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1. Keeping Up Appearances (1990–1995)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy
A snobbish housewife is determined to climb the social ladder, in spite of her family's working class connections and the constant chagrin of her long suffering husband.
Stars: Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift, Geoffrey Hughes, Judy Cornwell
Votes: 17,845
2. 'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
45 min | Comedy, History, War
In France during World War II, René Artois runs a small café where Resistance fighters, Gestapo men, German Army officers and escaped Allied POWs interact daily, ignorant of one another's true identity or presence, exasperating René.
Stars: Gorden Kaye, Carmen Silvera, Vicki Michelle, Richard Marner
Votes: 27,027
3. 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: 1,695
4. Dixon of Dock Green (1955–1976)
Crime, Drama
Constable George Dixon and his colleagues at the Dock Green police station in the East End of London deal with petty crime, successfully controlling it through common sense and human understanding.
Stars: Jack Warner, Peter Byrne, Geoffrey Adams, Arthur Rigby
Votes: 308
5. The Brothers (1972–1976)
50 min | Drama
Robert Hammond has died while "doing the deed" with his secretary and mistress Jennifer, and now his three sons have inherited the family trucking company, and each one will try to run the business in his own way.
Stars: Jean Anderson, Robin Chadwick, Jennifer Wilson, Derek Benfield
Votes: 141
6. A Hard Day's Night (1964)
G | 87 min | Comedy, Musical
Over two "typical" days in the life of The Beatles, the boys struggle to keep themselves and Sir Paul McCartney's mischievous grandfather in check while preparing for a live TV performance.
Director: Richard Lester | Stars: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr
Votes: 48,045 | Gross: $13.78M
7. Brush Strokes (1986–1991)
30 min | Comedy
Jacko is a house painter who "appreciates" women. He sees the best in each one of them and they in turn, like him. Will he find true love? Will he settle down as he gets older?
Stars: Karl Howman, Mike Walling, Jackie Lye, Howard Lew Lewis
Votes: 964
8. 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: 381
9. 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: 607
10. Ever Decreasing Circles (1984–1989)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Martin Bryce lives in a quiet suburban close with his wife Anne. He does his best to "organise" the leisure time of all of the other inhabitants of the close, running umpteen societies and doing "good works".
Stars: Richard Briers, Penelope Wilton, Peter Egan, Stanley Lebor
Votes: 1,344
11. Run for Your Wife (2012)
94 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
John Smith (Danny Dyer) has been happily involved in a bigamous marriage for five years. He lives with Stephanie (Sarah Harding) in Finsbury and Michelle (Denise Van Outen) in Stockwell. ... See full summary »
Directors: Ray Cooney, John Luton | Stars: Danny Dyer, Denise Van Outen, Sarah Harding, Neil Morrissey
Votes: 878
12. Give Us a Clue (1979–2022)
25 min | Game-Show
A British TV show where every week a team of celebrities would play Charades
Stars: Lionel Blair, Michael Parkinson, Liza Goddard, Una Stubbs
Votes: 65
13. Shine on Harvey Moon (1982–1995)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
Upon being demobbed, RAF serviceman Harvey Moon returns home and finds his family involved in various troubles. His wife is not interested in resuming their relationship, and works in a seedy nightclub frequented by American servicemen.
Stars: Elizabeth Spriggs, Maggie Steed, Linda Robson, Lee Whitlock
Votes: 206
14. Down to Earth (2000–2005)
60 min | Drama
This series follows Faith and Brian Addis as they work to keep open their holiday home "Phyllishayes" - a roomy farmhouse in Devon offering memorable holidays for children who may never have experienced the countryside in their lives.
Stars: Ricky Tomlinson, Denise Welch, Zara Dawson, Pauline Quirke
Votes: 162
15. Doomwatch (1970–1972)
50 min | Sci-Fi, Drama
Doomwatch is the nickname for the Department of Measurement of Scientific Work. Under the leadership of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Dr. Spencer Quist, the Doomwatch team struggled, for ... See full summary »
Stars: John Paul, Joby Blanshard, Simon Oates, Vivien Sherrard
Votes: 196
16. 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: 137
17. Jason King (1971–1972)
60 min | Action, Adventure
A playboy novelist, who has had a spell of work with an intelligence agency as a sideline, leaves, but finds himself performing new missions around the world.
Stars: Peter Wyngarde, Anne Sharp, Ronald Lacey, Dennis Price
Votes: 332
18. Get Some In! (1975–1978)
30 min | Comedy
1955 called up into R.A.F. a group of young men find it hard to cope,especially with a corporal who is unhappy and takes it out on them.
Stars: Tony Selby, Gerard Ryder, David Janson, Brian Pettifer
Votes: 257
19. Softly Softly: Task Force (1969–1976)
50 min | Crime, Drama
1970s BBC police drama with experienced cops DCS Charlie Barlow and DS John Watt who lead a task force charged with tackling the toughest cases Thamesford has to offer.
Stars: Frank Windsor, Norman Bowler, David Lloyd Meredith, Terence Rigby
Votes: 114
20. The Fenn Street Gang (1971–1973)
30 min | Comedy
The lives and adventures of the pupils of class 5C from 'Please Sir', after they have left Fenn Street School.
Stars: Peter Cleall, Carol Hawkins, David Barry, Peter Denyer
Votes: 102
21. Scene (1968–2007)
24 min | Drama, Family
Mixture of fictional and non-fictional thought-provoking short films aimed at students of school and college.
Stars: Nick Ross, Ken Jones, Mark Draper, Paddy Feeny
Votes: 30
23. Diana: Her True Story (1993 TV Movie)
181 min | Biography, Drama
Biopic attempting to tell the real story of Diana, Princess of Wales, made at a time when she was already deeply unhappy and her marriage to Prince Charles was known to be troubled, but ... See full summary »
Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Serena Scott Thomas, David Threlfall, Elizabeth Garvie, Donald Douglas
Votes: 230
24. The Newcomers (1965–1969)
30 min | Drama
Ellis Cooper, wife Vivienne, grandmother and their three children are relocated from London to a rural town Angleton by his employer. Helping them adjust to country living are the Harkers whose father also works for Eden Brothers.
Stars: Gladys Henson, Maggie Fitzgibbon, Gerald Cross, Michael Collins
Votes: 40
25. T-Bag Strikes Again (1986)
20 min | Family
T. Bag has regained her powers and calls her former servant, Thomas, into a storybook and makes him serve her tea again as 'T.Shirt'. Debbie follows her friend and soon discovers she has to... See full summary »
Stars: Elizabeth Estensen, Jennie Stallwood, John Hasler, Roy Barraclough
Votes: 50
26. Compact (1962–1965)
30 min | Drama
BBC series set in the offices of a glossy women's magazine.
Stars: Frances Bennett, Robert Desmond, Ronald Allen, Louise Dunn
Votes: 21
27. Whack-O! (1956–1972)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Stars: Jimmy Edwards, Arthur Howard, Edwin Apps, John Stirling
Votes: 34
28. Keeping Up Appearances: 30 Years of Laughs (2023)
67 min | Documentary
A celebration of the 90's sitcom Keeping Up Appearances that followed eccentric, snobby socialite Hyacinth Bucket, along with memorable moments from the show, tributes from the cast, crew and celebrity fans.
Stars: Patricia Routledge, Sarah Hadland, William Hanson, Rustie Lee
Votes: 16
29. The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling (1963– )
Drama
Stars: Joss Ackland, Kenneth Fortescue, Patrick Westwood, Barry Letts
Votes: 36
30. Grundy (1980– )
30 min | Comedy
Comedy series starring Harry H Corbett (in his final series), as Grundy, a recently divorced puritanical newsagent who hates the notion of a 'permissive society' and rallies against it. He ... See full summary »
Stars: Harry H. Corbett, Lynda Baron, Julie Dawn Cole, David Janson
Votes: 14
31. Journal of a Contract Killer (2008)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Stephanie Komack was a high-class hooker and assassin for the Italian Mob. Now working in London as a waitress, and a single mother to her seven year old daughter, the Mob track Stephanie ... See full summary »
Director: Tony Maylam | Stars: Justine Powell, Adam Leese, Jake Canuso, Marco Gambino
Votes: 536
32. Don't Rock the Boat (1982–1983)
30 min | Comedy
Stars: Nigel Davenport, Sheila White, John Price, David Janson
Votes: 18
33. Bad Boyes (1987– )
25 min | Comedy, Family
The misadventures of mischievous schoolboy Brian Boyes.
Stars: Steven Kember, Dean Harris, Nicola Greenhill, Gregory Cox
Votes: 19
35. The Brothers Karamazov (1964– )
45 min | Drama
Stars: Ray Barrett, Alan Rowe, Judith Stott, Ann Castle
36. Headless (2000– )
Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
A serial killer attacks an apartment complex where the tennants turn out to be more bizarre than the killer.
Stars: Patrick Robinson, Ginny Holder, David Ashcroft, Deborah Sheridan-Taylor
Votes: 9
37. Star Games (1978–1980)
60 min | Game-Show
Stars: Michael Aspel, Alan Pascoe, Robin Askwith, Gerald Sinstadt
Votes: 8
38. Miss Nightingale (1974 TV Movie)
100 min | Biography, Drama
Theatrical-style interpretation of the life of history's most well-known nurse.
Director: David Reid | Stars: Janet Suzman, Renée Asherson, Robert Flemyng, Frances Cuka
39. House of Caradus (1978– )
60 min | Drama
Drama series about a family of provincial Auctioneers.
Stars: Sarah Bullen, Robert Grange, Anthony Smee, Dean Lawrence
40. Euphoric Scale (1993)
29 min | Short, Drama
Director: David Skynner | Stars: Robert Bathurst, Helen Baxendale, Anita Dobson, David Janson
43. A Week by the Sea (1987)
Director: Robert Williams | Stars: Debbie Arnold, Andrew Bicknell, David Janson, Marguerite Porter
45.
BBC2 Playhouse (1973–1983)
Episode:
Diane
(1975)
97 min | Drama
Teenager Diane Weaver lives with her abusive single father. A religious local boy is the only who wants to be her friend, but she doesn't like him as much as he does her. What no one realizes is how far the abuse goes.
Director: Alan Clarke | Stars: Janine Duvitski, Frank Mills, Paul Copley, Dee Anderson
Votes: 81
46.
Six (1964– )
Episode:
Andy's Game
(1965)
30 min | Drama
Director: David Andrews | Stars: Rickford Harris, David Janson, Daphne Foreman, Darryl Read
47.
'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
Episode:
Hitler's Last Heil
(1992)
29 min | Comedy, History, War
When Michelle hears Hitler and Göring will be coming to Nouvion, she plans to blow them up. Meanwhile, it's René's birthday.
Director: John B. Hobbs | Stars: Gorden Kaye, David Rowlands, Carmen Silvera, Sue Hodge
Votes: 163
48.
'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
Episode:
Gone with the Windmill
(1992)
30 min | Comedy, History, War
The Colonel and Gruber's escape plan went awry and they now want to make General Von Klinkerhoffen believe the Resistance had kidnapped them.
Director: John B. Hobbs | Stars: Gorden Kaye, Carmen Silvera, Vicki Michelle, Richard Marner
Votes: 168
49.
'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
Episode:
Missing and Presumed Dead
(1992)
Comedy, History, War
While everybody thinks he's dead, René is kept underground in the hide-out of the communist Resistance as a love slave.
Director: John B. Hobbs | Stars: Gorden Kaye, Guy Siner, Richard Marner, Kim Hartman
Votes: 169
50.
'Allo 'Allo! (1982–1992)
Episode:
René Artois Is Still Dead
(1992)
TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy, History, War
Taking advantage of the fact the Germans think René is dead, Michelle has planned for him to go to England to help the British win the war.
Director: John B. Hobbs | Stars: Gorden Kaye, Carmen Silvera, Vicki Michelle, Sue Hodge
Votes: 165