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51. Two's Company (1975–1979)
30 min | Comedy
An American author hires a British butler and discovers that they are polar opposites.
Stars: Elaine Stritch, Donald Sinden, John Savident, Penelope Keith
Votes: 276
52. Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House (1985)
391 min | Drama, Crime
The great case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce drags on, an obsession to all involved. Then a question of inheritance becomes a question of murder.
Stars: Denholm Elliott, Suzanne Burden, Jonathan Moore, Diana Rigg
Votes: 415
53. Billy Liar (1973–1974)
30 min | Comedy
Billy is an idealistic young man who is trapped in a boring life. He works in a tedious job in an undertaker's office with a permanently uptight employer, dates a soppy girl who fails to ... See full summary »
Stars: Jeff Rawle, George A. Cooper, Pamela Vezey, May Warden
Votes: 69
54. 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: 70
55. Home to Roost (1985–1990)
25 min | Comedy
John Thaw is Henry Willows, a middle-aged man in middle-management who has been divorced from his wife for seven years and is perfectly happy with the arrangement. Apart from his prudish ... See full summary »
Stars: John Thaw, Reece Dinsdale, Elizabeth Bennett, Joan Blackham
Votes: 310
56. The Man Who Cried (1993 TV Movie)
157 min | Drama
Abel Mason is a man caught in a loveless marriage with a harridan wife who constantly berates him and beats their son Dick. When the one woman he loves dies at the hands of her husband ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Whyte | Stars: Ciarán Hinds, Kate Buffery, Amanda Root, Daniel Massey
Votes: 325
57. Hitler's S.S.: Portrait in Evil (1985 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 135 min | Drama, War
The story of Helmut and Karl Hoffmann. Both come of age at the start of Hitler's power in Germany. Helmut joins the SS and eventually becomes a successful flag rank officer. Karl joins the ... See full summary »
Director: Jim Goddard | Stars: John Shea, Bill Nighy, Lucy Gutteridge, David Warner
Votes: 869
58. The Games (1970)
G | 100 min | Drama, Sport
Four marathon runners (one from England, one from the U.S., a Czechoslovakian, and an Australian Aborigine) prepare to run in the Olympic games. The film follows each one and shows what their motivations are for running in the games.
Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Michael Crawford, Stanley Baker, Ryan O'Neal, Charles Aznavour
Votes: 508
59. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
60. Brat Farrar (1986)
155 min | Drama, Mystery
When a lookalike agrees to impersonate a presumed dead heir, he suspects the death wasn't accidental as he gets close to the family.
Stars: Mark Greenstreet, Angela Browne, Frederick Treves, Dominique Barnes
Votes: 134
61. The Dick Emery Show (1963–1981)
30 min | Comedy
Comedy skits featuring the talents of Mr Dick Emery.
Stars: Dick Emery, Pat Coombs, Victor Maddern, Helen Fraser
Votes: 213
62. The Shadow of the Tower (1972)
Biography, Drama, History
A series recording the key events in the reign of Henry Tudor and his founding of the Tudor Dynasty
Stars: James Maxwell, Bruce Hodgkins, Norma West, Hugh Sullivan
Votes: 229
63. Happy Ever After (1974–1979)
30 min | Comedy
Terry and June Fletcher are a middle-aged, middle-class couple who find themselves alone when their adult daughters Susan and Debbie leave home. But they're not along for long before Aunt ... See full summary »
Stars: Terry Scott, June Whitfield, Beryl Cooke, Caroline Whitaker
Votes: 90
64. Great Expectations (1981)
30 min | Drama
A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.
Stars: Gerry Sundquist, Tim Munro, Derek Francis, Colin Jeavons
Votes: 177
65. Lady Killers (1980–1981)
60 min | Crime, Drama
British drama about famous murder cases involving women.
Stars: Robert Morley, Andrew Johns, Charles Kay, Lewis Fiander
Votes: 45
66. Blackeyes (1989)
196 min | Drama
Blackeyes is an attempt to explore "what does go on between men and women in their heads, to show the possibilities of the ways that they see each other." Complex and multi-layered, the ... See full summary »
Stars: Michael Gough, Carol Royle, Nigel Planer, Gina Bellman
Votes: 205
67. Bartleby (II) (1970)
PG | 78 min | Drama
An asocial and enigmatic office clerk refuses to do his work, leaving it up to his boss to decide what should be done with him.
Director: Anthony Friedman | Stars: Paul Scofield, John McEnery, Thorley Walters, Colin Jeavons
Votes: 415
68. BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960–1963)
60 min | Drama
BBC Sunday-Night Play is the anthology drama series which replaced Sunday Night Theatre in 1960.
Stars: Brian Rix, Joby Blanshard, Cyril Luckham, John Bennett
Votes: 131
69. ITV Television Playhouse (1955–1967)
60 min | Drama
Richard O. Sullivan as a child genius in the play "Honour Bright".
Stars: Campbell Singer, Thomas Heathcote, Richard Caldicot, June Brown
Votes: 67
70. Mr. Majeika (1988– )
G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
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: 54
71. Saturday Playhouse (1958–1961)
60 min | Drama
An anthology series of dramatisations of plays.
Stars: Elvi Hale, Madoline Thomas, George A. Cooper, Emrys Jones
72. K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend (1981 TV Movie)
50 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi
One time companion of the Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith returns to Earth and carries on with her journalist career. Now, in 1981, she has managed to rebuild her career and has come, a matter of ... See full summary »
Director: John Black | Stars: Elisabeth Sladen, John Leeson, Bill Fraser, Ian Sears
Votes: 668
73. Travelling Man (1984– )
60 min | Crime, Drama
After completing a 2 year prison sentence for a bribe he didn't take, Ex-Detective Inspector Alan Lomax wants answers. Lomax has at least one luxury left - a narrowboat, and it's on the ... See full summary »
Stars: Leigh Lawson, Terry Taplin, Tony Doyle, Sue Robinson
Votes: 97
74. Churchill's People (1974–1975)
50 min | Drama, History, War
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
75. Hannay (1988–1989)
52 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Richard Hannay is a man of his times: an Edwardian gentleman and adventurer, a mining engineer from South Africa of Scottish origin, who lives by his own standards and wits, upholding a ... See full summary »
Stars: Robert Powell, Christopher Scoular, Gavin Richards, Jill Meager
Votes: 208
76. Theatre 625 (1964–1968)
90 min | Drama
Drama anthology series transmitted on BBC Two.
Stars: Michael Bryant, Judi Dench, Maurice Denham, Margery Mason
Votes: 48
77. Prospects (1986)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
Prospects is a comedy drama series originally shown on Channel 4. The 12 episodes followed two East End 'geezer' characters - Jimmy 'Pincy' Pince played by Gary Olsen and Billy 'Bill' ... See full summary »
Stars: Gary Olsen, Brian Bovell, Peter Lovstrom, Chrissie Cotterill
Votes: 205
78. Paradise Postponed (1986)
569 min | Drama
A clergyman, famous for his support of left-wing causes, dies, and surprises his family by leaving a great deal of money to a Conservative Member of Parliament. Why?
Stars: Annette Crosbie, Paul Shelley, Peter Egan, David Threlfall
Votes: 141
79. David Copperfield (1966)
25 min | Drama
A gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.
Stars: Ian McKellen, Flora Robson, Tina Packer, Hannah Gordon
Votes: 76
80. Diagnosis: Murder (1974)
PG-13 | 95 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Anonymous notes accuse a psychiatrist of having murdered his wife. A bedraggled policeman attempts to uncover the truth behind her disappearance.
Director: Sidney Hayers | Stars: Jon Finch, Judy Geeson, Christopher Lee, Tony Beckley
Votes: 287
81. The Bretts (1987–1989)
60 min | Drama
1920s family of actors deals with the day to day of the theater business.
Stars: Norman Rodway, Barbara Murray, Belinda Lang, George Winter
Votes: 81
82. Wodehouse Playhouse (1974–1978)
30 min | Comedy, Romance
A series of dramatisations of some of P. G. Wodehouse's comic short stories - in which P. G. Wodehouse, himself, introduced some of the early episodes.
Stars: John Alderton, Pauline Collins, P.G. Wodehouse, Paul McDowell
Votes: 147
83. Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965–1973)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television.
Stars: Robin Chadwick, Donald Sinden, Helen Lindsay, Paul Moriarty
Votes: 57
84. The Man in Room 17 (1965–1966)
60 min | Crime, Thriller, Drama
Crime series about a secret government department, "Room 17", set up to deal with crimes that baffle police and government agencies. Headed by veteran World War II Agent Oldenshaw (Richard ... See full summary »
Stars: Richard Vernon, Michael Aldridge, Denholm Elliott, Willoughby Goddard
Votes: 53
85. Mr. Rose (1967–1968)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Chief Inspector Rose, previously seen in 'The Odd Man' and 'It's Dark Outside', has retired from the police and intends to write his memoirs - but is constantly distracted by intriguing mysteries.
Stars: William Mervyn, Donald Webster, Gillian Lewis, Graham Armitage
Votes: 50
86. Jackanory Playhouse (1972–1985)
30 min | Drama, Family
A spin-off series from "Jackanory", was "Jackanory Playhouse" (1972-85), which was a series of thirty-minute dramatisations.
Stars: Peter Settelen, Maurice Denham, Patsy Smart, George Innes
Votes: 18
87. The Blackheath Poisonings (1992)
180 min | Crime, Drama, History
The investigation of Paul Vandervent into the mysterious death of his father brings further discord among two feuding families tied together in business and marriage, living under the same roof.
Stars: Christine Kavanagh, Ian McNeice, Zoë Wanamaker, Judy Parfitt
Votes: 181
88. Sir Francis Drake (1961–1962)
25 min | Adventure, Family
The adventures of Sir Francis Drake during the 1500's. Sir Francis is probably one of the most famous explorers of the high seas. The twenty six episodes of the series are about his ... See full summary »
Stars: Terence Morgan, Jean Kent, Michael Crawford, Milton Reid
Votes: 149
89. Detective (1964–1969)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Anthology series featuring adaptations of detective stories.
Stars: Rupert Davies, Ralph Michael, Barbara Couper, Esmond Knight
Votes: 27
90. Great Expectations (1959)
30 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.
Stars: Dinsdale Landen, Colin Jeavons, Michael Gwynn, Kenneth Thornett
91. Pride and Prejudice (1958)
30 min | Drama
Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have five unmarried daughters, and Mrs. Bennet is especially eager to find suitable husbands for them. When the rich single gentlemen Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy come to ... See full summary »
Stars: Alan Badel, Marian Spencer, Jane Downs, Susan Lyall Grant
Votes: 24
92. Charters & Caldicott (1985– )
50 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Two cricket-loving Englishman, now elderly, get involved in a bizarre plot which seems to involve espionage.
Stars: Robin Bailey, Michael Aldridge, Tessa Peake-Jones, Caroline Blakiston
Votes: 74
93. Secret Friends (1991)
97 min | Drama, Fantasy
During a train ride, an anxiety attack leads middle-aged illustrator John (Sir Alan Bates) into an identity crisis. As his marital problems merge and blur into his fantasy life with ... See full summary »
Director: Dennis Potter | Stars: Alan Bates, Gina Bellman, Frances Barber, Tony Doyle
Votes: 145
94. Fairly Secret Army (1984–1986)
30 min | Comedy
A retired British Army major tries to fight the forces of anarchy by setting up a supposedly secret taskforce.
Stars: Geoffrey Palmer, Diane Fletcher, Michael Robbins, Liz Fraser
Votes: 66
95. Kinvig (1981)
30 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Lazy, unambitious repairman and UFO enthusiast Des Kinvig encounters a spaceship captained by the beautiful Miss Griffin from Mercury. Or is it all just the fantasy of a man having a quiet breakdown?
Stars: Tony Haygarth, Patsy Rowlands, Prunella Gee, Colin Jeavons
Votes: 83
96. London Belongs to Me (1977)
50 min | Drama
This drama focuses on London lodging house in the early days of World War Two. Stories ranged from within the house to the drama of Dunkirk.
Stars: Derek Farr, Madge Ryan, Fiona Gray, Patricia Hayes
Votes: 25
97. Play Away (1971–1984)
Comedy, Family, Music
Songs, jokes and sketches with Brian Cant and the Play Away crew.
Stars: Brian Cant, Jonathan Cohen, Spike Heatley, Alan Rushton
Votes: 64
98. Przygody misia Colargola (1968–1974)
14 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Hector the Rat teams up with his fellow denizens of Pretty Wood, including the titular Colargol (a young girl) and the unimaginatively named Crow (a crow), to head off to Holland.
Stars: Irena Siempinska, Claude Joseph, Henri Virlojeux, Georges Atlas
Votes: 143
99. The Old Curiosity Shop (1979–1980)
30 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The story of Nell Trent, a beautiful young girl. An orphan, she lives with her Grandfather in The Old Curiosity Shop in London.
Stars: Sebastian Shaw, Trevor Peacock, Natalie Ogle, Granville Saxton
Votes: 82
100. The Doctors (1969–1972)
30 min | Drama
The series was set around a general practice in north London and leading cast members included: Justine Lord, Nigel Stock, Barry Justice, Richard Leech, Isla Blair and Lynda La Plante (... See full summary »
Stars: Richard Leech, Justine Lord, Pamela Duncan, John Barrie
Votes: 21