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1. Inspector Morse (1987–2000)

TV-14 | 3,431 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Chief Inspector Morse has an ear for Western classical music, a taste for beer, and a nose for crime. He and Detective Sergeant Robert Lewis solve intriguing cases in and around the Oxford area.

Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, James Grout, Peter Woodthorpe

Votes: 14,348

2. Escape from Sobibor (1987 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 143 min | Drama, History, War

German death camp in Sobibor, Poland, killed two hundred fifty thousand Jews. It had the most successful prisoner escape in World War II on October 14, 1943.

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Alan Arkin, Joanna Pacula, Rutger Hauer, Hartmut Becker

Votes: 9,822

3. The Package (1989)

R | 108 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Boyette, back to the US, but Boyette escapes and Gallagher must risk life and limb to catch him.

Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Gene Hackman, Tommy Lee Jones, Joanna Cassidy, John Heard

Votes: 11,437 | Gross: $10.65M

4. Kavanagh QC (1995–2001)

TV-MA | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A crusty barrister oversees difficult criminal cases while dealing with the demands of his family life.

Stars: John Thaw, Oliver Ford Davies, Nicholas Jones, Cliff Parisi

Votes: 1,087

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: 392

6. Goodnight Mr Tom (1998 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Family, War

A shy and quiet World War II evacuee is housed by a disgruntled old man, and they soon develop a close bond.

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: John Thaw, Nick Robinson, Annabelle Apsion, Thomas Orange

Votes: 4,915

7. 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: 244

8. The Medusa Touch (1978)

PG | 109 min | Drama, Mystery

A telekinetic novelist causes disasters simply by thinking about them.

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Richard Burton, Lee Remick, Lino Ventura, Harry Andrews

Votes: 7,490

9. The Tenth Man (1988 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, War

Based on the novel by Graham Greene, this is a story of a French advocate Chavel (Sir Anthony Hopkins), who, while imprisoned by the Germans during the occupation, trades his material ... See full summary »

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Kristin Scott Thomas, Derek Jacobi, Cyril Cusack

Votes: 1,906

10. The Return of the Native (1994 TV Movie)

PG | 101 min | Drama

Reddleman Diggory Venn drives slowly across the heath, carrying a hidden passenger in the back of his van. When darkness falls, the country folk light bonfires on the hills, emphasizing the pagan spirit of the heath and its denizens.

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Clive Owen, Ray Stevenson, Steven Mackintosh

Votes: 760

11. ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969–1974)

78 min | Drama

Anthology series of dramatic works.

Stars: Michael Balfour, Madoline Thomas, Diane Cilento, Jim Dale

Votes: 98

12. Masterpiece (1971– )

Drama, History, Mystery

An anthology drama series featuring primarily British productions.

Stars: Alistair Cooke, Laura Linney, David Bamber, Russell Baker

Votes: 578

13. Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980 TV Movie)

103 min | Drama, Family, Romance

An American boy turns out to be the long-lost heir of a British fortune. He is sent to live with the cold and unsentimental Lord, who oversees the trust.

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Ricky Schroder, Alec Guinness, Eric Porter, Colin Blakely

Votes: 5,255

14. Aces High (1976)

PG | 114 min | Action, Drama, War

In World War I, the high casualty rate amongst the rookie pilots of the Royal Flying Corps puts an enormous strain on the survivors.

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Christopher Plummer, Simon Ward, Peter Firth

Votes: 2,987

15. 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

16. This Is Your Life (1955–2003)

30 min | Documentary, Biography

The UK version of the popular US show. Eamonn Andrews (later Michael Aspel) surprises celebrities by presenting them with the Big Red Book before taking them into the studio to tell viewers... See full summary »

Stars: Eamonn Andrews, Michael Aspel, Elizabeth Dawn, June Whitfield

Votes: 323

17. Arena (1975– )

60 min | Documentary

Wide-ranging arts program.

Stars: Gavin Millar, Kenneth Tynan, John Walters, Jonathan Miller

Votes: 320

18. Lost Angels (1989)

R | 116 min | Drama

A troubled youth from a split Los Angeles family is sent to a private psychiatric hospital after a violent scrape with the police. In the hospital, he makes a connection with one of the doctors who has his own problems.

Director: Hugh Hudson | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Adam Horovitz, Amy Locane, Don Bloomfield

Votes: 1,075 | Gross: $1.25M

19. The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978–1985)

BBC adaptations of all 37 plays wholly and authoritatively credited to William Shakespeare.

Stars: Brenda Bruce, Jon Finch, David Gwillim, Rob Edwards

Votes: 52

20. The Brief (2004–2005)

90 min | Crime, Drama

Henry Farmer is a clever criminal law barrister whose every day is a juggling act between surviving his messy personal life and pleading cases that only he can win.

Stars: Alan Davies, Cherie Lunghi, Christopher Fulford, Linda Bassett

Votes: 482

21. Man Friday (1975)

PG | 115 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

During the 17th century, shipwrecked English seaman Robinson Crusoe, after years of solitude, spots natives on his deserted Pacific island and befriends one who he names Friday.

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Richard Roundtree, Peter Cellier, Christopher Cabot

Votes: 1,082

22. Macbeth (1983 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 148 min | Drama

Macbeth and his wife murder Duncan in order to gain his crown, but the bloodbath doesn't stop there, and things supernatural combine to bring the Macbeths down.

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Brenda Bruce, Eileen Way, Anne Dyson, Mark Dignam

Votes: 389

23. Omnibus (1967–2003)

Not Rated | 43 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

Arts documentary series with concerts and experimental dramatizations.

Stars: Humphrey Burton, Kirsty Wark, David Collings, Michael Hordern

Votes: 294

24. The Naked Civil Servant (1975 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 77 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

The life and times of Quentin Crisp, an outrageous and flamboyant homosexual, coming of age and growing into old age in conservative England.

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: John Hurt, Liz Gebhardt, Patricia Hodge, Stanley Lebor

Votes: 1,901

25. Who? (1974)

PG | 93 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

After an American scientist is severely injured and scarred in a car crash along the border with East Germany, he is captured by East German military. The scientists use metal implants to save him. Once he's back in the States, no one can tell if it's really him, so an intelligence specialist must determine who is under the "mask".

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Elliott Gould, Trevor Howard, Joseph Bova, Edward Grover

Votes: 785

26. Into the Blue (I) (1997 TV Movie)

120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Harry Barnett is a failed businessman who used to run a garage until he went bankrupt. He is now living on the island of Rhodes, looking after the villa of a friend, Alan Dysart, a former ... See full summary »

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: John Thaw, Tom Towndrow, Vida Garman, Abigail Cruttenden

Votes: 132

27. The Reckoning (1970)

R | 111 min | Drama

Michael Marler, a successful business man in London, is about to make his way to the top. The death of his father brings him - after five years - back to his hometown Liverpool, where he is... See full summary »

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Nicol Williamson, Rachel Roberts, Ann Bell, Zena Walker

Votes: 629

28. Praying Mantis (1982 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A middle-aged professor's young bride and his assistant plan to commit a double murder disguised as a "Crime Passionel", but discover too late that one of their intended victims has become a fellow conspirator.

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Jonathan Pryce, Cherie Lunghi, Carmen Du Sautoy, Pinkas Braun

Votes: 190

29. The Gravy Train (1990)

205 min | Comedy

Follows the misadventures of idealistic young Eurocrat Hans Joachim Dorfmann, who gets involved with EU politics, rotting plums, shady fixers, and the Machiavellian schemes of the self-serving British diplomat Michael Spearpoint.

Stars: Christoph Waltz, Ian Richardson, Almanta Suska, Alexei Sayle

Votes: 107

30. 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: 131

31. The Visit (1959)

35 min | Short, Drama

A brief visit by a vivacious young couple makes middle-aged spinster Alice painfully aware of how drab and dull her life is.

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Alice Spaul, Eunice Phelps, George Wood, Anne Corby

Votes: 31

32. The Merchant of Venice (1980 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 157 min | Comedy, Drama

A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia. Portia's father has died and left a very strange ... See full summary »

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: John Franklyn-Robbins, John Rhys-Davies, Alan David, John Nettles

Votes: 296

33. 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: 58

34. The Rose and the Jackal (1990 TV Movie)

Unrated | 100 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Union detective Allan Pinkerton falls in love with an aristocrat caught spying for the Confederacy.

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Madolyn Smith Osborne, Granville Van Dusen, Carrie Snodgress

Votes: 165

35. Film '72 (1971–2018)

30 min | Talk-Show

The BBC's flagship cinema review television programme featuring reviews of new releases, news items and interviews. The title of the programme changes each year to incorporate the year of broadcast.

Stars: Barry Norman, Danny Leigh, Claudia Winkleman, Jonathan Ross

Votes: 535

36. The Chain (1984)

100 min | Comedy

Comedy featuring interweaving stories of seven households caught up in a property chain on moving day, each one dependent on the other.

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Denis Lawson, Rita Wolf, Phyllis Logan, David Troughton

Votes: 439

37. The Bofors Gun (1968)

105 min | Drama

A national service non-commissioned officer (David Warner) comes face to face with an embittered Irish Gunner (Nicol Williamson) who is determined to humiliate him.

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Nicol Williamson, Ian Holm, David Warner, Peter Vaughan

Votes: 317

38. Red Monarch (1983 TV Movie)

101 min | Comedy, Drama

About Stalin's inner circle who he starts seeing as untrustworthy.

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Colin Blakely, David Suchet, Carroll Baker, Ian Hogg

Votes: 330

39. Spring Awakening (1994 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama

Supporting actor, Fritz Weaver, among others. Love story with Sherylyn Fenn. A family toils to save their Apple orchard from freezing and flooding circa 1900? Filmed in northern California.

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Sherilyn Fenn, Jamey Sheridan, Elizabeth Wilson, Sammi Davis

Votes: 99

40. Heavy Weather (1995 TV Movie)

95 min | Comedy

At Blandings Castle, the Earl of Emsworth cares only about his prize pig 'The Empress' and is willfully ignorant of the fact that his brother is planning to publish a book which might ruin ... See full summary »

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Judy Parfitt, Roy Hudd, Richard Briers, Peter O'Toole

Votes: 183

41. The National Health (1973)

PG | 98 min | Comedy

The British National Health System is skewered in this comedy set in a rundown London hospital. The hospital is filled with wacky staff members and patients, and the film strives to get all... See full summary »

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Lynn Redgrave, Colin Blakely, Eleanor Bron, Donald Sinden

Votes: 234

42. Aquarius (1970–1977)

39 min | Documentary

An arts magazine programme for ITV, presented by Humphrey Burton. Originally a fortnightly series, it became weekly, while later editions were presented by Peter Hall.

Stars: Humphrey Burton, Peter Hall, Russell Harty, Leonard Bernstein

Votes: 30

43. Whicker's World (1959–1994)

Documentary

Renowned journalist John Whicker travels the globe, uncovering unique cultural, historical, and social stories in witty and insightful episodes.

Stars: Alan Whicker, Robert Arnott, Patrick Lichfield, Christopher Lee

Votes: 51

44. The War That Never Ends (1991 TV Movie)

70 min | Drama

The Peloponnesian Wars (Athens versus Sparta for twenty-seven years) told in the format of news broadcast-like monologues by Thucydides, Plato, and others.

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: John Bennett, David Calder, Oliver Ford Davies, Don Henderson

Votes: 63

45. Centre Play (1973–1977)

Drama

Anthology series of half hour plays produced in BBC's Television Centre's studios.

Stars: John Barrett, Will Knightley, David Daker, Michael Gough

Votes: 15

46. 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

47. Super Sleuths (2006– )

60 min | Documentary

This special documentary examines Inspector Barnaby - his methods and techniques of investigation, from his time in the original novels through his translation to television.

Stars: George Baker, Anthony Horowitz, Val McDermid, David Suchet

Votes: 16

48. Ball-Trap on the Cote Sauvage (1989 TV Movie)

85 min | Comedy, Drama

Joe and Sarah Marriot is a pair of European campers who have pitched their tent for a little R & R at a campsite in France. The other families that have come to the site on holiday provide ... See full summary »

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Jack Shepherd, Zoë Wanamaker, Katerina Hadjimatheou, Jamie Groves

Votes: 104

49. She Stood Alone (1991 TV Movie)

95 min | Crime, Drama

Prudence Crandall establishes herself in Cantenbury, and starts a girls-school. When Eliza Harris, a black girl, wants to take lessons at this school, the local people resist and forbid ... See full summary »

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Chris Anthony Lansdowne, Kimberly Bailey, Wilson Bell, Taurean Blacque

Votes: 64

50. Sakharov (1984 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 118 min | Biography, Drama

Biography of Russian physicist & dissident Andrei Sakharov focuses on his first acts in his civil rights movement to his receiving the Nobel Peace prize. Sakharov's actions first caused him... See full summary »

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Jason Robards, Glenda Jackson, Nicol Williamson, Frank Finlay

Votes: 141