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1. Dixon of Dock Green (1955–1976)
Crime, Drama
Constable George Dixon and his colleagues at the Dock Green police station in the East End of London deal with petty crime, successfully controlling it through common sense and human understanding.
Stars: Jack Warner, Peter Byrne, Geoffrey Adams, Arthur Rigby
Votes: 308
2. 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: 3,421
3. My Partner the Ghost (1969–1971)
Not Rated | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
When Hopkirk gets killed, he reappears as a ghost - pretty handy to have around in this line of work.
Stars: Mike Pratt, Kenneth Cope, Annette Andre, Ivor Dean
Votes: 1,508
4. Z Cars (1962–1978)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
A gritty drama which follows the work of the police force in the fictional town of Newtown in the North of England.
Stars: James Ellis, John Slater, Douglas Fielding, Bernard Holley
Votes: 381
5. Danger Man (1960–1961)
TV-PG | 24 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
John Drake is a special operative for NATO, specializing in security assignments against any subversive element which threatened world peace.
Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Richard Wattis, Lionel Murton, Michael Ripper
Votes: 1,384
6. The Wrong Box (1966)
Approved | 105 min | Comedy, Crime
In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other, or can be made to have seemed to do so.
Director: Bryan Forbes | Stars: John Mills, Michael Caine, Ralph Richardson, Peter Cook
Votes: 4,013
7. Quatermass and the Pit (1958–1959)
30 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Horror
A team of scientists search for the origin and purpose of a mysterious capsule found on a building site.
Stars: André Morell, Cec Linder, Anthony Bushell, John Stratton
Votes: 1,204
8. Hell, Heaven or Hoboken (1958)
101 min | Drama, History, War
During World War II, a British actor impersonates Field Marshal Montgomery in order to confuse German intelligence.
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: M.E. Clifton James, John Mills, Cecil Parker, Patrick Allen
Votes: 1,642
9. Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
60 min | Drama
This show was a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and from mid-1968 by Thames Television.
Stars: Harry H. Corbett, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Billie Whitelaw, Neil McCallum
Votes: 245
10. Out of the Unknown (1965–1971)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A classic anthology science fiction series which features adaptations of stories by famous authors including Isaac Asimov, J.G. Ballard, Frederik Pohl and John Wyndham.
Stars: John Gabriel, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Erik Chitty, Peter Copley
Votes: 175
11. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
12. Love Story (1963–1974)
60 min | Drama
British anthology series of short plays on the theme of romance.
Stars: T.P. McKenna, Frances Cuka, Keith Barron, Patrick Macnee
Votes: 137
13. Take Three Girls (1969–1971)
50 min | Comedy, Drama
Centres on the lives of three single girls living in bedsit-land in London SW3. It featured daffy cellist Victoria (Liza Goddard) actress Kate (Susan Jameson), and cockney art student Avril... See full summary »
Stars: Liza Goddard, Barra Grant, Angela Down, Susan Jameson
Votes: 32
14. 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
15. 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: 93
16. Sergeant Cork (1963–1968)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Victorian-era whodunnit with venerable Sergeant Cork battling entrenched views in a bid to use a more scientific approach to solving cases. Trusty sidekick Bob does not always understand his methods but faithfully co-operates..
Stars: John Barrie, William Gaunt, Charles Morgan, Freddie Fowler
Votes: 69
17. Freewheelers (1968–1973)
30 min | Family
A group of teenager sleuths fight evil.
Stars: Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Tom Owen, Adrian Wright, Wendy Padbury
Votes: 49
18. 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
19. 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: 66
20. Out of This World (1962)
60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
"Out of This World" was a hosted science fiction anthology television series with Boris Karloff as host, screening on ITV - Independent Television (UK).
Stars: Boris Karloff, Piers Keelan, Raymond Adamson, Bill Mills
Votes: 58
21. The Grove Family (1954–1957)
30 min | Drama
The lives of the Grove family are explored.
Stars: Nancy Roberts, Edward Evans, Ruth Dunning, Christopher Beeny
Votes: 15
22. 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
23. Benny Hill (1962–1963)
25 min | Comedy
This timeless modern slapstick-format doesn't really have a plot, but is an irresistible rapid succession of independent short, comical scenes, mostly without any text, often using ... See full summary »
Stars: Benny Hill, Graham Stark, Patricia Hayes, Ronnie Brody
Votes: 1,373
24. Hugh and I (1962–1967)
30 min | Comedy
Terry Scott is a youngish bachelor who wants to achieve wealth without putting in any hard work. The scheming Terry lives with his mother at 33, Lobelia Avenue in Tooting, London. They have... See full summary »
Stars: Hugh Lloyd, Terry Scott, Vi Stevens, Mollie Sugden
Votes: 47
25. The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling (1963– )
Drama
Stars: Joss Ackland, Kenneth Fortescue, Patrick Westwood, Barry Letts
Votes: 36
26. The Silent Witness (1954)
32 min | Short, Crime
A man phones the police to confess to killing his wife accidentally, but investigations prove that his story is not as straightforward as it first appears.
Director: Montgomery Tully | Stars: Edgar Lustgarten, Kenneth Henry, Frank Forsyth, Ivan Craig
Votes: 53
27. Cluff (1964–1965)
50 min | Drama
Set in Gunnershaw, fictional town in North Yorkshire and based on novels by Gil North. Leslie Sands was perfect as the gruff Cluff.
Stars: Leslie Sands, John Rolfe, John McKelvey, Clive
Votes: 10
28. Taxi! (1963–1964)
45 min | Comedy, Drama
Sidney James stars as a cabbie who takes Ray Brooks under his wing and helps him become a taxi driver. They become pals and share working a London black cab.
Stars: Sidney James, Ray Brooks, Bill Owen, Diane Aubrey
Votes: 15
29. Vengeance Is Mine (1949)
59 min | Crime, Drama
Believing himself to be dying, a man hires an assassin to kill him so he can frame an enemy for the death.
Director: Alan Cullimore | Stars: Valentine Dyall, Anne Firth, Richard Goolden, Sam Kydd
Votes: 137
30. Festival (I) (1963–1964)
60 min | Drama
An hour-long UK dramatic anthology series produced by the BBC from 1963-64, with a total of 32 episodes adapted from writers ranging from William Shakespeare to Samuel Beckett. Stars ... See full summary »
Stars: David Garfield, Cyril Cusack, John Wood, John Welsh
Votes: 20
31. Probation Officer (1959–1962)
60 min | Drama
An early hit for ATV, this absorbing, rigorously researched and very human drama series centres on the work of a team of probation officers based in London, and the lives of the men and ... See full summary »
Stars: John Paul, John Scott, Jessica Spencer, David Davies
Votes: 30
32. Barnaby Rudge (1960)
30 min | Drama, History
Murder mystery interwoven with the historical events of England's Gordon riots of 1780, based on the novel by Charles Dickens.
Stars: John Wood, Barbara Hicks, Newton Blick, Neil McCarthy
Votes: 34
33. It's a Great Day! (1955)
71 min | Comedy
Bob Grove needs building materials to finish a housing estate job. His son illegally obtains them. The council discovers this and calls the police. The Groves try to resolve the situation before the housing estate grand opening.
Director: John Warrington | Stars: Ruth Dunning, Edward Evans, Sheila Sweet, Peter Bryant
Votes: 114
34. Murder Bag (1957–1959)
30 min | Drama, Mystery
Stars: Raymond Francis, Robert Raglan, Cameron Hall, John Blythe
35. The Big Pull (1962)
30 min | Sci-Fi
A deadly alien force is brought to Earth by a US astronaut after a space orbit through the Van Allen belt.
Stars: William Dexter, June Tobin, Ray Roberts, Frederick Treves
Votes: 20
36. Mary Barton (1964– )
35 min | Drama
Stars: Lois Daine, George A. Cooper, Cyril Luckham, Linda Marlowe
37. A Place of Execution (1953– )
30 min | Thriller
Stars: Derek Bond, Bruce Seton, Gordon Bell, Ann Hanslip
38. A Stranger on the Hills (1970– )
90 min | Drama
Stars: Raymond Millross, Julian Sherrier, Godfrey Quigley, Thelma Barlow
39. The Man Who Liked Funerals (1959)
60 min | Comedy
A gangster's death leads a man to blackmail the deceased's family. The man wants money to save a youth club. He then tries blackmailing a villain's prominent family.
Director: David Eady | Stars: Anthony Green, Brian Tyler, Leslie Phillips, Shaun O'Riordan
Votes: 54
40. Family Solicitor (1961– )
60 min | Drama
Naylor and Freeman is a firm of solicitors. There are five partners, and each handles a variety of cases involving human problems.
Stars: Geoffrey Palmer, Philip Grout, A.J. Brown, Bernard Horsfall
41. Turnbull's Finest Half-Hour (1972)
30 min | Comedy
Pentagon Television, the smallest and newest company on the network, is in trouble. But there is always some self-sacrificing fool who steps forward to help - or hinder - the situation.Such a man is Major Clifford Turnbull (Retd).
Stars: Michael Bates, Liz Fraser, Jonathan Lynn, Roddy Maude-Roxby
42. Hour of Mystery (1957)
60 min | Mystery
Hour of Mystery is an hour-long UK mystery anthology television series. Donald Wolfit introduced each of the episodes, which aired on the ITV (TV Network) in 1957.
Stars: Donald Wolfit, Kevin Stoney, Gladys Henson, Tony Quinn
43. Trial (1971– )
50 min | Crime, Drama
Drama series depicting a murder trial.
Stars: Godfrey James, Hector Ross, Barrie Cookson, Janet Key
44. The Brain Machine (1955)
Approved | 84 min | Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A doctor is taken hostage by a drug smuggler whom she has diagnosed as psychotic. Her estranged husband has to find her before the smuggling gang find him and kill them both.
Director: Ken Hughes | Stars: Patrick Barr, Elizabeth Allan, Maxwell Reed, Vanda Godsell
Votes: 165
45. The Men from Room 13 (1959–1961)
Crime, Drama
Stars: Brian Wilde, John Welsh, Kenneth MacKintosh, William Fox
46. Uncle Charles (1967– )
60 min | Drama
Uncle Charles is the lovable old rogue who props up a bar, a compulsive raconteur ready to tell tales to anyone who will fill his glass.
Stars: Raymond Huntley, David Morton, Ann Bell, Milo O'Shea
47. King of the River (1966–1967)
50 min | Drama
Drama series about the King family, who love, live, fight and work around a harbour in the Thames estuary.
Stars: Bernard Lee, Geraldine Sherman, Sandra Dorne, Meg Wynn Owen
48. The Hasty Heart (1957 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
The patients in a ward at an army field hospital in Burma are asked by the CO to befriend a young Scots corporal, who is joining them. He is dying, although he doesn't know it. Unfortunately, the corporal proves very hard to like.
Stars: Michael Bird, Barrie Cookson, Laidlaw Dalling, Edet Effiong
49. Destination Death (1956)
31 min | Crime, Short
When Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a man in the London airport, the trail leads to Lisbon and a international currency smuggling gang.
Director: Montgomery Tully | Stars: Edgar Lustgarten, Russell Napier, Arthur Gomez, Paula Byrne
Votes: 49
50. Charlesworth (1959–1960)
30 min | Drama
Stars: Wensley Pithey, Tony Church, Neil Wilson, William Mervyn