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51. Arena (1975– )
60 min | Documentary
Wide-ranging arts program.
Stars: Gavin Millar, Kenneth Tynan, John Walters, Jonathan Miller
Votes: 320
52. 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: 45
53. Screen One (1985–2002)
120 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Anthology of unconnected movies of different genres.
Stars: Mark Chapman, Alfred Molina, Julie Walters, Geraldine James
Votes: 139
54. Carrington (1995)
R | 121 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The platonic relationship between artist Dora Carrington (Dame Emma Thompson) and writer Lytton Strachey (Jonathan Pryce) in the early twentieth century.
Director: Christopher Hampton | Stars: Emma Thompson, Jonathan Pryce, Steven Waddington, Samuel West
Votes: 5,779 | Gross: $3.24M
55. Bread and Roses (2000)
R | 110 min | Drama
Two Latina sisters work as cleaners in a downtown office building, and fight for the right to unionize.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Pilar Padilla, Adrien Brody, Elpidia Carrillo, Jack McGee
Votes: 6,074 | Gross: $0.53M
56. Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)
48 min | Documentary, History, War
The history of the Final Solution phase of the Nazi Holocaust, particularly with the most infamous of the death camps.
Stars: Samuel West, Linda Hunt, Gert Heidenreich, Horst Günter Marx
Votes: 4,655
57. Desperate Romantics (2009)
Drama
Period drama set in London about the rise of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
Stars: Samuel Barnett, Sam Crane, Josie Farmiloe, Tom Hollander
Votes: 2,025
58. Garrow's Law (2009–2011)
60 min | Biography, Drama, History
Garrow's Law is the true tale of William Garrow, who acted as counsel for the accused, introducing the concept of 'innocent until proved guilty' at London's Old Bailey.
Stars: Andrew Buchan, Lyndsey Marshal, Rupert Graves, Aidan McArdle
Votes: 1,247
59. Edward the King (1975)
687 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of Edward VII (1841 - 1910), the King of the United Kingdom. Before becoming the King, he developed a reputation of a playboy, which angered his mother, Queen Victoria. He was a reformer and modernizer, but also an elitist.
Stars: Annette Crosbie, Timothy West, Helen Ryan, Felicity Kendal
Votes: 551
60. The Diary of River Song (2015 Podcast Series)
Sci-Fi
Alex Kingston returns as River Song for all new adventures told throughout different points in River's life.
Stars: Alex Kingston, Salome Violetta Haertel, Tim Bentinck, Vineeta Rishi
61. Hitler's Children (2011)
Not Rated | 59 min | Documentary, History
A look into the lives of the descendants of the top Nazi officials who worked under Hitler's command.
Director: Chanoch Ze'evi | Stars: Bettina Göring, Katrin Himmler, Monika Hertwig, Rainer Höß
Votes: 1,301 | Gross: $0.03M
62. Horatio Hornblower: The Wrong War (1999 TV Movie)
100 min | Adventure, Drama, War
Lt. Hornblower and his mates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of revolutionary France.
Director: Andrew Grieve | Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, Antony Sher, Samuel West
Votes: 4,289
63. Dark Gallifrey (2024 Podcast Series)
Sci-Fi
When things turn dark, and you're all alone, there is one traveller of time and space... a wanderer in the fourth dimension... a renegade Time Lord... who will always be there to bring back... See full summary »
Stars: Samuel West, Mina Anwar, Rachel Atkins, Derek Jacobi
64. The Eichmann Show (2015 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama, History
Dramatisation of the team hoping to televise the trial of Adolf Eichmann, an infamous Nazi responsible for the deaths of millions of Jews. It focuses on Leo Hurwitz, a documentary film-maker and Milton Fruchtman, a producer.
Director: Paul Andrew Williams | Stars: Martin Freeman, Anthony LaPaglia, Rebecca Front, Andy Nyman
Votes: 5,063
65. Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh (2020– )
120 min | Talk-Show
Alan Titchmarsh celebrates the great British countryside in the company of special guests.
Stars: Alan Titchmarsh, Lesley Joseph, David Domoney, Camilla Bassett-Smith
Votes: 24
66. Zoya (1995 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 171 min | Drama, Romance
A young Russian Countess escapes the 1917 revolution and, despite hardship, makes a new life for herself in America.
Director: Richard A. Colla | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Bruce Boxleitner, Denise Alexander, Don Henderson
Votes: 698
67. Horizon (I) (1964– )
50 min | Documentary
British documentary series that covers a variety of subjects in science and philosophy.
Stars: Paul Vaughan, Jack Fortune, Dilly Barlow, Colin Riach
Votes: 1,149
68. Jeremy Vine (2018– )
120 min | News, Reality-TV, Talk-Show
Jeremy Vine hosts a topical discussion show, replacing long-running topical show The Wright Stuff (2000) on weekday mornings. Vine and his panel of guests discuss the stories making the news before the debate is thrown open to the viewers.
Stars: Jeremy Vine, Storm, Alexis Conran, Carole Malone
Votes: 149
69. Imagine (2003– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Biography, History
Wide-ranging BBC arts programme.
Stars: Alan Yentob, Tracey Emin, Chuck Close, Richard Rogers
Votes: 147
70. Nanny (1981–1983)
50 min | Drama
A divorced woman decides to train as a Nanny in 1930s England. The series is unique as, not only, is she a more mature person but she is also modern with 'progressive' ideas.
Stars: Wendy Craig, Natalie Forbes, John Quayle, Jane Booker
Votes: 106
71. Eternal Law (2012)
Drama, Fantasy
Eternal Law is an intriguing, fresh drama about angels living among us, helping and guiding humans when they are at their most desperate, set in the ancient city of York (England).
Stars: Samuel West, Ukweli Roach, Orla Brady, Hattie Morahan
Votes: 565
72. Performance (1991–1998)
180 min | Drama
An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.
Stars: Ian Holm, Elizabeth McGovern, Ronald Pickup, Jane Horrocks
Votes: 93
73. Reunion (1989)
PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, History
Two young boys from very different backgrounds become friends in 1933 Stuttgart. However, they don't realize how different they are until much later as one is the son of a well-to-do Jewish... See full summary »
Director: Jerry Schatzberg | Stars: Jason Robards, Christien Anholt, Samuel West, Françoise Fabian
Votes: 573
74. A History of Britain (2000–2002)
60 min | Documentary, History
A comprehensive historical survey of the British Isles.
Stars: Simon Schama, Michael Kitchen, Samuel West, Lindsay Duncan
Votes: 945
75. Moonraker: The Radio Play (2018 Video)
87 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
It's 1954 and Sir Hugo Drax has built an atomic rocket, Moonraker. But after a double-murder, James Bond goes undercover at Moonraker's secret base. He and agent Gala Brand discover possible treachery. Can they prevent a catastrophe?
Director: Martin Jarvis | Stars: Toby Stephens, Samuel West, John Baddeley, Janie Dee
Votes: 18
76. Secret History (1991– )
Documentary, History
Historical events are extensively re-explored both through written records and systematic examinations in the field.
Stars: Paul McGann, Nigel Anthony, Chris Plumley, Michael Pennington
Votes: 71
77. Codebreaker (2011 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 62 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
The highs and lows of Alan Turing's life, tracking his extraordinary accomplishments, his government persecution through to his tragic death in 1954. In the last 18 months of his short life... See full summary »
Directors: Clare Beavan, Nic Stacey | Stars: Ed Stoppard, Henry Goodman, Paul McGann, Asa Briggs
Votes: 1,132
78. Strangers (1996)
30 min | Drama, Romance
Anthology series of stand alone episodes about Americans in Paris and the sometimes tragic and sometimes uplifting relationships, trysts and loves they find there.
Stars: Bernard Verley, Ben Gazzara, David Keith, Ben Browder
Votes: 42
79. Pandaemonium (2000)
PG-13 | 124 min | Biography, Drama
Friendship and betrayal between two poets during the French Revolution.
Director: Julien Temple | Stars: Linus Roache, John Hannah, Samantha Morton, Emily Woof
Votes: 883
80. CBeebies Bedtime Story (2006– )
10 min | Short, Family
A special guest reads a children's bedtime story.
Stars: Justin Fletcher, Floella Benjamin, Tom Hardy, Derek Jacobi
Votes: 92
81. Sunday Brunch (2012– )
180 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Tim Lovejoy, Simon Rimmer, Rebecca Seal, Ian Burrell
Votes: 229
82. Timewatch (1982– )
50 min | Documentary, History
BBC investigative documentary series noted for its new perspectives on historical events.
Stars: Michael Praed, Peter France, Christopher Andrew, John Tusa
Votes: 156
83. Stiff Upper Lips (1997)
R | 94 min | Comedy
Spoofs Merchant-Ivory films: Aunt Agnes (Prunella Scales) tries to force Emily (Georgina Cates) to marry boring Cedric Trilling (Robert Portal) by taking her to Italy and India in hopes will forget about handsome George (Sean Pertwee).
Director: Gary Sinyor | Stars: David Artus, Kevin Furlong, Nicholas Selby, John Boswall
Votes: 1,155 | Gross: $0.07M
84. Einstein's Big Idea (2005 TV Movie)
120 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
This docudrama examines the history of scientific discovery that lead up to Albert Einstein's famous equation E=mc2 and its aftermath in the creation of nuclear energy. This includes ... See full summary »
Director: Gary Johnstone | Stars: Aidan McArdle, Shirley Henderson, Steven Robertson, Gregory Fox-Murphy
Votes: 639
85. Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time (1993)
13 min | Short, Comedy, Sci-Fi
The Rani hatches a scheme to trap the incarnations of the Doctor and their various companions in a 20-year time loop in Albert Square.
Stars: Sophie Aldred, Tom Baker, Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant
Votes: 539
86. The Nazis: A Warning from History (1997)
292 min | Documentary, History, War
An examination of how a cultured people could have allowed Adolf Hitler's rise to power.
Stars: Samuel West, Adolf Buchner, Jutta Rüdiger, Günther Ruschin
Votes: 1,722
87. Kielergata (2018– )
43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jonas has started a new life and lives in Scandinavia's least criminal town. But the facade falls when Jonas realizes that other inhabitants are former criminals with dark secrets. They will do anything it takes to protect their new lives.
Stars: Thorbjørn Harr, Andrea Bræin Hovig, Ylva Fuglerud, Sigurd Myhre
Votes: 591
88. All Creatures Great & Small: Touring the Dales (2024 TV Special)
75 min | Documentary
The cast and crew, plus local residents, talk about the Yorkshire Dales filming locations for All Creatures Great and Small (2020), which is actually set there. They speak of the the ... See full summary »
Director: Jim Hoppin | Stars: Colin Callender, Rachel Shenton, Nicholas Ralph, Samuel West
Votes: 8
89. In Love With... (2011–2012)
Drama
Celebrities perform their favourite passages from the work of English playwright Noel Coward.
Stars: Simon Callow, Richard Madden, Samuel West, Jonathan Pryce
Votes: 35
90. The Private Life of a Masterpiece (2001–2011)
50 min | Documentary
Stars: Samuel West, Richard Cork, Jonathan Jones, John House
Votes: 243
91. University Challenge (1962– )
30 min | Game-Show
Amol Rajan hosts this trivia quiz show where colleges from around the UK compete against each other. Originally presented by Bamber Gascoigne from 1962 to 1987, and Jeremy Paxman from 1994 to 2023.
Stars: Jeremy Paxman, Roger Tilling, Bamber Gascoigne, Jim Pope
Votes: 866
92. Path of Blood (2018)
R | 92 min | Documentary
Deep in the Saudi desert, young thrill-seekers at jihadi boot camp sign up to a plot to overthrow the Saudi government. They detonate three horrific car-bombs at Western compounds in ... See full summary »
Director: Jonathan Hacker | Stars: Lily Fletcher, Tom Hollander, Paul Marshall Johnson Jr., Samuel West
Votes: 598
93. Dark Relic (2010 TV Movie)
88 min | Fantasy, Horror
The Holy Land, 1099AD. The end of the first Crusade. When the conflict began, Christian knight Sir Gregory lead over a hundred men, but now less than ten remain. They include his squire ... See full summary »
Director: Lorenzo Sena | Stars: James Frain, Clemency Burton-Hill, Tom Basden, Alyy Khan
Votes: 986
94. A Feast at Midnight (1994)
PG | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A new student at a British public school forms a secret society centered around cooking and midnight feasting with other school misfits and outcasts.
Director: Justin Hardy | Stars: John Hurley, Freddie Findlay, Sebastian Armesto, Robert Hardy
Votes: 540
95. Over Here (1996 TV Movie)
185 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Comedy drama set in wartime Britain showing what can happen when British RAF men and airmen from the U.S. Army Air Force are forced to share barracks.
Director: Tony Dow | Stars: Samuel West, Martin Clunes, James Terry, Todd Boyce
Votes: 174
96. Piers Morgan's Life Stories (2009– )
60 min | Biography, Talk-Show
In-depth hour-long interviews devoted to just one guest and filmed in front of an audience, with video contributions from friends and family.
Stars: Piers Morgan, Joan Collins, Sharon Osbourne, Bruce Forsyth
Votes: 273
97. Tubular Bells 50th Anniversary Tour (2022)
104 min | Documentary, Music
Celebrating one of the best-selling instrumental albums of all time, experience the stunning live stage show in incredible 4K, and explore the phenomena anew in a captivating documentary narrated by British star, Bill Nighy.
Stars: Yaron Lifschitz, Gillian Moore, Bill Nighy, Robin Smith
Votes: 15
98. Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley (2008 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 84 min | Biography, Drama
In the 1950s, Margaret Thatcher works as a research chemist, begins her attempts to be selected for Parliament and meets her future husband Denis Thatcher.
Director: Niall MacCormick | Stars: Andrea Riseborough, Philip Jackson, Michael Gould, Jonathan Aris
Votes: 452
99. The Vacillations of Poppy Carew (1995 TV Movie)
Unrated | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When Poppy Carew is faced with having to organize a funeral by herself, she finds new strength and learns much about love's true meaning. The film is based on a novel by the same name by Mary Wesley.
Director: James Cellan Jones | Stars: Tara Fitzgerald, Owen Teale, Daniel Massey, Samuel West
Votes: 130
100. The Bible: A History (2010– )
Documentary
It is a book that originated thousands of years ago in the Middle East. The subject of intensive scholarship and interpretation.
Stars: Stephen Mangan, Paul Jesson, Francesca Stavrakopoulou, Charles Horton
Votes: 59