Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Angela Bruce

1. Death in Paradise (2011– )

TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Cultures collide when British Detective Inspector is transferred from England to the Caribbean island of Saint Marie to head the island's police department.

Stars: Elizabeth Bourgine, Don Warrington, Danny John-Jules, Joséphine Jobert

Votes: 28,135

2. Vera (2011–2025)

TV-PG | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

With her caustic wit and singular charm, DCI Vera Stanhope leads her team as they face a series of captivating murder mysteries set against the breathtaking Northumberland landscape.

Stars: Brenda Blethyn, Jon Morrison, Riley Jones, Kenny Doughty

Votes: 20,178

3. Silent Witness (1996– )

TV-14 | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A team of exceptional forensic pathologists and scientists investigate heinous crimes and use their skills to catch the people responsible.

Stars: Emilia Fox, David Caves, William Gaminara, Tom Ward

Votes: 12,763

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: 39,586

5. MI-5 (2002–2011)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The missions of MI-5, the UK's domestic intelligence organization.

Stars: Peter Firth, Hugh Simon, Nicola Walker, Rupert Penry-Jones

Votes: 18,451

6. Red Dwarf (1988– )

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.

Stars: Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules, Robert Llewellyn

Votes: 37,333

7. Only Fools and Horses (1981–2003)

TV-PG | 95 min | Comedy

Comedy that follows two brothers from London's rough Peckham estate as they wheel and deal through a number of dodgy deals and search for the big score that'll make them millionaires.

Stars: David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Roger Lloyd Pack, Buster Merryfield

Votes: 56,786

8. Casualty (1986– )

TV-PG | 50 min | Drama

The everyday lives of the people frequenting the frenetic Accident and Emergency department of Holby City Hospital.

Stars: Derek Thompson, Tony Marshall, Suzanne Packer, Ian Bleasdale

Votes: 3,698

9. The Bill (1984–2010)

TV-14 | Crime, Drama

Long-running police drama series featuring officers and detectives from the fictional Sun Hill suburb in East London.

Stars: Graham Cole, Jeff Stewart, Trudie Goodwin, Simon Rouse

Votes: 4,118

10. EastEnders (1985– )

TV-PG | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

The everyday lives of working-class inhabitants of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough. The square includes the Queen Vic pub and a street market.

Stars: Adam Woodyatt, Steve McFadden, Letitia Dean, June Brown

Votes: 9,241

11. Coronation Street (1960– )

TV-PG | 30 min | Drama, Romance

The world's longest-running television soap, Coronation Street focuses on the everyday lives of working-class people in Manchester, England.

Stars: William Roache, Helen Worth, Barbara Knox, Sally Dynevor

Votes: 6,026

12. Doctors (2000–2024)

30 min | Drama

The daily lives of staff at a Birmingham medical practice, including their often-dramatic involvements with their patients.

Stars: Adrian Lewis Morgan, Jan Pearson, Matthew Chambers, Diane Keen

Votes: 1,705

13. Lovejoy (1986–1994)

TV-14 | 50 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Lovejoy is an irresistible rogue with a keen eye for antiques. The part-time detective scours the murky salerooms, auction halls and stately homes of Britain, always on the lookout for a find.

Stars: Ian McShane, Dudley Sutton, Chris Jury, Phyllis Logan

Votes: 3,923

14. My Family (2000–2011)

TV-14 | 50 min | Comedy

Ben Harper, a misanthropic dentist, has little time for most people, including his wife Susan, and their children Nick, Janey, and Michael.

Stars: Robert Lindsay, Zoë Wanamaker, Gabriel Thomson, Daniela Denby-Ashe

Votes: 10,558

15. Waking the Dead (2000–2011)

TV-14 | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Drama series following a team of detectives who investigate unsolved murders using modern technology.

Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Wil Johnson, Tara Fitzgerald

Votes: 6,448

16. Holby City (1999–2022)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama

The everyday lives, professional and personal, of the doctors, nurses and patients who find themselves, for various reasons, in the wards of the frenetic cardiac unit of Holby City General Hospital.

Stars: Hugh Quarshie, Rosie Marcel, Jaye Jacobs, Bob Barrett

Votes: 2,654

17. Prime Suspect (1991)

TV-14 | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A female police detective investigates a series of serial murders while dealing with sexist hostility from her male comrades.

Stars: Helen Mirren, John Benfield, Tom Bell, Craig Fairbrass

Votes: 9,253

18. Silver Haze (2023)

102 min | Drama

Fifteen years after she got burnt when the pub where she slept as a child caught fire, Franky (23) seeks revenge because she still hasn't found any answers.

Director: Sacha Polak | Stars: Vicky Knight, Esme Creed-Miles, Charlotte Knight, Archie Brigden

Votes: 686

19. Bad Girls (1999–2006)

TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama

British hard-hitting drama about the staff and inmates of a women's prison.

Stars: Kika Mirylees, Victoria Alcock, Helen Fraser, Jack Ellis

Votes: 2,593

20. Press Gang (1989–1993)

1,290 min | Family, Comedy, Drama

A bunch of kids are to make a newspaper for the young, named "Junior Gazette". The series follows these kids both on job and in private.

Stars: Julia Sawalha, Dexter Fletcher, Paul Reynolds, Mmoloki Chrystie

Votes: 1,100

21. Hammer House of Horror (1980)

TV-14 | 54 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

This British anthology series, which was produced by England's leading exporters of horror films, told tales of haunted houses, demons, ghosts, and other supernatural wonders.

Stars: Peter Cushing, Denholm Elliott, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Anna Calder-Marshall

Votes: 2,288

22. The Upper Hand (1990–1996)

25 min | Comedy

An affluent divorced woman named Caroline Weatley, raising her son Tom with help from her mother Laura West, seeks a housekeeper, and a man named Charlie Burrows applies for the job.

Stars: Diana Weston, Honor Blackman, Joe McGann, Kellie Bright

Votes: 609

23. Our Friends in the North (1996)

TV-MA | 69 min | Drama, History

Drama examining the politics and change across Britain from the Sixties to the Nineties seen through the varying fortunes of four friends.

Stars: Christopher Eccleston, Mark Strong, Gina McKee, Daniel Craig

Votes: 2,378

24. Van der Valk (1972–1992)

120 min | Crime, Drama

Cynical Dutch Detective Commissaris and his colleagues investigate murders, kidnappings, and political corruption.

Stars: Barry Foster, Michael Latimer, Joanna Dunham, Susan Travers

Votes: 541

25. Dempsey and Makepeace (1985–1986)

60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Dempsey, a tough NYPD cop, is sent to a London undercover police unit teamed up with the sophisticated, sexy, blonde Makepeace. They hunt down the top of London's underworld - when not quarreling.

Stars: Michael Brandon, Glynis Barber, Ray Smith, Tony Osoba

Votes: 2,056

26. Waiting for God (1990–1994)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy

An unusual alliance develops between Diana Trent, a cynical retired photojournalist and Tom Ballard, a former accountant, while staying at the Bayview Retirement Home.

Stars: Graham Crowden, Stephanie Cole, Daniel Hill, Janine Duvitski

Votes: 2,010

27. 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: 395

28. Angels (1975–1983)

50 min | Drama

Six student nurses start training in the NHS, facing challenges working with colleagues and patients while adapting to the hierarchy and procedures.

Stars: Carol Holmes, Shirley Cheriton, Joanna Monro, Sharon Rosita

Votes: 137

29. Spender (1991–1993)

50 min | Action, Drama

Jimmy Nail plays Spender, a Northeast England police detective with marital problems.

Stars: Jimmy Nail, Sammy Johnson, Berwick Kaler, Denise Welch

Votes: 357

30. 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

31. Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War (2002)

106 min | Comedy

After her husband's death and being forced into a nursing home, a woman starts looking for independence.

Director: Ian Sharp | Stars: Pauline Collins, Peter Capaldi, Anna Wilson-Jones, Gwenllian Davies

Votes: 872

32. Takin' Over the Asylum (1994)

TV-14 | 50 min | Drama

A salesman starts to run a hospital radio station inside a facility for people with mental heath needs.

Stars: Ken Stott, Katy Murphy, David Tennant, Ruth McCabe

Votes: 1,180

33. ITV Playhouse (1967–1982)

Comedy, Drama

Anthology series of dramatic works.

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

Votes: 88

34. Within These Walls (1974–1978)

60 min | Drama

Drama inside a women's prison.

Stars: Jerome Willis, Mona Bruce, Denys Hawthorne, Beth Harris

Votes: 100

35. Jackanory (1965–1996)

15 min | Family, Fantasy

A celebrity reads a story, enhancing it in ways that will entice the most restless of children.

Stars: Bernard Cribbins, Kenneth Williams, Martin Jarvis, John Grant

Votes: 423

36. The War Master (2017 Podcast Series)

Sci-Fi

New adventures featuring the Master's exploits in the Time War.

Stars: Derek Jacobi, Nicholas Briggs, Sean Carlsen, Silas Carson

37. Unit - the New Series (2015 Podcast Series)

Sci-Fi

Following Kate Stewart, Osgood and the UNIT team as they defend planet Earth from alien threats.

Stars: Jemma Redgrave, Ingrid Oliver, James Joyce, Ramon Tikaram

38. The Ghost Hunter (2000–2002)

25 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Mrs Crocker is the ghosthunter, and along with her assistant, De Sniff, tries to capture all the ghosts. She hates all ghosts, especially a little Victorian shoe shine boy, but his two human friends try to save him from the ghosthunter.

Stars: Jean Marsh, Lee Godwin, Terry Crow, Will Theakston

Votes: 203

39. Doctor Who: The War Doctor (2015 Podcast Series)

Sci-Fi

New adventures with The War Doctor at the beginning and near the end of his life as he tries to find ways to end the Time War

Stars: Nicholas Briggs, Jonathon Carley, John Hurt, Jacqueline Pearce

40. Big Bad World (1999–2001)

54 min | Drama

Patrick and Beatrice Dempsey are attempting to navigate life with a young family but instead find that their old single friends haven't grown up.

Stars: Ardal O'Hanlon, Beth Goddard, Mick Ford, Emma Fielding

Votes: 39

41. Him (2016– )

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy

HIM is struggling with a fractured family life, adolescence, failing grades and feelings he cannot control. However, unlike other 17-year-olds HIM also has to learn to master the supernatural power he has inherited from his grandfather.

Stars: Katherine Kelly, James Murray, Patrick Robinson, Alec Newman

Votes: 680

42. Rock Follies (1976)

Drama, Music

Three actresses, lumbered by useless boyfriends, are plucked from a theatrical chorus-line to form a manufactured rock group: the 'Little Ladies'.

Stars: Charlotte Cornwell, Julie Covington, Rula Lenska, Billy Murray

Votes: 149

43. Messiah 2: Vengeance Is Mine (2002–2003)

180 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A man is buried alive, and Metcalfe must delve into a serial killer's psyche.

Stars: Frances Grey, Gillian Taylforth, Emily Joyce, Dani Biernat

Votes: 960

44. Doctor Who: The Lost Stories (2009– )

Sci-Fi

Big Finish dives into the BBC archives to find some lost Doctor Who gems and adapt them for the first time.

Stars: Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, John Banks, Nicholas Briggs

45. Man at the Top (1973)

R | 92 min | Drama

Joe Lampton, the protagonist of Man at the Top (1970), learns that an untested drug from the shady pharmaceutical concern he works for made hundreds of African women sterile. When he turns to his superior, he finds that he's in over his head.

Director: Mike Vardy | Stars: Kenneth Haigh, Nanette Newman, Harry Andrews, John Quentin

Votes: 196

46. Starting Out (1973–1992)

Drama, Family

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Stars: Yolande Palfrey, Faye Maguire, Graeme Briggs, Denyse Alexander

47. Sean's Show (1992–1993)

30 min | Comedy

Comedian Sean Hughes is plucked from obscurity and trapped in a TV reconstruction of his Muswell Hill flat, where his everyday bumblings are exposed to the gaze of a studio audience

Stars: Sean Hughes, Michael Troughton, Eileen Way, Victor McGuire

Votes: 143

48. Empire Road (1978–1979)

30 min | Drama

A soap opera, similar in format to Coronation Street (1960), this show depicted life for the African-Caribbean, East Indian, and South Asian residents of a racially diverse street in the city of Birmingham.

Stars: Norman Beaton, Corinne Skinner-Carter, Joseph Marcell, Trevor Butler

Votes: 20

49. South of the Border (1988–1990)

50 min | Crime, Drama

Former school friends secretary Pearl Parker and tearaway Finn Gallagher have a flair for investigation so decide to try their hands has private detectives.

Stars: Buki Armstrong, Rosie Rowell, Dinah Stabb, Valentine Nonyela

Votes: 13

50. Doctor at the Top (1991)

30 min | Comedy

An update of the classic seventies "Doctor" comedies.

Stars: Robin Nedwell, Geoffrey Davies, George Layton, Roger Sloman

Votes: 54