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1. Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983–2004)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
Seven British construction workers escape Britain's ever-growing dole queues and travel to Germany to work on a site in Düsseldorf. Follow their trials and tribulations of working away from home and away from the women they left behind.
Stars: Timothy Spall, Jimmy Nail, Tim Healy, Kevin Whately
Votes: 4,062
2. 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: 4,128
3. Casualty (1986– )
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama
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: 3,709
4. Play for Today (1970–1984)
75 min | Comedy, Drama
A British television anthology drama series that aired on BBC1 between 1970 and 1984.
Stars: Alison Steadman, Nigel Hawthorne, Tony Caunter, David Daker
Votes: 402
5. Wycliffe (1993–1998)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Set in Cornwall, Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe, who works along with his colleagues DI Doug Kersey and DI Lucy Lane, investigates murder cases with his trademark determination and clinical accuracy.
Stars: Jack Shepherd, Helen Masters, Jimmy Yuill, Tim Wylton
Votes: 1,102
6. 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: 325
7. Spender (1991–1993)
50 min | Action, Drama
Jimmy Nail plays Spender, a Northeast England police detective with marital problems.
Stars: Jimmy Nail, Sammy Johnson, Berwick Kaler, Denise Welch
Votes: 357
8. Crocodile Shoes (1994)
55 min | Drama
Jimmy Nail stars in the drama series about a Geordie factory worker who writes country songs and looks for his big break in the music industry.
Stars: Jimmy Nail, James Wilby, Sammy Johnson, Mike Elliot
Votes: 293
9. The Gambling Man (1995)
149 min | Drama
A Victorian rent collector's aspirations are hindered by class bias and familial hurdles. Faced with criminal opposition, his prospects seem bleak until unexpected allies and fortuitous events suggest he may prevail.
Stars: Robson Green, Bernard Hill, Sylvestra Le Touzel, David Nellist
Votes: 298
10. Sid the Sexist (1992 Video)
45 min | Animation, Comedy
Viz magazines 'Sid the Sexist' comes to life in this animated version of the exploits of 'Tyneside's silver tongued cavalier'.
Director: Tony Barnes | Stars: Sammy Johnson, Bob Mortimer, Simon Donald, Mike Milligan
Votes: 104
11. Crocodile Shoes II (1996– )
Drama
Jed Shepperd's struggles with his difficult second album is dealt a blow when his manager turns up dead.
Stars: Jimmy Nail, Robert Morgan, Elizabeth Carling, Sammy Johnson
Votes: 98
12. Lost in France (1998– )
15 min | Short, Adventure, Comedy
This brief series (12 episodes of 10 or 15 minutes each screened over a three week period) followed the adventures of a family pursuing the English football team around France during the World Cup.
Stars: Andrew Lee Potts, Jayne Ashbourne, Barbara Keogh, Gillian Taylforth
Votes: 12
13. And a Nightingale Sang (1989 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama, Romance
Romance lifts a sister from a lively family in working-class Newcastle during World War II.
Director: Robert Knights | Stars: Phyllis Logan, Tom Watt, Joan Plowright, John Woodvine
Votes: 76
14. In Fading Light (1990)
103 min | Drama
A feature drama set in the declining fishing industry in North Shields, the actors auditioned and trained by local fishermen and filmed on the 63 foot seine netter bought by Amber.
Director: Murray Martin | Stars: Joe Caffrey, Maureen Harold, Dave Hill, Brian Hogg
Votes: 26
15. King Leek (1997 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy
A couple of elderly men compete to grown the biggest leek on the allotment
Directors: Sam Miller, Andy Harries | Stars: Tim Healy, Su Elliot, Christopher Connel, Adam Pearson
16. The Pied Piper by Adrian Mitchell (1986 Video)
Musical
Directors: Adrian Mitchell, Alan Cohen | Stars: Nicola Blackman, Shaun Curry, John Darrell, Yvonne Gidden
17. Seacoal (1985)
82 min
A visually powerful drama exploring the raw capitalism of seacoaling, rooted in a documentary engagement with the community of seacoalers on Lynemouth Beach in Northumberland.
Directors: Amber Production Team, Murray Martin | Stars: Rosie Laidlaw, Brian Laidlaw, Alison Laidlaw, Helen Laidlaw
Votes: 20
18.
Spender (1991–1993)
Episode:
Christmas Special - The French Collection
(1993)
95 min | Action, Drama
Spender is sent to France to escort Tommy Thornton who has been extradited to the UK.
Director: Matt Forrest | Stars: Jimmy Nail, Sammy Johnson, Peter Guinness, Tom Bell
Votes: 15
19.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
The Happy Hunting Ground
(1976)
72 min | Comedy, Drama
The fish quay is a happy hunting ground for an ambitious young rogue like Bob, who has an eye on the boss's business - and all that goes with it.
Director: Brian Parker | Stars: Neil Phillips, Valerie Georgeson, Ronald Herdman, Alan Hockey
Votes: 12
20.
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983–2004)
Episode:
Hasta La Vista
(1986)
51 min | Comedy, Drama
The lads are impatient to be off to Spain, but just as they reach the departure lounge, things begin to go wrong. Posing as tourists, they find themselves sharing a plane with the Spennymoor and District Senior Citizens Society.
Director: Anthony Garner | Stars: Gary Holton, Christopher Fairbank, Pat Roach, Jimmy Nail
Votes: 76
21.
Casualty (1986– )
Episode:
Chain Reactions
(1996)
TV-PG | Drama
Mike Barratt has returned; and we are introduced to new doctor Richard & nurse Gloria. Baz needs an emergency caesarean to deliver baby Louis. Future Casualty and Holby City top dog Jac ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Gartland | Stars: Derek Thompson, Clive Mantle, Sorcha Cusack, Julia Watson
Votes: 11
22.
Spender (1991–1993)
Episode:
At the End of the Day
(1992)
Action, Drama
While out with his daughter, Spender witnesses a ram raid. An elderly paper seller intervenes and is injured. Spender looks to get revenge. Someone has started to intimidate Frances when she is part of the jury at the trial a local thug.
Director: Roger Bamford | Stars: Jimmy Nail, Sammy Johnson, Berwick Kaler, Denise Welch
23.
Spender (1991–1993)
Episode:
Bad Company
(1993)
Action, Drama
Regional Crime Squad investigate Spender's relationship with the wife of a target criminal, Janet Thornton. Supt. Gillespie warns him about keeping bad company. Dan Boyd becomes concerned about Gillespie when he appears to have vanished.
Director: Suri Krishnamma | Stars: Jimmy Nail, Peter Guinness, Berwick Kaler, Sammy Johnson
24.
Spender (1991–1993)
Episode:
Best Friends
(1993)
Action, Drama
Spender inviltrates a gang of scramble bikers who are behind a number of jewellery robberies. Stick loses big at cards and has to get a job. Reporter Sally Prince decides to expose Keith's relationship with 15-year-old Emily Goodman.
Director: Ian Knox | Stars: Jimmy Nail, Sammy Johnson, Berwick Kaler, Peter Guinness
Votes: 9
25.
Spender (1991–1993)
Episode:
Dance Girl Dance
(1991)
Action, Drama
Teen girls think they are going overseas to dance, but Spender feels it's white slavery. Can he prove it?
Stars: Jimmy Nail, Elizabeth Heery, Mike Elliot, Paul Greenwood
26.
Spender (1991–1993)
Episode:
Double Jeopardy
(1991)
Action, Drama
Spender is staying at a lavish hotel watching Lorraine Hope, an associated of villain, Phil Brady. When Spender saves an undercover officer, from the Hackett brothers, he discovers she has teamed up with them to plan a security van heist.
Stars: Jimmy Nail, Frances Tomelty, Paul Greenwood, Berwick Kaler
27.
Spender (1991–1993)
Episode:
Family Business
(1992)
Action, Drama
Spender's elderly aunt asks him to locate her son who's been missing 8 months. Spender learns about a criminal family rumored to have killed someone recently and sets out to see if it's his cousin.
Director: Ian Knox | Stars: Jimmy Nail, Sammy Johnson, Berwick Kaler, John Bowler
28.
Spender (1991–1993)
Episode:
Fee
(1992)
Action, Drama
A drug-addicted mama's actions illustrate the devastating effects on an addict's family. Spender shows his soft side in this case.
Stars: Jimmy Nail, Paul Stacey, Julie Graham, Nigel Terry
Votes: 7
29.
Spender (1991–1993)
Episode:
Fly by Night
(1992)
Action, Drama
Spender is working on a stakeout when police take him for questioning. He learns Tanya Conway, who he gave a lift home, was badly beaten up. Keith lets slip that she and her boyfriend Blakey are involved in an illegal fly posting war.
Stars: Jimmy Nail, Sammy Johnson, Berwick Kaler, Peter Guinness
Votes: 5
30.
Spender (1991–1993)
Episode:
Half a Ton of Heartaches
(1991)
Action, Drama
Stick joins Spender when he is sent to Ainwick. Superintendent Ellis asks him to look into the suspicious death of oil rig worker Saleem Patel, who's body found in the sea. Spender goes undercover on the rig to investigate drug peddling.
Director: Roger Bamford | Stars: Jimmy Nail, Sammy Johnson, Stuart McGugan, Paul Greenwood
Votes: 5
31.
Spender (1991–1993)
Episode:
Here We Go Again
(1992)
Action, Drama
'Stick' taxis 'Spud' Tate around after their release from prison, resulting in fire bombings. Spender is tasked with solving them.
Director: Alan Grint | Stars: Jimmy Nail, Sammy Johnson, Berwick Kaler, Peter Guinness
Votes: 5
32.
Spender (1991–1993)
Episode:
The Homecoming
(1991)
Action, Drama
Undercover policeman spender comes back home to Newcastle after being transferred from London. His Boss Superintendent Yelland gets spender to investigate Raymond price who is a local well ... See full summary »
Director: Mary McMurray | Stars: Jimmy Nail, Paul Greenwood, Berwick Kaler, Sammy Johnson
Votes: 9
33.
Spender (1991–1993)
Episode:
Iced
(1991)
Action, Drama
When Spender goes undercover to catch a big drug dealer, he discovers there's a new drug in town: ice (crystal meth).
Director: Roger Bamford | Stars: Jimmy Nail, Sammy Johnson, Julie Peasgood, Denise Welch
34.
Spender (1991–1993)
Episode:
Kid
(1993)
Action, Drama
Spender's daughter Kate witnesses a young boy thrown from a clifftop. The boy Jason Bamford appears on missing person poster. Spender is tasked with finding out where he has been and who he was with. Kate attempts to identify the two boys.
Stars: Jimmy Nail, Sammy Johnson, Berwick Kaler, Peter Guinness
35.
Spender (1991–1993)
Episode:
Puck
(1993)
Action, Drama
At the ice rink, Dan Boyd stumbles across local gangster Tommy Thorton seemingly pressurising an ice hockey player. Thornton is a major crime target but so far avoided prosecution. Spender agrees to investigate but he wants Boyd involved.
Director: Suri Krishnamma | Stars: Jimmy Nail, Sammy Johnson, Berwick Kaler, Peter Guinness
Votes: 6
36.
Spender (1991–1993)
Episode:
Retreat
(1993)
Action, Drama
Supt. Gillespie is livid that crooked developer Ken Moran is avoiding jail. When one witness vanishes, Spender goes behind bars to to stop anybody harming Robert Cunningham. Stick joins a religious retreat to escape his debt collectors.
Director: Ian Knox | Stars: Jimmy Nail, Sammy Johnson, Peter Guinness, Berwick Kaler
Votes: 6
37.
Spender (1991–1993)
Episode:
The Candidate
(1991)
Action, Drama
Following a death threat, Spender is detailed to act has bodyguard for controversial Conservative politician 'Bobby' Montgomery. After a close encounter the pair become romantically involved which starts to effect Spender's judgment.
Stars: Jimmy Nail, Amanda Redman, Paul Greenwood, Berwick Kaler
38.
Spender (1991–1993)
Episode:
The Golden Striker
(1992)
Action, Drama
Newcastle United sold Kenny Cooper to an Italian Serie A side, for £5 million. With the next £1 million installment of his transfer fee due Kenny has gone missing. Spender is told to find him without letting anybody know there is a issue.
Director: Roger Bamford | Stars: Jimmy Nail, Sammy Johnson, Berwick Kaler, Peter Guinness
39.
Spender (1991–1993)
Episode:
The More Things Change
(1993)
Action, Drama
Spud and Stick are found guilty, of receiving stolen goods, and sentenced to jail. Spender manages to persuade the judge to give Stick a suspended sentence. When a woman is mugged in the park Spender decides to make his mission to get him.
Director: Ian Knox | Stars: Jimmy Nail, Sammy Johnson, Berwick Kaler, Peter Guinness
Votes: 8
40.
Spender (1991–1993)
Episode:
Tough
(1991)
Action, Drama
Why would an over-the-hill boxer agree to bare knuckle bouts? Spender takes a lot of punishment to find out.
Director: Mary McMurray | Stars: Jimmy Nail, Maurice Roëves, Sammy Johnson, Michelle Newell
41.
Spender (1991–1993)
Episode:
Well Well Well
(1991)
Action, Drama
Stick is trading stolen goods with Mo Sample when two men attack them. Stick's attacker has a knife but dies in the fight. Spender is in London discussing his future and can't be contacted. He returns to find Stick facing a murder charge.
Stars: Jimmy Nail, Sammy Johnson, Paul Greenwood, Berwick Kaler
42.
Wycliffe (1993–1998)
Episode:
Scope
(1998)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Policeman Alan Trier is murdered and the abrasive Deputy Chief Constable Roth orders Wycliffe to avoid any scandal which would attract outside criticism in his investigation, given that ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Wareing | Stars: Shelagh McLeod, Michael Nardone, Clive Francis, Raymond Brody
Votes: 54
43.
The Bill (1984–2010)
Episode:
Full Contact
(1994)
TV-14 | 25 min | Crime, Drama
PC Stamp and WPC Ackland intervene when two thieves fall out over their dream woman.
Director: David Yates | Stars: Trudie Goodwin, Graham Cole, Martin Marquez, Iain Fletcher
Votes: 40
44.
Crocodile Shoes II (1996– )
Episode:
Answered Prayers
(1996)
Drama
Emma shows no signs of remorse when her case is sent to Crown Court, Alan Clarke announces his intention to dig into Paradigm's accounts, and Jed decides to do a benefit gig in a bid to raise funds for a proper lawyer.
Director: Baz Taylor | Stars: Stephen Milburn, Melanie Hill, Valerie Hanson, Mark Hadfield
45.
Crocodile Shoes II (1996– )
Episode:
Boom
(1996)
Drama
Quimby approaches Jed with some new information about recent events, uncovering a cut-out scam forces Paradigm to make some changes, and Lucy upsets Wendy when she discovers where Pilsbury has been hiding.
Director: Baz Taylor | Stars: Anthony Milner, Jimmy Nail, Marcus Hutton, Christopher Fairbank
46.
Crocodile Shoes II (1996– )
Episode:
Country Boy
(1996)
Drama
Jed struggles to find the inspiration he needs to write the second album, the police turn up at the door when a body is pulled out of the Thames, and Ade's sister insists that she has some stuff that needs going through.
Directors: Roger Bamford, David Richards | Stars: Jimmy Nail, Nadeshda Brennicke, Elizabeth Carling, Mark Burdis
47.
Crocodile Shoes II (1996– )
Episode:
Running Man
(1996)
Drama
Taking a job at a scrapyard turns out to be more trouble than it's worth, the lads offer to deal with a tabloid journalist who won't take a hint, and news from Germany suggests that somebody is trying to hide the truth.
Director: Roger Bamford | Stars: Jimmy Nail, Elizabeth Carling, Sammy Johnson, Brian Hogg
48.
Crocodile Shoes II (1996– )
Episode:
Still I Dream
(1996)
Drama
Emma insists that Pep has promised to get help with his anger problems, Wendy accepts an invitation to listen to a new song at the reception, and the lads persuade Jed to open a new centre for underprivileged children.
Director: Baz Taylor | Stars: Jimmy Nail, Melanie Hill, John Bowler, Glenn McCrory
Votes: 6
49.
Crocodile Shoes II (1996– )
Episode:
Troubled Man
(1996)
Drama
Pep agrees to pay for bail when Jed's charged with possession of cocaine, Lucy asks questions about the investigation into her brother's death, and a bike ride incident leads straight to a twenty-eight day prison sentence.
Director: Roger Bamford | Stars: John Leary, Jimmy Nail, McKenzie Fraser, Nadeshda Brennicke
50.
Crocodile Shoes (1994)
Episode:
The Call
(1994)
Drama
Ade's unhappy when a duet in America is put before finishing the album, DI Machin explains that the police need help with apprehending Snotter, and Carmel has a huge meltdown after her advances are rejected by Jed.
Directors: Robert Knights, Jimmy Nail | Stars: Jimmy Nail, Richard Strange, James Wilby, Ginny Holder
Votes: 8