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1. Atonement (2007)
R | 123 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Thirteen-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.
Director: Joe Wright | Stars: Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Brenda Blethyn, Saoirse Ronan
Votes: 300,213 | Gross: $50.93M
2. Notes on a Scandal (2006)
R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her fifteen-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond a platonic friendship.
Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Judi Dench, Andrew Simpson, Tom Georgeson
Votes: 84,657 | Gross: $17.51M
3. The Hollow Crown (2012–2016)
TV-14 | 150 min | Drama, History, War
A mini-series of adaptations of Shakespeare's history plays: Richard II, Henry IV: Parts 1 and 2, and Henry V.
Stars: Anton Lesser, Simon Russell Beale, Tom Georgeson, John Mackay
Votes: 7,327
4. Iris (I) (2001)
R | 91 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.
Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent, Kate Winslet, Hugh Bonneville
Votes: 19,153 | Gross: $1.29M
5. King Lear (2018 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 115 min | Drama
An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Jim Broadbent, Jim Carter, Tobias Menzies, Emily Watson
Votes: 4,320
6. Richard III (1995)
R | 110 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, War
The classic Shakespearean play about the murderously scheming 15th-century king is reimagined in an alternative setting of 1930s England as clouds of fascism gather.
Director: Richard Loncraine | Stars: Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Christopher Bowen, Edward Jewesbury
Votes: 15,584 | Gross: $2.60M
7. Great Performances (1971– )
TV-G | 180 min | Music, Musical
Filmed and televised versions of theater productions, such as plays, musicals, operas, ballets, and concerts from around the world.
Stars: Scott Yoo, Julie Andrews, Renée Fleming, Plácido Domingo
Votes: 903
8. The Children Act (2017)
R | 105 min | Drama
As her marriage crumbles, a judge must decide a case involving a teenage boy who is refusing a blood transfusion on religious principle.
Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Reena Lalbihari, Dominic Carter
Votes: 14,760 | Gross: $0.51M
9. Allelujah (2022)
99 min | Drama
The story of a geriatric ward in a small Yorkshire hospital threatened with closure.
Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Jesse Akele, Lorraine Ashbourne, Nivedita Bhargava, David Bradley
Votes: 1,715
10. Screen Two (1985–1998)
TV-14 | 120 min | Drama
In 1984 Kenith Trodd joined BBC team responding to Channel 4 releases, leading to transition from BBC studio plays to Screen One/Two anthology series. Trodd oversaw first group of titles in these series in 1985.
Stars: Jude North, Roger Brierley, Geoffrey Chater, Norman Jones
Votes: 247
11. Stage Beauty (2004)
R | 106 min | Drama
A female theatre dresser creates a stir and sparks a revolution in seventeenth century London theatre by playing Desdemona in Othello. But what will become of the male actor she once worked for and eventually replaced?
Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Rupert Everett, Derek Hutchinson
Votes: 10,745 | Gross: $0.78M
12. 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
13. Arena (1975– )
60 min | Documentary
Wide-ranging arts program.
Stars: Gavin Millar, Kenneth Tynan, John Walters, Jonathan Miller
Votes: 320
14. The Other Man (2008)
R | 88 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
The story of a husband who suspects his wife of adultery, and sets out to track down the other man in her life.
Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Liam Neeson, Antonio Banderas, Laura Linney, Romola Garai
Votes: 12,429
15. The Dresser (2015 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 105 min | Drama
A drama, based on a successful play, about an aging actor (Sir Anthony Hopkins) and his personal assistant (Sir Ian McKellen).
Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Ian McKellen, Emily Watson, Sarah Lancashire
Votes: 3,763
16. Panorama (I) (1953– )
40 min | Documentary, News
Long-running factual programme reporting on all aspects of life in Britain.
Stars: Fred Emery, David Dimbleby, Richard Lindley, Richard Dimbleby
Votes: 599
17. 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
18. The South Bank Show (1978– )
53 min | Documentary
ITV's long-running arts series presented by Melvyn Bragg.
Stars: Melvyn Bragg, Ian McKellen, David Hockney, Victoria Wood
Votes: 216
19. The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006– )
Not Rated | 128 min | Musical
Live performances of operas from New York's Metropolitan Opera.
Stars: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Renée Fleming
Votes: 172
20.
Sunday Premiere (1986–1988)
Episode:
Tumbledown
(1988)
115 min
Based on the experiences of Lieutenant Robert Lawrence, M.C..
Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Colin Firth, Paul Rhys, David Calder, Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Votes: 588
21. Charlie Rose (1991–2017)
60 min | News, Talk-Show
Charlie Rose interviews noteworthy people in fields including politics and government, business and economics, science and technology, media, sports and the arts.
Stars: Charlie Rose, Mark Halperin, Al Hunt, Thomas Friedman
Votes: 1,166
22. Fifty Years on Stage (2013 TV Movie)
151 min | Comedy, Drama
The Royal National Theatre celebrates 50 years of excellent theatre, with extracts of some of the best plays of the last five decades, peformed by the countries best performers.
Directors: Nicholas Hytner, Tim Van Someren, Howard Davies, Rufus Norris, Alex Sims | Stars: Roger Allam, Samuel Anderson, Alan Ayckbourn, Jonathan Bailey
Votes: 280
23. The Windsors: A Royal Dynasty (2020)
60 min | Documentary
The Windsors: Inside the Royal Dynasty. The series tells the incredible, dramatic and emotional tale of the British Royal Family known as The Windsors. Using stunning archive and interviews... See full summary »
Stars: Rosamund Pike, Kate Williams, Ed Owens, Sally Bedell Smith
Votes: 194
24. The Ploughman's Lunch (1983)
R | 107 min | Drama
James Penfield (Jonathan Pryce) has made a career out of journalism. Now bankrupt, he finds himself with a group of other writers in the middle of the dispute-ridden British homeland at the time of the Falklands War.
Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Jonathan Pryce, William Maxwell, Paul Jesson, Andy Rashleigh
Votes: 497
25. 2nd House (1973–1976)
45 min | Talk-Show
BBC Arts program derived from Full House (1972).
Stars: Melvyn Bragg, Edwin Mullins, Roger McGough, Struan Rodger
Votes: 19
26. HARDtalk (1997– )
25 min | Talk-Show
Politicians and other public figures are asked the tough questions about whether the way they do things is really the best way.
Stars: Tim Sebastian, Stephen Sackur, Zeinab Badawi, Sarah Montague
Votes: 163
27. Breakfast with Kay Burley (2019– )
News
British early morning news and discussion show airing Monday-Thursday live on Sky News.
Stars: Kay Burley, Ian King, Nazaneen Ghaffar, Niall Paterson
Votes: 43
28. The Cherry Orchard (1981 TV Movie)
130 min | Drama
Madame Ranevsky (Dame Judi Dench) is a spoiled aging aristocratic lady, who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate after a default on the ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Judi Dench, Bill Paterson, Anton Lesser, Harriet Walter
Votes: 143
29. Everyman (1977– )
50 min | Documentary
Long-running BBC documentary series, often focussing on issues of a religious nature.
Stars: Peter France, Vanya Kewley, Jenni Murray, David Jessel
Votes: 33
30. 10 Minute Tales (2009)
TV-PG | Comedy, Drama
A remarkable collection of short films with the power to move every emotion without a single word.
Stars: Bill Nighy, Claire Foy, Timothy Spall, Peter Capaldi
Votes: 109
31. Singleton's Pluck (1984)
PG | 89 min | Comedy
A farmer becomes an unintentional celebrity when, because of a strike, he has to walk his five thousand geese, one hundred miles to market.
Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Ian Holm, Penelope Wilton, Richard Hope, Bill Owen
Votes: 173
32. The Filmmakers Podcast (2017 Podcast Series)
Biography, Talk-Show
A podcast on how to actually make films and TV. From studio films to micro budget films and everything in-between. How to get them made, how to make them and how to try not to f.. it up in their very humble opinions.
Stars: Giles Alderson, Dom Lenoir, Robbie McKane, Lucinda Rhodes Thakrar
Votes: 23
33. Bookmark (1983–1999)
50 min | Biography
A look at the world of books and writers.
Stars: Ian Hamilton, Simon Winchester, A.N. Wilson, Fay Weldon
Votes: 27
34. Loose Connections (1983)
PG | 96 min | Comedy, Romance
A lesbian and feminist woman advertises for a traveling companion to accompany her in a drive across Europe. The man who answers her ad is the most helpless, chauvinistic person she's ever met.
Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Lindsay Duncan, Carol Harrison, Frances Low, Andy de la Tour
Votes: 115
35. Cinema 3 (1984–2016)
News
Stars: Jaume Figueras, Crisol Tuà, Monts Llussà, Àlex Gorina
Votes: 229
36. This Week (2003–2019)
45 min | News, Talk-Show
Political journalist and comic Andrew Neil is joined by guests to take a light-hearted look back at the week in politics.
Stars: Andrew Neil, Michael Portillo, Diane Abbott, Miranda Green
Votes: 173
37. Past Caring (1985 TV Movie)
77 min | Drama
67 year-old Victor is forced to move into an old people's home but he prefers to grow old disgracefully.
Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Denholm Elliott, Emlyn Williams, Connie Booth, Joan Greenwood
Votes: 22
38. Sunday Premiere (1986–1988)
90 min
Sunday night dramas on subjects as diverse as a dodgy doctor and a tale of cat lovers and the social circle they inhabit.
Stars: Paul McGann, Bill Fellows, Matthew Marsh, Anthony Calf
39. Funny Women (1997–1999)
30 min | Documentary, Short, Comedy
Documentary series showing the careers of women in comedy including scenes from their most popular and memorable roles.
Stars: Janine Duvitski, Alison Steadman, Maureen Lipman, Beryl Reid
Votes: 17
40. The Royal Opera House: La Traviata (2016)
204 min | Drama, Music
Director: Matt Woodward | Stars: Yves Abel, Simon Callow, Daniel Dooner, David Galea
Votes: 14
41. Great Performances at the Met (2007– )
Music
Matinee performances take place at the Metropolitan Opera.
Stars: Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Matthew Polenzani
42. The John Thaw Story (2002 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary, Biography
Tribute to the much-missed actor John Thaw, featuring reminiscences from his family, friends and colleagues about both his private life and his public work.
Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Sally Alexander, Richard Attenborough, Richard Bates, Richard Briers
Votes: 55
44. The 56th Annual Tony Awards (2002 TV Special)
News
Tony Award is the popular name of award, annually awarded for achievements in area of the American theatre, including a musical theatre. Complete official name of bonus - "Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre".
Director: Glenn Weiss | Stars: Bernadette Peters, Gregory Hines, Edward Albee, Rob Ashford
Votes: 117
45. Ceremonia de inauguración - 56º Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián (2008 TV Special)
63 min
Director: Manuel Palacios | Stars: Edurne Ormazabal, Belén Rueda, Sanâa Alaoui, Woody Allen
Votes: 50
46. The Sunday Programme (1994–2008)
News
Stars: Steve Richards, Alastair Stewart, David Mills, Frank Dobson
47. Britain's Finest (2003– )
70 min | Documentary
Stars: Carenza Lewis, Loyd Grossman, Bill Paterson, Peter Hall
Votes: 74
48. The Book Show (2006–2013)
Talk-Show
Stars: Mariella Frostrup, Alexander McCall Smith, Jenny Colgan, Anthony Horowitz
Votes: 18
49. Raspberry Ripple (1988 TV Movie)
Comedy
A clever paraplegic man, haunted by visions of imaginary gangsters, becomes desperate to leave the "cripple" facility he's stuck in. To get out, he must outwit the facility's matron and the constant surveillance of one of his fellows.
Director: Nigel Finch | Stars: Faye Dunaway, John Gordon Sinclair, Nabil Shaban, Rosie Kerslake
Votes: 34
50. Vincent in Brixton (2003 TV Movie)
135 min | Biography, Drama
Based on Nicholas Wright's 2002 play exploring the life of the young 'Vincent Van Gogh' during a stay in London in 1873.
Directors: Humphrey Burton, Richard Eyre | Stars: Richard Eyre, Emma Handy, Clare Higgins, Paul Nicholls