Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Joan Bakewell

1. Would I Lie to You? (2007– )

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Game-Show

Two teams, lead by their team leader (either Lee Mack or David Mitchell), have to try and make the other team believe their crazy stories.

Stars: David Mitchell, Lee Mack, Rob Brydon, Paul Ridley

Votes: 9,727

2. Adult Material (2020)

TV-MA | 198 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A woman's life working in the adult film industry spans from its seedy beginnings to a highly successful enterprise.

Stars: Hayley Squires, Siena Kelly, Anya McKenna-Bruce, Rupert Everett

Votes: 2,478

3. Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)

Not Rated | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The cases of a portly and eccentric criminal law barrister.

Stars: Leo McKern, Jonathan Coy, Julian Curry, Marion Mathie

Votes: 1,737

4. Iris (I) (2001)

R | 91 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.

Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent, Kate Winslet, Hugh Bonneville

Votes: 19,164 | Gross: $1.29M

5. Have I Got News for You (1990– )

29 min | Comedy, Game-Show, News

Long-running satirical news quiz featuring regular team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton. Originally chaired by Angus Deayton, the series has adopted "guest hosts" since 2002.

Stars: Ian Hislop, Paul Merton, Angus Deayton, Alexander Armstrong

Votes: 5,494

6. The Commander (2003 TV Movie)

145 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Commander Clare Blake has risen to the top of her profession in the male-dominated Metropolitan Police Service and is now the head of the serious crimes unit. Some years previously she ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Whyte | Stars: Amanda Burton, Matthew Marsh, Nicholas Jones, Martin Walsh

Votes: 691

7. Portrait Artist of the Year (2013– )

Family, Reality-TV

Artists around the UK come together to compete for who has the best original celebrity portrait.

Stars: Kate Bryan, Tai Shan Schierenberg, Kathleen Soriano, Joan Bakewell

Votes: 403

8. French and Saunders (1987–2017)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Comedy duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders satirically present aspects of British life, films such as Batman Forever and Pulp Fiction.

Stars: Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Simon Brint, Rowland Rivron

Votes: 3,771

9. The New Statesman (1987–1994)

TV-14 | 70 min | Comedy

The ultra right-wing Alan B'Stard, the most selfish, greedy, dishonest, sadistic and sociopathic Conservative MP of them all, plots to achieve his meglomaniacal ambitions.

Stars: Rik Mayall, Michael Troughton, Marsha Fitzalan, Terence Alexander

Votes: 2,816

10. Arena (1975– )

60 min | Documentary

Wide-ranging arts program.

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

Votes: 323

11. 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

12. 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: 626

13. Countdown (1982– )

TV-14 | 45 min | Game-Show

The long-running words and numbers game.

Stars: Susie Dent, Carol Vorderman, Richard Whiteley, Rachel Riley

Votes: 1,475

14. Masterchef (1990–2001)

30 min | Game-Show

Cookery competition for amateur chefs.

Stars: Loyd Grossman, Gary Rhodes, Raymond Blanc, Michel Roux

Votes: 119

15. Omnibus (1967–2003)

Not Rated | 43 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

Arts documentary series with concerts and experimental dramatizations.

Stars: Humphrey Burton, Kirsty Wark, David Collings, Michael Hordern

Votes: 296

16. Only Connect (2008– )

Game-Show

Victoria Coren hosts the fiendishly difficult quiz in which two teams of three contestants have to find the connection between seemingly unrelated clues.

Stars: Victoria Coren Mitchell, David Stainer, Henry Pertinez, Stephen Pearson

Votes: 670

17. Good Morning Britain (2014– )

TV-14 | 180 min | News, Talk-Show

The weekday news on ITV that the whole nation wakes up to.

Stars: Andi Peters, Susanna Reid, Lorraine Kelly, Laura Tobin

Votes: 778

18. 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: 422

19. 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

20. Landscape Artist of the Year (2015– )

Reality-TV

A British television competition for landscape painters that earns the winners a commission and art supplies.

Stars: Tai Shan Schierenberg, Kathleen Soriano, Kate Bryan, Joan Bakewell

Votes: 151

21. Lorraine (2001– )

60 min | Talk-Show

Early morning chat show presented by Lorraine Kelly, with celebrity interviews, cooking tips, fashion features and musical guests.

Stars: Lorraine Kelly, Mark Heyes, Tasmin Lucia-Khan, Hilary Jones

Votes: 262

22. The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972)

Not Rated | 114 min | Comedy

Young Australian, Barry McKenzie, travels to England with his Aunt Edna after his father dies and a request is revealed in his will.

Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Barry Crocker, Barry Humphries, Dick Bentley, Peter Cook

Votes: 929

23. Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh (2020– )

120 min | Talk-Show

Alan Titchmarsh celebrates the great British countryside in the company of special guests.

Stars: Alan Titchmarsh, Lesley Joseph, David Domoney, Camilla Bassett-Smith

Votes: 25

24. Jeremy Vine (2018– )

120 min | News, Reality-TV, Talk-Show

Jeremy Vine hosts a topical discussion show, replacing long-running topical show The Wright Stuff (2000) on weekday mornings. Vine and his panel of guests discuss the stories making the news before the debate is thrown open to the viewers.

Stars: Jeremy Vine, Storm, Alexis Conran, Carole Malone

Votes: 151

25. Timeshift (2002–2017)

60 min | Documentary

Series looking at changes in British society, employing archive footage from the BBC and other sources.

Stars: Veronika Hyks, Tamsin Greig, Kim Newman, Andrew Martin

Votes: 74

26. Mother Love (1989)

220 min | Drama, Thriller

A British yuppie couple have a seemingly idyllic existence. But there is one troubling factor in their lives - the husband's eccentric and sometimes difficult mother. Her odd behavior ... See full summary »

Stars: Diana Rigg, James Wilby, David McCallum, Fiona Gillies

Votes: 450

27. Panorama (I) (1953– )

40 min | Documentary, News

Long-running factual programme reporting on all aspects of life in Britain.

Stars: Fred Emery, David Dimbleby, Richard Lindley, Richard Dimbleby

Votes: 601

28. 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: 806

29. Room 101 (1994–2018)

29 min | Comedy, Talk-Show

Comedy talk/game show in which celebrities present an argument for their pet hates in various categories to be banished forever to Room 101.

Stars: Paul Merton, Frank Skinner, Nick Hancock, Nigel Havers

Votes: 1,646

30. Rutland Weekend Television (1975–1976)

30 min | Comedy, Music

Comedy sketch series purporting to show the programming of a low key regional television service.

Stars: Eric Idle, Neil Innes, David Battley, Henry Woolf

Votes: 140

31. Everyman (1977– )

50 min | Documentary

Long-running BBC documentary series, often focussing on issues of a religious nature.

Stars: Peter France, Vanya Kewley, Jenni Murray, David Jessel

Votes: 33

32. Call My Bluff (II) (1965–1988)

30 min | Family, Game-Show

Two teams of three alternate between giving and guessing the meanings of obscure English words.

Stars: Robert Robinson, Frank Muir, Patrick Campbell, Arthur Marshall

Votes: 86

33. Secrets of the National Trust (2017– )

60 min | Documentary, History

Alan Titchmarsh and a team of familiar faces visit historic properties owned by the National Trust revealing the hidden history, human stories and natural history behind each one.

Stars: Alan Titchmarsh, Dan Jones, Jon Culshaw, Miriam O'Reilly

Votes: 25

34. Cold Comfort Farm (1968– )

150 min | Comedy

Young Flora moves to Cold Comfort Farm after her parents' death, meets eccentric relatives, breaks the farm's curse, helps matriarch Ada Doom overcome childhood trauma, finds love, and enables positive changes for her family.

Stars: Alastair Sim, Fay Compton, Sarah Badel, Rosalie Crutchley

Votes: 156

35. Pebble Mill at One (1972–1996)

45 min | News, Talk-Show

Daily magazine show broadcast form the BBC's Pebble Mill studios. The show originally ran from 1973 to 1986 and was resurrected in 1991 (as "Pebble Mill") and ran until 1996.

Stars: Marian Foster, Donny MacLeod, Bob Langley, David Seymour

Votes: 88

36. First Among Equals (1986)

60 min | Drama

Political drama about the parallel careers of four MPs who all join Parliament in the mid-1960s.

Stars: Tom Wilkinson, James Faulkner, David Robb, Jeremy Child

Votes: 102

37. Merry-Go-Round (1963–1983)

20 min | Documentary, Family

An educational series aimed at primary school children, covering many diverse school topics.

Stars: Tom Gibbs, Richard Carpenter, Max Mason, Gabriel Woolf

38. The Touchables (1968)

R | 97 min | Drama

British rock star with a love-'em-and-leave-'em reputation. The tables are turned when four cute young girls kidnap the singer. After several days of sex and degradation, the poor fellow is rescued by his friends.

Director: Robert Freeman | Stars: Judy Huxtable, Ester Anderson, Kathy Simmonds, Monika Ringwald

Votes: 214

39. Newsnight (1980– )

45 min | News

Serious news reports, analysis and no-holds-barred interviews with leading politicians and public figures.

Stars: Kirsty Wark, Jeremy Paxman, Emily Maitlis, Gavin Esler

Votes: 214

40. 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: 539

41. Juke Box Jury (1959–1990)

30 min | Music

A panel of notable personalities rate the latest pop records.

Stars: David Jacobs, Pete Murray, Alan Freeman, Katie Boyle

Votes: 58

42. Holiday (1969–2007)

30 min | Documentary

British travelogue series featuring location reports on holiday destinations from all over the world.

Stars: Cliff Michelmore, John Carter, Jill Dando, Anne Gregg

Votes: 27

43. Question Time (1979– )

60 min | News, Talk-Show

Politicians, public office-holders and celebrities face questions on topical issues from a studio audience.

Stars: David Dimbleby, Robin Day, Peter Sissons, Fiona Bruce

Votes: 413

44. 100 Greatest Sexy Moments (2003 TV Movie)

180 min | Documentary

Documentary, based on a British poll, listing the 100 sexiest movie and TV moments, topped by Ursula Andress emerging from the ocean in the James Bond film "Dr. No" (1962), followed at #2 ... See full summary »

Director: Suzy Ratner | Stars: Anna Chancellor, Thelma Adams, Gerry Agar, Ursula Andress

Votes: 53

45. The Wright Stuff (2000–2018)

50 min | News, Talk-Show

Topical discussions, a daily newspaper review and a weekly television review on Fridays.

Stars: Matthew Wright, Eric Johnson, Kirsty Duffy, Anne Diamond

Votes: 338

46. The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (1999 TV Movie)

Comedy, History

Humorous review of British history.

Directors: Dewi Humphreys, Paul Jackson, Matt Lipsey | Stars: Clive Anderson, Matthew Ashforde, Patrick Barlow, Ronnie Barker

Votes: 218

47. The Alan Titchmarsh Show (2007–2014)

60 min | Talk-Show

Alan Titchmarsh presents a mix of celebrity interviews, music, topical discussions and gardening features.

Stars: Alan Titchmarsh, Myleene Klass, Gloria Hunniford, Nick Ferrari

Votes: 96

48. Premiere (1977–1980)

30 min | Drama

A series of anthologies highlighting the initial projects of directors venturing into television drama filmmaking.

Stars: Phil Daniels, Johnny Allan, David Parfitt, Brian Poyser

Votes: 10

49. Politics Live (2018– )

45 min | News, Talk-Show

Jo Coburn and a panel of guests discuss the big issues of the day in politics from Westminster and beyond. With Andrew Neil presenting an extended edition on Wednesdays featuring live PMQs.

Stars: Jo Coburn, Laura Kuenssberg, Ian Blackford, Jeremy Corbyn

Votes: 51

50. Richard & Judy (2001–2009)

60 min | Talk-Show

Magazine programme featuring news items, expert advice and celebrity interviews.

Stars: Richard Madeley, Judy Finnigan, Raj Persaud, Mike McClean

Votes: 437