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1. Doctor Who (1963–1989)

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

8.4
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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: 39,662

2. Heartbeat (1992–2010)

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

6.9
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The 1960s lives and adventures of the police constabulary, medical staff, and residents of Ashfordly and Aidensfield.

Stars: William Simons, Derek Fowlds, Tricia Penrose, Mark Jordon

Votes: 4,099

3. Coronation Street (1960– )

TV-PG | 30 min | Drama, Romance

5.6
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The world's longest-running television soap, Coronation Street focuses on the everyday lives of working-class people in Manchester, England.

Stars: William Roache, Helen Worth, Barbara Knox, Sally Dynevor

Votes: 6,036

4. The Bill (1984–2010)

TV-14 | Crime, Drama

6.7
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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: 4,125

5. A Touch of Frost (1992–2010)

TV-MA | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

7.9
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DI Jack Frost is an unconventional policeman with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice. Sloppy, disorganized, and disrespectful, he attracts trouble like a magnet.

Stars: David Jason, Bruce Alexander, John Lyons, Arthur White

Votes: 8,794

6. Casualty (1986– )

TV-PG | 50 min | Drama

6.1
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The everyday lives of the people frequenting the frenetic Accident and Emergency department of Holby City Hospital.

Stars: Derek Thompson, Tony Marshall, Suzanne Packer, Ian Bleasdale

Votes: 3,704

7. Lovejoy (1986–1994)

TV-14 | 50 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

7.9
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Lovejoy is an irresistible rogue with a keen eye for antiques. The part-time detective scours the murky salerooms, auction halls and stately homes of Britain, always on the lookout for a find.

Stars: Ian McShane, Dudley Sutton, Chris Jury, Phyllis Logan

Votes: 3,934

8. The Royal (2003–2011)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama

7.5
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Set in the 1960s, this British medical drama follows the staff and patients of St Aidan's Royal Free Hospital.

Stars: Linda Armstrong, Robert Daws, Wendy Craig, Michelle Hardwick

Votes: 1,218

9. All Creatures Great and Small (1978–1990)

TV-PG | 50 min | Comedy, Drama

8.4
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The trials and misadventures of the staff of a country veterinary office in Yorkshire from the 1930s to the 1950s.

Stars: Christopher Timothy, Robert Hardy, Peter Davison, Lynda Bellingham

Votes: 4,414

10. Blackadder (1982–1983)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

8.0
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In the Middle Ages, Prince Edmund the Black Adder constantly schemes and endeavors to seize the crown from his father and brother.

Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Brian Blessed, Elspet Gray, Tim McInnerny

Votes: 41,164

11. Merlin (1998)

Not Rated | 61 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

7.1
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Legendary wizard Merlin tells his story of his war against Queen Mab of the Sidhe and his creation of Camelot.

Stars: Sam Neill, Helena Bonham Carter, John Gielgud, Rutger Hauer

Votes: 22,571

12. Tess (1979)

PG | 186 min | Drama, Romance

7.3
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82 Metascore

A strong-willed young peasant girl attracts the affection of two men.

Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth, Leigh Lawson, John Collin

Votes: 18,328

13. Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993)

TV-PG | 55 min | Comedy

8.4
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Bertram Wooster, a well-intentioned, wealthy layabout, has a habit of getting himself into trouble and it's up to his brilliant valet, Jeeves, to get him out.

Stars: Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Richard Dixon, Robert Daws

Votes: 13,166

14. Peak Practice (1993–2002)

TV-14 | 50 min | Drama

6.4
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Beth Glover and Will Preston are doctors in partnership at a Derbyshire clinic when they hire Jack who's returned from Africa. The next several years deal with their personal and professional lives with Jack and Beth marrying.

Stars: Gary Mavers, Simon Shepherd, Esther Coles, Margery Mason

Votes: 526

15. Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)

Not Rated | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

8.4
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The cases of a portly and eccentric criminal law barrister.

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

Votes: 1,735

16. The Great Train Robbery (1978)

PG | 110 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

6.9
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68 Metascore

England, 1850s. A master criminal aims to rob a train of a large sum of gold. Security is incredibly tight and the task seems an impossible one. However, he has a plan and just the right people to carry it out.

Director: Michael Crichton | Stars: Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, Lesley-Anne Down, Alan Webb

Votes: 19,605 | Gross: $13.03M

17. Screen Two (1985–1998)

TV-14 | 120 min | Drama

6.3
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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

18. Hawk the Slayer (1980)

PG | 90 min | Adventure, Fantasy

5.3
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With the aid of his companions, a man seeks to defeat his evil brother who has taken a nun hostage.

Director: Terry Marcel | Stars: Jack Palance, John Terry, Bernard Bresslaw, Ray Charleson

Votes: 4,112

19. The Shout (1978)

86 min | Drama, Horror

6.6
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A traveller by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.

Director: Jerzy Skolimowski | Stars: Alan Bates, Susannah York, John Hurt, Robert Stephens

Votes: 5,244

20. Tenko (1981–1984)

50 min | Drama, War

8.5
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After the Japanese invasion of Singapore in February 1942, a group of British, Dutch and Australian women are held in a Japanese internment camp on a Japanese-occupied island between Singapore and Australia.

Stars: Ann Bell, Stephanie Cole, Claire Oberman, Emily Bolton

Votes: 837

21. Putney Swope (1969)

R | 84 min | Comedy

6.7
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The board of directors at a Madison Avenue ad agency must elect a new chairman. In the maneuvering to make sure that enemies don't get votes, all the members accidentally cast their ballot for the board's token black man, Putney Swope.

Director: Robert Downey Sr. | Stars: Arnold Johnson, Stan Gottlieb, Allen Garfield, Archie Russell

Votes: 4,379 | Gross: $2.73M

22. Cry of the Banshee (1970)

GP | 91 min | Horror

5.5
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In 1500s England, a cruel witch-hunting magistrate, who often tortures innocent villagers for his entertainment, runs afoul of a witch who conjures a banshee to kill the magistrate and his family.

Director: Gordon Hessler | Stars: Vincent Price, Elisabeth Bergner, Essy Persson, Hugh Griffith

Votes: 2,907

23. A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery (1987)

52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

8.2
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A gentleman sleuth solves mysteries and falls in love with a detective novelist.

Stars: Harriet Walter, Edward Petherbridge, Richard Morant, Rowena Cooper

Votes: 332

24. The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978–1985)

8.1
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BBC adaptations of all 37 plays wholly and authoritatively credited to William Shakespeare.

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

Votes: 54

25. The Borgias (1981)

50 min | Biography, Drama, History

7.4
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The ruthless Rodrigo Borgia intends to become Pope and will not let anything stand in his way.

Stars: Oliver Cotton, Maurice O'Connell, Louis Selwyn, Adolfo Celi

Votes: 195

26. The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978–1985)
Episode: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1980)

TV-14 | 210 min

8.0
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Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the Prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.

Directors: Rodney Bennett, John Gorrie | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Claire Bloom, Patrick Stewart, Eric Porter

Votes: 665

27. The Chief (1990–1995)

50 min | Drama

7.0
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Focussing on the politics at the top of a typical English police force in its continual battle to solve the problems the times, in this case the fictional Eastland of East Anglia.

Stars: Gillian Martell, Martin Shaw, Karen Archer, Dean Lepley

Votes: 107

28. BBC2 Playhouse (1973–1983)

60 min | Drama

6.8
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BBC2 Playhouse was a British one-hour episode anthology television series produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation.

Stars: Ralph G. Morse, Gawn Grainger, John Bluthal, Trevor Laird

Votes: 140

29. Vanity Fair (1987)

35 min | Drama

8.0
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In the time of Napoleon, Becky Sharp, a poor orphan girl, schemes for money and position. Her most-used stepladder is her old school friend, Amelia Sedley. Both women marry soldiers, and both of them are affected by the Battle of Waterloo.

Stars: Eve Matheson, Rebecca Saire, Simon Dormandy, Jack Klaff

Votes: 93

30. Scarlet and Black (1993)

238 min | Drama, Romance

6.9
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The story of an ambitious but impoverished young man who seduces women of social class in order to improve his own prospects in 19th century France.

Stars: Ewan McGregor, Christopher Fulford, Alice Krige, T.P. McKenna

Votes: 516

31. Richard III (1983 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 239 min | Drama

8.2
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Richard of Gloucester uses murder and manipulation to claim England's throne.

Director: Jane Howell | Stars: Peter Benson, Antony Brown, David Burke, Michael Byrne

Votes: 235

32. TV Burp (2001–2012)

23 min | Comedy

7.1
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Harry Hill stars in this surreal comedy show, revolving around the previous week's shows on British television.

Stars: Harry Hill, Steve Benham, Ronne Coyles, Dave Thompson

Votes: 2,244

33. Mr. Majeika (1988– )

G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

7.3
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Mr Majeika is a wizard, sent to "Britland" from the planet Walpurgis because he failed his O-level sorcery exam for the seventeenth time. He drops into the sleepy village of Much Barty, finding a post at St Barty's School in sleepy U.K.

Stars: Stanley Baxter, Claire Sawyer, Roland MacLeod, Simeon Pearl

Votes: 55

34. Albion Market (1985–1986)

30 min | Drama

5.3
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The lives and loves of a group of people working in a covered market in Salford, England.

Stars: Paula Jacobs, Geoffrey Leesley, Sally Baxter, Noreen Kershaw

Votes: 41

35. The Sailor's Return (1978)

100 min | Drama

6.9
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Set in the early days of the reign of Queen Victoria provides an unusual historical representation of a black person's experience of England.

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Tom Bell, Shope Shodeinde, Elton Charles, Denyse Alexander

Votes: 75

36. Perfect Scoundrels (1990–1992)

60 min | Comedy

6.4
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Perfect Scoundrels first broadcast in 1990 on British television. A comedy-drama following two con-men doing there best To separate various people from their money/

Stars: Peter Bowles, Bryan Murray, Ian Bartholomew, G.B. Zoot Money

Votes: 52

37. Great Expectations (1981)

30 min | Drama

6.9
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A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.

Stars: Gerry Sundquist, Tim Munro, Derek Francis, Colin Jeavons

Votes: 178

38. The Devil's Crown (1978)

55 min | Biography, Drama, History

8.1
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Henry Plantagenet (later King Henry II), sees his opportunity to seize the crown of England and create a kingdom of law and order.

Stars: Jane Lapotaire, John Duttine, Christopher Gable, Brian Cox

Votes: 106

39. Will Shakespeare (1978)

60 min | Biography, Drama

7.6
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Biography of William Shakespeare.

Stars: Tim Curry, Paul Freeman, John Normington, Ron Cook

Votes: 127

40. BBC2 Play of the Week (1977–1979)

100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

7.5
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Anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length movies.

Stars: Judi Dench, Richard O'Callaghan, Frederick Treves, Clive Swift

Votes: 47

41. Churchill's People (1974–1975)

50 min | Drama, History, War

5.8
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A historical anthology series based on "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples", Winston Churchill's four-volume history of Britain and its former colonies.

Stars: Alfred Lynch, Bernard Hepton, Geoffrey Matthews, Mark Donaldson

Votes: 36

42. Boys from the Bush (1991–1992)

50 min | Comedy, Drama

8.2
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Adventures of a British detective, Reg Toomer and his Australian partner Dennis Tontine

Stars: Tim Healy, Chris Haywood, Mark Haddigan, Nadine Garner

Votes: 49

43. The First Part of Henry the Sixth (1983 TV Movie)

188 min | Drama, History

7.3
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Following his father's early death and the loss of possessions in France, young Henry VI comes to the throne, under the protection of the Duke of Gloucester. He is unaware that there are ... See full summary »

Director: Jane Howell | Stars: John Benfield, Peter Benson, Brenda Blethyn, Antony Brown

Votes: 151

44. The Winter's Tale (1981 TV Movie)

173 min | Comedy, Drama

7.2
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King Leontes of Bohemia suspects his wife, Hermione, and his friend, Polixenes, of betraying him. When he forces Polixenes to flee for his life, Leontes sets in motion a chain of events ... See full summary »

Director: Jane Howell | Stars: John Welsh, David Burke, Robert Stephens, Jeremy Kemp

Votes: 161

45. Summer Season (1985)

55 min | Drama

6.4
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Add a Plot

Stars: Tim Wylton, Marion Bailey, Charles Dale, Nicholas Gecks

Votes: 36

46. Born and Bred (1978–1980)

60 min | Comedy

7.6
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Comedy drama about two large, inter-related south London families who struggle to believe that blood is thicker than water.

Stars: Kate Williams, James Grout, Gillian Raine, Constance Chapman

Votes: 19

47. The Little World of Don Camillo (1981– )

Comedy

7.9
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Comedy series based on Giovannino Guareschi's stories of a small-town Italian priest and his relationships with God and the local communist mayor.

Stars: Mario Adorf, Brian Blessed, Cyril Cusack, Harry Fowler

Votes: 33

48. The Good Companions (1980– )

60 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

8.5
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A musical adaptation of J. B. Priestley's novel about a British concert party.

Stars: John Stratton, Jeremy Nicholas, Frank Mills, John Blythe

Votes: 39

49. Paul Merton: The Series (1991–1993)

25 min | Comedy

7.7
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Fresh from his appearances on Whose Line is it Anyway?, Paul starred in his own comedy series on Channel 4, featuring a mix of surreal sketches, links and stand-up routines

Stars: Paul Merton, John Irwin, Robert Harley, Neil Mullarkey

Votes: 135

50. Second City Firsts (1973– )

30 min | Drama

5.7
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This was a BBC drama anthology series of short plays, written largely by first-time writers, which were transmitted between 1973 and 1978.

Stars: Ken Kitson, Jean Heywood, Ivor Roberts, Alison Steadman

Votes: 25



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