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51. The One Show (2006– )
30 min | Documentary, News, Talk-Show
A live magazine programme featuring topical stories and big name studio guests.
Stars: Alex Jones, Matt Baker, Christine Lampard, Adrian Chiles
Votes: 625
52. The Third Secret (1964)
103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The first secret is what we don't tell people, the second secret is what we don't tell ourselves, and the third secret is the truth. The death of a psychologist is investigated by his teenage daughter and a former patient.
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins, Richard Attenborough, Diane Cilento
Votes: 1,289
53. I'm All Right Jack (1959)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy
A naive aristocrat in search of a career becomes caught up in the struggles between his profit-minded uncle and an aggressive labor union.
Director: John Boulting | Stars: Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough
Votes: 4,377
54. The Merv Griffin Show (1962–1986)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Family, Music
Merv Griffin invites a series of actors, actresses, writers, and directors to discuss the progressive work they have done and current culture, arts, and entertainment surrounding the numerous projects.
Stars: Merv Griffin, Mort Lindsey, Mort Lindsey Orchestra, Arthur Treacher
Votes: 610
55. The Chess Players (1977)
Not Rated | 129 min | Comedy, Drama, History
In 1856, two obsessed noblemen ignore everything while playing chess and fail to notice British rule extending into their Indian province.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Sanjeev Kumar, Saeed Jaffrey, Shabana Azmi, Farida Jalal
Votes: 4,078
56. Loot (1970)
PG | 101 min | Comedy, Crime
Based on the play by Joe Orton, this film follows the adventures of two pals who have pulled off a bank robbery and have to hide the loot. Fortunately one of them works in a funeral parlor ... See full summary »
Director: Silvio Narizzano | Stars: Lee Remick, Richard Attenborough, Hywel Bennett, Milo O'Shea
Votes: 628
57. National Geographic Explorer (1985– )
120 min | Documentary, History
A weekly series of short documentary segments funded by the National Geographic Society and done in the style of the National Geographic Specials. In 2003, the show was re-branded National ... See full summary »
Stars: Salvatore Vecchio, Peter Coyote, Lisa Ling, Ryan Duffy
Votes: 318
58. All Night Long (1962)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Music
This movie, based on William Shakespeare's Othello, is neatly positioned as a vehicle to showcase some of the best jazz musicians of the period, including Dave Brubeck and Charles Mingus.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Keith Michell, Betsy Blair, Paul Harris
Votes: 1,538
59. The Dick Cavett Show (1968–1988)
TV-G | 90 min | Music, Talk-Show
This particular series combines several "The Dick Cavett Show" on ABC: ABC This Morning/The Dick Cavett Show ABC Daytime March 1968 - January 1969 The Dick Cavett Show ABC Primetime May 1969 - September 1969 The Dick Cavett Show ABC Late Night December 1969 - January 1975 The Dick Cavett Show ABC Late Night September - December 1986
Stars: Dick Cavett, Bobby Rosengarden, Fred Foy, Mort Sahl
Votes: 947
60. Guns at Batasi (1964)
Approved | 103 min | Drama, History, War
Anachronistic strict Regimental Sergeant Major Lauderdale (Sir Richard Attenborough), on a remote colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat, must use his experience to defend those in his care.
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Jack Hawkins, Flora Robson, John Leyton
Votes: 1,964
61. The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968)
M | 93 min | Comedy
While her husband works, the wife of a bra manufacturer leads a secret life with her lover, whom she conveniently hides in her attic.
Director: Joseph McGrath | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Richard Attenborough, James Booth, Freddie Jones
Votes: 687
62. Parkinson (1971–2007)
50 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Journalist Michael Parkinson interviews a broad range of the most famous people in the world.
Stars: Michael Parkinson, Marian Montgomery, Billy Connolly, Barry Humphries
Votes: 804
63. Desert Patrol (1958)
Not Rated | 78 min | Action, Drama, War
Sent to destroy a German petrol dump in the North African desert, a British commando team unexpectedly discovers a large German tank unit, and must inform headquarters in time.
Director: Guy Green | Stars: Richard Attenborough, John Gregson, Michael Craig, Vincent Ball
Votes: 1,186
64. Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (2000)
PG | 122 min | Documentary, History, War
The secret smuggling of 9,300 Jewish children out of Nazi Germany in the late 1930s.
Director: Mark Jonathan Harris | Stars: Judi Dench, Lory Cahn, Kurt Fuchel, Eva Hayman
Votes: 1,970 | Gross: $0.37M
65. The Angry Silence (1960)
TV-14 | 95 min | Drama
A young factory worker decides to stand up against his workmates and fellow union members when they want to hold a wildcat strike.
Director: Guy Green | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Pier Angeli, Michael Craig, Bernard Lee
Votes: 1,693
66. Charlie Rose (1991–2017)
60 min | News, Talk-Show
Charlie Rose interviews noteworthy people in fields including politics and government, business and economics, science and technology, media, sports and the arts.
Stars: Charlie Rose, Mark Halperin, Al Hunt, Thomas Friedman
Votes: 1,171
67. Glory at Sea (1952)
100 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In 1940, the Captain of an old Royal Navy destroyer struggles with his crew, as well as the Nazis.
Director: Compton Bennett | Stars: Trevor Howard, Richard Attenborough, Sonny Tufts, James Donald
Votes: 760
68. The Tom Green Show (1999– )
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
Follows Tom Green, a comedian who likes to pull pranks on everybody.
Stars: Tom Green, Glenn Humplik, Phil Giroux, Alia Heward
Votes: 1,448
69. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 180
70. Only Two Can Play (1962)
106 min | Comedy, Drama
A frustrated librarian (Sellers) in Swansea, Wales is torn between his wife Jean (Markell) and a glamorous married woman, Liz (Zetterling), who wants to have an affair.
Director: Sidney Gilliat | Stars: Peter Sellers, Mai Zetterling, Virginia Maskell, Kenneth Griffith
Votes: 1,419
71. David Copperfield (1970 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 120 min | Drama
The legendary novel by Charles Dickens comes to life in this colorful interpretation directed by Delbert Mann.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Cyril Cusack, Edith Evans, Pamela Franklin
Votes: 602
72. Breakfast (2000– )
180 min | News, Talk-Show
The BBC's flagship morning news programme covering current affairs, business and sports, plus guest interviews and weather reports.
Stars: Charlie Stayt, Carol Kirkwood, Bill Turnbull, Sian Williams
Votes: 420
73. Dancing with Crime (1947)
Not Rated | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A London cab driver gets mixed up with a criminal gang and sets out to expose the group and its leader for what they are.
Director: John Paddy Carstairs | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Barry K. Barnes, Sheila Sim, Garry Marsh
Votes: 491
74. The South Bank Show (1978– )
53 min | Documentary
ITV's long-running arts series presented by Melvyn Bragg.
Stars: Melvyn Bragg, Ian McKellen, David Hockney, Victoria Wood
Votes: 218
75. A Severed Head (1971)
R | 98 min | Comedy
The wine taster and merchant Martin Lynch-Gibbon is married to the shallow and spoiled Antonia Lynch-Gibbon, and loves his mistress Georgie Hands. Antonia is under therapy with Martin's ... See full summary »
Director: Dick Clement | Stars: Lee Remick, Richard Attenborough, Ian Holm, Claire Bloom
Votes: 434
76. The Magic Box (1951)
Approved | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History
A chronicle of the life of William Friese-Greene, a British inventor and early pioneer in cinema.
Director: John Boulting | Stars: Robert Donat, Maria Schell, Renée Asherson, Richard Attenborough
Votes: 1,419
77. Breakout (1959)
101 min | Drama, War
In 1943, an Italian-administered P.O.W. camp for captured Allies goes through a series of failed escapes only to culminate in a daring plan for a dramatic mass escape.
Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: Richard Todd, Bernard Lee, Michael Wilding, Richard Attenborough
Votes: 763
78. Puckoon (2002)
82 min | Comedy
Spike Milligan's book about the divided Irish village of Puckoon comes to the big screen.
Director: Terence Ryan | Stars: Sean Hughes, Elliott Gould, Daragh O'Malley, John Lynch
Votes: 393
79. Private's Progress (1956)
102 min | Comedy, War
In World War II, a failed British officer is selected by his uncle, a brigadier with the War Office, to participate in a secret operation to recover looted artwork from the Germans.
Director: John Boulting | Stars: Ian Carmichael, Ronald Adam, Henry B. Longhurst, Peter Jones
Votes: 906
80. Film '72 (1971–2018)
30 min | Talk-Show
The BBC's flagship cinema review television programme featuring reviews of new releases, news items and interviews. The title of the programme changes each year to incorporate the year of broadcast.
Stars: Barry Norman, Danny Leigh, Claudia Winkleman, Jonathan Ross
Votes: 537
81. The World About Us (1967–1987)
60 min | Documentary
A documentary series with a broad remit of geography, anthropology, and natural history subjects.
Stars: Hugh Falkus, David Attenborough, Barry Paine, Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Votes: 37
82. Journey Together (1945)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, War
British propaganda film from WWII stressing the importance of the navigator on RAF's bomber crews.
Directors: John Boulting, Roy Boulting | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Jack Watling, David Tomlinson, Stuart Latham
Votes: 265
83. The Man Upstairs (1958)
Approved | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
John Wilson is troubled with pain and and an inability to sleep. He tries to light the gas-fire and seeks help from another lodger, artist Nicholas, who is spending the night with his model... See full summary »
Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: Bernard Lee, Richard Attenborough, Donald Houston, Dorothy Alison
Votes: 379
84. Dulcimer Street (1948)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
Percy Boon lives with his mother in a shared rented house with an assortment of characters in central London. Although well intentioned, Percy becomes mixed up with gangsters and a murder. ... See full summary »
Director: Sidney Gilliat | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Alastair Sim, Wylie Watson, Fay Compton
Votes: 460
85. Eight O'Clock Walk (1954)
Approved | 87 min | Crime, Drama
In post-WW2 England, a taxi driver is ostracized by society after he's accused of murdering a school-girl and his untried lawyer must find the real killer to save his client from the hangman.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Cathy O'Donnell, Derek Farr, Ian Hunter
Votes: 478
86. Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Biography
In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first time he clasped the famous statuette ... See full summary »
Director: Craig McCall | Stars: Jack Cardiff, Martin Scorsese, Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall
Votes: 1,350 | Gross: $0.02M
87. Operation Disaster (1950)
Approved | 102 min | Drama, History, War
The crew of a submarine is trapped on the sea floor when it sinks. How can they be rescued before they run out of air?
Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: John Mills, Nigel Patrick, Peter Hammond, Andrew Crawford
Votes: 850
88. E=mc2 (1996)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Romance
A physicist struggling to prove one of Einstein's theories still finds time to dabble in an extra-curricular relationship with one of his lab assistants. Meanwhile at home, his under-sexed ... See full summary »
Director: Benjamin Fry | Stars: Jeremy Piven, Kelli Williams, Liza Walker, James Villiers
Votes: 148
89. PT Raiders (1955)
88 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A trio of ex-servicemen begin smuggling innocuous black market items into post-war Britain, but through greed they graduate to more sinister cargo.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Richard Attenborough, George Baker, Bill Owen, Virginia McKenna
Votes: 669
90. The Lost World: Jurassic Park - Chaos Island (1997 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
RPG strategy where characters from Jurassic Park 2 must fight hunters and dinos on Isla Sorna, InGen's Site B where dinosaur breeding grounds for Jurassic Park were, as they search for InGen's abandoned science facility to call for help.
Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Vince Vaughn, Richard Schiff
Votes: 204
91. It's Itsy Bitsy Time (1999–2001)
TV-Y | 60 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Anthology of short animations aimed at pre-schoolers.
Stars: Richard Attenborough, Rik Mayall, Tim Whitnall, Damon D'Oliveira
Votes: 34
92. The Making of 'Jurassic Park' (1995 Video)
51 min | Documentary
Behind-the-scenes look at the making of "Jurassic Park" narrated by James Earl Jones.
Director: John Schultz | Stars: James Earl Jones, Steven Spielberg, Michael Crichton, Stan Winston
Votes: 640
93. The Outsider (1948)
97 min | Drama
Jack Read, a working-class boy, wins a scholarship to a public school as part of a post-World War II experiment in bringing boys of different social classes together. He meets much snobbery... See full summary »
Director: Roy Boulting | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Sheila Sim, Bernard Miles, Cecil Trouncer
Votes: 448
94. The Last Grenade (1970)
M | 94 min | Drama, War
Two soldiers of fortune, Harry Grigsby and Kip Thompson, used to be the best of friends when they fought side by side in the Congo. But now Kip has changed sides and Grigsby does not ... See full summary »
Director: Gordon Flemyng | Stars: Stanley Baker, Alex Cord, Honor Blackman, Richard Attenborough
Votes: 242 | Gross: $0.04M
95. Jet Storm (1959)
88 min | Thriller
Sir Richard Attenborough plays Ernest Tilley, a man who lost his daughter in a hit-and-run accident. He tracks down the man responsible for the accident and boards the same plane, ... See full summary »
Director: Cy Endfield | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Stanley Baker, Hermione Baddeley, Bernard Braden
Votes: 528
96. Trespasser (1998 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Anne, the sole survivor of a plane crash, must navigate Isla Sorna, InGen's Site B where dinosaur breeding grounds for the Jurassic Park were, and use brains and scarce weapons to reach the abandoned InGen facility and call for help.
Stars: Richard Attenborough, Minnie Driver
Votes: 237
97. Brothers in Law (1957)
94 min | Comedy
Roger Thursby is just starting out as a barrister, full of ideals, but he is a bit too keen in the opinion of his fellow lawyers.
Director: Roy Boulting | Stars: Henry B. Longhurst, Edith Sharpe, Ian Carmichael, Henry Hewitt
Votes: 468
98. The True Glory (1945)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary, War
A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly 1400 cameramen.
Directors: Garson Kanin, Carol Reed | Stars: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Leslie Banks, Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle
Votes: 634
99. The 100 Greatest War Films (2005 TV Movie)
385 min | Documentary
The 100 Greatest War Films of all time, as voted for by the public of the UK.
Director: Mark Murray | Stars: Sean Pertwee, David Aaronovitch, Ken Annakin, Jean-Jacques Annaud
Votes: 121
100. SOS Pacific (1959)
92 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Due to an accident, a seaplane operated by a small airline company ditches off an island in the Pacific and the surviving passengers must find a way to be rescued.
Director: Guy Green | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Pier Angeli, John Gregson, Eva Bartok
Votes: 441