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1. The Bill (1984–2010)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
Long-running police drama series featuring officers and detectives from the fictional Sun Hill suburb in East London.
Stars: Graham Cole, Jeff Stewart, Trudie Goodwin, Simon Rouse
Votes: 4,127
2. EastEnders (1985– )
TV-PG | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The everyday lives of working-class inhabitants of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough. The square includes the Queen Vic pub and a street market.
Stars: Adam Woodyatt, Steve McFadden, Letitia Dean, June Brown
Votes: 9,257
3. Trial & Retribution (1997–2009)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The team of Det. Supt. Michael Walker, DI North, and DCI Connor follows each case from crime committed, through the pursuit of justice, to the law courts where the efforts of the force will be tested--sometimes to the breaking point.
Stars: David Hayman, Dorian Lough, Victoria Smurfit, Kate Buffery
Votes: 1,226
4. The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
R | 148 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
A young girl receives a vision that drives her to rid France of its oppressors.
Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Milla Jovovich, John Malkovich, Rab Affleck, Stéphane Algoud
Votes: 69,801 | Gross: $14.28M
5. London's Burning (1988–2002)
50 min | Drama
The lives of firefighters at Blackwall Fire Station.
Stars: Glen Murphy, Richard Walsh, Ben Onwukwe, Shirley Greenwood
Votes: 951
6. Screen Two (1985–1998)
TV-14 | 120 min | Drama
In 1984 Kenith Trodd joined BBC team responding to Channel 4 releases, leading to transition from BBC studio plays to Screen One/Two anthology series. Trodd oversaw first group of titles in these series in 1985.
Stars: Jude North, Roger Brierley, Geoffrey Chater, Norman Jones
Votes: 248
7. Secret Army (1977–1979)
50 min | Drama, History, War
During World War II, a Belgian resistance movement called Lifeline, based in Brussels, organises the return of Allied airmen who have been shot down by the Luftwaffe to the United Kingdom.
Stars: Bernard Hepton, Angela Richards, Clifford Rose, Juliet Hammond
Votes: 1,620
8. The Gentle Touch (1980–1984)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama
The adventures of tough lady cop Maggie Forbes.
Stars: Jill Gascoine, William Marlowe, Paul Moriarty, Brian Gwaspari
Votes: 309
9. Screen One (1985–2002)
120 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Anthology of unconnected movies of different genres.
Stars: Mark Chapman, Alfred Molina, Julie Walters, Geraldine James
Votes: 140
10. Partners in Crime (1983–1984)
TV-PG | 631 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Agatha Christie's husband-and-wife sleuthing team take on a series of short whodunit mysteries.
Stars: Francesca Annis, James Warwick, Reece Dinsdale, Arthur Cox
Votes: 894
11. Helen West (2002)
289 min | Drama, Mystery
A workaholic with a messy personal life, Helen West juggles gruesome cases of domestic abuse, sexual molestation and murder alongside her rocky relationship with policeman Chief Superintendent Bailey.
Stars: Amanda Burton, Conor Mullen, Nicholas Woodeson, Martin Freeman
Votes: 200
12. Widows (1983–1985)
301 min | Crime, Drama
Linda Perelli and Dolly Rawlins have one thing in common, their husbands are in the same gang robbing security vans. A terrible accident is about to bring them closer.
Stars: Ann Mitchell, Fiona Hendley, Kate Williams, Maurice O'Connell
Votes: 516
13. Angels (1975–1983)
50 min | Drama
Six student nurses start training in the NHS, facing challenges working with colleagues and patients while adapting to the hierarchy and procedures.
Stars: Carol Holmes, Shirley Cheriton, Joanna Monro, Sharon Rosita
Votes: 139
14. Beautiful People (I) (1999)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, War
In London, during October 1993, England is playing Holland in the preliminaries of the World Cup. The Bosnian War is at its height, and refugees from the ex-Yugoslavia are arriving. ... See full summary »
Director: Jasmin Dizdar | Stars: Thomas Goodridge, Faruk Pruti, Tony Peters, Dado Jehan
Votes: 2,571 | Gross: $0.26M
15. The Paradise Club (1989–1990)
50 min | Crime, Drama
1980's Cockney London Villainy With Humour.
Stars: Don Henderson, Leslie Grantham, Leon Herbert, Barbara Wilshere
Votes: 124
16. Will Shakespeare (1978)
60 min | Biography, Drama
Biography of William Shakespeare.
Stars: Tim Curry, Paul Freeman, John Normington, Ron Cook
Votes: 127
17. Potter (1979–1983)
30 min | Comedy
Arthur Lowe as Redvers Potter owner of a mint manufacturers
Stars: Noel Dyson, John Barron, John Warner, Brenda Cowling
Votes: 70
18. Ladies in Charge (1986– )
60 min | Drama
This drama series charts the fortunes of three young women who, having returned from their service as ambulance drivers during the First World War, decide to set up a 'universal aunts' agency to help those less fortunate than themselves.
Stars: Carol Royle, Julia Hills, Julia Swift, Graham Chinn
Votes: 27
19. Tonight at 8.30 (1991– )
30 min | Comedy
Dame Joan Collins takes on all of Gertrude Lawrence's lead roles in rare and entertaining television productions of eight out of the nine thirty-minute playlets by Noël Coward which he and ... See full summary »
Stars: Joan Collins, Edward Duke, Siân Phillips, John Alderton
Votes: 45
20. Clayhanger (1976)
60 min | Drama
A coming-of-age story set in the 19th century England about Edwin Clayhanger, a young man who wants to be an architect, but it is expected of him to continue the family's printing business which he accepts for the time being.
Stars: Peter McEnery, Janet Suzman, Thelma Whiteley, Louise Purnell
Votes: 49
21. Scoop (1987 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
A reporter is mistakenly sent to report from the war front. There he meets other reporters who are waiting for a scoop. When one notable reporter goes missing, they all presume he found a scoop and go looking for him.
Director: Gavin Millar | Stars: Michael Maloney, Michael Hordern, Robert Eddison, Leon Sinden
Votes: 125
22. Scorpion Tales (1978– )
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Anthology series of stories "with a sting in the tail."
Stars: Trevor Howard, David Robb, Jack Shepherd, Anthony Bate
Votes: 51
23. An Actor's Life for Me (1991)
30 min | Comedy
A Scottish actor's hilarious efforts in finding work.
Stars: John Gordon Sinclair, Victor Spinetti, Gina McKee, Lynn Scott-Farrell
Votes: 39
24. One-Upmanship (1974– )
30 min | Comedy
Stars: Richard Briers, Peter Jones, Frederick Jaeger, Donald Gee
Votes: 22
25. It Might Be You (1995 TV Movie)
77 min | Comedy
Bob (Douglas Hodge) believes he has won a fortune on the lottery but has misplaced his ticket. He tries to keep his supposed good fortune a secret from his family and friends.
Director: Christopher Morahan | Stars: Douglas Hodge, Frances Barber, Chris Adamson, Lalita Ahmed
Votes: 23
26. King of Fridges (2004 TV Movie)
49 min | Comedy, Drama
A play about an ambitious young manager of a Dixons-style electrical warehouse who gets saddled with a 65-year-old re-trainee on a frenetic bank holiday.
Director: Gavin Millar | Stars: Richard Wilson, Mark Benton, Joan Kempson, Anna Keaveney
Votes: 32
27. Menace Unseen (1988)
60 min | Mystery, Thriller
After his business partner Robert Shriving is killed by an exploding computer, Duncan Free (Ian Ogilvy) sets out to uncover a network of powerful individuals who are using technology to collect personal data for their own ends.
Stars: Ian Ogilvy, Judi Bowker, John Sessions, Brenda Bruce
Votes: 13
28. Look at It This Way (1992– )
180 min | Drama
A satirical story of double-dealing and infidelity among the London yuppie classes.
Stars: David Dukes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Nathaniel Parker, Ian McNeice
Votes: 25
29. Heartland (1979–1980)
60 min | Drama
A series of plays concerning the theme of love.
Stars: Judy Loe, Malcolm Stoddard, Judy Parfitt, Donald Churchill
Votes: 450
30. The Life Story of Baal (1978)
58 min | Drama
German poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht never produced a fully revised version of Baal, his first play (1918), and so the text can be considered fair game for further work. Director ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Bennett | Stars: Neil Johnston, Patti Love, Jeff Rawle, Nick Edmett
Votes: 24
31. Sir John Soane (1992)
30 min | Short, History
The ghost of architect Sir John Soane haunts Pitshanger Manor - now a museum. He makes friends with Rose the cleaner and takes her on a tour of his old home.
Director: Satinder Sohal | Stars: Vera Jakob, Daniel Jordan, William Lawrance
32. The Dancing Years (1976 TV Movie)
140 min | Drama, Musical
The story of a young composer and his relationship with a fiery opera star over the course of several decades.
Director: Richard Bramall | Stars: Anthony Valentine, Celia Gregory, Susan Valentine, Tim Brierley
Votes: 16
33.
Trial & Retribution (1997–2009)
Episode:
Trial & Retribution I - Part One
(1997)
TV-14 | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A drama of a child murder from the discovery of the crime to police investigation, then through the ensuing trial.
Director: Aisling Walsh | Stars: David Hayman, Kate Buffery, John Abbott, Richard Addison
Votes: 286
34.
Screen One (1985–2002)
Episode:
Pat and Margaret
(1994)
84 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two long-separated sisters are brought together by a family-reunion TV show. At first they don't get on, but then they warm to each other and find common purpose avoiding the press and finding the third person in their lives' stories.
Director: Gavin Millar | Stars: Victoria Wood, Julie Walters, Celia Imrie, Don Henderson
Votes: 365
35.
Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode:
Bad Boy Blues
(1996)
TV-14 | 62 min | Drama
Two boyhood friends end up on different sides of the law. How will each react when they meet up for the first time since school?
Director: Andy Wilson | Stars: Clive Owen, Maynard Eziashi, Christopher Fulford, Eve Bland
Votes: 33
36.
Partners in Crime (1983–1984)
Episode:
The Ambassador's Boots
(1983)
TV-PG | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The new U. S. Ambassador to Britain confides to the Beresfords that on the voyage there someone substituted another travel bag for his, a bag that only contained his boots.
Director: Paul Annett | Stars: Francesca Annis, James Warwick, Jennie Linden, T.P. McKenna
Votes: 121
37.
Angels (1975–1983)
Episode:
Episode #5.21
(1979)
Drama
As Jay starts on Casualty, Ken Hastings asks Jean to keep an eye on her. It seems everyone's keeping an eye on Jay.
Director: Timothy Combe | Stars: Kathryn Apanowicz, Hazel Bainbridge, Martin Barrass, Eileen Beldon
38.
Angels (1975–1983)
Episode:
Episode #5.24
(1979)
Drama
Wiil Anna and Ron finally get it together, or is she just leading him on?
Director: Timothy Combe | Stars: Kathryn Apanowicz, Hazel Bainbridge, Martin Barrass, Eileen Beldon
39.
The Bill (1984–2010)
Episode:
Slippery Slope
(2002)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama
Guilty Taviner is desperate for his double bluff to work. Klein and Rickman respond to a domestic violence call.
Director: Michael Ferguson | Stars: Paul Usher, Karl Collins, Suzanne Maddock, René Zagger
Votes: 39
40.
The Bill (1984–2010)
Episode:
A Dangerous Breed
(1984)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama
P.C. Litten is on secondment to C.I.D. and is desperate to prove himself to D.I. Galloway.
Director: Christopher Hodson | Stars: John Salthouse, Eric Richard, Gary Olsen, Mark Wingett
Votes: 56
41.
The Bill (1984–2010)
Episode:
Driving Me Crazy
(1998)
TV-14 | 25 min | Crime, Drama
PC Quinnan and Sgt Ackland pursue a dangerous driver.
Director: Tom Cotter | Stars: Trudie Goodwin, Eric Richard, Andrew Paul, Seeta Indrani
Votes: 40
42.
The Bill (1984–2010)
Episode:
Home Beat
(1985)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
Brownlow wants to start a Neighbourhood Watch program within Sun Hill.
Director: John Michael Phillips | Stars: Eric Richard, John Salthouse, Mark Wingett, Robert Hudson
Votes: 47
43.
The Gentle Touch (1980–1984)
Episode:
Shame
(1980)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama
When a badly beaten young boy refuses to name his attackers. DI Maggie Forbes and DS Fenton's enquiries lead them to suspect that they are dealing with something far more alarming than child cruelty.
Director: Peter Moffatt | Stars: Jill Gascoine, William Marlowe, Derek Thompson, Rosemary Martin
Votes: 20
44.
Helen West (2002)
Episode:
Deep Sleep
(2002)
94 min | Drama, Mystery
At home recuperating from an operation to remove an ovarian cyst, Crown Prosecutor Helen West begins to review files that have accumulated during her absence. She focuses on the case of ... See full summary »
Director: Justin Chadwick | Stars: Amanda Burton, Conor Mullen, Dermot Crowley, Annabelle Apsion
Votes: 44
45.
Ladies in Charge (1986– )
Episode:
Double Act
(1986)
Drama
Babs, Diana and Vicky expected to receive some odd requests but none so strange as the one from music hall ventriloquist Cosmo Keble his dummy. It appears that Cosmo has a very unusual predicament.
Director: John Wood | Stars: Julia Hills, Carol Royle, Julia Swift, Pam Ferris
Votes: 6
46.
Ladies in Charge (1986– )
Episode:
The Shadow
(1986)
Drama
When Florence Potter, obsessed with the idea that a mysterious 'shadow' is following her, seeks the girls' help, Diana sets out to uncover the prowler's identity.
Director: Richard Bramall | Stars: Carol Royle, Julia Hills, Julia Swift, Lavinia Bertram
47.
Secret Army (1977–1979)
Episode:
Guilt
(1977)
55 min | Drama, History, War
Curtis wants to investigate who betrayed Peter Romsey in France, but Lifeline does not trust him and puts Monique on his tail.
Director: Paul Annett | Stars: Bernard Hepton, Jan Francis, Angela Richards, Christopher Neame
Votes: 64
48.
An Actor's Life for Me (1991)
Episode:
Fathers and Sons
(1991)
Comedy
Rob and Sue are planning a vacation to Greece, but duty calls when Rob gets a small part. Unsure of how to tell Sue that he needs to delay his vacation plans, he claims he is adopted and must attend his "real" father's funeral.
Director: Bryan Izzard | Stars: John Gordon Sinclair, Victor Spinetti, Gina McKee, Pat Coombs
49.
The Paradise Club (1989–1990)
Episode:
The Great Fly-Tipping War
(1990)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Kiddie porn is being transported through the Kane manor, much to Danny's anger. Meanwhile, renovations to the Paradise Club leads to two fly-tippers taking a shortcut in disposing of its ... See full summary »
Director: Derek Banham | Stars: Don Henderson, Leslie Grantham, Barbara Wilshere, Peter Gowen
50.
Scorpion Tales (1978– )
Episode:
Killing
(1978)
52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mark Hawkins is a computer programmer for a large bank. In his spare time he's secretly played the stock markets without suspicion, but alarm bells start ringing when Martha Fredricks is brought in to update the bank's software.
Director: Don Leaver | Stars: Jack Shepherd, Angela Down, Michael O'Hagan, James Lister
Votes: 28