Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Leonard Preston

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: 52,049

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: 3,690

3. EastEnders (1985– )

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

The everyday lives of working-class inhabitants of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough. The square includes the Queen Vic pub and a street market.

Stars: Adam Woodyatt, Steve McFadden, Letitia Dean, June Brown

Votes: 9,220

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: 4,098

5. 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: 2,499

6. 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: 693

7. 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: 1,093

8. Soldier Soldier (1991–1997)

TV-14 | 50 min | Drama

Drama following the life of the officers and men of the King's Own Fusiliers regiment, during their home lives, training exercises and battles.

Stars: Ben Nealon, Robson Green, Jerome Flynn, Rosie Rowell

Votes: 944

9. Peak Practice (1993–2002)

TV-14 | 50 min | Drama

Beth Glover and Will Preston are doctors in partnership at a Derbyshire clinic when they hire Jack who's returned from Africa. The next several years deal with their personal and professional lives with Jack and Beth marrying.

Stars: Gary Mavers, Simon Shepherd, Esther Coles, Margery Mason

Votes: 523

10. 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

11. Secret Army (1977–1979)

50 min | Drama, History, War

During World War II, a Belgian resistance movement called Lifeline, based in Brussels, organises the return of Allied airmen who have been shot down by the Luftwaffe to the United Kingdom.

Stars: Bernard Hepton, Angela Richards, Clifford Rose, Juliet Hammond

Votes: 1,616

12. Between the Lines (1992–1994)

50 min | Crime, Drama

British police drama following the team at the Complaints Investigation Bureau - the unit that polices the police.

Stars: Neil Pearson, Tom Georgeson, Siobhan Redmond, Tony Doyle

Votes: 632

13. Dangerfield (1995–1999)

TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama

The life and times of a small-town family practitioner and police surgeon.

Stars: Roderick Smith, Nadim Sawalha, Nicola Cowper, Bill Wallis

Votes: 195

14. 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

15. 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

16. To Play the King (1993)

55 min | Drama

Francis Urquhart, the unscrupulous but cunning Conservative Prime Minister, has his survival threatened by a liberal monarch and an upcoming General Election.

Stars: Ian Richardson, Michael Kitchen, Kitty Aldridge, Colin Jeavons

Votes: 4,450

17. Love Hurts (1992–1994)

50 min | Comedy, Romance

Two forty-somethings with differing outlooks on life fall in love.

Stars: Adam Faith, Zoë Wanamaker, Tony Selby, Jane Lapotaire

Votes: 192

18. Crime Traveller (1997)

50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Detective Jeff Slade teams up with scientist Holly Turner, whose late father has created a time machine that can travel back several hours. Together they solve mysteries using the device.

Stars: Michael French, Chloë Annett, Sue Johnston, Paul Trussell

Votes: 461

19. Privates on Parade (1983)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, War

The members of S.A.D.U.S.E.A. (Song and Dance Unit South East Asia) fall in and out of love while trying to dodge Malayan Communist bullets in the late 1940s. Not only that, they have to ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Blakemore | Stars: Patrick Pearson, Michael Elphick, Joe Melia, John Standing

Votes: 993

20. The Comedy of Errors (1978 TV Movie)

130 min | Comedy, Musical

The Royal Shakespeare Company act (and sing and dance!) Shakespeare's play about two sets of identical twins, separated at birth and brought together by circumstance.

Director: Philip Casson | Stars: Brian Coburn, Griffith Jones, Roger Rees, Mike Gwilym

Votes: 83

21. Resnick: Rough Treatment (1993 TV Movie)

75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The unorthodox detective with a taste for exotic sandwiches and jazz meets his match in the shape of two equally unorthodox burglars who find more than they bargained for in an apparently deserted home.

Director: Peter Smith | Stars: Paul Bazely, Thea Bennett, Janie Booth, Laura Brattan

Votes: 28

22. The Sharp End (1991)

50 min | Comedy

This series sees Gwen Taylor's character widowed and wondering what to do with her husband's Debt Collection Agency. She decides to run the business herself, much to the chagrin of a rival,... See full summary »

Stars: Gwen Taylor, James Cosmo, Philip Martin Brown, Clare Kelly

Votes: 18

23. Moon and Son (1992– )

50 min | Mystery

Astrologer Gladys Moon and her psychic son, Trevor, travel between Folkestone and Calais, conducting readings, selling occult wares and getting involved in various crimes and mysteries.

Stars: Millicent Martin, John Michie, Laure Killing, Ian Redford

Votes: 32

24. On the Line (1982– )

60 min | Drama

The struggles of an independent British car manufacturer, Associated British Motors.

Stars: David Ryall, Jeremy Young, Bev Willis, Amanda Redman

25. The Further Adventures of Oliver Twist (1980– )

30 min | Adventure

Oliver and The Artful Dodger find that Mr. Brownlow's new housekeeper, aided by Noah Claypole, is trying to steal Mr. Brownlow's money and are forced to go on the run back to the London slums.

Stars: John Fowler, Daniel Murray, Leonard Preston, June Watson

Votes: 11

26. Sophia and Constance (1988– )

50 min

Drama based on The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett about two sisters whose paths in life differ widely.

Stars: Alfred Burke, Leonard Preston, Freda Dowie, Nigel Bradshaw

27. A Family Affair (1979)

50 min | Drama

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Stars: Barry Foster, Wendy Gifford, Jan Harvey, Frank Middlemass

Votes: 8

28. After Julius (1979)

150 min | Drama

Adaptation of Elizabeth Jane Howard's novel about the family of a publisher, killed in World War II, who discover unwelcome truths about him twenty years later in the course of a weekend at his widow's home.

Stars: Paul Copley, Cyd Hayman, John Carson, Faith Brook

29. Thundercloud (1979– )

30 min | Comedy

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Stars: James Cosmo, Derek Waring, Paul Aston, Sarah Douglas

Votes: 8

30. The Disappearance of Harry (1982 TV Movie)

97 min | Drama

An apparently normal husband and father resides in contemporary Nottingham, England, when one day, he leaves his house and vanishes. A note he left behind alludes to a double life he no longer wishes to lead.

Director: Joseph Despins | Stars: Annette Crosbie, Cornelius Garrett, David Lyon, Philip Locke

Votes: 25

31. The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978–1985)
Episode: Julius Caesar (1979)

TV-14 | 161 min

The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for Brutus and the republic.

Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Richard Pasco, Charles Gray, Keith Michell, David Collings

Votes: 258

32. Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)
Episode: Vanity Dies Hard: Part 1 (1994)

TV-14 | 180 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When wealthy middle-aged divorcée Alice Fielding, marries a handsome younger man, her best friend Nesta, who has fallen on hard times, begins to resent her.

Director: Alan Grint | Stars: Jane Gurnett, Leslie Phillips, Leonard Preston, Arthur White

Votes: 118

33. Wycliffe (1993–1998)
Episode: Dance of the Scorpions (1997)

PG | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When the manager of the local building society and his wife are killed during an attempted kidnapping, Det. Superintendent Charles Wycliffe has to postpone a well-deserved holiday to Paris ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Harrison | Stars: Leslie Grantham, Jack Shepherd, Lynn Farleigh, Stevan Rimkus

Votes: 81

34. Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode: Long Distance Information (1979)

62 min | Comedy, Drama

Life at a local radio station on the night of Elvis Presley's death.

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Neville Smith, Pauline Collins, Malcolm Terris, Ann Zelda

Votes: 17

35. Between the Lines (1992–1994)
Episode: A Safe Pair of Hands (1994)

Crime, Drama

Clark's second job in the private sector falls into his lap with suspicious ease. His former colleague Naylor is at hand to help, but has Deakin set the pair of them up?

Director: Alan Dossor | Stars: Neil Pearson, Tom Georgeson, Siobhan Redmond, Tony Doyle

Votes: 14

36. The Bill (1984–2010)
Episode: Back on the Streets (1989)

TV-14 | Crime, Drama

Lines and Carver fail to capture a wanted man.

Director: Alan Wareing | Stars: Eric Richard, Jeff Stewart, Kevin Lloyd, Mark Wingett

Votes: 33

37. The Bill (1984–2010)
Episode: Knowing the Score (1995)

TV-14 | 25 min | Crime, Drama

DI Deakin and WDS Morgan attend Court to testify against a dangerous drugs dealer, but find the prosecution team unhelpful.

Director: Laurence Moody | Stars: Shaun Scott, Tom Cotcher, Clive Wedderburn, Tom Butcher

Votes: 24

38. The Bill (1984–2010)
Episode: Some You Lose (1995)

TV-14 | 25 min | Crime, Drama

DI Deakin and WDS Morgan are in court for the prosecution of a dangerous drugs dealer.

Director: Laurence Moody | Stars: Shaun Scott, Tom Cotcher, Kevin Lloyd, Kerry Peers

Votes: 29

39. The Bill (1984–2010)
Episode: The Last Laugh (1991)

TV-14 | 25 min | Crime, Drama

Three cars race to the scene of an armed robbery - only to discover it's a hoax call, and for Quinnan to land an assault complaint. Could it be that a suspiciously-parked excavator will come to Quinnan's rescue?

Director: Denny Lawrence | Stars: Andrew Paul, Huw Higginson, Graham Cole, Jo Dow

Votes: 32

40. Casualty (1986– )
Episode: Mirror Image (2000)

TV-PG | Drama

Josh and Penny are called to deliver a baby in unusual circumstances, while Max faces his worst nightmare as his son is brought in for emergency treatment.

Director: Robert Del Maestro | Stars: Derek Thompson, Ian Bleasdale, Claire Goose, Robert Gwilym

Votes: 13

41. Casualty (1986– )
Episode: No Cause for Concern (1993)

TV-PG | Drama

A stolen van containing radioactive isotopes crashes causing Holby Casualty to be at risk of contamination; Rob is offered a job in Southampton and Charlie reflects on his breakdown.

Director: Alan Wareing | Stars: Derek Thompson, Catherine Shipton, Patrick Robinson, Maureen Beattie

42. Crime Traveller (1997)
Episode: Jeff Slade and the Loop of Infinity (1997)

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Jeff Slade's world is turned upside down when he discovers his friend Holly has a secret. She can travel in time.

Director: Brian Farnham | Stars: Michael French, Chloë Annett, Sue Johnston, Paul Trussell

Votes: 46

43. Dangerfield (1995–1999)
Episode: A Place of Safety (1998)

TV-14 | Crime, Drama

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Director: Ken Hannam | Stars: Edward Purver, Derek Lewis, Julian Kay, Nigel Havers

44. Dangerfield (1995–1999)
Episode: The Last Picture (1998)

TV-14 | Crime, Drama

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Director: Tim Holloway | Stars: Lynsey Baxter, Haydn Gwynne, Deddie Davies, Nigel Havers

45. Love Hurts (1992–1994)
Episode: The Max Factor (1993)

49 min | Comedy, Romance

Back in England, Tessa is anxious to have a talk with Frank about their relationship, but Frank is equally eager to avoid the subject. Meanwhile, Frank recruits Tessa's father and friend Diane to go in with him on a land deal.

Director: Alan Grint | Stars: Adam Faith, Zoë Wanamaker, Jane Lapotaire, Tony Selby

46. Peak Practice (1993–2002)
Episode: Enemy Within (1994)

TV-14 | 50 min | Drama

Beth is tested when she becomes the victim of a father's anger. Will Jack's feelings towards her be of any comfort?

Director: Alan Grint | Stars: George Irving, Minnie Driver, James Peachey, Ian Keith

Votes: 15

47. Peak Practice (1993–2002)
Episode: Hope to Die (1993)

TV-14 | 50 min | Drama

Has Jack bitten off more than he can chew when he rests a family's hopes on a single operation? Is it the end for Will and Sarah? And is there a chance that Jack and Will are becoming good friends?

Director: Alan Grint | Stars: Kevin Whately, Chris Walker, Sean Pertwee, Leonard Preston

Votes: 21

48. Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode: The Groundling and the Kite (1984)

Comedy, Drama

Peter is a songwriter, while his old friend Jimmy is an A and R (Artists and Repertoire) man. But when Jimmy tries to sell one of Peter's songs, Peter is furious. Can the friendship survive?

Director: Peter Jefferies | Stars: John Duttine, Leonard Preston, Peter Jonfield, Karl Howman

Votes: 9

49. Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode: The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman (1993)

TV-14 | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Poirot investigates the murder of an Italian count who was also the employer of Miss Lemon's new boyfriend. He soon learns that the victim was being targeted by a blackmailer.

Director: Brian Farnham | Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran

Votes: 1,321

50. Secret Army (1977–1979)
Episode: A Matter of Life and Death (1978)

Drama, History, War

Francois is determined to retrieve an airman from the Communist resistance while Max plots his betrayal.

Director: Roger Jenkins | Stars: Bernard Hepton, Angela Richards, Michael Culver, Clifford Rose

Votes: 49