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1. Doctor Who (2005–2022)

TV-PG | 45 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

The further adventures in time and space of the alien adventurer known as the Doctor and his companions from planet Earth.

Stars: Jodie Whittaker, Peter Capaldi, Pearl Mackie, Matt Smith

Votes: 246,944

2. Family Guy (1999– )

TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Comedy

In a wacky Rhode Island town, a dysfunctional family strives to cope with everyday life as they are thrown from one crazy scenario to another.

Stars: Alex Borstein, Seth MacFarlane, Seth Green, Mila Kunis

Votes: 364,814

3. Doctor Who (2023– )

Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

The Time Lord known as the Doctor travels through space and time with his companions, having incredible adventures and facing dangerous enemies.

Stars: Ncuti Gatwa, Millie Gibson, David Tennant, Catherine Tate

Votes: 2,275

4. Doctor Who (1963–1989)

TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

The adventures in time and space of the Doctor, a Time Lord who changes appearance and personality by regenerating when near death, and is joined by companions in battles against aliens and other megalomaniacs.

Stars: William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker

Votes: 39,577

5. The Prisoner (1967–1968)

TV-PG | 1,010 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

After he resigns, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is actually a bizarre prison. He refuses to give his warders information while attempting to escape.

Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Angelo Muscat, Peter Swanwick, Peter Brace

Votes: 15,065

6. Tales of the Unexpected (1979–1988)

TV-14 | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

Short dramas each with a twist of some kind; across the first four seasons most of these are from short stories by Roald Dahl.

Stars: Roald Dahl, Andrew Ray, Forbes Collins, Richard Johnson

Votes: 2,507

7. To Sir, with Love (1967)

Approved | 105 min | Drama

Idealistic engineer-trainee and his experiences in teaching a group of rambunctious white high school students from the slums of London's East End.

Director: James Clavell | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Judy Geeson, Christian Roberts, Suzy Kendall

Votes: 20,455 | Gross: $42.43M

8. The Running Man (1963)

Approved | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

An Englishman with a grudge against an insurance company for a disallowed claim fakes his own death, but is soon pursued by an insurance investigator.

Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick, Alan Bates, Felix Aylmer

Votes: 1,876

9. The Omega Man (1971)

PG | 98 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Dr Robert Neville has developed an experimental vaccine which makes him the only immune survivor of a biological catastrophe. A gang of homicidal mutants blame science for their condition and attempt to kill him.

Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash, Paul Koslo

Votes: 34,106 | Gross: $8.72M

10. The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)

TV-G | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

A Disney-produced anthology covering many different genres.

Stars: Walt Disney, Paul Frees, Clarence Nash, Slim Pickens

Votes: 2,293

11. Steptoe and Son (1962–1974)

TV-PG | 45 min | Comedy

British sitcom about a father-and-son rag-and-bone business in London. The intergenerational divide between the miserly Steptoe and his ambitious son results in comedy, drama, and tragedy.

Stars: Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H. Corbett, Frank Thornton, Tim Buckland

Votes: 3,431

12. Doctor Who (1996 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 89 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

The newly-regenerated Doctor takes on the Master on the turn of the millennium, 31 December 1999.

Director: Geoffrey Sax | Stars: Paul McGann, Eric Roberts, Daphne Ashbrook, Sylvester McCoy

Votes: 10,470

13. The Assassination Bureau (1969)

PG | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A woman causes a group of assassins to face their greatest challenge.

Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Curd Jürgens

Votes: 3,338

14. Rebecca (1979)

205 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

A young English girl in Monte Carlo falls in love with a rude, handsome stranger who proposes to her and rescues her from the drudgery of being a hired companion. But when he takes her to ... See full summary »

Stars: Jeremy Brett, Joanna David, Anna Massey, Hugh Morton

Votes: 405

15. The Moon-Spinners (1964)

G | 118 min | Adventure, Family, Mystery

A teenager encounters romance, intrigue and a search for stolen jewels during her visit to the island of Crete.

Director: James Neilson | Stars: Hayley Mills, Eli Wallach, Pola Negri, Peter McEnery

Votes: 3,024 | Gross: $3.50M

16. A Kind of Loving (1962)

Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, Romance

After his girlfriend's pregnancy forces him to marry her, a young man must adjust to his new life and contend with his domineering mother-in-law.

Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Alan Bates, June Ritchie, Thora Hird, Bert Palmer

Votes: 2,693 | Gross: $0.00M

17. Maigret (1959–1963)

50 min | Crime, Drama

Televisations of the Maigret novels by Georges Simenon.

Stars: Rupert Davies, Ewen Solon, Helen Shingler, Neville Jason

Votes: 377

18. Man in a Suitcase (1967–1968)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

McGill (known as "Mac") is a former U.S. intelligence agent based in London. After being thrown out of the agency for something he did not do, he finds his infamous reputation has preceded ... See full summary »

Stars: Richard Bradford, Ricardo Montez, Warren Stanhope, Frank Forsyth

Votes: 462

19. BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)

120 min | Drama

Monthly anthology series featuring televised versions of plays.

Stars: Charles Gray, Eric Porter, Jeremy Brett, Lally Bowers

Votes: 178

20. 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: 47

21. Steptoe & Son (1972)

98 min | Comedy, Romance

Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are junk dealers. Harold meets a stripper, marries her and takes her home. Albert, of course, is furious and tries every trick he knows to drive the new bride from his household.

Director: Cliff Owen | Stars: Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H. Corbett, Carolyn Seymour, Arthur Howard

Votes: 1,829

22. Night Must Fall (1964)

101 min | Crime, Thriller

A psychotic killer gets in the good graces of his aging invalid employer, and worms his way into the affection of her beautiful daughter, with unpleasant results for all.

Director: Karel Reisz | Stars: Albert Finney, Susan Hampshire, Mona Washbourne, Sheila Hancock

Votes: 937

23. ITV Playhouse (1967–1982)

Comedy, Drama

Anthology series of dramatic works.

Stars: Michael Bryant, William Simons, Katherine Barker, Geoffrey Palmer

Votes: 88

24. Paul Temple (1969–1971)

50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Crime-novelist Paul Temple solves mysteries with the help of his wife Steve.

Stars: Francis Matthews, Ros Drinkwater, June Ellis, George Sewell

Votes: 95

25. Armchair Thriller (1978–1981)

25 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Suspense and mystery-themed anthology series.

Stars: Frank Duncan, James Bolam, Maria Aitken, Zena Walker

Votes: 256

26. ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)

90 min | Comedy, Drama

An anthology series from the U.K., from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television.

Stars: Derek Francis, Alfred Burke, Arthur Hewlett, Esther Lawrence

Votes: 94

27. Comic Relief: Doctor Who - The Curse of Fatal Death (1999 TV Movie)

23 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

Before the Doctor can settle down to married life, he must face one last confrontation with his deadly enemy of certain death - the Master.

Director: John Henderson | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Richard E. Grant, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant

Votes: 2,169

28. Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978)

Not Rated | 350 min | Drama, History, Romance

The events leading to the 1936 abdication of King Edward VIII, who gave up his throne to marry the twice-divorced American Wallis Simpson.

Stars: Edward Fox, Cynthia Harris, David Waller, Peggy Ashcroft

Votes: 459

29. Mutiny on the Buses (1972)

PG | 89 min | Comedy

London bus driver Stan Butler wants to get married and takes his chance to earn more money when he is given a new job driving a tour bus on a safari park.

Director: Harry Booth | Stars: Reg Varney, Doris Hare, Michael Robbins, Anna Karen

Votes: 1,512

30. Sharon's Baby (1975)

R | 95 min | Horror

A woman gives birth to a baby, but this is no ordinary one. The child is seemingly possessed by the Devil.

Director: Peter Sasdy | Stars: Joan Collins, Eileen Atkins, Ralph Bates, Donald Pleasence

Votes: 1,430

31. Shelley (1979–1983)

30 min | Comedy

James Shelley, an educated, sardonic, permanently unemployed "professional freelance layabout," has many battles with authority, the tax-man, his landlady, and his girlfriend Fran.

Stars: Hywel Bennett, Belinda Sinclair, Josephine Tewson, Garfield Morgan

Votes: 316

32. The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)

75 min | Drama

Series of one-off plays made by BBC television, which gave breaks to a wide range of writers and directors in the late 1960s, such as Dennis Potter, Ken Loach, David Mercer, and John ... See full summary »

Stars: Edwin Brown, Neville Smith, Tony Selby, Ken Jones

Votes: 132

33. Hoffman (1970)

GP | 113 min | Drama

A businessman blackmails his attractive young secretary into spending a weekend with him. Though he's a creep throughout, he gradually emerges as a sympathetic character.

Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Peter Sellers, Sinéad Cusack, Jeremy Bulloch, Ruth Dunning

Votes: 1,764

34. The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976)

R | 94 min | Comedy

Tom Jones, a maid's son adopted by the nobleman she worked for, now all grown up must run away from home when he is set up by his jealous cousin. He has several adventures and women on his way to town where his possible salvation awaits.

Director: Cliff Owen | Stars: Nicky Henson, Trevor Howard, Terry-Thomas, Arthur Lowe

Votes: 174

35. Station Six Sahara (1963)

99 min | Drama

A beautiful blonde (Baker) joins a small group of men running an oil station in the Sahara Desert and starts the emotions soaring.

Director: Seth Holt | Stars: Carroll Baker, Peter van Eyck, Ian Bannen, Denholm Elliott

Votes: 525

36. Steptoe and Son Ride Again (1973)

99 min | Comedy, Sport

Father and son London junk dealers must buy a replacement horse for them to stay in business. Instead they buy a greyhound, confident they will earn a fortune on the race track.

Director: Peter Sykes | Stars: Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H. Corbett, Diana Dors, Milo O'Shea

Votes: 1,388

37. The Guest (1963)

105 min | Drama

While renovating his house in London, Aston, out of pity, lodges a homeless man, but Aston's brother taunts and harasses the cranky old bum.

Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Alan Bates, Donald Pleasence, Robert Shaw, Harold Pinter

Votes: 989

38. The Mouse on the Moon (1963)

Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi

A tiny country persuades the Americans and Soviets that they're starting a space program, when they really just want some money for new plumbing.

Director: Richard Lester | Stars: Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody, Bernard Cribbins, David Kossoff

Votes: 1,923

39. 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: 540

40. Lock Up Your Daughters! (1969)

R | 102 min | Comedy

A trio of randy sailors go looking for girl-friends in 18th-century London.

Director: Peter Coe | Stars: Christopher Plummer, Susannah York, Glynis Johns, Ian Bannen

Votes: 210 | Gross: $0.12M

41. 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

42. 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

43. Doctor Who: Shada (1992 Video)

110 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

A compilation of footage from this then unfinished story (from the television series Doctor Who (1963)) was released on BBC Video, introduced by and with to camera linking material from Tom... See full summary »

Director: Pennant Roberts | Stars: Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, Christopher Neame, Denis Carey

Votes: 531

44. Nothing But the Best (1964)

99 min | Comedy

A young and ambitious businessman hires an unemployed upper-class man to tutor him in the life skills which he thinks are necessary to succeed. When he succeeds, disaster threatens.

Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Alan Bates, Denholm Elliott, Harry Andrews, Millicent Martin

Votes: 433

45. Saturday Night Thriller (1982– )

Thriller

An anthology series of psychological thriller stories covering such subjects as obsession, paranoia, incest, adultery, guilt, and morality.

Stars: Peter Egan, Billy Murray, Bernard Hepton, Anton Rodgers

Votes: 11

46. Saturday Playhouse (1958–1961)

60 min | Drama

An anthology series of dramatisations of plays.

Stars: Elvi Hale, Madoline Thomas, George A. Cooper, Emrys Jones

47. Mystery!: Malice Aforethought (1979– )

Not Rated | 50 min | Comedy, Drama, Crime

Dr. Edmund Bickleigh is a man who is very careful and very determined. And he is especially determined to not get caught committing the perfect murder of his wife. In the end he succeeds but then finds circumstances are "agin him".

Stars: Hywel Bennett, Cheryl Campbell, Belinda Carroll, David Ashford

Votes: 140

48. All Gas and Gaiters (1966–1971)

30 min | Comedy

Clerical comedy centered on hapless curate Mervyn Noote.

Stars: Robertson Hare, William Mervyn, Derek Nimmo, John Barron

Votes: 67

49. Comedy Playhouse (1961–2017)

30 min | Comedy

Anthology series of one-off, unrelated situation comedies.

Stars: Frank Thornton, John Le Mesurier, Robert Dorning, Bernard Cribbins

Votes: 70

50. In Search of Gregory (1969)

M/PG | 90 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Young Catherine Morelli (Julie Christie), who lives in Rome, goes to Geneva to find romance at her father's wedding. There she begins a nearly nymphomaniacal pursuit of a mystery-fantasy man called Gregory (Michael Sarrazin).

Director: Peter Wood | Stars: Julie Christie, John Hurt, Michael Sarrazin, Paola Pitagora

Votes: 286