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1. 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: 3,569

2. 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: 1,542

3. The Onedin Line (1971–1980)

TV-PG | 50 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

James Onedin marries Anne Webster in order to get his hands on a ship. However the marriage turns out to be one of true love. James is ruthless in his attempt to get a shipping line started in Liverpool of the 1860s.

Stars: Peter Gilmore, Jessica Benton, Howard Lang, Mary Webster

Votes: 1,118

4. Z Cars (1962–1978)

TV-14 | Crime, Drama

A gritty drama which follows the work of the police force in the fictional town of Newtown in the North of England.

Stars: James Ellis, John Slater, Douglas Fielding, Bernard Holley

Votes: 382

5. 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

6. 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: 213

7. Thomas and Sarah (1979)

60 min | Drama

This spin-off of Upstairs, Downstairs (1971) follows Sarah (parlour-maid) and Thomas (chauffeur) some time after leaving service with the Bellamys.

Stars: Pauline Collins, John Alderton, Graham Cull, Maria Charles

Votes: 161

8. Call My Bluff (II) (1965–1988)

30 min | Family, Game-Show

Two teams of three alternate between giving and guessing the meanings of obscure English words.

Stars: Robert Robinson, Frank Muir, Patrick Campbell, Arthur Marshall

Votes: 86

9. Jackanory Playhouse (1972–1985)

30 min | Drama, Family

A spin-off series from "Jackanory", was "Jackanory Playhouse" (1972-85), which was a series of thirty-minute dramatisations.

Stars: Peter Settelen, Maurice Denham, Patsy Smart, George Innes

Votes: 18

10. The Doctors (1969–1972)

30 min | Drama

The series was set around a general practice in north London and leading cast members included: Justine Lord, Nigel Stock, Barry Justice, Richard Leech, Isla Blair and Lynda La Plante (... See full summary »

Stars: Richard Leech, Justine Lord, Pamela Duncan, John Barrie

Votes: 21

11. The Juggler of Notre Dame (1970)

G | 80 min | Drama, Fantasy

After being arrested for stealing fruit while passing through a small village, a wandering minstrel serves his time in a creepy monastery.

Director: Milton H. Lehr | Stars: Jessica Benton, Barry Dennen, Christopher Ellis, Dunga Gabor

Votes: 20

12. The Root of All Evil? (1968–1969)

60 min | Drama

An anthology series of TV plays with a monetary theme.

Stars: George Cole, Susan George, Sylvia Syms, Ian Carmichael

13. The Cult of... (2006–2008)

30 min | Documentary

A behind-the-scenes look at classic British cult television series.

Stars: Meera Syal, Steve O'Brien, Robert Llewellyn, Pennant Roberts

Votes: 16

14. The Cost of Loving (1977)

60 min | Drama

Anthology series of plays set in the north of England.

Stars: Patricia Routledge, James Hazeldine, Liz Crowther, Jeff Rawle

15. No Strings (1974– )

30 min | Comedy

Derek wants a flatmate; Leonora wants a flat. She is definitely not what Derek had in mind, but the least he can do is invite her in for coffee .

Stars: Rita Tushingham, Keith Barron, Gilly McIver, David Simeon

16. Dirty Work (1970 TV Movie)

50 min | Comedy

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Stars: Richard Briers, Jenny McCracken, Terence Alexander, Jill Melford

17. De 5 van de 4 daagse (1974)

105 min | Comedy

Four inmates are ordered to enter an annual four day walking tournament. When they get over their initial annoyment, each one of them finds a way to take advantage of their time out of jail.

Director: René van Nie | Stars: Arnie Breeveld, Jon Bluming, Jan Blaaser, John Kraaijkamp Sr.

Votes: 74

18. She Follows Me About (1970 TV Movie)

50 min | Comedy

A harassed vicar has to cope with some mischievous girls and a bishop who is not all he seems.

Stars: Polly Adams, Terence Alexander, Jessica Benton, A.J. Brown

19. The Duchess of Duke Street (1976–1977)
Episode: A Lesson in Manners (1977)

TV-PG | 51 min | Drama

Louisa takes a callow chauffeur in tow and tries to turn him into a 'proper gentleman,' when his kind, elderly and wealthy employer dies suddenly and leaves him the bulk of her estate.

Director: Cyril Coke | Stars: Gemma Jones, Kevin McNally, Robin Langford, Jessica Benton

Votes: 29

20. The Duchess of Duke Street (1976–1977)
Episode: The Passing Show (1977)

TV-PG | 51 min | Drama

Louisa urges Charlie to get on with his life and a smooth and very suave actor beds Violet, who promptly gets the sack.

Director: Bill Bain | Stars: Gemma Jones, Christopher Cazenove, T.P. McKenna, Richard Vernon

Votes: 25

21. The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
Episode: 'Frisco Bound (1972)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Following the enquiry into the 'Pibroch''s scuttling, Baines is temporarily reduced to mate. The head of the board, Sir Walter Teal, asks Baines and Onedin to take his young son David as an... See full summary »

Director: David Cunliffe | Stars: Peter Gilmore, Anne Stallybrass, Philip Bond, Howard Lang

Votes: 24

22. The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
Episode: A Clear Conscience (1976)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Five pounds is stolen from the office of the Frazer Line and Uncle Percy Spendilow is accused, found guilty and sentenced to six months in prison. Elizabeth finds this hard to believe and ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Hayes | Stars: Peter Gilmore, Jessica Benton, Howard Lang, Brian Rawlinson

Votes: 15

23. The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
Episode: A Close Run Thing (1977)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Romance

James and Letty are to be married on board ship by Captain Baines but this nearly does not happen when a group of shanghaied sailors attempt to overwhelm them, the plan being foiled by ... See full summary »

Director: Jonathan Alwyn | Stars: Peter Gilmore, Jessica Benton, Howard Lang, Brian Rawlinson

Votes: 15

24. The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
Episode: A Cold Wind Blowing (1976)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Steam is now in the ascendancy and sail looks as if it is danger of becoming obsolete. James' main rival Briggs is investing heavily in steam-ships and Elizabeth urges Frazer to build some ... See full summary »

Director: Raymond Menmuir | Stars: Peter Gilmore, Jessica Benton, Howard Lang, Brian Rawlinson

Votes: 17

25. The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
Episode: A Long Way Home (1980)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Max Van Der Rheede is imprisoned and James is free. He beats Samuel to the contract of transporting nitrate and sets sail with his first cargo. Against his orders Margarita accompanies him.... See full summary »

Stars: Peter Gilmore, Jessica Benton, Howard Lang, Christopher Douglas

Votes: 12

26. The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
Episode: A Proposal of Marriage (1973)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Captain Baines is marooned in revolution-torn Venezuela but gets permission to leave if he will take Colonel Flores, who is accompanying some art treasures to prevent the rebels seizing ... See full summary »

Director: Gerald Blake | Stars: Peter Gilmore, Jessica Benton, Michael Billington, Howard Lang

Votes: 18

27. The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
Episode: A Very Important Passenger (1971)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Callon proposes Robert buy another shop from him but Albert points out this would put Robert in Callon's behest and finances another premises. James is charged to take a mysterious ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Cregeen | Stars: Peter Gilmore, Anne Stallybrass, Edward Chapman, Brian Rawlinson

Votes: 27

28. The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
Episode: A Woman Alone (1972)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Anne lodges with a grateful Mrs. Jessop but initially has trouble finding work until she becomes a bookkeeper in a shop. James discovers a stowaway, Peter Thompson, whom he puts to work on ... See full summary »

Director: Roger Jenkins | Stars: Peter Gilmore, Anne Stallybrass, Jack Wild, Philip Bond

Votes: 20

29. The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
Episode: Amazon Cargo (1973)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Accompanied by Portuguese speaking Caroline and the Braganzas Onedin, Frazer, Baines and Fogarty take four ships up the Amazon with a view to establishing a coal trade with the Brazilian ... See full summary »

Director: David Sullivan Proudfoot | Stars: Peter Gilmore, Jessica Benton, Michael Billington, Howard Lang

Votes: 16

30. The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
Episode: An Inch of Candle (1972)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Anne is pregnant and Elizabeth urges James to buy a house and move out of the warehouse for the baby's sake. James comes across the immaculate but deserted ship the 'Maria da Gloria', and ... See full summary »

Director: Gerald Blake | Stars: Peter Gilmore, Anne Stallybrass, Jessica Benton, Brian Rawlinson

Votes: 21

31. The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
Episode: Beyond the Upper Sea (1972)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Romance

The Onedins and Albert travel to Turkey, where James is annoyed to find that Albert is about to agree to a ten year contract making steam engines for a local pasha. Albert is even ... See full summary »

Director: Cyril Coke | Stars: Peter Gilmore, Anne Stallybrass, Philip Bond, Howard Lang

Votes: 23

32. The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
Episode: Black Gold (1973)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Caroline's acquaintance Henry Wickham asks Onedin to smuggle valuable rubber seeds out of Brazil so that he can start a plantation in India. Onedin and Caroline set sail but they fall foul ... See full summary »

Director: David Sullivan Proudfoot | Stars: Peter Gilmore, Jessica Benton, Michael Billington, Howard Lang

Votes: 15

33. The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
Episode: Blockade (1972)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Romance

James is delivering a cargo to the Southern states of America but the Civil War is raging and the North are blockading ports. With him are Anne, who dislikes the idea of helping ... See full summary »

Director: Ben Rea | Stars: Peter Gilmore, Anne Stallybrass, Philip Bond, Brian Rawlinson

Votes: 23

34. The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
Episode: Blood Ties (1980)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Romance

An ancient cannon Captain Baines believes to have belonged to Henry Morgan and spirited Margarita, daughter of South American president Juarez, join James' latest cargo, but on arrival in ... See full summary »

Stars: Peter Gilmore, Jessica Benton, Howard Lang, Christopher Douglas

Votes: 10

35. The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
Episode: Bloody Week (1972)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Romance

James goes to Paris to collect an old debt, despite the fact that the city is in the hands of the Citizen Communards, and they are involved in a civil war with the rest of France.

Director: Gerald Blake | Stars: Peter Gilmore, Anne Stallybrass, Philip Bond, Jessica Benton

Votes: 24

36. The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
Episode: Catch as Can (1971)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Romance

James Onedin is in a battle with his former employer and main competitor, Mr. Callan, to keep what few clients he has. Callon has put the squeeze on Mr. Watson, who recently consigned a ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Graham Scott | Stars: Peter Gilmore, Anne Stallybrass, Edward Chapman, Brian Rawlinson

Votes: 30

37. The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
Episode: The Challenge (1972)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Romance

James travels to Zanzibar, where he meets Said Ben Salim, a sheikh who asks him to take some Islamic pilgrims to Mecca. However, it soon transpires that these are not pilgrims but slaves ... See full summary »

Director: David Cunliffe | Stars: Peter Gilmore, Anne Stallybrass, Philip Bond, Howard Lang

Votes: 24

38. The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
Episode: Coffin Ship (1972)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Without revealing her identity Elizabeth goes to see Carrie Harris, who is not pregnant but told Albert she was to get money from him. She knew Albert was married and this makes Elizabeth ... See full summary »

Director: Gerald Blake | Stars: Peter Gilmore, Anne Stallybrass, Howard Lang, Brian Rawlinson

Votes: 23

39. The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
Episode: Collision Course (1978)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Romance

William takes a Frazer ship out in fog and gets it in a collision with one of the Onedin ships. It is arranged that the elderly, weak Captain Oliphant should be held responsible. Oliphant ... See full summary »

Director: Gilchrist Calder | Stars: Brian Rawlinson, Peter Gilmore, Jessica Benton, Howard Lang

Votes: 13

40. The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
Episode: Cry of the Blackbird (1972)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Romance

James has taken emigrants to Australia where he hopes to make enough money to buy off the Pampero by bringing home a cargo of wool, but the sheep-farmers have all left to join the gold rush... See full summary »

Director: Gerald Blake | Stars: Peter Gilmore, Anne Stallybrass, Jessica Benton, Howard Lang

Votes: 26

41. The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
Episode: Danger Level (1973)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Samuel Plimsoll returns to Liverpool to investigate the dangerous over-loading of ships. Inevitably he crosses swords with Onedin and prepares to take him to court for contravening the ... See full summary »

Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: Peter Gilmore, Jessica Benton, Michael Billington, Howard Lang

Votes: 16

42. The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
Episode: Double Dealers (1978)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Samuel does not let sentiment cloud his father's death, proposing to Letty that her mill-workers make bed linen which he will sell through a catalogue for his store, though Letty drives a ... See full summary »

Director: Michael E. Briant | Stars: Peter Gilmore, Jessica Benton, Howard Lang, Mary Webster

Votes: 11

43. The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
Episode: Fetch and Carry (1972)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Romance

In Ireland an enigmatic woman, Miss Indigo Jones, asks James to get her damaged ship the 'Samantha', with its cargo of guano, home to Liverpool. James is suspicious that there is something ... See full summary »

Director: Ben Rea | Stars: Peter Gilmore, Anne Stallybrass, Philip Bond, Brian Rawlinson

Votes: 20

44. The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
Episode: Goodbye, Goodbye (1972)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Anne is pregnant and at last James buys a house for them. Sailing on the 'Lady Lazenby', Baines suffers an accident and in danger of needing his leg amputated. Onedin opposes this, ... See full summary »

Director: David Cunliffe | Stars: Peter Gilmore, Anne Stallybrass, Philip Bond, Howard Lang

Votes: 22

45. The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
Episode: Guilty - In All Innocence (1980)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Charlotte is reunited with her father after visiting him in jail. Margarita and Samuel pursue the man suspected of planting the necklace on James' ship, only to find he is dead. However a ... See full summary »

Stars: Peter Gilmore, Jessica Benton, Howard Lang, Christopher Douglas

Votes: 9

46. The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
Episode: The High Price (1971)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Romance

With more barrels than he has room for James needs a warehouse to store them and finds one owned by the widowed Mrs. Arkwright who wants six hundred and fifty pounds for it so that she can ... See full summary »

Director: Viktors Ritelis | Stars: Peter Gilmore, Anne Stallybrass, Edward Chapman, Brian Rawlinson

Votes: 29

47. The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
Episode: Highly Explosive (1978)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Letty tells James that she is pregnant and Charlotte gives William the same news. He is stunned and, as he does not love her, refuses to marry her - although she has confided in Samuel that... See full summary »

Stars: Peter Gilmore, Jessica Benton, Howard Lang, Mary Webster

Votes: 9

48. The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
Episode: Homeward Bound (1979)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Romance

The Doyles return to Liverpool and Samuel declares his love for Helen but Charlotte refuses to divorce him - whilst Sarah and Fergus spend time together. Elizabeth learns that Daniel is the... See full summary »

Director: David Reynolds | Stars: Peter Gilmore, Jessica Benton, Howard Lang, Jill Gascoine

Votes: 9

49. The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
Episode: Ice and Fire (1973)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Romance

James Onedin plans to sail to Sweden with iron rails and bring home a cargo of timber for use in the Biddulph mines. Leonora, piqued at the attention James is giving Caroline, agrees to ... See full summary »

Director: David Sullivan Proudfoot | Stars: Peter Gilmore, Jessica Benton, Michael Billington, Howard Lang

Votes: 17

50. The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
Episode: Jonah's Luck (1980)

TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Defying the superstition that it is bad luck to set sail on a Friday, James travels to Africa and outwits a local witch doctor to establish a trading post on the Niger. However he falls out... See full summary »

Stars: Peter Gilmore, Jessica Benton, Howard Lang, Christopher Douglas

Votes: 12