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51.
The Chinese Detective (1981–1982)
Episode:
Trials
(1982)
Crime, Drama
A released prisoner, a smashed window and a terrified wife lead Detective Sergeant John Ho to discover that past crimes breed present strife and future violence.
Director: Ian Toynton | Stars: David Yip, Derek Martin, Arthur Kelly, Maurice Denham
Votes: 5
52.
Counterstrike (1969– )
Episode:
On Ice
(1969)
Sci-Fi
A fungus that the other world need to support life is discovered at Arctic base. The base has lost contact with outside world so King and Mary travel to get it. Somebody among the crew will stop at nothing to get the fungus.
Director: Malcolm Taylor | Stars: Jon Finch, Sarah Brackett, Tom Watson, Norman Claridge
53.
Escape (1980– )
Episode:
The Cartland Murder
(1980)
Drama
19th March 1973; John Basil Cartland and son Jeremy were taking their caravan from Spain to Pelissanne in France. Police found it a blaze. Jeremy was in hospital but his father was later found murdered and he the only suspect.
Director: John Bird | Stars: Christopher Banks, Neville Barber, Tim Barlow, Roger Booth
54.
Happiness (2001–2003)
Episode:
I'm Doing It for Me
(2001)
30 min | Comedy
Life requires some sacrifices. Danny's face lift leaves him in a balaclava and Angus finds nipple piercings can ruin a designer shirt.
Director: Declan Lowney | Stars: Paul Whitehouse, Fiona Allen, Mark Heap, Clive Russell
Votes: 9
55.
Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
Episode:
Dead on Time
(1992)
TV-14 | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A respected, dying Oxford don, husband of Morse's former fiancée, apparently shoots himself, but his doctor asserts that he was not capable of firing a gun.
Director: John Madden | Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Brendan O'Hea, David Haig
Votes: 905
56.
May to December (1989–1994)
Episode:
Too Close for Comfort
(1991)
Comedy
With the homeless Jamie sleeping on Zoe's sofa the house hunting begins in earnest though it takes a while for Zoe and Alec to find a home upon which they both agree and even then their ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Harrison | Stars: Anton Rodgers, Lesley Dunlop, Frances White, Rebecca Lacey
Votes: 6
57.
Oil Strike North (1975– )
Episode:
Storm Clouds
(1975)
Adventure, Drama
Triumph Oil start a PR campaign to counter stories by local newspaper editor Angus Gallacher who stirs up MP Calvert. Ward and McGraw's relationship reaches breaking point when they disagree about policy.
Director: Michael Hayes | Stars: Nigel Davenport, Michael Witney, Angela Douglas, Barbara Shelley
58.
On the Up (1990–1992)
Episode:
Douglas
(1990)
Comedy
Sam gets a call to drive a mystery woman to the airport. It turns out to be Ruth,who is going on holiday with a new lover but did not have the guts to tell Tony herself and wanted Sam to ... See full summary »
Director: Gareth Gwenlan | Stars: Dennis Waterman, Judy Buxton, Sam Kelly, Joan Sims
Votes: 18
59.
Rockliffe's Babies (1987– )
Episode:
A Trip to the Zoo
(1988)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
Members of Rockliffe's squad make hasty character assessments. Wayne is an animal; Chris is a charmer. Both judgements have to be revised on closer inspection.
Director: Clive Fleury | Stars: Ian Hogg, Bill Champion, John Blakey, Joe McGann
60.
Sorry! (1981–1988)
Episode:
Flying Lessons
(1988)
Comedy
Timothy is now dating Pippa, the young lady who crash-landed on the house. Mother has announced her intention to divorce her husband, sell the house and move in with Timothy,, but with ... See full summary »
Director: David Askey | Stars: Ronnie Corbett, Barbara Lott, William Moore, Marguerite Hardiman
Votes: 13
61.
Z Cars (1962–1978)
Episode:
Weekend with Sally: Part 1
(1970)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
John Meaker reports that his wife Freda is ninety minutes late returning from collecting payments for her Clothing Club. Sgt Lynch can only warn officers to be on the look out. Next morning a woman finds a pair legs stuffed in her dustbin.
Director: Gerald Blake | Stars: Apple Brook, James Ellis, Douglas Fielding, John Franklyn-Robbins
62.
Z Cars (1962–1978)
Episode:
Weekend with Sally: Part 2
(1970)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
Supt. Jackson leads the murder inquiry but officers only discover of a woman's head. Newtown police go door to door looking at the names in Mrs. Meeker's collection book. PC Quilley sneaks a patch of blood exposed by Jennings decorating.
Director: Gerald Blake | Stars: Neville Barber, Ian Cullen, Desmond Cullum-Jones, James Ellis
63.
Father Brown (1974)
Episode:
The Quick One
(1974)
TV-14 | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A hotel bar with an exotic, Far East décor provides the ironic setting for the murder of John Raggley, a village curmudgeon who rails against immigrants. Only Father Brown can deduce the truth in the drink that became Raggley's last.
Director: Ian Fordyce | Stars: Kenneth More, Dennis Burgess, Bernard Lee, Penelope Horner
Votes: 56
64.
The Bill (1984–2010)
Episode:
It's a Small World
(1992)
TV-14 | 25 min | Crime, Drama
Thinking of leaving the force , DC Dashwood is tempted by a lucrative business opportunity with a firm of security consultants.
Director: Bill Pryde | Stars: Eric Richard, Jon Iles, Andrew Mackintosh, Nula Conwell
Votes: 33
65.
The Bill (1984–2010)
Episode:
You Don't Always Get What You Want
(1993)
TV-14 | 25 min | Crime, Drama
D.S. Greig leads a CID raid on the house of a burglary suspect, where W.P.C. Ackland arrests a young mother for possession of heroin. P.C. Stamp and W.P.C. Page deal with a teenager who spots her bicycle on sale in a local shop.
Director: Chris Clough | Stars: Kerry Peers, Andrew Mackintosh, Graham Cole, Lisa Geoghan
Votes: 18
66.
The Brothers (1972–1976)
Episode:
Emergency
(1974)
Drama
Mary's life hangs in the balance. Ted and Jennifer share their guilt for Mary's condition. Brian and Ann return from Ann's convalescence. Ted breaks the news to David and Brian that Mary ... See full summary »
Director: Roderick Graham | Stars: Jean Anderson, Patrick O'Connell, Richard Easton, Robin Chadwick
Votes: 6
67.
The Marriage Lines (1961–1966)
Episode:
Trial Separation
(1963)
Comedy
Stars: Richard Briers, Prunella Scales, Edward de Souza, Alexander John
68.
BBC2 Playhouse (1973–1983)
Episode:
Elizabeth Alone: Part 1
(1981)
Drama
Director: Brian Parker | Stars: Gawn Grainger, Lisa Coleman, Hannah Asprey, Barbara Ferris
69.
The Marriage Lines (1961–1966)
Episode:
The Parting
(1963)
Comedy
Stars: Richard Briers, Prunella Scales, Christine Finn, Edward de Souza
70.
The Misfit (1970–1971)
Episode:
On Management and Labour
(1970)
Comedy
Stars: Ronald Fraser, Sarah Craze, Pauline Delaney, Roy Hanlon
71.
Six Sides Of A Square (1966)
Episode:
An Englishman's Home
(1966)
30 min | Family
Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: Alexander John, Ian Martin
72.
Six Sides Of A Square (1966)
Episode:
Worlds Of Their Own
(1966)
Family
Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: Alexander John, Ian Martin
73.
Six Sides Of A Square (1966)
Episode:
The Leisure Myth
(1966)
Family
Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: Alexander John, Ian Martin
74.
Six Sides Of A Square (1966)
Episode:
A Woman's Place
(1966)
Family
Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: Alexander John, Ian Martin
75.
Six Sides Of A Square (1966)
Episode:
The More We Are Together
(1966)
Family
Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: Alexander John, Ian Martin
76.
Six Sides Of A Square (1966)
Episode:
The Two Nations
(1966)
30 min | Family
Director: Richard Broad | Stars: Alexander John, Ian Martin
77.
Fox (1980)
Episode:
Just Another Villain in a Cheap Suit
(1980)
Drama
Director: Jim Goddard | Stars: Elizabeth Spriggs, Bernard Hill, Derrick O'Connor, Larry Lamb
78.
Bird of Prey (1982– )
Episode:
Printout Urgent
(1982)
Thriller
Henry at bay. His home in ruins, his allies and hard-won.
Director: Michael Rolfe | Stars: Richard Griffiths, Carole Nimmons, Nigel Davenport, Jeremy Child
79.
Class Act (1994–1995)
Episode:
Episode #2.1
(1995)
Comedy, Drama
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Joanna Lumley, Richard Vernon, Nadine Garner, John Bowe
80.
The Dragon's Opponent (1973– )
Episode:
The Drawn Sword
(1973)
Drama
Director: Gerald Blake | Stars: Ronald Pickup, Michael Anthony, Paul Antrim, Neville Barber
81.
Spy! (1980– )
Episode:
Camp 020
(1980)
Crime, Drama
In 1940, Dane, Abwehr agent Hans Anderson picked up by British Intelligence and taken to Camp 020. Refusing to be a collaborate he was mentally tortured until broken. He then became part of the Double Cross network.
Director: John Bird | Stars: Paul Gregory, Gavin Campbell, Paul Toothill, Alan Downer
82.
Spy! (1980– )
Episode:
Cynthia
(1980)
Crime, Drama
British spymaster, William Stephenson, known as Intrepid, runs American agent Elizabeth Thorpe; code name Cynthia. Working in the Washington Embassy she seduced Vichy French officials to gain Enigma ciphers and secrets.
Director: John Bird | Stars: Holly Palance, Philip Madoc, Robert MacLeod, Vernon Dobtcheff
83.
Spy! (1980– )
Episode:
John Vassall
(1980)
Crime, Drama
John Vassall, a minor Foreign Office official, succumbs to his homosexual urges on a trip to Moscow and finds himself being blackmailed by the KGB into becoming one of their spies.
Director: Ben Rea | Stars: John Normington, Paul Bacon, Hugh Lund, Janette Legge
84.
Spy! (1980– )
Episode:
The Murder Machine
(1980)
Crime, Drama
Bogden Stashinsky was trained to be part of the KGB's "Murder Machine" assassinating other Ukrainians. However he slowly became disenchanted with live in the Soviet Union and, with his wife, defected to the west.
Director: Ben Rea | Stars: Clive Merrison, Frederick Farley, David Burke, John Woodnutt
85.
Spy! (1980– )
Episode:
The Tokyo Ring
(1980)
Crime, Drama
In pre-war Japan, Richard Sorge, an alcoholic journalist and Communist, starts a spy ring whilst posing as a Nazi, and its activities against the Japanese continue throughout World War Two.
Director: Tom Clegg | Stars: Richard Johnson, Peter Jeffrey, Doreen Ubels, Ric Young
86.
Spy! (1980– )
Episode:
The Venlo Incident
(1980)
Crime, Drama
In 1939, Captain Best and Mayo Stevens work for SIS where they believe they were with working an anti-Hitler group who want peace. Instead their file reached Reinhard Heydrich and ultimately captured on the Dutch border.
Director: Brian Parker | Stars: Edgar Wreford, Dilys Price, Keith James, Geoffrey Bayldon
Votes: 5
88.
Survival (1961– )
Episode:
The Mouthbreeders
(1984)
Documentary
The story of the small fish which live along the rocky shores of Lake Malawi in Africa which, because of their colourful markings, have become prized specimens in aquariums.
Star: Alexander John
94.
The Franchise Affair (1988)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1988)
Drama
Schoolgirl Betty Cox runs out on to the road and collapses in front of a passing lorry. The police are called in where she claims she has been held prisoner for a week at the Franchise. Marion Sharpe begs lawyer Robert Blair for help.
Director: Leonard Lewis | Stars: Patrick Malahide, Joanna McCallum, Rosalie Crutchley, Alex Jennings
95.
The Franchise Affair (1988)
Episode:
Episode #1.6
(1988)
Drama
The search is on for Bernard Chadwick, the man who was with Betty Kane. During the trial, Kevin McDermott KC produced Chadwick who told the court she traveled to Copenhagen as his wife. His real wife found Betty and beat her up.
Director: Leonard Lewis | Stars: Patrick Malahide, Joanna McCallum, Rosalie Crutchley, Jean Heywood
96.
Night & Day (2001–2003)
Episode:
Trial Seperation
(2002)
Not Rated | Drama
Josh wants Holly to explain why she sent Jane the creepy text messages. When Mike and Fiona tell Tom about their separation, he is devastated.
Director: Brian Farnham | Stars: Lysette Anthony, Spencer Banks, Glynis Barber, Jenna Boyd