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1. Out of Season (1975)
R | 90 min | Drama, Romance
Ann and Joanna, a mother-daughter duo, run a hotel on an island. When they receive an unexpected guest, Joe, who had an affair with Ann years ago, Joanna express her feelings for him.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Cliff Robertson, Susan George, Edward Evans
Votes: 582
2. The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1959–1965)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mystery crime stories with sometimes different cops and many now-famous faces.
Stars: John Wilder, George Hilsdon, Bernard Lee, Stanley Morgan
Votes: 199
3. 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: 376
4. American Playhouse (1980–1994)
61 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Anthology series which ran on PBS throughout the 1980s.
Stars: Jeffrey DeMunn, Elizabeth Franz, Edward Herrmann, Sada Thompson
Votes: 416
5. Play for Today (1970–1984)
75 min | Comedy, Drama
A British television anthology drama series that aired on BBC1 between 1970 and 1984.
Stars: Alison Steadman, Nigel Hawthorne, Tony Caunter, David Daker
Votes: 393
6. 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
7. 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: 382
8. The Shooting Party (1984)
98 min | Drama, Romance
While Europe stands on the brink of World War I in Autumn 1913, Sir Randolph Nettleby hosts a weekend of shooting on his estate for European aristocrats.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: James Mason, Edward Fox, Dorothy Tutin, John Gielgud
Votes: 1,527
9. BBC2 Playhouse (1973–1983)
60 min | Drama
BBC2 Playhouse was a British one-hour episode anthology television series produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Stars: Ralph G. Morse, Gawn Grainger, John Bluthal, Trevor Laird
Votes: 138
10. 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
11. Brief Encounter (1974 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 74 min | Drama
Two strangers, both married to others, meet in a railroad station and find themselves in a brief but intense affair.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Richard Burton, Sophia Loren, Jack Hedley, Rosemary Leach
Votes: 702
12. Invasion (1965)
82 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
An alien spaceship crashes near a rural hospital. When the alien is taken to the hospital, a mysterious force field suddenly appears around it.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Edward Judd, Yôko Tani, Valerie Gearon, Lyndon Brook
Votes: 513
13. The Return of the Soldier (1982)
PG | 99 min | Drama
Chris returns from WWI unable to recognize his wife Kitty. He wants to reunite with Margaret, his former lover. Kitty hires a psychiatrist to address Chris's feelings for Margaret and cousin Jenny, but sees the man she knew is gone.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Ann-Margret, Alan Bates, Emily Irvin, William Booker
Votes: 692
14. 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: 176
15. 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
16. Little Girl in Blue Velvet (1978)
108 min | Drama, Romance, War
An old surgeon falls in love with an intellectual underage girl.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Claudia Cardinale, Lara Wendel, Umberto Orsini
Votes: 91
17. Churchill's People (1974–1975)
50 min | Drama, History, War
A historical anthology series based on "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples", Winston Churchill's four-volume history of Britain and its former colonies.
Stars: Alfred Lynch, Bernard Hepton, Geoffrey Matthews, Mark Donaldson
Votes: 36
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
20. Shelley (1972 TV Movie)
75 min | Biography, Drama, History
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Jenny Agutter, Peter Bowles, Nicolas Chagrin, David Dundas
Votes: 18
21. Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965–1973)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television.
Stars: Robin Chadwick, Donald Sinden, Helen Lindsay, Paul Moriarty
Votes: 57
22. The Hireling (1973)
PG | 95 min | Drama
A young British woman suffering from depression over the loss of her husband develops an unusual relationship with her chauffeur.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Robert Shaw, Sarah Miles, Peter Egan, Caroline Mortimer
Votes: 865
23. Great Expectations (1967– )
25 min | Drama
A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.
Stars: Gary Bond, Francesca Annis, Peter Vaughan, Richard O'Sullivan
Votes: 24
24. Detective (1964–1969)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Anthology series featuring adaptations of detective stories.
Stars: Rupert Davies, Ralph Michael, Barbara Couper, Esmond Knight
Votes: 27
25. Timeshift (2002–2017)
60 min | Documentary
Series looking at changes in British society, employing archive footage from the BBC and other sources.
Stars: Veronika Hyks, Tamsin Greig, Kim Newman, Andrew Martin
Votes: 74
26. Age of Innocence (1977)
101 min | Drama
A troubled love story brews in a town where a conscientious objector comes to stay.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: David Warner, Honor Blackman, Trudy Young, Lois Maxwell
Votes: 213
27. Les Misérables (1967)
50 min | Drama
Ten-part BBC adaptation of the classic Victor Hugo novel.
Stars: Frank Finlay, Anthony Bate, Alan Rowe, Lesley Roach
Votes: 24
28. The Sextet (1972)
75 min | Drama
An anthology series of BBC television dramas on sexual themes. The same cast was featured in each production.
Stars: Denholm Elliott, Billie Whitelaw, Richard Vernon, Dennis Waterman
29. First Night (1963–1964)
Drama
Stars: Madge Ryan, Anthony Bate, James Maxwell, Michael Caine
Votes: 104
30. Apt Pupil
Drama, Thriller | Abandoned
Todd Bowden realizes that Kurt Dussander, a nazi criminal, lives in his small town. Soon, Todd blackmails Dussander into telling him about the gory details in exchange for not turning him ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Bridges
31. Rain on the Roof (1980 TV Movie)
75 min | Drama
Another of Dennis Potter's "visitation dramas": Adultery by John disturbs Janet, so she flirts with the simple, mistreated Billy during the middle of giving him a reading lesson. ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Cheryl Campbell, Malcolm Stoddard, Michael Culver, Madeleine Hinde
Votes: 99
32. Suspense (1962–1963)
Thriller
Anthology series telling suspenseful tales.
Stars: Bill Meilen, Ray Handy, John Carson, Alex Scott
Votes: 22
33. The Brothers Karamazov (1964– )
45 min | Drama
Stars: Ray Barrett, Alan Rowe, Judith Stott, Ann Castle
34. The Idiot (1966– )
Drama
Dramatization of Dostoyevsky's novel about a naive and unworldly young man who finds himself entangled in a corrupt and greedy society.
Stars: David Buck, Adrienne Corri, Anthony Bate, Patrick Newell
35. Saturday Sunday Monday (1978 TV Movie)
98 min | Drama
One Saturday evening, Rosa Priore (Dame Joan Plowright) is preparing a magnificent Sunday lunch for her family and their friends. By Sunday afternoon, her life and marriage are in ruins.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Joan Plowright, Maggie Wells, Frank Finlay, Nicholas Clay
Votes: 51
36. Crown Matrimonial (1974 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama, History
Unable to marry the divorced Wallis Simpson, King Edward VIII has to choose between the crown and love.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Bernard Archard, Barbara Atkinson, Maxine Audley, Peter Barkworth
Votes: 11
37. Act of Murder (1964)
62 min | Crime, Drama
A dangerous psychological game plays out between a man and the husband of the lover who spurned him.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: John Carson, Anthony Bate, Justine Lord, Duncan Lewis
Votes: 86
38. The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1990 TV Movie)
60 min | Family
Adapted from the Beatrix Potter story of the pignapping of Little Pig Robinson by Captain Barnabus Butcher, who fools Robinson into believing that he is being taken on a trip to visit the ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Timothy Spall, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Barry Jackson
Votes: 29
39. Very Like a Whale (1980 TV Movie)
86 min | Drama
A rich industrialist reaches the heights of success but finds himself increasingly isolated from everyone around him.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Alan Bates, Gemma Jones, Ann Bell, Anna Cropper
Votes: 20
40. Thirteen Against Fate (1966)
50 min | Drama
Maigret creator Georges Simenon writes thirteen psychological dramas in which a person's life is changed by a simple act of fate.
Stars: Joss Ackland, Pamela Brown, Frank Finlay, Alexander Knox
41. Intrigue (1966– )
60 min
An industrial espionage drama in which an agent investigated the world of big business
Stars: Edward Judd, Caroline Mortimer, Wanda Ventham, Gabrielle Drake
42. James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate (1984 TV Movie)
38 min | Documentary, Biography
Retrospective of the life and work of actor James Mason.
Director: Mike Healey | Stars: James Mason, Shelley Rohde, Margaret Lockwood, Kathleen Ryan
43. Savages (1975 TV Movie)
Drama
A first secretary in the British Embassy in a South American country is kidnapped by a terrorist group to blackmail their Government into releasing 25 political prisoners
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Richard Pasco, Michael Kitchen, Raymond Francis, Ian Hogg
44. Shipwrecked III (2002– )
Reality-TV
Stars: Randy Wayne, Geordie Taylor, Jeff Brazier, Gemma Atherton
Votes: 11
45. Studio 4 (1962)
60 min | Drama
Anthology series of plays filmed at the BBC TV centre's newly constructed Studio Four.
Stars: Marjorie Wilde, Frederick Farley, David Spenser, Dallas Cavell
Votes: 25
46. Forget-Me-Not-Lane (1975 TV Movie)
110 min | Drama
In middle-age, Frank thinks back on his exasperating father, and tries to understand him.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Albert Finney, Bill Fraser, Gemma Jones, Joan Newell
47. You Can't Win (1961)
45 min | Crime
Anthology series of plays based around the theme that "crime does not pay."
Stars: Raymond Hodge, Robert Weeden, Gillian Raine, Michael Aldridge
48. The Shooting Party - A Retrospective (2006 Video)
44 min | Documentary, Short
Stars: Al Senter, Geoffrey Reeve, Isabel Colegate, Julian Bond
49. A World Inside (1962 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
Stars: Earl Cameron, Nadia Cattouse, Hira Talfrey, Clifton Jones
50. The Father (1962 TV Movie)
75 min | Drama
Parents struggle over the future of their child, resulting in the mother, using her cunning manipulative skills, subduing and finally destroying the father.
Stars: Robert Shaw, Daphne Slater, Denis Quilley, Wynne Clark