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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: 39,700
2. Where Eagles Dare (1968)
M | 158 min | Action, Adventure, War
Allied agents stage a daring raid on a castle where the Nazis are holding American brigadier general George Carnaby prisoner, but that's not all that's really going on.
Director: Brian G. Hutton | Stars: Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure, Patrick Wymark
Votes: 63,090
3. UFO (1970–1971)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Sci-Fi
The missions of the Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organization (SHADO), which defends Earth from extra-terrestrial threats.
Stars: Ed Bishop, Dolores Mantez, Michael Billington, Ayshea Brough
Votes: 4,164
4. The Prisoner (1967–1968)
TV-PG | 1,010 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
After he resigns, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is actually a bizarre prison. He refuses to give his warders information while attempting to escape.
Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Angelo Muscat, Peter Swanwick, Peter Brace
Votes: 15,108
5. Bergerac (1981–1991)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Recovering alcoholic and divorced father of a young daughter, DS Jim Bergerac is a true maverick who prefers doing things his own way, and consequently doesn't always carry out his investigations the way his boss would like.
Stars: John Nettles, Terence Alexander, Sean Arnold, Mela White
Votes: 2,247
6. Flawless (2007)
PG-13 | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In 1960s London, an elderly janitor convinces a glass-ceiling constrained executive to help him steal a handful of diamonds from their employer, the London Diamond Corporation.
Director: Michael Radford | Stars: Demi Moore, Michael Caine, Lambert Wilson, Nathaniel Parker
Votes: 26,424 | Gross: $1.20M
7. 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: 6,246
8. Dixon of Dock Green (1955–1976)
Crime, Drama
Constable George Dixon and his colleagues at the Dock Green police station in the East End of London deal with petty crime, successfully controlling it through common sense and human understanding.
Stars: Jack Warner, Peter Byrne, Geoffrey Adams, Arthur Rigby
Votes: 320
9. The Blue Max (1966)
Approved | 156 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A young pilot in the German air force of 1918, disliked as lower-class and unchivalrous, tries ambitiously to earn the medal offered for 20 kills.
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: George Peppard, James Mason, Ursula Andress, Jeremy Kemp
Votes: 7,668
10. A Night to Remember (1958)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama, History
On her maiden voyage in April 1912, the supposedly unsinkable RMS Titanic strikes an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean.
Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Kenneth More, Ronald Allen, Robert Ayres, Honor Blackman
Votes: 17,244
11. The Persuaders! (1971–1972)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Two worlds collide when Lord Brett Sinclair, a titled British man, and Danny Wilde, a Bronx-raised, self-made American, reluctantly join forces to right wrongs and protect the innocent.
Stars: Tony Curtis, Roger Moore, Laurence Naismith, Juliet Harmer
Votes: 5,919
12. Secret Agent (1964–1967)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
John Drake is a special operative for M9, specializing in security assignments against any subversive element that threatens world peace.
Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Peter Madden, Frank Maher, Peter Brayham
Votes: 1,549
13. Danger Man (1960–1961)
TV-PG | 24 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
John Drake is a special operative for NATO, specializing in security assignments against any subversive element which threatened world peace.
Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Richard Wattis, Lionel Murton, Michael Ripper
Votes: 1,394
14. The Comic Strip Presents (1982– )
Comedy
A series of self contained television movies starring performers from London's "Comic Strip" comedy club and their friends. Noted for a high sense of parody of previous movies, literature, and generally everyone in sight.
Stars: Peter Richardson, Adrian Edmondson, Jennifer Saunders, Nigel Planer
Votes: 1,642
15. Man in a Suitcase (1967–1968)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mac, an ex-intelligence agent wrongfully dismissed, takes on private investigations across Europe while seeking to clear his name. His notorious reputation follows him as he solves intriguing cases, navigating his way back to redemption.
Stars: Richard Bradford, Ricardo Montez, Warren Stanhope, Frank Forsyth
Votes: 465
16. 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
17. Room at the Top (1958)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Romance
An ambitious young accountant plots to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter despite falling in love with a married older woman.
Director: Jack Clayton | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Simone Signoret, Heather Sears, Donald Wolfit
Votes: 7,355
18. Gideon C.I.D. (1964–1966)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Follows Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard and his family life.
Stars: John Gregson, Alexander Davion, Daphne Anderson, Richard James
Votes: 315
19. Victim (1961)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
A closeted lawyer risks his career to bring a blackmailer to justice.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms, Dennis Price, Anthony Nicholls
Votes: 7,237
20. The Playbirds (1978)
94 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Two detectives are drawn into the world of porn, while investigating murders of centrefolds...
Director: Willy Roe | Stars: Mary Millington, Glynn Edwards, Gavin Campbell, Alan Lake
Votes: 537
21. The Protectors (1972–1974)
TV-14 | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Challenges abound for worldwide crime-fighting team The Protectors. Organised into a global secret society, their mission is to protect the innocent and apprehend the guilty. Starring Emmy winner Robert Vaughn "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.".
Stars: Robert Vaughn, Nyree Dawn Porter, Tony Anholt, Yasuko Nagazumi
Votes: 573
22. Return of the Saint (1978–1979)
TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Crime
This series chronicles the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.
Stars: Ian Ogilvy, Gayle Hunnicutt, Stratford Johns, Derren Nesbitt
Votes: 584
23. Run for Your Wife (2012)
94 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
John leads a double life, married to Michelle and Stephanie in separate parts of London. His taxi job aids concealment. Police in both areas discover suspicious documents, risking exposure of his bigamous arrangement.
Directors: Ray Cooney, John Luton | Stars: Danny Dyer, Denise Van Outen, Sarah Harding, Neil Morrissey
Votes: 881
24. Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
60 min | Drama
This show was a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and from mid-1968 by Thames Television.
Stars: Harry H. Corbett, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Billie Whitelaw, Neil McCallum
Votes: 247
25. Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies (1969)
G | 122 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
An international car rally across Europe is complicated by smuggling, cheating, love at first sight, etc. etc.
Directors: Ken Annakin, Sam Itzkovitch | Stars: Bourvil, Lando Buzzanca, Walter Chiari, Peter Cook
Votes: 2,556 | Gross: $1.00M
26. Pu-239 (2006)
R | 97 min | Drama
A worker at a Russian nuclear facility gets exposed to a lethal dose of radiation. In order to provide for his family, he steals some plutonium and sets out to sell it on Moscow's black market with the help of an incompetent criminal.
Director: Scott Z. Burns | Stars: Paddy Considine, Oscar Isaac, Valeriu Pavel Dan, Kenneth Bryans
Votes: 4,187
27. Special Branch (1969–1974)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Groundbreaking British police drama series following the exploits of the Special Branch of the Metropolitan Police: an elite group of officers tasked with protecting London from spies, terrorists, and subversives.
Stars: Derren Nesbitt, George Sewell, Morris Perry, Fulton Mackay
Votes: 196
28. Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures (1999 Podcast Series)
Sci-Fi
Full-cast audio drama series based on "Doctor Who (1963)" chronicling the further adventures of the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Doctors.
Stars: Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Sarah Sutton
Votes: 49
29. A Matter of Choice (1963)
Not Rated | 79 min | Drama
Two youths accidentally cause a man's death, and inadvertently reveal his liaison with a married woman.
Director: Vernon Sewell | Stars: Anthony Steel, Jeanne Moody, Ballard Berkeley, Malcolm Gerard
Votes: 126
30. Eat the Rich (1987)
R | 90 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Terrorists and a rude waiter attack a politician and take over an exclusive London club.
Director: Peter Richardson | Stars: Nosher Powell, Al Pillay, Ronald Allen, Kevin Allen
Votes: 1,605 | Gross: $0.20M
31. Bullseye! (1990)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Crime
Two scientists working for UK and USA invent cold fusion. They decide to auction it off to foreign nations. Two look-alike crooks decide to steal their deposits but end working for CIA and MI5.
Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Michael Caine, Roger Moore, Sally Kirkland, Deborah Moore
Votes: 1,573
32. Burke & Hare (1972)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
Two men go into business supplying medical colleges with cadavers by robbing graves.
Director: Vernon Sewell | Stars: Paul Luty, Roy Macready, Derren Nesbitt, Susan Coates
Votes: 563
33. The Giant Behemoth (1959)
Not Rated | 80 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Marine atomic tests cause changes in the ocean's ecosystem resulting in dangerous blobs of radiation and the resurrection of a dormant dinosaur that threatens London.
Director: Eugène Lourié | Stars: Gene Evans, André Morell, John Turner, Leigh Madison
Votes: 2,918
34. The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
126 min | Comedy, Romance
A bawdy story of how a poor damsel surrenders her virtue again and again to get to the top of society.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Kim Novak, Richard Johnson, Claire Ufland, Angela Lansbury
Votes: 692
35. Public Eye (1965–1975)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Cynical, dour and world-weary, private eye Frank Marker is frequently the unwitting stooge in bigger criminal wheels in his attempts to make a tenuous living on the outskirts of London.
Stars: Alfred Burke, Ray Smith, Pauline Delaney, Brenda Cavendish
Votes: 431
36. 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
37. The Haunting of Margam Castle (2020)
TV-14 | 81 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A team of American parapsychologists travel to Wales to conduct a study of Margam Castle, one of the UK's most haunted buildings.
Director: Andrew Jones | Stars: Derren Nesbitt, Jane Merrow, Caroline Munro, Garrick Hagon
Votes: 1,058
38. Term of Trial (1962)
Approved | 130 min | Drama
A British high-school girl becomes infatuated with her English teacher, but after he rejects her amorous advances, she goes to the police and accuses him of indecent assault.
Director: Peter Glenville | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Simone Signoret, Roland Culver, Frank Pettingell
Votes: 873
39. The Invisible Man (1958–1960)
30 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
While working on an invisibility formula, British scientist Dr. Peter Brady (Tim Turner) suffers a tragic accident which turns him invisible. Unfortunately, there is no antidote, so while ... See full summary »
Stars: Tim Turner, Lisa Daniely, Deborah Watling, Ernest Clark
Votes: 446
40. No Hiding Place (1959–1967)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Tales of Scotland Yard centering on a detective team. A sort of halfway house between "Dixon of Dock Green" and "'Z' Cars." The detectives are still 1950s-style with good elocution and ... See full summary »
Stars: Raymond Francis, Eric Lander, Johnny Briggs, Michael McStay
Votes: 98
41. Hale and Pace (1986–1998)
30 min | Comedy
Hale and Pace is a sketch-based British comedy show. The terms "Good Taste" and "Politically Correct" are obviously totally unknown to the writers.
Stars: Gareth Hale, Norman Pace, Melanie Kilburn, Regina Freedman
Votes: 592
42. The High Commissioner (1968)
Approved | 101 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
An Australian outback police detective is sent on a special assignment to the UK, to return an Australian citizen accused of murder. Only this is not an ordinary man, he is a UN high commissioner for peace talks taking place in London.
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Rod Taylor, Christopher Plummer, Lilli Palmer, Camilla Sparv
Votes: 828
43. The Silent Enemy (1958)
Not Rated | 112 min | Action, Biography, History
During WW2, Italian Navy divers use underwater chariots to mine the keels of British warships, forcing the British to send underwater demolition expert Lionel Crabbe and his team to counter these enemy actions.
Director: William Fairchild | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Dawn Addams, Michael Craig, John Clements
Votes: 853
44. William Tell (1958–1959)
30 min | Adventure, Family, History
Depicts the legend of William Tell, who, as the stories say, shot an apple off of his son's head and lead the rebellion to free Switzerland.
Stars: Conrad Phillips, Willoughby Goddard, Jennifer Jayne, Richard Rogers
Votes: 213
45. The Naked Runner (1967)
101 min | Drama, Thriller
During the Cold War, an American industrial-designer living in London is used by the MI-6 as an unwilling pawn in the spy game during a trip to a trade show in East Germany.
Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Peter Vaughan, Derren Nesbitt, Nadia Gray
Votes: 557
46. Emergency-Ward 10 (1957–1967)
30 min | Drama
Set in Oxbridge General Hospital, this soap opera focused equally on the lives and loves of its medical staff and the pressure of their work.
Stars: Jill Browne, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Frederick Bartman, Desmond Carrington
Votes: 71
47. Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)
Approved | 80 min | Adventure, Drama, History
While King Richard is away at the Crusades, some Nottingham nobles and their Sheriff plot to confiscate estates of fallen Crusaders but Robin Hood and Maid Marian foil their plan.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Richard Greene, Peter Cushing, Niall MacGinnis, Richard Pasco
Votes: 1,490
48. Not Now Darling (1973)
R | 97 min | Comedy
A mad cap British farce about mistresses and minks in the London fur salon of Bodley, Bodley, and Crouch. Gilbert Bodley plans to sell an expensive mink to a mobster dirt cheap for his wife... See full summary »
Directors: Ray Cooney, David Croft | Stars: Geraldine Gardner, Leslie Phillips, Julie Ege, Joan Sims
Votes: 256
49. Doctor Who Unbound (2003–2025)
Sci-Fi
Doctor Who Unbound poses the question: What if...? A fascinating view of how the series and the character of the Doctor might have developed in eight different scenarios.
Stars: Nicholas Briggs, Colin Baker, Ian Brooker, Jez Fielder
50. ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
An anthology series from the U.K., from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television.
Stars: Derek Francis, Alfred Burke, Arthur Hewlett, Esther Lawrence
Votes: 95