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1. Evita (1996)
PG | 135 min | Biography, Drama, History
The hit musical based on the life of Eva Perón (Evita Duarte), a B-picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Domingo Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Madonna, Jonathan Pryce, Antonio Banderas, Jimmy Nail
Votes: 37,608 | Gross: $50.05M
2. 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
3. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968)
Not Rated | 124 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
The adventures of four young lovers, a group of amateur actors and their interactions with fairies come to light in a moonlit forest.
Director: Peter Hall | Stars: Derek Godfrey, Barbara Jefford, Nicholas Selby, Hugh Sullivan
Votes: 880
4. The Camomile Lawn (1992)
258 min | Drama, Romance, War
In 1939, young Oliver, Calypso, Polly and Walter visit friends and family in Cornwall. Spanish Civil War is over and WW2 has begun, so they enjoy their love life while they can. Decades later, they gather again, this time for a funeral.
Stars: Felicity Kendal, Claire Bloom, Jennifer Ehle, Richard Johnson
Votes: 942
5. Never Talk to Strangers (1995)
R | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sarah Taylor, a criminal psychologist, embarks on a torrid affair with a seductive stranger. However, she begins doubting whether she can trust him when a mysterious stalker begins harassing her.
Director: Peter Hall | Stars: Rebecca De Mornay, Antonio Banderas, Dennis Miller, Len Cariou
Votes: 7,335 | Gross: $6.85M
6. The Deadly Affair (1967)
Not Rated | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A British agent sets out to uncover the hidden facts behind a British government employee's suicide.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: James Mason, Maximilian Schell, Simone Signoret, Harriet Andersson
Votes: 4,197
7. Perfect Friday (1970)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Crime
The deputy manager of a London bank has worked out a way to rob the branch of £200,000. When he becomes involved with the attractive Lady Dorset he decides to go ahead with his plan. He ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Hall | Stars: Ursula Andress, Stanley Baker, David Warner, Patience Collier
Votes: 1,173 | Gross: $0.50M
8. 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: 324
9. Arena (1975– )
60 min | Documentary
Wide-ranging arts program.
Stars: Gavin Millar, Kenneth Tynan, John Walters, Jonathan Miller
Votes: 320
10. Timewatch (1982– )
50 min | Documentary, History
BBC investigative documentary series noted for its new perspectives on historical events.
Stars: Michael Praed, Peter France, Christopher Andrew, John Tusa
Votes: 156
11. 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
12. The Guest (1963)
105 min | Drama
While renovating his house in London, Aston, out of pity, lodges a homeless man, but Aston's brother taunts and harasses the cranky old bum.
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Alan Bates, Donald Pleasence, Robert Shaw, Harold Pinter
Votes: 991
13. 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
14. Three Into Two Won't Go (1969)
R | 92 min | Drama
Steve Howard, a British sales executive living in Middlesex, England, begins an affair with a young hitchhiker, Ella Patterson, to emotionally get away from his marriage to his wife Frances... See full summary »
Director: Peter Hall | Stars: Rod Steiger, Claire Bloom, Judy Geeson, Peggy Ashcroft
Votes: 267
15. Imagine (2003– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Biography, History
Wide-ranging BBC arts programme.
Stars: Alan Yentob, Tracey Emin, Chuck Close, Richard Rogers
Votes: 147
16. Jacob (1994 TV Movie)
91 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
In the foreign land of Canaan lives Isaac, son of Abraham, with his clever, strong-willed wife Rebekah and his twin sons Esau and Jacob. The first-born, Esau, is a strong and fearless ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Hall | Stars: Matthew Modine, Lara Flynn Boyle, Sean Bean, Joss Ackland
Votes: 1,662
17. The David Frost Show (1969–1972)
90 min | Talk-Show
American show featuring the popular British talk show host.
Stars: David Frost, Gerri Granger, Tiny Tim, Dana Valery
Votes: 248
18. The Wars of the Roses (1965–1966)
Drama
A filmed theatre production of four of Shakespeare's historical plays condensed down into a trilogy.
Stars: David Warner, Peggy Ashcroft, Donald Burton, Alan Tucker
Votes: 84
19. The Story of English (1986– )
60 min | Documentary
A history of the English language from its early beginnings to present day English in all its variations.
Stars: Robert MacNeil, J.L. Dillard, Alistair Cooke, Siaka Stevens
Votes: 162
20. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.
Director: Peter Hall | Stars: Georgine Anderson, Stephanie Bidmead, Michael Blakemore, David Buck
Votes: 127
21. 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
22. 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
23. The Homecoming (1973)
PG | 111 min | Drama
In a dreary North London flat, the site of perpetual psychological warfare, a philosophy professor visits his family after a nine-year absence, and introduces the four men, father, uncle, and two brothers, to his wife.
Director: Peter Hall | Stars: Cyril Cusack, Ian Holm, Paul Rogers, Terence Rigby
Votes: 861
24. She's Been Away (1989)
103 min | Drama
Locked away in an asylum as a young girl because she was an embarrassment to her family, then forgotten, an old woman returns to what's left of her kin and to her memories.
Director: Peter Hall | Stars: Peggy Ashcroft, Geraldine James, James Fox, Jackson Kyle
Votes: 221
25. Question Time (1979– )
60 min | News, Talk-Show
Politicians, public office-holders and celebrities face questions on topical issues from a studio audience.
Stars: David Dimbleby, Robin Day, Peter Sissons, Fiona Bruce
Votes: 412
26. Aeschylus' Oresteia (Tony Harrison Adaptation), the National Theatre (1983)
232 min | Drama
The murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra, the murder of Clytemnestra by Orestes, the trial of Orestes, the end of the curse on the House of Atreus and the pacification of the Furies.
Director: Peter Hall | Stars: Sean Baker, David Bamber, Nigel Bellairs, Mark Bond
Votes: 31
27. The Pedestrian (1973)
PG | 98 min | Drama
When a German businessman causes a car accident with deadly consequences, the papers start digging into his past to find scandals. What they find causes him to reevaluate his own past during WW2 when he was in Greece.
Director: Maximilian Schell | Stars: Gustav Rudolf Sellner, Peter Hall, Maximilian Schell, Gila von Weitershausen
Votes: 288
28. The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977– )
180 min | Musical
This is the 1977 television recording of the Rise and Fall of Managing by Kurt Weill
Stars: Metropolitan Opera Chorus, James Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Charles Anthony
Votes: 48
29. Akenfield (1974)
98 min | Drama
As the young man, Tom, prepares to leave the Suffolk village of his birth, voices and experiences from his family's past crowd in on his mind, weaving a poetic tapestry of the love of home and the longing to get away from it.
Director: Peter Hall | Stars: Garrow Shand, Peggy Cole, Barbara Tilney, Lyn Brooks
Votes: 142
30. The London Programme (1975–2008)
60 min | News
London Regional Current Affairs programme. Some weeks political, some weeks cultural. Greg Dyke was the Deputy Editor.
Stars: Trevor Phillips, Godfrey Hodgson, John Taylor, Andrew Phillips
Votes: 54
31. Clive Anderson Talks Back (1989–1996)
33 min | Talk-Show
Clive Anderson mixes comedy and his legal training to conduct a series of irreverent interviews with various guests. Also included is a satirical look at topical events.
Stars: Clive Anderson, Rory Bremner, Peter Cook, Stephen Fry
Votes: 66
32. Orpheus Descending (1990 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama, Romance
Val Xavier is a drifter in 1940's Mississippi who brings new life to an Italian immigrant woman trapped in a loveless marriage.
Director: Peter Hall | Stars: Kevin Anderson, Brad Sullivan, Manning Redwood, Vanessa Redgrave
Votes: 355
33. Great Composers (1997– )
Documentary, Music
Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Georg Solti, Charles Rosen, Zuzana Parmova
Votes: 46
34. Theatre Night (1957–1961)
45 min | Drama
A BBC television series of forty-five-minute excerpts from stage plays running in London.
Stars: Cicely Courtneidge, Evelyn Laye, Dora Bryan, Hugh Williams
Votes: 69
35. The Final Passage (1996 TV Movie)
180 min | Drama
In 1958 a Caribbean couple make the journey to a new life by moving to England.
Director: Peter Hall | Stars: Michael Cherrie, Natasha Estelle Williams, Diane Parish, Oscar James
Votes: 12
36. The Late Show (1988–1995)
Documentary
Television programme on arts, the media and culture.
Stars: Sarah Dunant, Tracey MacLeod, Clive James, Waldemar Januszczak
Votes: 31
37. 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
38. All the World's a Stage (1984)
55 min | Drama
One man's journey through the theatre.
Stars: Ronald Harwood, Ian Saynor, Peter Gale, Peter Hall
Votes: 6
39. 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
40. Nationwide (1969–1983)
Documentary, News
BBC News and current affairs magazine programme covering a diverse array of stories ranging from the serious to the surreal.
Stars: Frank Bough, Bob Wellings, Michael Barratt, Sue Lawley
Votes: 21
41. No Man's Land (1978 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
In this television adaptation of the Harold Pinter classic, a seedy poet (Sir John Gielgud) shows up at the house of a rich writer (Sir Ralph Richardson) and they start reminiscing about the "past".
Directors: Julian Aymes, Peter Hall | Stars: Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud, Michael Kitchen, Terence Rigby
Votes: 87
42. The Scottish Play (2001)
Documentary
Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow...A tale for today. Dealing with the English and the struggle for the soul of Scotland. An award winning feature length documentary inspired by ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Bogdanov | Stars: Daniel Alvarado, Rei Asami, John Barton, Carmelo Bene
43. Muse of Fire (2013)
83 min | Documentary
Two young London actors set out together to face the greatest challenge in the world of acting - Shakespeare.
Directors: Dan Poole, Giles Terera | Stars: Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, Mark Rylance, Ralph Fiennes
Votes: 147
44. Heroes of Comedy (1995–2003)
60 min | Documentary, Comedy
An affectionate look at the life and work of some of Britain's best-loved comedians.
Stars: Eric Sykes, Spike Milligan, Bob Monkhouse, Barry Cryer
Votes: 45
45. The Brains Trust (1955–1996)
45 min | Talk-Show
Series in which eminent people of the time gave spontaneous answers to questions of the day.
Stars: Norman Fisher, Jacob Bronowski, Alan Bullock, Julian Huxley
Votes: 8
46. Work Is a Four Letter Word (1968)
M/PG | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Everyone is employed by the ultra-modern DICE Corporation, but Valentine Brose would rather stay at home to tend his psychedelic mushrooms.
Director: Peter Hall | Stars: David Warner, Cilla Black, Zia Mohyeddin, David Waller
Votes: 140
47. Pour le cinéma (1968–1978)
Stars: Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Michel Piccoli, Claude Lelouch
Votes: 8
48. Der letzte Schrei (1975)
96 min | Comedy, Drama
Leo, the owner of the stocking product "Discrete", has driven his company into the wall. The company is virtually bankrupt.
Director: Robert van Ackeren | Stars: Delphine Seyrig, Barry Foster, Peter Hall, Kirstie Pooley
Votes: 57
49. Review (1969–1972)
40 min | Documentary
Weekly arts magazine.
Stars: James Mossman, David Hugh Jones, Keith Dewhurst, Jim Douglas Henry
50. The Needs of Kim Stanley
Documentary | Filming
The primal needs defined the life of Kim Stanley, an actress and a teacher. She then become one of the greatest actors of the 20th century.
Director: Dani Minnick | Stars: Kim Stanley, Richard Attenborough, Jessica Lange, Sydney Pollack