reilly, now back in Russia, works in his capacity as a German arms dealer to sell warships to Russia.
Director: Jim Goddard | Stars: Sam Neill, Leo McKern, Norman Rodway, Peter Egan
Votes: 42