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1. Heartbeat (1992–2010)

TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Comedy, Crime

The 1960s lives and adventures of the police constabulary, medical staff, and residents of Ashfordly and Aidensfield.

Stars: William Simons, Derek Fowlds, Tricia Penrose, Mark Jordon

Votes: 4,061

2. 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

3. Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Three old men from Yorkshire who have never grown up face the trials of their fellow town citizens and everyday life and stay young by reminiscing about the days of their youth and attempting feats not common to the elderly.

Stars: Peter Sallis, Jane Freeman, Kathy Staff, Robert Fyfe

Votes: 3,650

4. 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: 3,525

5. Snatch (2017–2018)

Not Rated | 60 min | Comedy, Crime

A group of up-and-coming hustlers who stumble upon a truck-load of stolen gold bullion are suddenly thrust into the high-stakes world of organized crime.

Stars: Rupert Grint, Luke Pasqualino, Lucien Laviscount, Phoebe Dynevor

Votes: 4,739

6. The Royal (2003–2011)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama

Set in the 1960s, this British medical drama follows the staff and patients of St Aidan's Royal Free Hospital.

Stars: Linda Armstrong, Robert Daws, Wendy Craig, Michelle Hardwick

Votes: 1,208

7. Snake Eyes (1998)

R | 98 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A shady police detective finds himself in the middle of a murder conspiracy at an important boxing match in an Atlantic City casino.

Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Gary Sinise, John Heard, Carla Gugino

Votes: 86,720 | Gross: $55.59M

8. Velvet Goldmine (1998)

R | 118 min | Drama, Music

In 1984, British journalist Arthur Stuart investigates the career of 1970s glam superstar Brian Slade, who was heavily influenced in his early years by hard-living and rebellious American singer Curt Wild.

Director: Todd Haynes | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Christian Bale, Toni Collette

Votes: 38,299 | Gross: $1.05M

9. Cracker (1993–1996)

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

Dr Edward "Fitz" Fitzgerald is a criminal psychologist. He is rather anti-social and obnoxious but he has a gift for solving crimes. Thus he is employed as a consultant by the Manchester Police.

Stars: Robbie Coltrane, Geraldine Somerville, Kieran O'Brien, Barbara Flynn

Votes: 7,865

10. Home Fires (2015–2016)

TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, War

A drama following a group of inspirational women in a rural Cheshire community during World War II.

Stars: Clare Calbraith, Brian Fletcher, Samantha Bond, Ruth Gemmell

Votes: 4,355

11. The Royle Family (1998–2012)

45 min | Comedy

A British sitcom about the everyday life of a working-class family in Northwest England: watching telly, smoking, drinking, and bickering.

Stars: Caroline Aherne, Craig Cash, Sue Johnston, Ricky Tomlinson

Votes: 9,084

12. Prey (2014–2015)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

On the run accused of a terrible crime, Manchester Detective Marcus Farrow tries to prove his innocence while being hunted by his former friends and colleagues.

Stars: Rosie Cavaliero, Daniel Jillings, Darren Whitfield, John Simm

Votes: 3,647

13. At Home with the Braithwaites (2000–2003)

TV-14 | Drama, Comedy

A normal everyday family strike it rich by winning the lottery. Their life dramatically changes with their new-found wealth.

Stars: Amanda Redman, Peter Davison, Sarah Smart, Sarah Churm

Votes: 1,379

14. Moving On (2009– )

TV-PG | 45 min | Drama

Series of daytime plays set in contemporary Britain, all sharing the theme of someone going through some kind of life change.

Stars: Neil Bell, Alicia Brockenbrow, John Draycott, Olivia Fenton

Votes: 511

15. Wild Bill (2019)

TV-14 | 45 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

US police chief Bill Hixon lands in Lincolnshire with his 14 year-old daughter Kelsey, hoping to flee their recent painful past. New community forces Bill to question everything about himself.

Stars: Rob Lowe, Bronwyn James, Tony Pitts, Aloreia Spencer

Votes: 3,201

16. Casanova (2005)

TV-MA | 58 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

After a life spent seeking pleasure and decadence, Casanova seeks his one true love, Henriette.

Stars: Rose Byrne, David Tennant, Peter O'Toole, Rupert Penry-Jones

Votes: 5,435

17. This England (2022)

52 min | Biography, Drama, History

Drama following the events surrounding Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his government in the face of the first wave of COVID-19.

Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Simon Paisley Day, Ophelia Lovibond, Andrew Buchan

Votes: 1,733

18. Crown Court (1972–2007)

TV-14 | 25 min | Drama

A courtroom drama in which each case is usually presented in three episodes. At the end of the third episode, a jury of "ordinary people" comes to a verdict on the evidence presented.

Stars: Peter Wheeler, Joseph Berry, Richard Colson, Derek Hockridge

Votes: 347

19. 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

20. 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

21. Blackpool (2004)

60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Soon after local entrepreneur Ripley Holden (Morrissey) opens his arcade in his beloved home town of Blackpool, a murder investigation makes tears at the fabric of his personal and professional lives.

Stars: David Morrissey, Sarah Parish, Thomas Morrison, David Tennant

Votes: 2,553

22. There's Only One Jimmy Grimble (2000)

106 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

Jimmy Grimble is a shy Manchester school boy. However, through football, and some special boots, he manages to gain the confidence to succeed.

Director: John Hay | Stars: Lewis McKenzie, Jane Lapotaire, Gina McKee, Ben Miller

Votes: 4,116

23. In Suspicious Circumstances (1991– )

Drama

A series of murders from all periods introduced by Edward Woodward

Stars: Edward Woodward, Martin Reeve, Michael Wardle, Saskia Abbott

Votes: 78

24. City Central (1998–2000)

50 min | Crime, Drama

The everyday public and private lives of the detectives, policemen and policewomen who work at the inner-city Christmas Street police station in Manchester.

Stars: Sean McKenzie, Ian Aspinall, Dave Hill, Ashley Jensen

Votes: 1,104

25. All at Sea (2013–2015)

28 min | Comedy, Family

Charlie and his family move from London to run a Bed-and-Breakfast by the sea. Charlie and his friends Ben and Alison always want to do the right thing, but somehow they just keep getting into trouble.

Stars: Ryan Wilkinson, Nicola Stephenson, Steve Edge, Milly Zero

Votes: 102

26. Chiller (1995– )

Not Rated | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A British horror/fantasy anthology series where each story involves, to some extent, the supernatural and features lead actors from UK television.

Stars: Nigel Havers, Phyllis Logan, Kevin McNally, John Simm

Votes: 328

27. After the War (1989)

60 min | Drama

Two boys Michael and Joe become friends when Joe arrives at St. George's school in England as a refugee student. Both are Jewish but one has grown up in a middle class English home, while ... See full summary »

Stars: Adrian Lukis, Clare Higgins, Ingrid Hafner, Robert Reynolds

Votes: 43

28. Just Henry (2011 TV Movie)

80 min | Drama

When his father's World War II war medal is posted to him, Henry decides to investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death. But is Henry prepared for the truth?

Director: David Moore | Stars: Josh Bolt, Charlie May-Clark, John Henshaw, Elaine Cassidy

Votes: 189

29. Viva Blackpool (2006 TV Movie)

90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Ripley returns from Las Vegas with some big ideas in the form of a chain of wedding chapels and along the way gets roped into trying to steal the World Cup.

Director: Catherine Morshead | Stars: David Morrissey, Annette Crosbie, Mark Williams, Megan Dodds

Votes: 182

30. The Return of the Antelope (1986–1988)

60 min | Family, Drama

In 1899, two English children befriend a group of shipwrecked Lilliputians.

Stars: John Quentin, John Branwell, Fiona McArthur, Stephanie Cole

Votes: 35

31. Three Seven Eleven (1993–1994)

Drama

A children's drama series, which followed the various activities and adventures of the children at Bartonwood Primary School, an English nursery and primary school.

Stars: Julia Haworth, Nicola Redmond, Paul Hanley, Kevin Baines

32. Childhood (1974– )

60 min | Drama

Anthology of plays showing the world as children see it.

Stars: Alan Luxton, Rhoda Lewis, Joe Lynch, Max Harris

Votes: 13

33. Interloper (2003)

8 min | Drama, Short

Fola is a man desperate to gain recognition in a world that doesn't want to know. By appropriating Shakespeare's Othello to fit his own paranoid world, Fola devises a plan that will surely ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Ford | Stars: Chris Jack, Tom Sharkey, Gina Lamb, Claire Lever

Votes: 9

34. Childhood (1974– )
Episode: Baa Baa Blacksheep (1974)

53 min | Drama

A faithful adaptation of Kipling's riveting autobiographical short story, detailing a harrowing period of his life between the ages of 6 and 11, under the care of foster parents in England, while his parents lived in India.

Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Max Harris, Eileen McCallum, Douglas Alexander, Aziz Bhatti

Votes: 59

35. Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode: Criminal (1994)

TV-14 | 76 min | Drama

Teenager Simon Willerton's suicide in 1990 brought to six the number of young prisoners who hanged themselves in British prisons in just over six months. It prompted a public debate over ... See full summary »

Director: Corin Campbell Hill | Stars: Paul Popplewell, Leanne Whalley, Cheryl Godber, Nicky Evans

Votes: 26

36. Chiller (1995– )
Episode: Toby (1995)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Ray and Louise Knight tragically lose Toby, their unborn baby, in a car accident. Although Louise has not made love since the accident, she soon discovers she's pregnant again. A routine ... See full summary »

Director: Bob Mahoney | Stars: Serena Gordon, Martin Clunes, Rosemary Leach, Ralph Nossek

Votes: 100

37. Blackpool (2004)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2004)

60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

It's a big day for Ripley Holden as he opens his new amusement center in Blackpool. Holden is a drinker and a philanderer who sold his other businesses to open on the promenade. He has ... See full summary »

Director: Julie Anne Robinson | Stars: David Morrissey, Sarah Parish, Georgia Taylor, Thomas Morrison

Votes: 93

38. Blackpool (2004)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2004)

60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

DI Carlisle continues his investigation and learns from the dead man's friends that he had left them after their bout of drinking to find a prostitute. He interviews several of the local ... See full summary »

Director: Julie Anne Robinson | Stars: David Morrissey, Sarah Parish, David Tennant, Bryan Dick

Votes: 80

39. Blackpool (2004)
Episode: Episode #1.4 (2004)

60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Carlisle dismisses Danny's confession to the murder as just a youthful attempt to protect his father. He also tries to repair his relationship with Natalie, now that she knows he's been ... See full summary »

Director: Coky Giedroyc | Stars: David Tennant, Bryan Dick, Thomas Morrison, Sarah Parish

Votes: 66

40. Blackpool (2004)
Episode: Episode #1.5 (2004)

60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Having confessed to DI Carlisle that he moved Poole's body to the arcade, Natalie spontaneously provides him with an alibi telling the police that she had picked him up soon after he was ... See full summary »

Director: Coky Giedroyc | Stars: David Tennant, Sarah Parish, David Morrissey, Tom Ambrose

Votes: 68

41. Blackpool (2004)
Episode: Episode #1.6 (2004)

60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Ripley Holden's dreams are crashing all around him. It's apparent that he is going to lose the arcade when he learns that Natalie put the flats in a trust for the children and no one now ... See full summary »

Director: Coky Giedroyc | Stars: David Morrissey, Steve Pemberton, Sarah Parish, Kevin Doyle

Votes: 68

42. Crown Court (1972–2007)
Episode: Freak-Out: Part One (1973)

TV-14 | 24 min | Drama

The effects of hallucinogenic drugs provide a theme in this case. Peta Best, a leading 1960s fashion photographer, has been found dead in her studio with a cloth pushed down her throat. ... See full summary »

Director: Alan Gibson | Stars: Bernard Gallagher, David Ashford, Edward Jewesbury, Susan Tracy

Votes: 22

43. Emmerdale Farm (1972– )
Episode: Episode #1.3304 (2002)

TV-PG | Adventure, Crime, Drama

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Stars: Jilly Dickens, Una McNulty, Hannah Midgley, Jim Whelan

44. Heartbeat (1992–2010)
Episode: Dead Ringer (1993)

TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Comedy, Crime

PC Bellamy is in trouble. There was a break-in on his beat while he was visiting one of his girlfriends. Witnesses noticed a noisy minivan speeding away from the scene of the crime ... See full summary »

Director: Tim Dowd | Stars: Nick Berry, Niamh Cusack, Derek Fowlds, Frank Middlemass

Votes: 38

45. Heartbeat (1992–2010)
Episode: Home Sweet Home (2001)

TV-PG | 46 min | Drama, Comedy, Crime

Betty Hargreaves runs the nursing home in Ashfordly. She gets under suspicion of influencing her patients to change their wills in favour of herself and the nursing home. She may even have ... See full summary »

Director: Gerry Poulson | Stars: David Sandford, Eric Potts, Fiona MacPherson, Mona Bruce

Votes: 26

46. Heartbeat (1992–2010)
Episode: Home to Roost (2001)

TV-PG | 47 min | Drama, Comedy, Crime

Steve and Amy are two of a group of squatters who move into Geoff Lawson's empty cottages on Oddy's Field. When Lawson hears about it he tries to get the squatters out, but that is easier ... See full summary »

Director: Diana Patrick | Stars: David Lonsdale, Emily Aston, Oliver Williams, Geoffrey Hughes

Votes: 34

47. In Suspicious Circumstances (1991– )
Episode: Ring of Truth/The Golden Goose (1996)

Drama

In 1865; Adolf Beck is identified as swindler John Smith. He is sentenced to jail for 12 years. His name is finally cleared 1907. In 1909, George Storrs fears for his life but the police fail react to a ringing bell and he is found dead.

Director: Julian Farino | Stars: Edward Woodward, Rosalind Bailey, Tom Bowles, Julia Farino

Votes: 7

48. In Suspicious Circumstances (1991– )
Episode: The Golden Goose (1996)

Drama

George Harry Storrs takes precautions to ramp up security at his home Gorse Hall, soon after he's attacked and killed by an unknown man, Police call the servants in to attend an identity parade.

Director: Julian Farino | Stars: Edward Woodward, Rosalind Bailey, Tom Bowles, Kathryn Hunt

Votes: 5

49. Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010)
Episode: The 30's Car (1973)

TV-14 | 27 min | Comedy

Clegg gets it in his mind to buy a car but he has to get past the tractors first.

Director: James Gilbert | Stars: Michael Bates, Bill Owen, Peter Sallis, John Comer

Votes: 83

50. The Royal (2003–2011)
Episode: Doing the Rounds (2003)

TV-PG | 47 min | Drama

New young doctor Jeff Goodwin arrives at the Royal to replace David, after a traumatic journey in which he is involved in a car accident, punched by one of the other drivers and then robbed... See full summary »

Director: Tim Dowd | Stars: Phil Corbitt, Graham McDuff, Paul Fox, Robert Daws

Votes: 24