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1. Gandhi (1982)
PG | 191 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.
Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Ben Kingsley, John Gielgud, Rohini Hattangadi, Roshan Seth
Votes: 240,284 | Gross: $52.77M
2. Chariots of Fire (1981)
PG | 125 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Two British track athletes, one a determined Jew and the other a devout Christian, are driven to win in the 1924 Olympics as they wrestle with issues of pride and conscience.
Director: Hugh Hudson | Stars: Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nicholas Farrell, Nigel Havers
Votes: 65,953 | Gross: $58.97M
3. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
PG | 143 min | Adventure, Drama
A missing heir of respected Scottish family, raised in African jungles by animals, finally returns to his estate only to realize that difference between the two worlds is really significant.
Director: Hugh Hudson | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm
Votes: 21,267 | Gross: $45.90M
4. Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)
TV-MA | 720 min | Crime, Drama
A dramatization of the missions and adventures of the greatest spy in British history.
Stars: Sam Neill, Michael Bryant, Norman Rodway, Tom Bell
Votes: 1,693
5. Opera (1987)
R | 107 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A young opera singer is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Cristina Marsillach, Ian Charleson, Urbano Barberini, Daria Nicolodi
Votes: 19,513
6. Today (1952– )
TV-G | 240 min | News, Talk-Show
A daily live broadcast provides current domestic and international news, weather reports, and interviews with newsmakers from the worlds of politics, business, media, entertainment, and sports.
Stars: Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Jack Lescoulie, Frank Blair
Votes: 2,462
7. Jubilee (1978)
Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Queen Elizabeth I travels 400 years into the future to witness the appalling revelation of a dystopian London overrun by corruption and a vicious gang of punk guerrilla girls led by the new Monarch of Punk.
Director: Derek Jarman | Stars: Adam Ant, Richard O'Brien, Ian Charleson, Jayne County
Votes: 3,708
8. 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
9. ITV Playhouse (1967–1982)
Comedy, Drama
Anthology series of dramatic works.
Stars: Michael Bryant, William Simons, Katherine Barker, Geoffrey Palmer
Votes: 88
10. Master of the Game (1984)
413 min | Drama
Elderly Kate Blackwell looks back at her family's life beginning with her Scottish father Jamie McGregor's journey to South Africa to make his fortune in diamonds. The family history is ... See full summary »
Stars: Dyan Cannon, Harry Hamlin, Ian Charleson, Cliff De Young
Votes: 531
11. The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978–1985)
BBC adaptations of all 37 plays wholly and authoritatively credited to William Shakespeare.
Stars: Brenda Bruce, Jon Finch, David Gwillim, Rob Edwards
Votes: 53
12. The South Bank Show (1978– )
53 min | Documentary
ITV's long-running arts series presented by Melvyn Bragg.
Stars: Melvyn Bragg, Ian McKellen, David Hockney, Victoria Wood
Votes: 216
13. My Life So Far (1999)
PG-13 | 98 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Memoir of the lives of a family growing up on a post World War I British estate headed up by a strong disciplinarian, her daughter, her inventor husband, their ten year old son and his ... See full summary »
Director: Hugh Hudson | Stars: Colin Firth, Rosemary Harris, Irène Jacob, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Votes: 3,154 | Gross: $0.62M
14.
The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978–1985)
Episode:
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
(1980)
TV-14 | 210 min
Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the Prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.
Directors: Rodney Bennett, John Gorrie | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Claire Bloom, Patrick Stewart, Eric Porter
Votes: 665
15. 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: 314
16. Car Trouble (1986)
R | 93 min | Comedy
In the throes of a midlife crisis, a man buys a new Jaguar, and it immediately becomes his new love. What he doesn't know is that his wife is as attracted to the Jaguar salesman as he is to the car.
Director: David Green | Stars: Julie Walters, Ian Charleson, Vincent Riotta, Stratford Johns
Votes: 352
17. Songs of Praise (1961– )
35 min | Music
Long-running religious programme broadcasting church services and in particular the singing of Christian hymns from a different place of worship each week. Also featuring interviews and news segments of interest to the Christian community.
Stars: Aled Jones, Kate Bottley, Katherine Jenkins, Pam Rhodes
Votes: 133
18. Lady Killers (1980–1981)
60 min | Crime, Drama
British drama about famous murder cases involving women.
Stars: Robert Morley, Andrew Johns, Charles Kay, Lewis Fiander
Votes: 45
19. Churchill's People (1974–1975)
50 min | Drama, History, War
A historical anthology series based on "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples", Winston Churchill's four-volume history of Britain and its former colonies.
Stars: Alfred Lynch, Bernard Hepton, Geoffrey Matthews, Mark Donaldson
Votes: 36
20. The Sun Also Rises (1984)
240 min | Drama
An ex-soldier suffered some sort of injury to his genitals during World War I. Instead of going back home to the USA, he stays in Paris with several other wounded souls; some have been ... See full summary »
Stars: Hart Bochner, Jane Seymour, Robert Carradine, Zeljko Ivanek
Votes: 120
21. Newsnight (1980– )
45 min | News
Serious news reports, analysis and no-holds-barred interviews with leading politicians and public figures.
Stars: Kirsty Wark, Jeremy Paxman, Emily Maitlis, Gavin Esler
Votes: 213
22. Rock Follies of '77 (1977)
Drama, Music
Follow-up series to 'Rock Follies' charting the further exploits of the 'Little Ladies' rock group.
Stars: Julie Covington, Charlotte Cornwell, Rula Lenska, Beth Porter
Votes: 80
23. Pebble Mill at One (1972–1996)
45 min | News, Talk-Show
Daily magazine show broadcast form the BBC's Pebble Mill studios. The show originally ran from 1973 to 1986 and was resurrected in 1991 (as "Pebble Mill") and ran until 1996.
Stars: Marian Foster, Donny MacLeod, Bob Langley, David Seymour
Votes: 88
24. Good Morning Britain (1983–1992)
205 min | News
Breakfast news and magazine programme.
Stars: Michael Parkinson, Mike Morris, Anne Diamond, Richard Keys
Votes: 60
25. Film '72 (1971–2018)
30 min | Talk-Show
The BBC's flagship cinema review television programme featuring reviews of new releases, news items and interviews. The title of the programme changes each year to incorporate the year of broadcast.
Stars: Barry Norman, Danny Leigh, Claudia Winkleman, Jonathan Ross
Votes: 535
26. Troubles (1988)
208 min | Drama
A grand hotel fallen into decay, two women with secrets, and a dangerous political situation about to boil over: these intriguing elements all combine in this gripping drama from the ... See full summary »
Stars: Ian Charleson, Ian Richardson, Emer Gillespie, Cathleen Delany
Votes: 80
27. All's Well That Ends Well (1981 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 141 min | Comedy, Romance
Helena loves Bertram but he's of noble birth, while she's just a doctor's daughter. But Bertram is at the court of the King of France, who is ill, and Helena has a remedy that might cure ... See full summary »
Director: Elijah Moshinsky | Stars: Celia Johnson, Ian Charleson, Michael Hordern, Angela Down
Votes: 161
28. Louisiane (1984)
186 min | Drama, History, Romance
Virginia Tregan returns to her home in the U. S. Deep South from a sojourn in Paris only to discover that her family plantation and its holdings have been lost. She determines to recoup her family's fortune.
Directors: Philippe de Broca, Etienne Périer | Stars: Margot Kidder, Ian Charleson, Andréa Ferréol, Lloyd Bochner
Votes: 137
29. Breakfast Time (1983–1989)
News
Frank Bough and Selina Scott present Britain's first ever regular early morning television programme and bring the nation a mix of news, sport, features, weather, aerobics, astrology from Russell Grant and celebrity chat.
Stars: Frank Bough, Selina Scott, Jill Dando, Francis Wilson
Votes: 23
30. Antony & Cleopatra (1981 TV Movie)
170 min | Drama, History, Romance
After the murder of her lover Julius Caesar, Egypt's queen Cleopatra needs a new ally. She seduces his probable successor Mark Antony. This develops into real love and slowly leads to a war with the other possible successor, Octavius.
Director: Jonathan Miller | Stars: John Paul, Jonathan Adams, Jane Lapotaire, Colin Blakely
Votes: 157
31. Oxbridge Blues (1984– )
75 min | Drama
A collection of stories by the author Frederic Raphael.
Stars: Malcolm Stoddard, Norman Rodway, Ciaran Madden, Kate Fahy
Votes: 71
32. Plays for Britain (1976)
60 min | Drama
An anthology series of six contemporary plays from writers at relatively early stages in their careers.
Stars: Kevin McNally, Sheila Gish, Deborah Norton, Dinsdale Landen
Votes: 23
33. Codename: Kyril (1988)
M | 208 min | Drama, Thriller
A tense tale of Cold War espionage and betrayal. A Russian agent enters England to force a hidden British agent high in the KGB to reveal himself.
Stars: Edward Woodward, Ian Charleson, Joss Ackland, Richard E. Grant
Votes: 84
34. The Search for Alexander the Great (1981)
Adventure, Biography, Drama
Friends, contemporaries and even enemies of Alexander the Great gather to tell his tale through their eyes.
Stars: James Mason, Jane Lapotaire, Robert Stephens, Julian Glover
Votes: 51
35. The Devil's Lieutenant (1984 TV Movie)
206 min | Drama, History
In the pre-WWI Austro-Hungarian Empire, an older officer (Capt. Kunze) investigates a brilliant junior officer (Lt. Dorfrichter) suspected of complicity in a murder by poisoning.
Director: John Goldschmidt | Stars: Helmut Griem, Ian Charleson, Barbara De Rossi, Claudine Auger
Votes: 18
36. Scotland's Story (1984– )
History
24-part history of Scotland.
Stars: David Hayman, Isobel Black, Robert Urquhart, Brian Cox
Votes: 12
37. Ascendancy (1983)
92 min | Drama
Connie is a member of the British landowning "Ascendancy" in Ireland after WWI. Through a chance friendship with a British soldier, she learns how sheltered she has been, and chooses to ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Bennett | Stars: Julie Covington, Ian Charleson, John Phillips, Susan Engel
Votes: 75
38. Sunday, Sunday (1982– )
60 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Gloria Hunniford, Nigel Rees, Brian Hayes, Lorraine Chase
39. A Month in the Country (1985 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 124 min | Drama
Ivan Turgenev's comedy features an attractive woman approaching middle age. At her husband's country estate, with an admirer in constant attendance, she loses her heart (and her common sense) to her ward's handsome tutor.
Director: Bill Hays | Stars: Eleanor Bron, Ian Charleson, Richard Briers, Phyllis Calvert
40. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1972 TV Movie)
45 min | Musical
Director: Peter Plummer | Stars: Peter Reeves, Barbara Courtney, Alison Groves, Joanna Wake
Votes: 19
41. A Royal Night of One Hundred Stars (1985 TV Special)
132 min | Comedy, Music
Gala benefit at the National Theatre, sponsored by Princess Anne, in aid of the Save the Children Fund. Hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck, it includes singing, stand-up comedy, dance, comedy skits, and drama.
Director: Alan Boyd | Stars: Jimmy Tarbuck, Russ Abbot, Bruce Forsyth, Les Dennis
42. Intimate Strangers (1974– )
60 min | Drama
Drama series about a man who suffers a heart attack, which creates many changes in his career and in his relationships with his family. His marriage in particular undergoes many transformations.
Stars: Anthony Bate, Patricia Lawrence, Tim Meats, Isabelle Amyes
Votes: 10
43. Grace Kennedy (1981–1983)
30 min | Music
Music variety show hosted by singer Grace Kennedy.
Stars: Grace Kennedy, John Coleman and His Orchestra, Richard Calkin, Luke Batchelor
44. Vangelis: Chariots of Fire (1981 Music Video)
3 min | Music
Stars: Ian Charleson, Ben Cross, Alice Krige, Vangelis
Votes: 12
45. There Was a Lad (1986 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
From the State Dining Room in Scone Palace, Scotland, a Burns Night, celebrating the birth of Robert Burns, complete with haggis and all of the accompanying traditional addresses and toasts and recitals and speeches and songs.
Stars: Ian Charleson, Norman MacCaig, Gerald Warner, Vivien Heilbron
46. The Variety Club Awards for 1981 (1982 TV Special)
45 min
Annual awards presentation honoring the best achievements in British entertainment - stage, film, television, and radio - of 1981.
Stars: Terry Wogan, Ray Moore, Bernard Delfont, Tom Nicholas
47. A Private Matter (1974 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
A Cambridge historian wants to write the biography of a distinguished deceased general. However, he finds the general's widow and two sons are cagey and conflicted about a secret scandal that led to the General's leaving the army.
Director: Roger Tucker | Stars: Ian Charleson, Barry Justice, Rachel Kempson, Stephen Murray
48. Harty Goes To... (1985– )
30 min | Documentary
A travelogue show hosted by Russell Harty, visiting venues within the UK and around the world.
Stars: Russell Harty, Princess Caroline of Monaco, Hugh Grant, Ian Charleson
49. Wings on Their Heels: The Making of 'Chariots of Fire' (2005 Video)
27 min | Documentary, Short
Stars: David Puttnam, Colin Welland, Hugh Hudson, Ben Cross
Votes: 29
50. Carols from Christ Church (1983 TV Special)
55 min | Music
Christmas carols and Christmas readings recorded at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
Director: Jon Scoffield | Stars: Ian Charleson, Alec McCowen