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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: 39,509
2. 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: 9,221
3. Are You Being Served? (1972–1985)
TV-PG | 28 min | Comedy
The misadventures of the staff of a retail floor of a major department store.
Stars: Mollie Sugden, John Inman, Frank Thornton, Wendy Richard
Votes: 9,223
4. Fawlty Towers (1975–1979)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Hotel owner Basil Fawlty's incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away.
Stars: John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs, Connie Booth
Votes: 100,093
5. Ghostwatch (1992 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
In a "live" broadcast on Halloween night, a BBC team investigate a reported poltergeist in an ordinary London home.
Director: Lesley Manning | Stars: Michael Parkinson, Sarah Greene, Mike Smith, Craig Charles
Votes: 5,927
6. 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
7. The Duchess of Duke Street (1976–1977)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama
Louisa Trotter works her way up from being a skivvy to being the queen of cooks, cook to the King, and owner of the Bentinck Hotel. Her life and happenings among the guests and staff of the hotel make up the 31 episodes.
Stars: Gemma Jones, Victoria Plucknett, John Welsh, John Cater
Votes: 1,540
8. The Liver Birds (1969–1996)
30 min | Comedy
The lives and loves of Beryl Hennessey (Polly James) and Sandra Hutchinson (Nerys Hughes), two young, single women sharing a flat in Liverpool.
Stars: Nerys Hughes, Polly James, Mollie Sugden, Elizabeth Estensen
Votes: 288
9. Oppenheimer (1980)
Not Rated | 420 min | Biography, Drama, History
Biography of the American physicist who led the U.S. effort to develop the atomic bomb during World War II, only to find himself suspected as a security risk in the 1950s.
Stars: Sam Waterston, John Carson, Christopher Muncke, Jana Shelden
Votes: 717
10. The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970)
540 min | Drama, History, Romance
A six-episode dramatization of Henry VIII's relationships with each of his six wives. Each episode is devoted to one wife, and is a complete play in itself.
Stars: Keith Michell, Anthony Quayle, Patrick Troughton, Bernard Hepton
Votes: 1,455
11. Top of the Pops (1964–2023)
60 min | Music, News, Talk-Show
A rundown of the latest chart hits, featuring in-studio performances from popular music artists.
Stars: The Ladybirds, Pan's People, Jimmy Savile, Legs & Co
Votes: 1,125
12. A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery (1987)
52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A gentleman sleuth solves mysteries and falls in love with a detective novelist.
Stars: Harriet Walter, Edward Petherbridge, Richard Morant, Rowena Cooper
Votes: 330
13. 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
14. The Pallisers (1974–1975)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Romance
Beginning with the forced marriage of Glencora (Susan Hampshire), the lives of the friends and children of this couple are the subject of study. The backdrop is the House of Commons in ... See full summary »
Stars: Susan Hampshire, Philip Latham, Barbara Murray, Moray Watson
Votes: 538
15. 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
16. Crimewatch UK (1984–2017)
50 min | Documentary, Crime
Looking at the range of criminal activity that plagues the United Kingdom, giving vital information on unsolved cases.
Stars: Nick Ross, Sue Cook, David Hatcher, Helen Phelps
Votes: 159
17. Performance (1991–1998)
180 min | Drama
An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.
Stars: Ian Holm, Elizabeth McGovern, Ronald Pickup, Jane Horrocks
Votes: 92
18. Wogan (1982–1992)
35 min | Talk-Show
Terry Wogan hosts his own long-running chat show, where he interviews a variety of guests, from public life to celebrities. Also featured are regular musical guests performing their latest songs.
Stars: Terry Wogan, Sue Lawley, Joanna Lumley, Gloria Hunniford
Votes: 313
19. Wings (1977–1978)
50 min | Drama, War
A young Englishman born into a blacksmith's family wants to be a flier in one of the new fangled flying machines. He struggles to show a man of his class deserves a chance to be a pilot and... See full summary »
Stars: Michael Cochrane, Tim Woodward, Nicholas Jones, David Troughton
Votes: 161
20. The Dick Emery Show (1963–1981)
30 min | Comedy
Comedy skits featuring the talents of Mr Dick Emery.
Stars: Dick Emery, Pat Coombs, Victor Maddern, Helen Fraser
Votes: 212
21. The Devil's Crown (1978)
55 min | Biography, Drama, History
Henry Plantagenet (later King Henry II), sees his opportunity to seize the crown of England and create a kingdom of law and order.
Stars: Jane Lapotaire, John Duttine, Christopher Gable, Brian Cox
Votes: 106
22. The Tempest (1980 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 125 min | Drama
Exiled Prospero lives on a desolate island with his daughter, Miranda. When Prospero's usurping brother sails by the island, Prospero conjures a storm that wrecks the ship and changes all of their lives.
Director: John Gorrie | Stars: Michael Hordern, Derek Godfrey, David Waller, Warren Clarke
Votes: 328
23. Bluebell (1986– )
50 min | Drama
The true story of Margaret Kelly, known as "Miss Bluebell", who formed and managed a legendary Parisian dance troupe.
Stars: Carolyn Pickles, Annie Lambert, Philip Sayer, Michael Harbour
Votes: 26
24. 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
25. Theatre Night (1985–1990)
180 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Adaptations of classic and contemporary stage plays.
Stars: Kenneth Cranham, Robert Lang, Natalie Ogle, Dinsdale Landen
Votes: 58
26. Dressing for Breakfast (1995–1998)
30 min | Comedy
A young woman sets out to find love, with her mother and best friend bringing up problems, advice, and comedy.
Stars: Beatie Edney, Holly Aird, Nigel Lindsay, Charlotte Cornwell
Votes: 64
27. The Rag Trade (1975–1978)
30 min | Comedy
Follows the humorous struggles of workers in a London clothing factory.
Stars: Peter Jones, Diane Langton, Miriam Karlin, Christopher Beeny
Votes: 64
28. Talking Heads (1988)
Comedy, Drama
Six monologues tell the stories of six different repressed souls: a man dominated by his mother, a vicar's wife, an inveterate letter writer, a hopeful actress, a recently widowed woman, and an elderly shut-in.
Stars: Maggie Smith, Julie Walters, Patricia Routledge, Stephanie Cole
Votes: 375
29. The Ginger Tree (1989– )
240 min | Drama
In 1903, a young Scotswoman goes to join her diplomat fiancé in Manchuria. She marries him, and finds herself in a war zone. Disenchanted with her husband, she falls in love with a married ... See full summary »
Stars: Samantha Bond, Daisuke Ryû, Fumi Dan, Joanna McCallum
Votes: 153
30. BBC2 Play of the Week (1977–1979)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length movies.
Stars: Judi Dench, Richard O'Callaghan, Frederick Treves, Clive Swift
Votes: 46
31. My Brother Jonathan (1985– )
247 min | Drama
My Brother Jonathan is a 1985 BBC five part mini-series that relates the story of an idealistic doctor, Jonathan Dakkers, in the coal country of England during the period around WW1 and a love triangle.
Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Benedict Taylor, Helen Ryan, Caroline Bliss
Votes: 88
32. The Girls of Slender Means (1975)
50 min | Drama
When their friend Nicholas is killed in 1960, several women think back to the time when they knew him, in 1945 "when all the best people were poor".
Stars: Miriam Margolyes, Patricia Hodge, Marion Bailey, Mary Tamm
Votes: 26
33. Multi-Coloured Swap Shop (1976–1982)
120 min | Family, Talk-Show
Saturday morning children's show which as well as having music and guests also had kids phone in and swap toys with each other.
Stars: Noel Edmonds, Keith Chegwin, John Craven, Maggie Philbin
Votes: 120
34. My Cousin Rachel (1983– )
55 min | Mystery, Romance, Drama
A young Englishman becomes convinced that his friend and guardian has been murdered by his mysterious second wife.
Stars: Geraldine Chaplin, Christopher Guard, John Shrapnel, Charles Kay
Votes: 87
35. Record Breakers (1972–2001)
25 min | Documentary, Family
Contestants attempt to break records for various feats listed in the Guinness Book of Records.
Stars: Roy Castle, Norris McWhirter, Cheryl Baker, Fiona Kennedy
Votes: 95
36. So Haunt Me (1992–1994)
30 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A suburban family find their new home is still occupied by the ghost of its previous owner, a middle-aged Jewish woman.
Stars: Miriam Karlin, George Costigan, Tessa Peake-Jones, Laura Howard
Votes: 110
37. Bomber Harris (1989 TV Movie)
85 min | Biography, Drama, History
The history of one of the key commanders of WW2, the head of RAF Bomber Command, Air Chief Marshall Sir Arthur "Bomber" Harris.
Director: Michael Darlow | Stars: John Thaw, Robert Hardy, Frederick Treves, Bernard Kay
Votes: 188
38. Centre Play (1973–1977)
Drama
Anthology series of half hour plays produced in BBC's Television Centre's studios.
Stars: John Barrett, Will Knightley, David Daker, Michael Gough
Votes: 15
39. Frost in May (1982– )
85 min | Drama
Adaptation of a series of novels by Antonia White about a young girl challenging her authoritarian Catholic environment as she grows up.
Stars: John Carson, Elizabeth Shepherd, Janet Maw, Daniel Day-Lewis
Votes: 33
40. Me Mammy (1968–1971)
30 min | Comedy
Bunjy Kenefick is an Irish mother's boy living in London. He is a high-powered executive and lives a bachelor lifestyle. However, his old-fashioned Catholic mother often puts a stop to his ... See full summary »
Stars: Milo O'Shea, Anna Manahan, Yootha Joyce, David Kelly
Votes: 28
41. My Son, My Son (1979– )
440 min | Drama
A father that indulged his son too much and the unfortunate events that it lead to.
Stars: Michael Williams, Frank Grimes, Kate Binchy, Patsy Rowlands
Votes: 10
42. The Russell Harty Show (1974–1984)
60 min | Talk-Show
The Russell Harty Show featured interviews, music, and entertainment with diverse guests, captivating audiences with engaging conversations and performances.
Stars: Russell Harty, Barry Humphries, Joanna Lumley, Frankie Howerd
Votes: 55
43. In Concert (1970– )
56 min | Music
Intimate concerts for the new breed of singer-songwriter.
Stars: Oscar Peterson, Richie Havens, Tony Joe White, James Taylor
Votes: 16
44. Oscar (1985)
120 min | Biography, Drama, History
Biography of Irish writer Oscar Wilde.
Stars: Michael Gambon, Robin McCallum, Tim Hardy, Karl Howman
Votes: 45
45. Campaign (1988– )
50 min | Drama
A six-part drama series set in an advertising agency. It focuses on Sarah Copeland, a rising copywriter who is pitching for a prestigious account. This series is one of a number documenting... See full summary »
Stars: Penny Downie, David Cardy, Gary Waldhorn, Josie Lawrence
46. Good Behaviour (1983– )
60 min | Drama
Behaving properly at all times - that's what people expect of a gentlewoman. Isn't it?
Stars: Joanna McCallum, Hannah Gordon, Daniel Massey, Patricia Quinn
Votes: 6
47. Objects of Affection (1982)
50 min | Drama
Five monologues tell the stories of several different repressed souls: a mentally handicapped woman, a deteriorating clerical worker, a lonely older man, a tattoo enthusiast, an inexperienced social worker, and her unsatisfied clients.
Stars: Patricia Routledge, Elizabeth Spriggs, Thora Hird, Marjorie Yates
Votes: 14
48. Cockles (1984– )
55 min | Comedy, Drama
Arthur Dumpton returns to the seaside town of Cocklesea and attempts to restore it to its past glory.
Stars: James Grout, Joan Sims, Norman Rodway, Tim Wylton
Votes: 10
49. The Inventing of America (1975 TV Special)
110 min | Documentary, History, Music
Director: Claude Whatham | Stars: Raymond Burr, James Burke
50. Esther Waters (1977– )
50 min | Drama
Adaptation of George Moore's novel about a young, devout woman who is seduced while working as a maid and thereafter has to support herself and her child however she can.
Stars: Gabrielle Lloyd, James Laurenson, Alison Steadman, Paul Jesson
Votes: 5