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1. Crime (2021– )

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

When an Edinburgh schoolgirl is abducted, DI Ray Lennox investigates her disappearance whilst confronting his own past trauma.

Stars: Dougray Scott, Joanna Vanderham, Ken Stott, Sarah McCardie

Votes: 6,168

2. The Reckoning (2023)

59 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The story of Jimmy Savile's life from his working-class roots, to his rise to TV stardom as a BBC presenter, and his later years when he managed to keep his reign of sexual abuse concealed until after his death in 2011.

Stars: Steve Coogan, Mark Stanley, Mark Lewis Jones, Darien

Votes: 3,722

3. Accused (2010–2012)

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

Created by Jimmy McGovern, each episode of this series examines a person who is accused of a crime and what led them to end up in the Dock.

Stars: Michael Maloney, Chord Melodic, Andrew Readman, Rosina Carbone

Votes: 2,939

4. Four Lives (2022)

59 min | Crime, Drama, History

A true-crime drama. Four young gay men are murdered in similar circumstances between 2014 and 2015 in the Barking area of London.

Stars: Sheridan Smith, Leanne Best, Stephen Merchant, Memet Ali Alabora

Votes: 5,383

5. The Street (2006–2009)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama

Series of one-off dramas, each focusing on a different house within the same street.

Stars: Timothy Spall, Ger Ryan, Lee Ingleby, Christine Bottomley

Votes: 1,320

6. 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: 245

7. Tess of the D'Urbervilles (2008)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance

The story of Tess Durbeyfield, a low-born country girl whose family find they have noble connections.

Stars: Gemma Arterton, Eddie Redmayne, Ruth Jones, Hans Matheson

Votes: 6,623

8. The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (2011–2014)

386 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

"The Suspicions of Mr Whicher" premiered in 2011 and starred Paddy Considine as Jonathan 'Jack' Whicher, a detective leading the investigation into a notorious child murder in the 1860s. ... See full summary »

Stars: Paddy Considine, Tim Pigott-Smith, William Beck, Nancy Carroll

Votes: 972

9. Mission of Honor (II) (2018)

Not Rated | 107 min | Action, Drama, War

The exploits of 303 Squadron RAF during the Battle of Britain. The squadron consisted of Polish pilots, many of whom were veterans of the air battles involved in Germany's invasion of Poland.

Director: David Blair | Stars: Iwan Rheon, Milo Gibson, Stefanie Martini, Krystof Hádek

Votes: 5,516

10. The Lakes (1997–1999)

374 min | Drama

A young Liverpudlian escapes unemployment by taking a job at a Lake District hotel. When things seem to be looking up, a tragic incident changes everything

Stars: Kaye Wragg, John Simm, Charles Dale, Robert Pugh

Votes: 1,061

11. Takin' Over the Asylum (1994)

TV-14 | 50 min | Drama

A salesman starts to run a hospital radio station inside a facility for people with mental heath needs.

Stars: Ken Stott, Katy Murphy, David Tennant, Ruth McCabe

Votes: 1,180

12. Playhouse Presents (2012–2015)

30 min | Drama

A series of stand-alone dramas.

Stars: Hayley Atwell, Emma Thompson, David Tennant, Tom Ellis

Votes: 324

13. Care (2018 TV Movie)

90 min | Drama

Jenny, a single mother raising two daughters after her husband leaves, is aided by her mother, Mary. But Jenny struggles to stay afloat after Mary suffers a string of medical issues.

Director: David Blair | Stars: Sheridan Smith, Alison Steadman, Kevin Doyle, Sinéad Keenan

Votes: 429

14. Anna Karenina (2000– )

360 min | Drama

Anna Karenina is the young wife of an older husband. She has an affair with the handsome Count Vronsky. By following her desires, Anna complicates her life.

Stars: Douglas Henshall, Helen McCrory, Stephen Dillane, Mark Strong

Votes: 603

15. The Messenger (I) (2015)

101 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Jack, a tortured soul, spends his days grudgingly seeing and speaking to the dead, helping deliver their messages to the loved ones left behind while trying to seek some respite from his tormented past and present.

Director: David Blair | Stars: Robert Sheehan, Lily Cole, Tamzin Merchant, Jack Fox

Votes: 1,281

16. Isolation Stories (2020– )

Drama

Four short dramas reflecting what families are going through after weeks of isolation brought on by the coronavirus health-care capacity crisis.

Stars: Angela Griffin, Tom Glenister, Daniel Lawrence Taylor, Bodhi Marsan

Votes: 134

17. Away (I) (2016)

Not Rated | 105 min | Crime, Drama

A story set in the north English seaside town of Blackpool and centered on two kindred spirits who form an unlikely friendship.

Director: David Blair | Stars: Timothy Spall, Juno Temple, Hayley Squires, Matt Ryan

Votes: 1,972

18. The Fattest Man in Britain (2009 TV Movie)

90 min | Drama

Georgie Godwin, housebound for 23 years, is the fattest man in Britain, a tourist attraction, thanks to greedy 'agent', cabbie Morris who brings visitors to Rochdale to hear Georgie sing ... See full summary »

Director: David Blair | Stars: Bobby Ball, Akira Koieyama, Yuriri Naka, Timothy Spall

Votes: 348

19. The Play on One (1988–1991)

Drama

Various plays from each of the home nations.

Stars: Kenneth Cranham, Tom Watson, Susan Wooldridge, Phyllis Logan

Votes: 58

20. Whatever Love Means (2005 TV Movie)

95 min | Drama

Dramatized story of the relationship of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles, during the time of the Prince's marriage to Princess Diana and after his divorce and the death of the Princess.

Director: David Blair | Stars: Laurence Fox, Olivia Poulet, Simon Wilson, Alexandra Moen

Votes: 186

21. Shockers (1999–2001)

50 min | Horror, Thriller

An anthology series of horror stories written by contemporary British screenwriters.

Stars: Daniel Craig, Kerry Fox, Marshall Lancaster, Aisling O'Sullivan

Votes: 17

22. Reg (2016 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 89 min | Drama

The story of Reg Keys who lost his son in the Iraq War and then went on to contest Tony Blair's seat at Sedgefield in the 2005 General Election.

Director: David Blair | Stars: Tim Roth, Anna Maxwell Martin, Elliott Tittensor, Sandra Voe

Votes: 358

23. Malice Aforethought (2005 TV Movie)

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

Dr. Edmund Bickleigh is married to a particularly overbearing woman who reminds him at every turn that he is living in her house. But the good doctor has outside interests to help him cope:... See full summary »

Director: David Blair | Stars: Ronnie Masterson, Phyllis Ryan, Fiona O'Shaughnessy, Barbara Flynn

Votes: 249

24. City Lights (1984–1991)

30 min | Comedy

A bank teller with dreams of being a writer sets the scene for this rich comedy of grasping defeat from the jaws of victory life asserting wry sitcom.

Stars: Jonathan Watson, Gerard Kelly, Jan Wilson, Dave Anderson

Votes: 114

25. Common (2014 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama

Jimmy McGovern's gritty drama stars Nico Mirallegro as guileless seventeen-year-old Johnjo O'Shea, who goes from innocent bystander to accessory to premeditated murder after giving a few friends a lift.

Director: David Blair | Stars: Nico Mirallegro, Philip Hill-Pearson, Andrew Ellis, Jack McMullen

Votes: 1,328

26. The Block (2018 TV Movie)

Drama

A Diverse cultural drama series which follows the lives of different people. This pilot is aimed at changing stereotypes.

Director: David Blair | Stars: Aliya Ali, Ceyda Ali, Lev Ali, Karen Bryson

Votes: 16

27. The Time of Your Life (2007– )

60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A 35 year old woman, Kate, awakes from an eighteen year coma following a tragic accident to an unfamiliar world. As she tries to make sense of what has happened her family and old school friends are reluctant to dig up the past.

Stars: Genevieve O'Reilly, Geraldine James, Robert Pugh, Joe Duttine

Votes: 103

28. Bert & Dickie (2012)

TV-PG | 89 min | Biography, Drama, History

Thrown together just five weeks before the final of the 1948 London Olympics, Bert Bushnell and Dickie Burnell row together in the the double sculls.

Director: David Blair | Stars: Matt Smith, Sam Hoare, James Frain, Douglas Hodge

Votes: 380

29. The Key (2003– )

60 min | Drama

The Key is a very human story. It's about three generations of a family struggling to make the best of their lives in very difficult circumstances. The drama recounts the story of the last ... See full summary »

Stars: June Watson, Ronni Ancona, Annie Louise Ross, Dawn Steele

Votes: 47

30. Best Laid Plans (2012)

Not Rated | 108 min | Drama

David Blair directs this powerful British Drama, loosely inspired by John Steinbeck's novel 'Of Mice and Men'. Set in Nottingham, the film revolves around the relationship between the ... See full summary »

Director: David Blair | Stars: Stephen Graham, Lee Ingleby, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, David O'Hara

Votes: 1,602

31. Donovan Quick (2000 TV Movie)

104 min | Drama

Retelling of the Don Quixote story set in present day Scotland. Donovan Quick comes to the rescue of Lucy, the mainstay of the dysfunctional Pannick family.

Director: David Blair | Stars: Colin Firth, Katy Murphy, David O'Hara, Liz Smith

Votes: 312

32. A Mug's Game (1996– )

50 min | Comedy, Drama

Three part series that studies the personal lives of folk in a remote Scottish fishing village that is coming to terms with rationalisation, and globalisation of it's fishing industry.

Stars: Tracy Wiles, Sally Kinghorn, Ken Stott, Ewan Stewart

Votes: 34

33. Strathblair (1992– )

50 min | Drama

Set in the 1950s, two inexperienced newlyweds struggle to make a go of a rundown hill farm.

Stars: Francesca Hunt, David Robb, Andrew Keir, Derek Riddell

Votes: 40

34. The Vet (1995–1996)

50 min | Drama

Newly-divorced Jennifer Holt moves with her teenage son to a rural veterinary practice in Devon , where she has to prove herself to her colleagues and local farmers.

Stars: Suzanne Burden, Richard Hawley, Gabrielle Cowburn, Neil McKinven

35. Tabloid (2001)

112 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller

A slimy television host, who makes a living by embarrassing celebrities, is tricked into revealing some dark secrets of his own.

Director: David Blair | Stars: Matthew Rhys, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, John Hurt, Danny Dyer

Votes: 217

36. Vicious Circle (1999 TV Movie)

105 min | Crime, Drama

Criminal Martin Cahill gets in trouble when a major robbery succeeds. He aims for more trouble when he tries to do a large art robbery.

Director: David Blair | Stars: Ken Stott, Gerard McSorley, Andrew Connolly, John Kavanagh

Votes: 130

37. Split Second (1999 TV Movie)

Drama

A split-second decision made in a fit of rage drives attorney and family man Michael Anderson to desperate measures.The stressed-out lawyer hits his melting point one fateful day, when he runs away from the consequences of his actions.

Director: David Blair | Stars: Clive Owen, Helen McCrory, John Bowe, Tony Curran

Votes: 272

38. Mystics (2003)

90 min | Comedy

A dark comedy about two old-time con-men who pretend to be able to communicate with the dead.

Director: David Blair | Stars: Milo O'Shea, David Kelly, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Liam Cunningham

Votes: 254

39. Storm Witch

Adventure, Drama, Thriller | Announced

Centers on villagers in a coastal town wary of a mystical woman, Morag, who has a unique connection to nature amid hardships from the sea and feudal landowners.

Director: David Blair | Stars: Stuart Martin, Gemma Arterton, Kate Dickie, Kevin McKidd

40. Tell Tale Hearts (1992– )

45 min

Three-part psychological thriller about a child killer recently released from prison, pursued by a journalist and by a mother whose child disappeared close to the time of the murder.

Stars: Bill Paterson, Emma Fielding, Brid Brennan, Clive Russell

Votes: 13

41. Turning World (1996– )

Drama

Drama based on closing down of a mental asylum

Stars: Art Malik, Roshan Seth, Parminder Nagra, Claire Rushbrook

42. The Brown Man (1993 TV Movie)

30 min | Comedy

An off-beat comedy about a private detective (comedian Arnold Brown) who investigates a murder in the world of show business.

Director: David Blair | Stars: Arnold Brown, Jim Condie, Gemma Craven, George Drennan

Votes: 8

43. Warts and All (2022)

Short, Drama

Aron, a single thirty something, attempts to navigate falling in love, while struggling to hide his insecurities.

Director: Pat Shortt | Stars: Danny McCafferty, Jessica Glynn, Michael Keohane, Michelle Lehane

44. The Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree

Drama | Announced

1492, Spain, the fall of Muslim rule. This is the saga of a family caught within an uncannily familiar clash of ideologies who end up at the mercy of conquering and intolerant Christians.

Director: David Blair

45. Windmills on the Clyde: Making 'Donovan Quick' (2000 TV Movie)

29 min | Documentary

The making of BBC Film Donovan Quick and profile of award winning writer/director team of David Blair and Donna Franceschild.

Director: Andrew Crossan | Stars: David Blair, Colin Firth, Donna Franceschild, Katy Murphy

Votes: 16

46. The Road to Gehenna (2019)

Short, Drama

In hiding for crimes they believe no one will ever discover, three fugitives are visited by the very last person they want to see. A dark tale of justice and redemption, where the dividing line between and good and evil is never certain.

Director: Michael Keogh | Stars: Glen Wallace, Jason Done, Sean Croke, Gabriel Keogh

47. Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode: Lent (1985)

TV-14 | 86 min | Drama

It is the Easter holidays at Gorse Park Preparatory School. Everyone has gone home except four elderly members of staff and young Paul Blake , the orphaned son of the former headmaster. The... See full summary »

Director: Peter Barber-Fleming | Stars: Graham McGrath, Harry Andrews, Fabia Drake, David Langton

Votes: 24

48. The Street (2006–2009)
Episode: The Accident (2006)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama

Angela Quinn is a mother of three trapped in a stale marriage to dull Arthur. To add a bit of spice to her dreary life, she has a fling with a neighbour based on a shared love of sex and ... See full summary »

Director: David Blair | Stars: Jane Horrocks, Daniel Ryan, Alexandra Pearson, Dean McGonagle

Votes: 104

49. The Street (2006–2009)
Episode: Stan (2006)

TV-MA | 59 min | Drama

Stanley McDermott, a man you could set your clock by, finds himself locked out of his work three weeks short of his 65th birthday. To his wife Brenda's despair, he starts to contemplate the... See full summary »

Director: David Blair | Stars: Jim Broadbent, Sue Johnston, Shaun Dooley, Alexandra Pearson

Votes: 91

50. The Street (2006–2009)
Episode: Asylum (2006)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama

Working an extra night shift because he needs the money, kind taxi driver Eddie picks up Ojo, an African asylum seeker. Ojo's accommodation is closed for the night and so Eddie takes him ... See full summary »

Director: David Blair | Stars: Jamiu Adebiyi, Ger Ryan, Timothy Spall, James Varley

Votes: 74