Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Susan Penhaligon

1. 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: 39,572

2. Casualty (1986– )

TV-PG | 50 min | Drama

The everyday lives of the people frequenting the frenetic Accident and Emergency department of Holby City Hospital.

Stars: Derek Thompson, Tony Marshall, Suzanne Packer, Ian Bleasdale

Votes: 3,698

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: 1,704

4. A Touch of Frost (1992–2010)

TV-MA | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

DI Jack Frost is an unconventional policeman with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice. Sloppy, disorganized, and disrespectful, he attracts trouble like a magnet.

Stars: David Jason, Bruce Alexander, John Lyons, Arthur White

Votes: 8,771

5. The Land That Time Forgot (1974)

PG | 91 min | Adventure, Fantasy

During World War I, a German U-boat sinks a British ship and takes the survivors on board. After it takes a wrong turn, the submarine takes them to the unknown land of Caprona, where they find dinosaurs and neanderthals.

Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Doug McClure, John McEnery, Susan Penhaligon, Keith Barron

Votes: 7,163

6. Emmerdale Farm (1972– )

TV-PG | 30 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

A soap opera set in a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales.

Stars: Christopher Chittell, Lucy Pargeter, Mark Charnock, Dominic Brunt

Votes: 3,539

7. Bergerac (1981–1991)

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

Recovering alcoholic and divorced father of a young daughter, DS Jim Bergerac is a true maverick who prefers doing things his own way, and consequently doesn't always carry out his investigations the way his boss would like.

Stars: John Nettles, Terence Alexander, Sean Arnold, Mela White

Votes: 2,234

8. Remington Steele (1982–1987)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The cases of a female private detective partnered with a former thief who assumes the role of a fictitious detective in the business.

Stars: Stephanie Zimbalist, Pierce Brosnan, Doris Roberts, James Read

Votes: 9,991

9. Tales of the Unexpected (1979–1988)

TV-14 | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

Short dramas each with a twist of some kind; across the first four seasons most of these are from short stories by Roald Dahl.

Stars: Roald Dahl, Andrew Ray, Forbes Collins, Richard Johnson

Votes: 2,505

10. Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)

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

From cold, rock-strewn moors to comfortable suburban estates, award-winning writer Ruth Rendell explores the dark fissures between friends and family members that motivate murder.

Stars: George Baker, Christopher Ravenscroft, Louie Ramsay, Ken Kitson

Votes: 694

11. Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama

The lives and fortunes of the Bellamy family and their below-stairs servant staff at 165 Eaton Place play out against the social, political and historical backdrop of Edwardian London from 1903 to 1930.

Stars: Gordon Jackson, David Langton, Jean Marsh, Angela Baddeley

Votes: 3,574

12. Wycliffe (1993–1998)

TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Set in Cornwall, Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe, who works along with his colleagues DI Doug Kersey and DI Lucy Lane, investigates murder cases with his trademark determination and clinical accuracy.

Stars: Jack Shepherd, Helen Masters, Jimmy Yuill, Tim Wylton

Votes: 1,098

13. Soldier of Orange (1977)

R | 165 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

During World War II, Dutch students join the resistance movement against the German occupation of the Netherlands.

Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Jeroen Krabbé, Susan Penhaligon, Edward Fox

Votes: 13,888

14. Public Eye (1965–1975)

60 min | Crime, Drama

Cynical, dour and world-weary, private eye Frank Marker is frequently the unwitting stooge in bigger criminal wheels in his attempts to make a tenuous living on the outskirts of London.

Stars: Alfred Burke, Ray Smith, Pauline Delaney, Brenda Cavendish

Votes: 429

15. Patrick (1978)

Unrated | 96 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

A comatose hospital patient harasses and kills through his powers of telekinesis to claim his private nurse as his own.

Director: Richard Franklin | Stars: Susan Penhaligon, Robert Helpmann, Rod Mullinar, Bruce Barry

Votes: 3,981

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: 324

17. Count Dracula (1977 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 150 min | Drama, Horror

The vampire count leaves his Transylvanian home to wreak havoc across the world.

Director: Philip Saville | Stars: Louis Jourdan, Frank Finlay, Susan Penhaligon, Judi Bowker

Votes: 1,794

18. Loose Women (1999– )

60 min | Talk-Show

Lively daytime TV show, in which four "loose women" chat about news, issues and life in general.

Stars: Coleen Nolan, Andrea McLean, Carol McGiffin, Kaye Adams

Votes: 1,392

19. A Fine Romance (1981–1984)

30 min | Comedy, Romance

Perplexed and unmarried Laura and sweet but inept Mike form an unlikely union after meeting. Despite differences and lack of chemistry, an undefinable connection keeps the stubborn Laura and grinning Mike together.

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

Votes: 744

20. Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor Adventures (2021 Podcast Series)

Sci-Fi

Christopher Eccleston returns as The Ninth Doctor for the first time in 16 years in all new adventures.

Stars: Christopher Eccleston, Nicholas Briggs, Jamie Parker, Alex Kingston

Votes: 9

21. The Mike Douglas Show (1961–1982)

Comedy, Music, Talk-Show

Mike Douglas, aided by a different celebrity co-host every week, interviews a variety of figures from the world of entertainment.

Stars: Mike Douglas, Ellie Frankel, Ellie Frankel Sextet, Stan Kann

Votes: 579

22. No Sex Please - We're British (1973)

Approved | 91 min | Comedy

A mistaken address causes a newlywed couple's apartment to fill up with mail-order Swiss porn... right before a visit by the wife's father, a bank president who happens to be the husband's new employer. From the Broadway play.

Director: Cliff Owen | Stars: Ronnie Corbett, Beryl Reid, Arthur Lowe, Ian Ogilvy

Votes: 719

23. The Uncanny (1977)

Not Rated | 89 min | Horror

Wilbur Gray, a horror writer, has stumbled upon a terrible secret, that cats are supernatural creatures who really call the shots. In a desperate attempt to get others to believe him, Wilbur spews three tales of feline horror.

Director: Denis Héroux | Stars: Peter Cushing, Ray Milland, Joan Greenwood, Roland Culver

Votes: 2,205

24. 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

25. Blankety Blank (1978–2023)

35 min | Game-Show

Comedy game show with celebrity guests and cheap prizes.

Stars: Les Dawson, Terry Wogan, Paul O'Grady, Bradley Walsh

Votes: 280

26. Bouquet of Barbed Wire (1976)

350 min | Drama

Drama about a troubled middle-class family.

Stars: Frank Finlay, Sheila Allen, Susan Penhaligon, James Aubrey

Votes: 178

27. 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

28. 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: 47

29. 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

30. Patrick: Evil Awakens (2013)

Not Rated | 96 min | Horror

At a private clinic, a young nurse soon discovers that one of the comatose patients is quite sinister.

Director: Mark Hartley | Stars: Sharni Vinson, Rachel Griffiths, Charles Dance, Peta Sergeant

Votes: 4,190

31. Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008)

R | 103 min | Documentary, History

The story of the Australian exploitation genre cinema of 1970s and 80s.

Director: Mark Hartley | Stars: Phillip Adams, Glory Annen, Christine Amor, Victoria Anoux

Votes: 4,691 | Gross: $0.02M

32. Under Milk Wood (1971)

PG | 87 min | Comedy, Drama

One night while the townsfolk wrestle with their dreams, seedy Captain Tom Cat and a stranger walk the streets. Captain Cat is a blind, retired sea Captain, recalling memories of drowned ... See full summary »

Director: Andrew Sinclair | Stars: Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter O'Toole, Glynis Johns

Votes: 857

33. 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

34. Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death (1984 TV Movie)

72 min | Crime, Mystery

Sherlock Holmes investigates the case of a string of mysterious deaths with no apparent causes and the case of a missing German Prince that could cause war between England and Germany.

Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Peter Cushing, John Mills, Anne Baxter, Ray Milland

Votes: 599

35. 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: 583

36. Miracles Still Happen (1974)

87 min | Adventure, Drama

A seventeen-year-old schoolgirl is the sole survivor of a plane crash in the Peruvian Amazon.

Director: Giuseppe Maria Scotese | Stars: Susan Penhaligon, Paul Muller, Graziella Galvani, Clyde Peters

Votes: 332

37. Private Road (1971)

89 min | Drama, Romance

Love story between a young depressive girl and a talented young writer and the first steps into their adult life.

Director: Barney Platts-Mills | Stars: Susan Penhaligon, Bruce Robinson, Michael Feast, George Fenton

Votes: 249

38. The Confessional (1976)

R | 104 min | Horror

The story follows a young woman, who seeks out his church. There, she is manipulated into giving confession to Father Xavier Meldrum. Meldrum uses his status and crazed persistence to work his way into Jenny's life by any means necessary.

Director: Pete Walker | Stars: Anthony Sharp, Susan Penhaligon, Stephanie Beacham, Norman Eshley

Votes: 1,242

39. Nasty Habits (1977)

PG | 96 min | Comedy

In a Philadelphia convent, two nuns battle it out to be elected to the position of head abbess, and neither is about to let anything stand in the way of getting what she wants.

Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Stars: Glenda Jackson, Melina Mercouri, Geraldine Page, Sandy Dennis

Votes: 408

40. Country Matters (1972– )

60 min | Drama

The story of people living in the countryside of the United Kingdom after World War I.

Stars: Peter Firth, Ian McKellen, Rosalind Ayres, Susan Fleetwood

Votes: 82

41. The Afternoon Play (2003– )

60 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

A series of individual dramas, each with a different story and cast.

Stars: Rob Swinton, Robert Stone, Daniela Denby-Ashe, Tracie Bennett

Votes: 66

42. Top Dog (2014)

92 min | Crime, Drama

London bad boy Billy Evans gets in over his head when he joins a dangerous criminal gang.

Director: Martin Kemp | Stars: Tom Davis, Vincent Regan, Jason Flemyng, Susan Penhaligon

Votes: 1,668

43. Trouble in Mind (1991)

30 min | Comedy

A Psychiatrist with a mid-life crisis and his landscape gardener wife

Stars: Richard O'Sullivan, Susan Penhaligon, Nicholas Day, Jim McManus

Votes: 34

44. The Eighth of March (2019 Podcast Series)

Sci-Fi

From Victorian London, to an intergalactic convention, from the offices of UNIT, to an impossible university library - on the 8th of March, four very different adventures will unfold.

Stars: Louise Jameson, Alex Kingston, Jemma Redgrave, Neve McIntosh

45. Love Story (1963–1974)

60 min | Drama

British anthology series of short plays on the theme of romance.

Stars: T.P. McKenna, Frances Cuka, Keith Barron, Patrick Macnee

Votes: 137

46. A Kind of Loving (1982)

500 min | Drama

Following the story of Vic Brown, a West Riding miner's son. It starts in 1957 with a casual affair with Ingrid Rotherwell, which develops into an emotional crisis...

Stars: Clive Wood, Bob Keegan, Joanne Whalley, Neil Phillips

Votes: 100

47. Into the Night (2021 Video)

Adventure

On Saturday 19 December 1981, the Penlee lifeboat 'Solomon Browne', was launched in hurricane conditions to go to the aid of the coaster 'Union Star' which was being swept towards the ... See full summary »

Directors: Ryan Luth, Alastair Whatley | Stars: Hubert Burton, Tom Chambers, Robert Duncan, Madeleine Knight

Votes: 15

48. The Dick Francis Thriller: The Racing Game (1979–1980)

309 min | Mystery

The cases of a disabled jockey turned private detective specializing in investigations involving horse racing.

Stars: Mike Gwilym, Mick Ford, James Maxwell, Susan Wooldridge

Votes: 67

49. BBC2 Play of the Week (1977–1979)

100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length movies.

Stars: Judi Dench, Richard O'Callaghan, Frederick Treves, Clive Swift

Votes: 47

50. The Taming of the Shrew (1980 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 127 min | Comedy, Romance

The swaggering Petruchio agrees to marry the spitting hellcat, Katherine.

Director: Jonathan Miller | Stars: Simon Chandler, Anthony Pedley, John Franklyn-Robbins, Frank Thornton

Votes: 397