Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Donald Burton

1. Murder, She Wrote (1984–1996)

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

Professional writer and amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher uses her intellect, charm, and persistence to get to the bottom of every crime she encounters.

Stars: Angela Lansbury, William Windom, Ron Masak, Louis Herthum

Votes: 29,339

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: 6,026

3. The Sweeney (1975–1978)

TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Jack Regan and George Carter are hard-edged detectives in the Flying Squad of London's Metropolitan Police. They pursue villains by methods which are underhanded and often illegal, frequently violent and - more often than not - successful.

Stars: John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Garfield Morgan, John Alkin

Votes: 2,661

4. Bergerac (1981–1991)

TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Recovering alcoholic and divorced father of a young daughter, DS Jim Bergerac is a true maverick who prefers doing things his own way, and consequently doesn't always carry out his investigations the way his boss would like.

Stars: John Nettles, Terence Alexander, Sean Arnold, Mela White

Votes: 2,234

5. Minder (1979–1994)

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

Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley. Can his ex-boxer bodyguard Terry stay level-headed whilst working for the King of Dodgy Deals?

Stars: George Cole, Glynn Edwards, Dennis Waterman, Gary Webster

Votes: 2,842

6. Dixon of Dock Green (1955–1976)

Crime, Drama

Constable George Dixon and his colleagues at the Dock Green police station in the East End of London deal with petty crime, successfully controlling it through common sense and human understanding.

Stars: Jack Warner, Peter Byrne, Geoffrey Adams, Arthur Rigby

Votes: 314

7. Perfect Strangers (1986–1993)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family

A high-strung and cynical man's life is never the same when his naive but good-natured cousin comes to America to live with him.

Stars: Bronson Pinchot, Mark Linn-Baker, Melanie Wilson, Rebeca Arthur

Votes: 11,030

8. Hudson Hawk (1991)

R | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A cat burglar is forced to steal Da Vinci works of art for a world domination plot.

Director: Michael Lehmann | Stars: Bruce Willis, Danny Aiello, Andie MacDowell, James Coburn

Votes: 60,385 | Gross: $17.22M

9. 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: 3,575

10. The Message (1976)

PG | 177 min | Biography, Drama, History

This epic historical drama chronicles the life and times of Prophet Muhammad and serves as an introduction to early Islamic history.

Director: Moustapha Akkad | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Irene Papas, Michael Ansara, Johnny Sekka

Votes: 50,899

11. Jake and the Fatman (1987–1992)

TV-PG | 120 min | Crime, Drama

Veteran district attorney "Fatman" McCabe solves cases with the help of his easygoing private investigator partner Jake Styles.

Stars: William Conrad, Joe Penny, Alan Campbell, Olga Russell

Votes: 3,248

12. Public Eye (1965–1975)

60 min | Crime, Drama

Cynical, dour and world-weary, private eye Frank Marker is frequently the unwitting stooge in bigger criminal wheels in his attempts to make a tenuous living on the outskirts of London.

Stars: Alfred Burke, Ray Smith, Pauline Delaney, Brenda Cavendish

Votes: 429

13. Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel (1987)

110 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

During a stay at one of London's most elegant and venerable hotels Miss Marple uncovers a sinister undercurrent of corruption and murder beneath Bertram's stuffy veneer.

Stars: Joan Hickson, Caroline Blakiston, Helena Michell, James Cossins

Votes: 2,141

14. Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder (1987 TV Movie)

102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a young bride moves into a country manor, long repressed childhood memories of witnessing a murder come to the surface.

Director: John Davies | Stars: Joan Hickson, Geraldine Alexander, John Moulder-Brown, Frederick Treves

Votes: 2,185

15. Van der Valk (1972–1992)

120 min | Crime, Drama

Cynical Dutch Detective Commissaris and his colleagues investigate murders, kidnappings, and political corruption.

Stars: Barry Foster, Michael Latimer, Joanna Dunham, Susan Travers

Votes: 541

16. 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: 348

17. 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: 1,546

18. 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: 1,122

19. 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: 395

20. War & Peace (1972–1973)

890 min | Drama, History, War

Napoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia including his disastrous 1812 invasion serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of five aristocratic Russian families.

Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Morag Hood, Alan Dobie, Rupert Davies

Votes: 740

21. The Protectors (1972–1974)

TV-14 | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Challenges abound for worldwide crime-fighting team The Protectors. Organised into a global secret society, their mission is to protect the innocent and apprehend the guilty. Starring Emmy winner Robert Vaughn "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.".

Stars: Robert Vaughn, Nyree Dawn Porter, Tony Anholt, Yasuko Nagazumi

Votes: 573

22. 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

23. 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

24. 1990 (1977–1978)

55 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

In a dystopian future, Britain is under the grip of the Home Office's Public Control Department (PCD), a tyrannically oppressive bureaucracy riding roughshod over the population's civil liberties.

Stars: Edward Woodward, Robert Lang, Tony Doyle, Paul Hardwick

Votes: 166

25. Justice (1971–1974)

60 min | Drama

Cases of a female barrister.

Stars: Margaret Lockwood, John Stone, John Bryans, Philip Stone

Votes: 120

26. The Man from Moscow (1985)

55 min | Drama, History, Thriller

British business man Greville Wynne travels to Moscow frequently, and is persuaded to become an MI6 spy.

Stars: David Calder, Christopher Rozycki, Frederick Treves, Fiona Walker

Votes: 26

27. Whodunnit? (1972–1978)

45 min | Family, Game-Show, Mystery

British game show in which celebrity panelists were shown a dramatised murder and had to guess the identity of the killer or killers from the clues presented.

Stars: Jon Pertwee, Patrick Mower, Anouska Hempel, Liza Goddard

Votes: 138

28. Rooms (1974–1977)

49 min | Drama

Two-part weekly dramas concerning the various drifters who rent rooms in a lodging-house.

Stars: Anne Dyson, Ian Redford, Jenny Twigge, William Marlowe

Votes: 90

29. The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)

75 min | Drama

Series of one-off plays made by BBC television, which gave breaks to a wide range of writers and directors in the late 1960s, such as Dennis Potter, Ken Loach, David Mercer, and John ... See full summary »

Stars: Edwin Brown, Neville Smith, Tony Selby, Ken Jones

Votes: 132

30. Two's Company (1975–1979)

30 min | Comedy

An American author hires a British butler and discovers that they are polar opposites.

Stars: Elaine Stritch, Donald Sinden, John Savident, Penelope Keith

Votes: 275

31. Arthur of the Britons (1972–1973)

30 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Celts fighting among themselves and the Saxons in 5th century Briton after the Roman pullout.

Stars: Oliver Tobias, Michael Gothard, Jack Watson, Brian Blessed

Votes: 181

32. Warship (1973–1977)

50 min | Action, Drama

Life in the Royal Navy aboard the fictional HMS Hero.

Stars: David Savile, Andrew Burt, James Cosmo, Donald Burton

Votes: 112

33. Turtle's Progress (1979–1980)

60 min | Comedy

The series was was a mix of drama & comedy and dealt with a petty criminal named Turtle and his minder, "Razor" Eddie, who by accident come into possession of the proceeds of a major bank ... See full summary »

Stars: John F. Landry, Michael Attwell, Ruby Head, Tony London

Votes: 61

34. The Man Who Was Hunting Himself (1972– )

150 min

The Soviet Union plans to replace David Foster, who is to take up a job with NATO intelligence, with a double.

Stars: Garfield Morgan, Donald Burton, David Savile, Conrad Phillips

Votes: 6

35. Fraud Squad (1969–1970)

60 min | Crime, Drama

A well-remembered police procedural drama from the late 1960s, this show showcases the exploits of Detective Inspector Gamble (Patrick O'Connell) and his aide, Detective Sergeant Vicky ... See full summary »

Stars: Patrick O'Connell, Joanna Van Gyseghem, Ralph Nossek, Elizabeth Weaver

Votes: 43

36. The Adventurer (1972–1974)

30 min | Adventure

Basically an updating of Gene Barry's "Amos Burke, Secret Agent" character, Gene Bradley is a wealthy government agent, who, posing as an American movie star, travels the globe in search of adventure, intrigue and danger.

Stars: Gene Barry, Barry Morse, Catherine Schell, Garrick Hagon

Votes: 106

37. Nanny (1981–1983)

50 min | Drama

A divorced woman decides to train as a Nanny in 1930s England. The series is unique as, not only, is she a more mature person but she is also modern with 'progressive' ideas.

Stars: Wendy Craig, Natalie Forbes, John Quayle, Jane Booker

Votes: 106

38. Softly Softly: Task Force (1969–1976)

50 min | Crime, Drama

1970s BBC police drama with experienced cops DCS Charlie Barlow and DS John Watt who lead a task force charged with tackling the toughest cases Thamesford has to offer.

Stars: Frank Windsor, Norman Bowler, David Lloyd Meredith, Terence Rigby

Votes: 115

39. Jason King (1971–1972)

60 min | Action, Adventure

A playboy novelist, who has had a spell of work with an intelligence agency as a sideline, leaves, but finds himself performing new missions around the world.

Stars: Peter Wyngarde, Anne Sharp, Ronald Lacey, Dennis Price

Votes: 334

40. Alcune signore per bene (1990)

91 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Sexual infedelity, blackmail, murder and suicide plague a fashion house and its nymphomaniac owner...

Director: Bruno Gaburro | Stars: Dalila Di Lazzaro, Florence Guérin, Eva Grimaldi, Giovanni Vettorazzo

Votes: 47

41. Jealous Eyes (1989)

92 min | Romance, Thriller

A voyeuristic musician, Chris meets a seductive senator's wife, Eva who wants her husband and stepson out of the way.

Director: Bruno Gaburro | Stars: Dalila Di Lazzaro, Gérard Manzetti, Donald Burton, Federica Farnese

Votes: 68

42. The Wars of the Roses (1965–1966)

Drama

A filmed theatre production of four of Shakespeare's historical plays condensed down into a trilogy.

Stars: David Warner, Peggy Ashcroft, Donald Burton, Alan Tucker

Votes: 84

43. Saturday Playhouse (1958–1961)

60 min | Drama

An anthology series of dramatisations of plays.

Stars: Elvi Hale, Madoline Thomas, George A. Cooper, Emrys Jones

44. Theatre 625 (1964–1968)

90 min | Drama

Drama anthology series transmitted on BBC Two.

Stars: Michael Bryant, Judi Dench, Maurice Denham, Margery Mason

Votes: 48

45. The Power Game (1965–1969)

60 min | Drama

Sir John Wilder (Patrick Wymark), previously seen in 'The Plane Makers', ruthlessly pursues boardroom machinations and tangled relationships.

Stars: Patrick Wymark, Jack Watling, Clifford Evans, Barbara Murray

Votes: 67

46. Follow Your Heart (1999)

PG | 115 min | Comedy, Romance

Troubled boys take a field trip to a horse farm and learn that all your dreams can come true if you have the persistence to go after them, to believe, and to stay with it.

Director: Lorenzo Doumani | Stars: Ted McGinley, Brenda Epperson, Jack Scalia, Leah Remini

Votes: 140

47. Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965–1973)

30 min | Crime, Drama

Anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television.

Stars: Robin Chadwick, Donald Sinden, Helen Lindsay, Paul Moriarty

Votes: 57

48. Jemima Shore Investigates (1983– )

60 min | Crime, Drama

Jemima Shore is a TV presenter and journalist but also an amateur sleuth solving crimes beyond the TV studio.

Stars: Patricia Hodge, Sally Watts, Ian Hendry, Norman Jones

Votes: 64

49. The Roads to Freedom (1970)

559 min | Drama, War

Dramatisation of Jean-Paul Sartre's trilogy.

Stars: Michael Bryant, Daniel Massey, Alison Fiske, Georgia Brown

Votes: 172

50. Storyboard (1983–1989)

50 min | Drama

Series of one-off dramas intended to serve as possible pilots.

Stars: Alec McCowen, Carol Royle, Liz Crowther, Penny Brownjohn

Votes: 11