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1. Poirot (1989–2013)

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

Hercule Poirot, a famous Belgian detective, who has an impeccable knack for getting embroiled in a mystery, solves crimes along with Captain Hastings and Scotland Yard Chief Inspector James Japp.

Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran

Votes: 52,053

2. 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: 39,514

3. Foyle's War (2002–2015)

TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

As WWII rages, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front; investigating crime on the south coast of England. Later series, see the retired detective working as an MI5 agent in the aftermath of the war.

Stars: Michael Kitchen, Honeysuckle Weeks, Anthony Howell, Ellie Haddington

Votes: 18,256

4. The Bill (1984–2010)

TV-14 | Crime, Drama

Police drama series following officers and detectives from Sun Hill Police Station in East London.

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

Votes: 4,100

5. 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: 6,017

6. All Creatures Great and Small (1978–1990)

TV-PG | 50 min | Comedy, Drama

The trials and misadventures of the staff of a country veterinary office in Yorkshire from the 1930s to the 1950s.

Stars: Christopher Timothy, Robert Hardy, Peter Davison, Lynda Bellingham

Votes: 4,397

7. The Professionals (1977–1983)

TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Bodie and Doyle, senior agents of the British intelligence service CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their handler George Cowley fight terrorism and similar high-level crimes.

Stars: Gordon Jackson, Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins, Bridget Brice

Votes: 3,656

8. The Vicar of Dibley (1994–2020)

TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy

A boisterous female minister comes to serve in an eccentricly conservative small town's church.

Stars: Dawn French, James Fleet, Trevor Peacock, Gary Waldhorn

Votes: 15,471

9. Minder (1979–1994)

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

Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley. Can his ex-boxer bodyguard Terry stay level-headed whilst working for the King of Dodgy Deals?

Stars: George Cole, Glynn Edwards, Dennis Waterman, Gary Webster

Votes: 2,828

10. 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

11. Bread (1986–1991)

30 min | Comedy

The series set in working-class Liverpool. Meet the Boswells: they're penniless, jobless and with little hope of things improving, but life's never stale.

Stars: Jean Boht, Nick Conway, Jonathon Morris, Kenneth Waller

Votes: 1,541

12. Crossroads (1964–1988)

30 min | Drama

The four-or-five-times-a-week adventures of a motel owner and her son, daughter and staff. Drama was never far away from the ringing of the reception bell.

Stars: Noele Gordon, Roger Tonge, Susan Hanson, Jane Rossington

Votes: 414

13. The Four Feathers (2002)

PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A young British officer resigns his commission just before his regiment is sent to battle and soon receives four white feathers from his friends and fiancee as symbols of what they view as his cowardice.

Director: Shekhar Kapur | Stars: Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley, Kate Hudson, Mohamed Bouich

Votes: 35,491 | Gross: $18.31M

14. Terry and June (1979–1987)

30 min | Comedy

Terry and June Medford are a middle aged couple who find the trials of life more difficult as they try to succeed in their daily lives.

Stars: Terry Scott, June Whitfield, Reginald Marsh, Rosemary Frankau

Votes: 464

15. 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

16. Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye (1985)

Not Rated | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a handful of grain is found in the pocket of a murdered businessman, Miss Marple seeks a murderer with a penchant for nursery rhymes.

Stars: Joan Hickson, Fabia Drake, Stacy Dorning, Martyn Stanbridge

Votes: 2,292

17. Follyfoot (1971–1973)

30 min | Family, Drama

Young Dora is sent to stay with her uncle on his farm in rural England while her parents travel overseas for a year. Seeing as she has a love for horses, her uncle suggests she visit ... See full summary »

Stars: Gillian Blake, Steve Hodson, Arthur English, Christian Rodska

Votes: 185

18. 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: 2,282

19. Sapphire & Steel (1979–1982)

TV-PG | 30 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

The secrets Sapphire, Steel and their colleagues find include people trapped in photos, ghosts lost in time and a retro dinner party.

Stars: David McCallum, Joanna Lumley, David Collings, Gerald James

Votes: 1,857

20. Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1976)

89 min | Comedy, Crime

Joe North is a cab driver in London, something that gives him many opportunities to have sex.

Director: Stanley A. Long | Stars: Barry Evans, Judy Geeson, Adrienne Posta, Diana Dors

Votes: 872

21. Brannigan (1975)

PG | 111 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Chicago Police Lieutenant Jim Brannigan is sent to the U.K. to escort organized crime boss Ben Larkin back to the U.S., but Larkin's hitmen prepare an ambush for Brannigan.

Director: Douglas Hickox | Stars: John Wayne, Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, Mel Ferrer

Votes: 6,396

22. The Two Ronnies (1971–1987)

Comedy

This long-running BBC comedy show consisted of sketches and humourous musical routines.

Stars: Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett, The Fred Tomlinson Singers, John Owens

Votes: 3,583

23. 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

24. Shoestring (1979–1980)

50 min | Drama

Lighthearted detective series set in the West Country, about radio-phone-in detective Eddie Shoestring.

Stars: Trevor Eve, Michael Medwin, Doran Godwin, Liz Crowther

Votes: 445

25. 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

26. Danger UXB (1979)

60 min | Action, Drama, History

The series chronicles the exploits of the fictional Royal Engineer Tunnelling Company 97, which has been made a bomb disposal unit to deal with the thousands of unexploded bombs ("UXBs") in London during the Battle of Britain.

Stars: Anthony Andrews, Maurice Roëves, George Innes, Gordon Kane

Votes: 1,074

27. A Fine Romance (1981–1984)

30 min | Comedy, Romance

British sitcom about the simple relationship between Mike (Michael Williams) and Laura (Dame Judi Dench), two fairly unlikely individuals who come together and form an unmarried union. ... See full summary »

Stars: Judi Dench, Michael Williams, Susan Penhaligon, Richard Warwick

Votes: 741

28. Callan (1967–1972)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

David Callan is the top agent/assassin for the Security Service (British counterintelligence), but he is an embittered man who performs his duties "for Queen and country" under duress. This... See full summary »

Stars: Edward Woodward, Russell Hunter, Lisa Langdon, Anthony Valentine

Votes: 856

29. Rentaghost (1976–1984)

25 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

After his death, Fred Mumford wants a second chance at achieving the success that eluded him in life. Coming back to Earth as a spirit, he recruits a Victorian gent and a medieval jester to set up "Rentaghost".

Stars: Michael Staniforth, Edward Brayshaw, Ann Emery, William Perrie

Votes: 666

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: 43

31. Screen One (1985–2002)

120 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Anthology of unconnected movies of different genres.

Stars: Mark Chapman, Alfred Molina, Julie Walters, Geraldine James

Votes: 139

32. Eskimo Nell (1975)

85 min | Comedy

Three young men, a scriptwriter, a producer and a director are called in by Benny U Murdoch, an exotic movie producer. He wants to make a new erotic movie starring a big woman - the "Eskimo... See full summary »

Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Michael Armstrong, Terence Edmond, Christopher Timothy, Roy Kinnear

Votes: 434

33. Return of the Saint (1978–1979)

TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Crime

This series chronicles the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.

Stars: Ian Ogilvy, Gayle Hunnicutt, Stratford Johns, Derren Nesbitt

Votes: 581

34. Juliet Bravo (1980–1985)

50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Inspector Jean Darblay is assigned to Hartley, Lancashire. Initially facing scepticism from sergeants Joe Beck and George Parrish, she gradually earns their respect and admiration as their new female boss at the police station.

Stars: David Ellison, Noel Collins, Stephanie Turner, Anna Carteret

Votes: 282

35. A Perfect Spy (1987)

374 min | Thriller

The rise and fall of Magnus Pym and his career through intelligence. From chance meetings with people will be important to him in the future to a life in Czechoslovakia, Pym weaves his way through the complicated world of espionage.

Stars: Ray McAnally, Rüdiger Weigang, Alan Howard, Peter Egan

Votes: 999

36. The Black Panther (1977)

R | 97 min | Crime, Thriller

A gung-ho ex-military man pursues a secret life of crime, culminating in the kidnapping of a teenage heiress.

Director: Ian Merrick | Stars: Donald Sumpter, Debbie Farrington, Marjorie Yates, Sylvia O'Donnell

Votes: 808

37. The Dwelling Place (1994– )

180 min | Drama

The story of 16-year-old Cissie Brodie who finds a barren place to live and care for her younger brothers and sisters, but her life becomes complicated when the aristocratic Fischel family takes an unwelcome interest.

Stars: Tracy Whitwell, Lucy Cohu, Ray Stevenson, Philip Voss

Votes: 414

38. Special Branch (1969–1974)

60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Groundbreaking British police drama series following the exploits of the Special Branch of the Metropolitan Police: an elite group of officers tasked with protecting London from spies, terrorists, and subversives.

Stars: Derren Nesbitt, George Sewell, Morris Perry, Fulton Mackay

Votes: 195

39. Hazell (1978–1979)

60 min | Crime, Drama

A British television series about a fictional private detective named James Hazell and his adventures.

Stars: Nicholas Ball, Roddy McMillan, Desmond McNamara, Peter Bourke

Votes: 214

40. 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

41. Gallifrey (2004 Podcast Series)

Sci-Fi

Tales of intrigue and political manoeuvring from the seat of Time Lord power. Join Romana, Leela and K9 as they find enemies on all sides in a delicate game, with the fate of Gallifrey hanging in the balance.

Stars: Sean Carlsen, Lalla Ward, Louise Jameson, Miles Richardson

42. Great Expectations (1989)

303 min | Drama

A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.

Stars: John Rhys-Davies, Anthony Calf, Jean Simmons, Kim Thomson

Votes: 469

43. A Murder of Quality (1991 TV Movie)

90 min | Mystery

Taken from the book by John le Carré, George Smiley rallies to the aid of his former intelligence colleague, Ailsa Brimley, to investigate a mysterious letter from a junior master's wife at... See full summary »

Director: Gavin Millar | Stars: Denholm Elliott, Joss Ackland, Glenda Jackson, Billie Whitelaw

Votes: 966

44. All Quiet on the Preston Front (1994–1997)

40 min | Comedy

The comic every day lives and mis-adventures of a group of friends most of whom belong to their local unit of the Territorial Army in the North of England.

Stars: Colin Buchanan, Paul Haigh, Adrian Hood, Tony Marshall

Votes: 155

45. Doing Time (1979)

93 min | Comedy, Crime

Fletcher is ordered to arrange a prisoner vs celebrity football game, unaware it's a diversion for an escape. Fletcher and cellmate Lennie accidentally discover the plan and must break back into prison to avoid punishment.

Director: Dick Clement | Stars: Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Fulton Mackay, Brian Wilde

Votes: 3,393

46. The Box of Delights (1984)

30 min | Family, Fantasy

Based on the classic children's novel by John Masefield, the story follows the exploits of a young boy, Kay Harker, who finds himself drawn into a world of magic and danger when he encounters an old Punch and Judy man.

Stars: Devin Stanfield, Robert Stephens, Geoffrey Larder, Jonathan Stephens

Votes: 951

47. The Paradise Club (1989–1990)

50 min | Crime, Drama

Two brothers, Frank and Danny Kane, are the sons of Ma Kane who ran the South Side with a rod of iron. Frank has become a priest but leaves the church after a misunderstanding with the ... See full summary »

Stars: Don Henderson, Leslie Grantham, Leon Herbert, Barbara Wilshere

Votes: 122

48. ITV Playhouse (1967–1982)

Comedy, Drama

Anthology series of dramatic works.

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

Votes: 87

49. The Phoenix and the Carpet (1976– )

25 min | Family, Fantasy

Four children discover a strange egg hidden in an old carpet from which hatches a talking phoenix. Further adventures are had when the carpet turns out to be magic.

Stars: Jane Forster, Max Harris, Tamzin Neville, Gary Russell

Votes: 88

50. Softly Softly (1966–1969)

50 min | Crime, Drama

Thie West Country police force solving local crime. its a spin-off from another BBC drama series, Z Cars (1962).

Stars: Stratford Johns, Frank Windsor, Norman Bowler, John Barron

Votes: 123