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1. Doctor Who (1963–1989)

TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

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.

Stars: William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker

Votes: 39,651

2. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

PG | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.

Director: George Lucas | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness

Votes: 1,453,336 | Gross: $322.74M

3. A Clockwork Orange (1971)

R | 136 min | Crime, Sci-Fi

In the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned.

Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke

Votes: 882,982 | Gross: $6.21M

4. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

PG | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

After the Rebel Alliance are overpowered by the Empire, Luke Skywalker begins his Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett.

Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams

Votes: 1,383,376 | Gross: $290.48M

5. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

PG | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

After rescuing Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebel Alliance attempt to destroy the second Death Star, while Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side.

Director: Richard Marquand | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams

Votes: 1,124,102 | Gross: $309.13M

6. Superman (1978)

PG | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero.

Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman, Marlon Brando

Votes: 187,880 | Gross: $134.22M

7. The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971)

TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family

A nouveau-riche hillbilly family moves to Beverly Hills and shakes up the privileged society with their hayseed ways.

Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Donna Douglas, Irene Ryan, Max Baer Jr.

Votes: 11,070

8. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)

TV-14 | 50 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon from Earths orbit and into deep space.

Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Nick Tate, Zienia Merton

Votes: 9,481

9. Casino Royale (1967)

Approved | 131 min | Comedy

In an early spy spoof, aging Sir James Bond comes out of retirement to take on SMERSH.

Directors: Val Guest, Ken Hughes, John Huston, Joseph McGrath, Robert Parrish, Richard Talmadge | Stars: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, Orson Welles

Votes: 32,567

10. The Saint (1962–1969)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Simon (the Saint) Templar's an adventurer, and friend to those in need. Where his money comes from isn't mentioned, but, he travels europe in his white Volvo P1800S righting wrongs.

Stars: Roger Moore, Ivor Dean, Leslie Crawford, Justine Lord

Votes: 6,239

11. The Benny Hill Show (1969–1989)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

A skit based show with Benny Hill, often containing smutty humour.

Stars: Benny Hill, Henry McGee, Jackie Wright, Bob Todd

Votes: 5,527

12. The Edge of Night (1956–1984)

TV-14 | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Attorney Mike Karr and his colleagues are involved in solving crimes and intrigue which touch the lives of many citizens.

Stars: Ann Flood, Forrest Compton, Donald May, Joel Crothers

Votes: 473

13. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981)

TV-PG | 152 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Arthur Dent and his friend, Ford Prefect, escape the destruction of Earth, only to face incredible trials, tribulations and adventures in space and time.

Stars: Simon Jones, David Dixon, Peter Jones, Sandra Dickinson

Votes: 11,736

14. Jabberwocky (1977)

PG | 105 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

A young peasant with no interest in adventure or fortune is mistaken for the kingdom's only hope when a horrible monster threatens the countryside.

Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Michael Palin, Harry H. Corbett, John Le Mesurier, Warren Mitchell

Votes: 16,025

15. The Tomorrow People (1973–1979)

30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

A group of teens with psychic and other paranormal abilities use their special gifts to battle evil.

Stars: Nicholas Young, Philip Gilbert, Elizabeth Adare, Peter Vaughan-Clarke

Votes: 841

16. The People That Time Forgot (1977)

PG | 91 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi

In 1919, a British expedition in the Antarctica region is searching for a lost American explorer and finds a hidden prehistoric world instead.

Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Patrick Wayne, Doug McClure, Sarah Douglas, Dana Gillespie

Votes: 3,532

17. The Horror of Frankenstein (1970)

R | 95 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Brilliant but arrogant scientist Victor Frankenstein builds a man from spare body parts, only for the monster to come alive and wreak havoc.

Director: Jimmy Sangster | Stars: Ralph Bates, Kate O'Mara, Veronica Carlson, Dennis Price

Votes: 2,943

18. The Champions (1968–1969)

60 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller

After a plane carrying three Agents crashes in the Himalayas, they are rescued by an advanced civilisation secretly living in Tibet who grant them enhanced versions of the ordinary five senses, and intellectual and physical abilities.

Stars: Stuart Damon, Alexandra Bastedo, William Gaunt, Anthony Nicholls

Votes: 1,430

19. Vampire Circus (1972)

PG | 84 min | Horror

As the plague sweeps the countryside, a quarantined village is visited by a mysterious traveling circus. Soon, young children begin to disappear, and the locals suspect the circus troupe might be hiding a horrifying secret.

Director: Robert Young | Stars: Adrienne Corri, Thorley Walters, Anthony Higgins, John Moulder-Brown

Votes: 4,886

20. The Chastity Belt (1972)

PG | 94 min | Comedy

Queen of England gives birth to twins, one kept in a pig sty, and the other hidden. Lurkalot, raised by pigs, fights to protect his daughter and her royal line.

Director: Bob Kellett | Stars: Frankie Howerd, David Kernan, Nora Swinburne, Godfrey Winn

Votes: 517

21. Department S (1969–1970)

60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

An elite department within Interpol, Department S inherits those cases which the other member groups have failed to solve.

Stars: Peter Wyngarde, Joel Fabiani, Rosemary Nicols, Dennis Alaba Peters

Votes: 588

22. The Two Ronnies (1971–1987)

Comedy

This long-running BBC comedy show consisted of sketches and humourous musical routines.

Stars: Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett, The Fred Tomlinson Singers, John Owens

Votes: 3,602

23. This Is Your Life (1955–2003)

30 min | Documentary, Biography

The UK version of the popular US show. Eamonn Andrews (later Michael Aspel) surprises celebrities by presenting them with the Big Red Book before taking them into the studio to tell viewers... See full summary »

Stars: Eamonn Andrews, Michael Aspel, Elizabeth Dawn, June Whitfield

Votes: 324

24. Callan (1967–1972)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

David Callan is the top agent/assassin for the Security Service (British counterintelligence), but he is an embittered man who performs his duties "for Queen and country" under duress. This... See full summary »

Stars: Edward Woodward, Russell Hunter, Lisa Langdon, Anthony Valentine

Votes: 862

25. I Am What I Am (1967)

X | 104 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Bernard meets Jane in a night club, in London, and he likes her. Her father was killed in a car accident, but she thinks he has been killed because he was blackmailed for a picture of his ... See full summary »

Director: Tinto Brass | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ewa Aulin, Roberto Bisacco, Charles Kohler

Votes: 883

26. Black Snake (1973)

R | 82 min | Thriller

Story of a slave revolt on a 19th-century Caribbean island.

Director: Russ Meyer | Stars: Anouska Hempel, David Warbeck, Percy Herbert, Thomas Baptiste

Votes: 684

27. Arena (1975– )

60 min | Documentary

Wide-ranging arts program.

Stars: Gavin Millar, Kenneth Tynan, John Walters, Jonathan Miller

Votes: 321

28. Up Pompeii (1971)

R | 90 min | Comedy, History

Roman slave Lurcio inadvertently becomes the possessor of a scroll naming the proposed assassins of the Emperor Nero. Administering to the participants of his master's orgy guests seems ... See full summary »

Director: Bob Kellett | Stars: Frankie Howerd, Patrick Cargill, Bill Fraser, Michael Hordern

Votes: 1,219

29. Warship (1973–1977)

50 min | Action, Drama

Life in the Royal Navy aboard the fictional HMS Hero.

Stars: David Savile, Andrew Burt, James Cosmo, Donald Burton

Votes: 112

30. Softly Softly (1966–1969)

50 min | Crime, Drama

Thie West Country police force solving local crime. its a spin-off from another BBC drama series, Z Cars (1962).

Stars: Stratford Johns, Frank Windsor, Norman Bowler, John Barron

Votes: 123

31. Confessions of a Pop Performer (1975)

91 min | Comedy

The continued erotic adventures of a British boy trying to make money and meet ladies, this time as the member of a pop band.

Director: Norman Cohen | Stars: Robin Askwith, Anthony Booth, Bill Maynard, Doris Hare

Votes: 962

32. Ace of Wands (1970–1972)

30 min | Family, Fantasy

Telepathic stage magician, Tarot, and his two assistants solve mysteries and crimes of a bizarre or magical nature, and battle against villains with various powers.

Stars: Michael MacKenzie, Tony Selby, Judy Loe, Roy Holder

Votes: 124

33. Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope - Deleted Scenes (2011 Video)

8 min | Short, Action, Drama

Deleted scenes from Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977).

Director: George Lucas | Stars: Mark Hamill, Garrick Hagon, Anthony Forrest, Koo Stark

Votes: 9,689

34. Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)

R | 93 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Baron Frankenstein works with a mental patient to reanimate the dead.

Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Peter Cushing, Shane Briant, Madeline Smith, David Prowse

Votes: 4,359 | Gross: $0.12M

35. The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978–1985)

BBC adaptations of all 37 plays wholly and authoritatively credited to William Shakespeare.

Stars: Brenda Bruce, Jon Finch, David Gwillim, Rob Edwards

Votes: 54

36. 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, Ken Jones

Votes: 133

37. Crossplot (1969)

PG-13 | 96 min | Crime, Thriller

An advertising executive sets out to find a woman for a new advertising campaign. His only clue to the woman is a photograph, and the search leads him into bewildering political ploys and mayhem.

Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Roger Moore, Martha Hyer, Alexis Kanner, Claudie Lange

Votes: 849

38. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi: Deleted Scenes (2011 Video)

9 min | Short, Action, Drama

Deleted scenes from Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi.

Director: Richard Marquand | Stars: Mark Hamill, David Prowse, Michael Pennington, Glyn Baker

Votes: 21,713

39. Vita lögner (1997–2002)

25 min | Drama

Two places are in focus in this soap. First of all the hospital clinic run by Göran Fridell, a doctor who can not take advice from others, including his wife Ingrid, who also works at the ... See full summary »

Stars: Ulf Dohlsten, Rune Sandlund, Måns Nathanaelson, Anton Körberg

Votes: 293

40. Elstree 1976 (2015)

Not Rated | 101 min | Documentary, Sci-Fi

Actors and extras reminisce about their time on the set of Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) and how making the film affected their lives.

Director: Jon Spira | Stars: Paul Blake, Jeremy Bulloch, John Chapman, Anthony Forrest

Votes: 1,546 | Gross: $0.01M

41. Hammerhead (1968)

Approved | 100 min | Drama, Thriller

An American agent has tracked down the stronghold of an evil criminal mastermind, determined to take over the world.

Director: David Miller | Stars: Vince Edwards, Judy Geeson, Peter Vaughan, Diana Dors

Votes: 565

42. Arthur of the Britons (1972–1973)

30 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Celts fighting among themselves and the Saxons in 5th century Briton after the Roman pullout.

Stars: Oliver Tobias, Michael Gothard, Jack Watson, Brian Blessed

Votes: 181

43. The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968–1977)

Comedy

The Morecambe & Wise Show was a long running and massively popular sketch series starring British comedy duo Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, plus a string of top-name international celebrity guests (of a bygone age), like André Prévin.

Stars: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, Ann Hamilton, Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen

Votes: 1,059

44. Crossbow (1987–1989)

26 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In Switzerland in the 14th Century, William Tell and his son Matthew are imprisoned by the tyrannical Gessler. Having split the apple on his son's head with his crossbow, much to Gessler's ... See full summary »

Stars: Will Lyman, Jeremy Clyde, Nick Brimble, David Barry Gray

Votes: 517

45. Carry on Henry VIII (1971)

GP | 89 min | Comedy, Romance

After having just wed Marie of Normandy, Henry VIII's eager to consummate their marriage. Unfortunately, she's always eating garlic, and refuses to stop. Deciding to get rid of her - in his... See full summary »

Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims

Votes: 3,072

46. The Dick Emery Show (1963–1981)

30 min | Comedy

Comedy skits featuring the talents of Mr Dick Emery.

Stars: Dick Emery, Pat Coombs, Victor Maddern, Helen Fraser

Votes: 213

47. Callan (1974)

PG | 106 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Greg Callan's cousin David Callan top agent/assassin for the S.I.S., was forced to retire because he had lost his nerve. Now, Callan is called back into service to handle the assassination ... See full summary »

Director: Don Sharp | Stars: Edward Woodward, Eric Porter, Carl Möhner, Catherine Schell

Votes: 837

48. Tiswas (1974–1982)

110 min | Animation, Family, Game-Show

Originally a Midlands-only "links" programme presented by Chris Tarrant and John Asher, Tiswas is chiefly remembered for evolving into a nationally broadcast comedy show with Chris joined by Sally James, Bob Carolgees and Lenny Henry.

Stars: Chris Tarrant, Sally James, John Asher, John Gorman

Votes: 220

49. Jim'll Fix It (1975–2007)

35 min | Game-Show, Music, Mystery

Children write to Jimmy Savile asking him to make a dream come true for them on national television.

Stars: Jimmy Savile, Frank Bruno, Rod Hull, Val Doonican

Votes: 224

50. A Horseman Riding By (1978)

50 min | Drama

Having been invalided out of the Boer War, Paul Craddock buys Shallowford, a manor house and estate in Devon, with money from his late father's scrap-yard business. He soon becomes a ... See full summary »

Stars: Nigel Havers, Glyn Houston, Prunella Ransome, Wendy Holloway

Votes: 156