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51. The Sign of Four (1983 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Mystery
Hired by a young lady, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate the strange recent deaths of her missing father's friends from the army, as well as the whereabouts of the Great Mogul, the second-largest diamond in the world.
Director: Desmond Davis | Stars: Ian Richardson, David Healy, Thorley Walters, Cherie Lunghi
Votes: 842
52. Strange (2002–2003)
60 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
John Strange is an ex-priest who had dedicated his life to hunting down demons and the darker side of the church, a task which some of his former bosses stand in the way of.
Stars: Richard Coyle, Samantha Womack, Ian Richardson, Samuel Barnett
Votes: 429
53. The Great War: 1914-1918 (1996)
Documentary, Biography, History
A unique first-person narrative, sewn together from genuine testimonies of frontline soldiers.
Stars: Judi Dench, Salome Jens, Jay Winter, Jürgen Prochnow
Votes: 378
54. Nero (2004 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 192 min | Biography, Drama, War
A six-episode mini-series covering five centuries of the Roman Empire.
Director: Paul Marcus | Stars: Hans Matheson, Laura Morante, Rike Schmid, Matthias Habich
Votes: 702
55. The Mike Douglas Show (1961–1982)
Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Mike Douglas, aided by a different celebrity co-host every week, interviews a variety of figures from the world of entertainment.
Stars: Mike Douglas, Ellie Frankel, Ellie Frankel Sextet, Stan Kann
Votes: 579
56. The Woman in White (1982– )
55 min | Mystery, Thriller
In Victorian England, Laura and her half-sister Marian are entwined in a terrifying web of deceit. Laura's doppelganger, a mysterious woman dressed all in white, may hold the key to unlock the mystery.
Stars: Diana Quick, Ian Richardson, John Shrapnel, Jenny Seagrove
Votes: 249
57. Burning Secret (1988)
PG | 106 min | Drama
While being treated for asthma at a country spa, an American diplomat's lonely 12-year-old son is befriended and infatuated by a suave, mysterious baron. During a story of his war ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Birkin | Stars: David Eberts, Faye Dunaway, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Ian Richardson
Votes: 516
58. Camera Three (1955–1980)
30 min | Drama
A weekly examination of the arts and literature, on Sunday mornings when there was more likely to be an audience interested in such matters and there was less competition for ratings.
Stars: James Macandrew, Faubion Bowers, Margaret Croyden, Alfredo Antonini
Votes: 63
59. An Ungentlemanly Act (1992 TV Movie)
130 min | History, War
Royal Marines defend Government House from Argentine invaders during the events that triggered the Falklands War.
Director: Stuart Urban | Stars: Ian Richardson, Rosemary Leach, Ian McNeice, James Warrior
Votes: 478
60. Gauguin the Savage (1980 TV Movie)
125 min | Biography, Drama
Based on the turbulent life of the temperamental French painter, Paul Gauguin, and his compulsive search for creative freedom which caused him to abandon his wife and five children in Paris for a life of contentement in Tahiti.
Director: Fielder Cook | Stars: David Carradine, Lynn Redgrave, Barrie Houghton, Flora Robson
Votes: 104
61. Theatre Night (1985–1990)
180 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Adaptations of classic and contemporary stage plays.
Stars: Kenneth Cranham, Robert Lang, Natalie Ogle, Dinsdale Landen
Votes: 58
62. Porterhouse Blue (1987)
Not Rated | 200 min | Comedy
Social satire on life on Cambridge College - from the headmaster to the students and even one memorable bedder...
Stars: David Jason, Ian Richardson, Paul Rogers, John Woodnutt
Votes: 512
63. A Royal Scandal (1997 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 59 min | Comedy, Drama
Drama about the matrimonial disaster that took place 200 years ago between George, Prince of Wales and his wife Caroline of Brunswick.
Director: Sheree Folkson | Stars: Richard E. Grant, Susan Lynch, Michael Kitchen, Denis Lawson
Votes: 208
64. A Change of Place (1994 TV Movie)
94 min | Drama, Romance
Kim Jameson is a student at a prominent university while Kate Jameson also known as Dominique, Kim's twin sister, is a troubled model working for the House of Shambertin in Paris. Kate is a... See full summary »
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Rick Springfield, Andrea Roth, Geordie Johnson, Stephanie Beacham
Votes: 576
65. The Plot to Kill Hitler (1990 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, History, Thriller
German Army colonel Count Claus von Stauffenberg plans to assassinate German leader Adolf Hitler on July 20th, 1944 with a briefcase bomb, while other high-ranking plotters in Berlin are preparing to take power in a coup.
Director: Lawrence Schiller | Stars: Brad Davis, Madolyn Smith Osborne, Ian Richardson, Kenneth Colley
Votes: 516
66. Twist of Fate (1989)
240 min | Drama
An attempted assassination plot against Hitler sends one of his trusted SS officers into hiding as a Jew (thanks to plastic surgery and false papers) in a concentration camp. After the camp... See full summary »
Stars: Ben Cross, John Glover, Bruce Greenwood, Paul Freeman
Votes: 375
67. Brass (1983–1990)
30 min | Comedy
This spoof of soap-operas was set around two feuding families, the wealthy Hardacres headed by the ruthless capitalist Bradley Hardacre and the poor, working-class Fairchilds headed by the stern socialist Jack Fairchild.
Stars: Timothy West, Caroline Blakiston, James Saxon, Gail Harrison
Votes: 186
68. Number 10 (1983)
52 min | Biography, Drama, History
The private lives of seven British prime ministers who resided at 10 Downing Street between the 1780s-1920s, including Pitt the Younger, Wellesley, Disraeli, Gladstone, Lloyd George, Asquith and MacDonald.
Stars: Neville Barber, Bernard Archard, Jeremy Brett, Denis Quilley
Votes: 52
69. King of the Wind (1990)
PG | 103 min | Adventure
In 1727, an Arab colt is born with the signs of the wheat ear and the white spot on his heel, evil and good and thus begins the life of Sham.
Director: Peter Duffell | Stars: Richard Harris, Glenda Jackson, Frank Finlay, Jenny Agutter
Votes: 224
70. Ike: The War Years (1979 TV Movie)
Biography, Drama, War
Dramatization of the World War II years of Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Directors: Boris Sagal, Melville Shavelson | Stars: Robert Duvall, Lee Remick, Dana Andrews, J.D. Cannon
Votes: 188
71. Troubles (1988)
208 min | Drama
A grand hotel fallen into decay, two women with secrets, and a dangerous political situation about to boil over: these intriguing elements all combine in this gripping drama from the ... See full summary »
Stars: Ian Charleson, Ian Richardson, Emer Gillespie, Cathleen Delany
Votes: 80
72. Private Schulz (1981)
310 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The Time - WWII, the place - Germany. The Germans have a plan to destroy the British economy by flooding the country with forged £5 notes. Private Schultz is coerced into organizing a gang of unwilling volunteers.
Stars: Michael Elphick, Ian Richardson, Cyril Shaps, Billie Whitelaw
Votes: 445
73. The Gravy Train (1990)
205 min | Comedy
Follows the misadventures of idealistic young Eurocrat Hans Joachim Dorfmann, who gets involved with EU politics, rotting plums, shady fixers, and the Machiavellian schemes of the self-serving British diplomat Michael Spearpoint.
Stars: Christoph Waltz, Ian Richardson, Almanta Suska, Alexei Sayle
Votes: 107
74. Masterpiece Theatre: Lord Mountbatten - The Last Viceroy (1986)
R | 306 min | Biography, Drama
The Story of the last viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten
Stars: Nicol Williamson, Janet Suzman, Ian Richardson, Sam Dastor
Votes: 206
75. Foreign Affairs (1993 TV Movie)
PG | 100 min | Comedy, Romance
Two couples find love and comfort in London. A reserved, but lonely aging American female college professor meets a self-confident, married, but disillusioned aging American and aging English actress meets a young lively American.
Director: Jim O'Brien | Stars: Joanne Woodward, Brian Dennehy, Eric Stoltz, Stephanie Beacham
Votes: 172
76. A Deadly Game (1979 TV Movie)
104 min | Thriller
Charlie Muffin, top British Intelligence operative, has just broken up a major Soviet spy network in England. However, a new Director with new ideas takes over and wants Charlie out. But ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Gold | Stars: David Hemmings, Sam Wanamaker, Jennie Linden, Pinkas Braun
Votes: 238
77. Remember (1993 TV Movie)
174 min | Drama
Nicky Wells, a TV journalist who is renowned for her hard-hitting reports from the worlds most dangerous spots, is haunted by the disappearance of her fiancé.
Director: John Herzfeld | Stars: Donna Mills, Stephen Collins, Derek de Lint, Ian Richardson
Votes: 86
78. The Master of Ballantrae (1984 TV Movie)
150 min | Adventure
The story of two brothers, Scottish noblemen whose family is torn apart by the Jacobite rising of 1745.
Director: Douglas Hickox | Stars: Richard Thomas, Michael York, John Gielgud, Timothy Dalton
Votes: 203
79. Eyeless in Gaza (1971– )
45 min | Drama
Adaptation of Aldous Huxley's novel, following the personal and spiritual progress of Anthony Beavis in the years between the world wars.
Stars: Michael Gambon, Ian Richardson, Lynn Farleigh, John Laurie
Votes: 20
80. The Canterville Ghost (1997 TV Movie)
Unrated | 89 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
An American millionaire moves into an historic and imposing mansion, which comes complete with its very own eccentric ghost.
Director: Crispin Reece | Stars: Ian Richardson, Celia Imrie, Sarah-Jane Potts, Rolf Saxon
Votes: 209
81. Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes - Dr. Bell & Mr. Doyle (2011)
117 min | Mystery
Doyle is a young medical student who becomes the assistant to Dr. Bell. Doyle attends lectures at the university during the time of the first female students and the resistance from the ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Seed | Stars: Charles Dance, Robin Laing, Ian Richardson, Dolly Wells
82. Bicentennial Minutes (1974– )
1 min | Short, History
Minute-long "on this day in history" shorts, used a countdown to America's bicentennial.
Stars: Walter Cronkite, Cleveland Amory, Edward Asner, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 51
83. Twice Upon a Time (2006)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy
Thirty years ago they were lovers. Their affair fascinated a nation. Louis was a director and Alice was his muse. Then came the breakup It too, was public and painful. They have not met ... See full summary »
Director: Antoine de Caunes | Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Jean Rochefort, Isabelle Nanty, Ian Richardson
Votes: 717
84. The Magician's House (1999)
30 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Mary and her cousins, Alice and William are visiting Mary's father in his new house over Christmas. After encountering a time-travelling wizard and several talking animals, they realize that not everything is as it seems in the old house.
Stars: Ian Richardson, Neil Pearson, Siân Phillips, Katie Stuart
Votes: 212
85. Grey Poupon: Pardon Me (1981 Video)
1 min | Short
The first ad in Grey Poupon's original campaign, in which two men share some Dijon mustard through the windows of their Rolls Royces.
Director: Harold Becker | Stars: Paul Eddington, Ian Richardson
Votes: 5
86. Festival (I) (1963–1964)
60 min | Drama
An hour-long UK dramatic anthology series produced by the BBC from 1963-64, with a total of 32 episodes adapted from writers ranging from William Shakespeare to Samuel Beckett. Stars ... See full summary »
Stars: David Garfield, Cyril Cusack, John Wood, John Welsh
Votes: 20
87. The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt (2005 TV Movie)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
Clive and Ruth have moved, but Dave and Cath and Rob and Leone are taking part in a treasure hunt, organized by the enthusiastic Laurence and invite the visiting Daniel--who is surprised to... See full summary »
Director: Paul Seed | Stars: Neil Pearson, Mark Benton, Brian Murphy, Anne Reid
Votes: 194
88. The Gravy Train Goes East (1991)
215 min | Comedy
A newly "liberated" Eastern European backwater of Slaka, headed by president/romantic novelist Katya Princip, aims to join the EU. Unfortunately, its sole supporter is Hans Joachim Dorfmann.
Stars: Christoph Waltz, Ian Richardson, András Bálint, Frigyes Hollósi
Votes: 71
89. The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering (2006 TV Movie)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
Rob has left Leone to move in with Jackie and does not attend Elsie's funeral with the others. Grace is keen to scatter her mother's ashes on her beloved Yorkshire moors and Leone and Cath ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Seed | Stars: Neil Pearson, Mark Benton, Brian Murphy, Anne Reid
Votes: 154
90. Churchill and the Generals (1979 TV Movie)
180 min | Drama, History, War
The complicated relationship between Winston Churchill and the leaders of the British army during World War II.
Director: Alan Gibson | Stars: Timothy West, Eric Porter, Arthur Hill, Joseph Cotten
Votes: 94
91. The Whole Hog: Making Terry Pratchett's 'Hogfather' (2006 TV Special)
46 min | Documentary
A documentary about the making of Hogfather (2006).
Director: Paula Nightingale | Stars: Mark Arden, Terry Pratchett, Vadim Jean, Ian Richardson
Votes: 129
92. As You Like It (1963 TV Movie)
140 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After the overthrowing of Duke Senior by his tyrannical brother, Senior's daughter Rosalind disguises herself as a man and sets out to find her banished father while also counseling her clumsy suitor Orlando in the art of wooing.
Directors: Michael Elliott, Ronald Eyre | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Patrick Allen, Max Adrian, Patrick Wymark
Votes: 160
93. The Darwin Adventure (1972)
G | 91 min | Biography, Drama
Victorian naturalist Charles Darwin sails on the HMS Beagle and returns with a shocking theory of evolution.
Director: Jack Couffer | Stars: Nicholas Clay, Susan Macready, Ian Richardson, Christopher Martin
Votes: 46
94. Star Quality (1985 TV Movie)
75 min | Comedy
In 1940's England, a young playwright is getting his first play produced by an important director. But the director wants to get a temperamental actress for the lead. And when Lorraine ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Dossor | Stars: Susannah York, Ian Richardson, Peter Chelsom, David Yelland
Votes: 65
95. Happy Birthday BBC Two (2004 TV Movie)
180 min | Documentary
A night celebrating 40 years to the day of BBC Two Television. Interspread with the talking heads, information and clips were "Dead Ringers Birthday Treats", bitesize segments of comedy ... See full summary »
Directors: Jonathan Gershfield, Pati Marr | Stars: Michael Abbensetts, Fiona Allen, Michael Angelis, Michael Appleton
Votes: 60
96. Much Ado About Nothing (1978 TV Movie)
Comedy, Romance
Director: Donald McWhinnie | Stars: Anthony Andrews, Rayner Bourton, Nigel Davenport, Penelope Keith
Votes: 35
97. Words Upon the Window Pane (1994)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama
This film is based on the one-act play by W B Yeats and concerns another great figure from Irish literature, Jonathan Swift, whose spirit, with those of his two lovers, Stella and Vanessa, ... See full summary »
Director: Mary McGuckian | Stars: Geraldine Chaplin, Brid Brennan, Geraldine James, Hugh O'Conor
Votes: 86
98. The Revenue Men (1967–1968)
50 min | Drama
The Investigation Branch of Customs and Excise headed by Caesar Smith (Ewen Solon) deal with smugglers of arms, drugs and people.
Stars: Ewen Solon, Calum Mill, James Grant, Claire Nielson
Votes: 12
99. Canterbury Tales (1969)
50 min
Adaptation of Chaucer's tales, told by pilgrims on their journey from London to Canterbury.
Stars: Joss Ackland, William Squire, John Cater, Timothy Bateson
Votes: 7
100. The Magician's House II (2000– )
30 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Stars: Steven Webb, Katie Stuart, Stephen Fry, Siân Phillips
Votes: 46