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51.
Happy Valley (2014–2023)
Episode:
Episode #2.3
(2016)
TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Tommy urges Frances to go further with her attempts at making Catherine's life a misery.
Director: Neasa Hardiman | Stars: David Crellin, Sarah Lancashire, Siobhan Finneran, Karl Haynes
Votes: 1,001
52. Inspector George Gently (2007–2017)
TV-MA | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
With the help of DS John Bacchus, Inspector George Gently spends his days bringing to justice members of the criminal underworld who are unfortunate enough to have the intrepid investigator assigned to their cases.
Stars: Martin Shaw, Lee Ingleby, Simon Hubbard, Lisa McGrillis
Votes: 8,538
53.
Rose and Maloney (2002–2005)
Episode:
George Parris: Part 1
(2004)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
Vincent Parris asks the CJRA to investigate his father's conviction for the murder of a fellow prisoner, after having been the victim of racist remarks. George Parris had already been ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Gartland | Stars: Sarah Lancashire, Phil Davis, Nisha Nayar, Susan Brown
Votes: 56
54.
Skins (2007–2013)
Episode:
Chris
(2007)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama
Happy-go-lucky party animal Chris wakes up one morning with a hangover and an erection. Nothing unusual there. Until he discovers a grand in cash and a note from his mum saying she's gone ... See full summary »
Director: Adam Smith | Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Joe Dempsie, Hannah Murray, Mitch Hewer
Votes: 1,259
55.
Last Tango in Halifax (2012–2020)
Episode:
Episode #5.4
(2020)
TV-14 | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Gillian is pushed to breaking point at the farm, and Caroline finds herself at the heart of an unlikely love triangle. Ellie airs PC Cheryl's suspicions about Eddie, and a guilt-ridden Raff... See full summary »
Director: Gareth Bryn | Stars: Liam McCheyne, Anne Reid, Jonathan Halliwell, Tony Gardner
Votes: 167
56.
Lark Rise to Candleford (2008–2011)
Episode:
Episode #1.8
(2008)
TV-PG | 53 min | Drama, Romance
The new "school mistress" is an attractive man, causing emotional upheaval among the ladies of Candleford and some concern at the manor.
Director: Marc Jobst | Stars: Linda Bassett, Claudie Blakley, Stephen Campbell Moore, Brendan Coyle
Votes: 152
57.
Lark Rise to Candleford (2008–2011)
Episode:
Episode #2.5
(2009)
TV-PG | 54 min | Drama, Romance
To help out stressed cousin Emma, Dorcas agrees to look after her baby, Annie, at the post office. Thomas is horrified but proves to be far more expert at child-care than Dorcas and her ... See full summary »
Director: Julian Holmes | Stars: Linda Bassett, Ruby Bentall, Claudie Blakley, Brendan Coyle
Votes: 123
58.
Lark Rise to Candleford (2008–2011)
Episode:
Episode #4.2
(2011)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Romance
Daniel launches a poetry competition in his paper. Ruby Pratt, jealous of her sister Pearl's doting on their young lodger, puts it about that the contest is rigged and Laura, as Daniel's ... See full summary »
Director: Susan Tully | Stars: Ben Aldridge, Linda Bassett, Ruby Bentall, Claudie Blakley
Votes: 109
59.
Lark Rise to Candleford (2008–2011)
Episode:
Episode #4.4
(2011)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Romance
Queenie wins a pig at a fair and plans to fatten it up to share with the inhabitants of Lark Rise. However, daft Twister 'sells' it to various Candleford residents and then loses the money.... See full summary »
Director: Patrick Lau | Stars: Ben Aldridge, Linda Bassett, Ruby Bentall, Claudie Blakley
Votes: 95
60.
Upstairs Downstairs (2010–2012)
Episode:
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
(2012)
TV-PG | 59 min | Drama
Suspecting Persie of passing on information to the Germans, Sir Hallam ends their affair and joins his wife in trying to sober up Pritchard, who soon afterwards goes missing. Rose tells ... See full summary »
Director: Anthony Byrne | Stars: Adrian Scarborough, Keeley Hawes, Michael Landes, Ed Stoppard
Votes: 143
61.
Last Tango in Halifax (2012–2020)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2012)
TV-14 | 59 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Alan, on farm, re-unites with childhood sweetheart "glamorous" Celia, learns his late wife kept them apart. Celia's daughter Caroline insults Alan's Gillian and lets husband John move back in.
Director: Euros Lyn | Stars: Anne Reid, Sarah Lancashire, Edward Ashley, Nicola Walker
Votes: 252
62.
Last Tango in Halifax (2012–2020)
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(2012)
TV-14 | 51 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
On the eve of the birthdays of Caroline and Gillian,born on the same day,Alan tells Celia he feels guilty because,although Gillian's husband Eddie killed himself,Alan colluded with his ... See full summary »
Director: Samuel Donovan | Stars: Sarah Lancashire, Meriel Scholfield, Nina Sosanya, Anne Reid
Votes: 190
63.
Rose and Maloney (2002–2005)
Episode:
George Parris: Part 2
(2004)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama
When it turns out that the victim was actually an undercover policeman, Rose and Maloney find themselves in a murky world of corruption and racism, which looks to hold the key to the case. ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Gartland | Stars: Sarah Lancashire, Phil Davis, Lovelace Akpojaro, Terry Bird
Votes: 54
64.
Happy Valley (2014–2023)
Episode:
Episode #2.4
(2016)
TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A birthday gift for Ryan reminds Catherine that danger may be closer than she thinks.
Director: Neasa Hardiman | Stars: Sarah Lancashire, Hebe Beardsall, Keeley Forsyth, Lena Kaur
Votes: 980
65. Alan Bennett's Talking Heads (2020)
413 min | Comedy, Drama
New versions of Alan Bennett's much-loved monologues, with some of the best known British performers of their time.
Stars: Jodie Comer, Martin Freeman, Harriet Walter, Kristin Scott Thomas
Votes: 564
66. Doctor Who Confidential (2005–2011)
TV-PG | 30 min | Documentary
Behind the scenes of the making of Doctor Who (2005) with the cast, crew and directors.
Stars: Russell T. Davies, David Tennant, Steven Moffat, Phil Collinson
Votes: 925
67.
Last Tango in Halifax (2012–2020)
Episode:
Episode #5.3
(2020)
TV-14 | Comedy, Drama, Romance
There's chaos at the bungalow as work begins to strip out the old kitchen. Alan's new supermarket job brings an unexpected challenge in the form of Harrison, and an overburdened Celia is ... See full summary »
Director: Gareth Bryn | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Annie Cowan, Liam McCheyne, Sherelle Armstrong
Votes: 153
68.
Lark Rise to Candleford (2008–2011)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2008)
TV-PG | 53 min | Drama, Romance
When a new baby is born into the family, eldest daughter Laura Timmins is told by her parents that she will have to make her own way in the world. Arrangements have been made for her to ... See full summary »
Director: Charlie Palmer | Stars: Linda Bassett, Claudie Blakley, Brendan Coyle, John Dagleish
Votes: 194
69.
Lark Rise to Candleford (2008–2011)
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(2008)
TV-PG | 53 min | Drama, Romance
A new postal inspector, Mr. Rushton, arrives in Candleford to conduct the annual inspection. It's the man's first visit and his no-nonsense approach does not sit well with Dorcas Lane, who ... See full summary »
Director: Charlie Palmer | Stars: Linda Bassett, Claudie Blakley, Brendan Coyle, John Dagleish
Votes: 162
70.
Lark Rise to Candleford (2008–2011)
Episode:
Episode #2.4
(2009)
TV-PG | 54 min | Drama, Romance
Reverend Ellison dies and at his funeral Margaret is extremely hostile when her long-lost younger brother George appears. He is a qualified doctor who believes in science, not God, and she ... See full summary »
Director: Maurice Phillips | Stars: Linda Bassett, Ruby Bentall, Claudie Blakley, Brendan Coyle
Votes: 120
71.
Lark Rise to Candleford (2008–2011)
Episode:
Episode #2.2
(2009)
TV-PG | 54 min | Drama, Romance
A handsome stranger rides into Candleford, giving away silver three-penny coins. He has come from London to open his new hotel in the town, and Pearl and Ruby Pratt are delighted to welcome... See full summary »
Director: Alan Grint | Stars: Linda Bassett, Ruby Bentall, Claudie Blakley, Brendan Coyle
Votes: 125
72.
Lark Rise to Candleford (2008–2011)
Episode:
Episode #2.10
(2009)
TV-PG | 53 min | Drama, Romance
Constable Patterson's wife falls ill, as she does every autumn, and gives him permission to re-marry if she passes on. He takes a shine to Pearl Pratt, giving her presents, and, whilst she ... See full summary »
Director: Patrick Lau | Stars: Ruby Bentall, Claudie Blakley, Brendan Coyle, John Dagleish
Votes: 111
73.
Lark Rise to Candleford (2008–2011)
Episode:
Episode #2.11
(2009)
TV-PG | 54 min | Drama, Romance
James discovers he has a ten-year-old son, Sidney, whose mother has just died, but he is reluctant to remove the boy from his boarding school, feeling it would unsettle him. Dorcas argues ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Marcus | Stars: Linda Bassett, Ruby Bentall, Claudie Blakley, Brendan Coyle
Votes: 108
74.
Lark Rise to Candleford (2008–2011)
Episode:
Episode #2.12
(2009)
TV-PG | 52 min | Drama, Romance
Whilst James recovers in hospital from his fall Sydney stays with Dorcas, whom he adores, showing no interest in his father, who discharges himself from hospital early, unsuccessfully ... See full summary »
Director: Moira Armstrong | Stars: Linda Bassett, Ruby Bentall, Claudie Blakley, Brendan Coyle
Votes: 118
75.
Lark Rise to Candleford (2008–2011)
Episode:
Episode #3.1
(2010)
TV-PG | 53 min | Drama, Romance
A journalist, Daniel Parish, arrives in Lark Rise with news that Emma Timmins is set to inherit a large amount of money, enough to change the family's life forever. Daniel plans to write ... See full summary »
Director: Susan Tully | Stars: Ben Aldridge, Linda Bassett, Ruby Bentall, Claudie Blakley
Votes: 110
76.
Lark Rise to Candleford (2008–2011)
Episode:
Episode #3.9
(2010)
TV-PG | 54 min | Drama, Romance
After a visit to Oxford, where postmen work shorter, prescribed hours, Thomas strives to form a union but gets little help from his colleagues. Dorcas is patronizing. Margaret and Emma both... See full summary »
Director: Susan Tully | Stars: Ruby Bentall, Claudie Blakley, Brendan Coyle, John Dagleish
Votes: 105
77.
Lark Rise to Candleford (2008–2011)
Episode:
Episode #3.11
(2010)
TV-PG | 54 min | Drama, Romance
Fisher Bloom arrives in Candleford on his way to a commission in the nearby town of Inglestone. After he is greeted with general hostility by the friends of Laura and Daniel, Laura explains... See full summary »
Director: Patrick Lau | Stars: Ben Aldridge, Linda Bassett, Ruby Bentall, John Dagleish
Votes: 108
78.
Last Tango in Halifax (2012–2020)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(2012)
TV-14 | 59 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Raff is released but refuses to talk to Gillian,having learned of her session with Paul,and goes to live with Robbie. Later a badly injured Paul arrives,beaten up by his girlfriend's ... See full summary »
Director: Euros Lyn | Stars: Louis Greatorex, Sarah Lancashire, Anne Reid, Edward Ashley
Votes: 203
79.
Julia (2022–2023)
Episode:
Chartwinkerie
(2023)
TV-MA | Biography, Drama
Julia fields offers from a competing network while preparing for the annual WGBH fundraiser.
Director: Melanie Mayron | Stars: Sarah Lancashire, David Hyde Pierce, Bebe Neuwirth, Fran Kranz
Votes: 181
80.
Julia (2022–2023)
Episode:
Bûche De Noël
(2023)
TV-MA | Biography, Drama
Julia is surprised by the sudden visit of Charles, Paul's twin, as she prepares for an interview with Life magazine.
Director: Erica Dunton | Stars: Sarah Lancashire, David Hyde Pierce, Bebe Neuwirth, Fran Kranz
Votes: 184
81.
Last Tango in Halifax (2012–2020)
Episode:
Episode #2.4
(2013)
TV-14 | 59 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Anxious to get in with Gillian John is very helpful at reconciling Ellie and Raff but unfortunately Judith arrives, exposing John's one night stand with Gillian, and causing trouble with ... See full summary »
Director: Jill Robertson | Stars: Anne Reid, Derek Jacobi, Josh Bolt, Tony Gardner
Votes: 152
82.
Last Tango in Halifax (2012–2020)
Episode:
Episode #2.5
(2013)
TV-14 | 59 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
As John moves into Judith's untidy flat, Ellie moves into the farmhouse and Robbie installs his much younger girlfriend Cheryl in his house Caroline hears that both Judith and Kate are ... See full summary »
Director: Jill Robertson | Stars: Tony Gardner, Edward Ashley, Sarah Lancashire, Louis Greatorex
Votes: 148
83.
Happy Valley (2014–2023)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2014)
TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
No-nonsense police sergeant Catherine Cawood deals with a startling confession.
Director: Euros Lyn | Stars: Sarah Lancashire, Moey Hassan, Pauline Jefferson, Sophie Rundle
Votes: 1,572
84.
Last Tango in Halifax (2012–2020)
Episode:
Episode #3.4
(2015)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Whilst the surgeon can save her baby, Flora, it is too late for Kate and Celia supports her daughter at the funeral, where biological father Greg also offers support. Gillian tells ... See full summary »
Director: Syd Macartney | Stars: Sarah Lancashire, Nina Sosanya, Dean Smith, Colin Heywood
Votes: 152
85.
Last Tango in Halifax (2012–2020)
Episode:
Episode #3.1
(2014)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Gillian is asked on a date by personable customer Gary but he has an alternative motive. He believes that Alan is his father, as a result of a brief fling with Gary's m other Mary, whilst ... See full summary »
Director: Nigel Cole | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Anne Reid, Nicola Walker, Rupert Graves
Votes: 171
86.
Last Tango in Halifax (2012–2020)
Episode:
Episode #3.3
(2015)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Whilst Gillian considers Robbie's marriage proposal John arrives at the farm with Alan, who tells her that Celia did not attend Caroline's wedding. With Alan asleep John also proposes to ... See full summary »
Director: Nigel Cole | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Hayley Mason, Sarah Lancashire, Nina Sosanya
Votes: 151
87.
Rose and Maloney (2002–2005)
Episode:
Carl Callaghan
(2005)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama
Rose and Maloney re-investigate the case of a convicted rapist, but the case gets more complicated when his driving license is found next to a dead body, and later there appear to be implications of drug dealing and people-trafficking.
Director: Metin Hüseyin | Stars: Sarah Lancashire, Phil Davis, Ramon Vaughan-Williams, David Westhead
Votes: 60
88.
Rose and Maloney (2002–2005)
Episode:
Pilot: Part 1
(2002)
TV-14 | 49 min | Crime, Drama
After being disgraced, investigator Rose Linden is sent to work under administrative manager Marion Maloney at the Criminal Justice Review Agency. Despite being told to resume light duties ... See full summary »
Director: Omar Madha | Stars: Sarah Lancashire, Phil Davis, Michael Nardone, Daniel Hill
Votes: 98
89.
Where the Heart Is (1997–2006)
Episode:
The Letter
(1999)
Not Rated | 49 min | Drama
Ghosts from the past haunt Ruth and Peggy. A cold front in Skelthwaite creates a business for Keith.
Director: Jonas Grimås | Stars: Marsha Thomason, Jason Done, Pam Ferris, Tony Haygarth
Votes: 14
90.
Last Tango in Halifax (2012–2020)
Episode:
Episode #5.2
(2020)
TV-14 | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Celia is quick to apologize for causing a scene, but with Alan seeking excitement outside the bungalow and Celia seeking it within, their relationship comes under increasing strain. ... See full summary »
Director: Gareth Bryn | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Anne Reid, Josh Bolt, Katherine Rose Morley
Votes: 154
91.
Lark Rise to Candleford (2008–2011)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(2008)
TV-PG | 53 min | Drama, Romance
Dorcas Lane arranges for Patty, a young woman from the workhouse, to work as a housekeeper for Old and Young Amos. She is an honest and hard worker who found herself in the workhouse ... See full summary »
Director: Charlie Palmer | Stars: Linda Bassett, Claudie Blakley, Camille Coduri, Brendan Coyle
Votes: 166
92.
Lark Rise to Candleford (2008–2011)
Episode:
Episode #1.6
(2008)
TV-PG | 53 min | Drama, Romance
Having secured a month's work at the manor house, Laura's father takes in a homeless family. It's only meant to be for one night but when they wake the next morning, they find the family ... See full summary »
Director: John Greening | Stars: Linda Bassett, Claudie Blakley, Brendan Coyle, Ruby Douglas
Votes: 147
93.
Lark Rise to Candleford (2008–2011)
Episode:
Episode #2.1
(2008)
TV-PG | 75 min | Drama, Romance
When Dorcas and Emma each want to give Laura the same gift for Christmas, an old family wound is opened up and Laura finds herself torn between two mothers. As the inhabitants of Lark Rise ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Grint | Stars: Linda Bassett, Claudie Blakley, Brendan Coyle, John Dagleish
Votes: 169
94.
Lark Rise to Candleford (2008–2011)
Episode:
Episode #2.3
(2009)
TV-PG | 54 min | Drama, Romance
James Dowland campaigns for the parish council on a promise of house-building but Robert challenges him, claiming that he is motivated by profit. When James' opponent withdraws through ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Grint | Stars: Lorraine Ashbourne, Linda Bassett, Ruby Bentall, Claudie Blakley
Votes: 116
95.
Lark Rise to Candleford (2008–2011)
Episode:
Episode #3.7
(2010)
TV-PG | 54 min | Drama, Romance
Sir Timothy is expected to visit Lark Rise from London to view the locals' mummers play but only Lady Adelaide shows up. The play goes ahead, with Queenie, who has temporarily left Twister ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Seed | Stars: Ben Aldridge, Linda Bassett, Ruby Bentall, Claudie Blakley
Votes: 105
96.
Lark Rise to Candleford (2008–2011)
Episode:
Episode #4.1
(2011)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Romance
Robert is working in Oxford and sending money home whilst Ruby Pratt has returned from Pontefract after splitting with her gentleman friend. Gabriel Cochrane, whose wife has died and whose ... See full summary »
Director: Susan Tully | Stars: Ben Aldridge, Linda Bassett, Ruby Bentall, Claudie Blakley
Votes: 117
97.
The Paradise (2012–2013)
Episode:
Episode #1.8
(2012)
TV-PG | 62 min | Drama
Bradley's corpse is raised from the river,the assumption being that he fell in whilst drunk but Dudley gets Arthur to tell Moray that on the night Bradley disappeared he saw him getting ... See full summary »
Director: David Drury | Stars: David Hayman, Finn Burridge, Matthew McNulty, Emun Elliott
Votes: 177
98.
Last Tango in Halifax (2012–2020)
Episode:
Episode #2.1
(2013)
TV-14 | 58 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Alan is discharged from hospital and it is agreed that he will move into Celia's granny flat as it is more conducive to recovery. Gillian feels slighted and things are not helped when John ... See full summary »
Director: Euros Lyn | Stars: Anne Reid, Derek Jacobi, Josh Bolt, Nicola Walker
Votes: 174
99.
Last Tango in Halifax (2012–2020)
Episode:
Episode #2.2
(2013)
TV-14 | 56 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
With strangers as witnesses Alan and Celia marry in a registry office. Gillian is outraged, feeling side-lined and, as she tells a sympathetic Robbie, pushed out of her father's life by ... See full summary »
Director: Euros Lyn | Stars: Anne Reid, Sushil Chudasama, Derek Jacobi, Alexis Platt
Votes: 157
100.
Rose and Maloney (2002–2005)
Episode:
Pilot: Part 2
(2002)
TV-14 | 48 min | Crime, Drama
As the investigation deepens, Rose is forced to battle with her own demons as she is forced to cope with the knowledge that she has recently freed a man who is actually guilty of the crime ... See full summary »
Director: Omar Madha | Stars: Sarah Lancashire, Phil Davis, Michael Nardone, Tony Maudsley
Votes: 78