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1. The Bill (1984–2010)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
Police drama series following officers and detectives from Sun Hill Police Station in East London.
Stars: Graham Cole, Jeff Stewart, Trudie Goodwin, Simon Rouse
Votes: 4,116
2. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
G | 144 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A down-on-his-luck inventor turns a broken-down Grand Prix car into a fancy vehicle for his children, and then they go off on a magical fantasy adventure to save their grandfather in a far-off land.
Director: Ken Hughes | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries, Benny Hill
Votes: 50,757 | Gross: $7.50M
3. Holby City (1999–2022)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama
The everyday lives, professional and personal, of the doctors, nurses and patients who find themselves, for various reasons, in the wards of the frenetic cardiac unit of Holby City General Hospital.
Stars: Hugh Quarshie, Rosie Marcel, Jaye Jacobs, Bob Barrett
Votes: 2,645
4. 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: 3,571
5. Secret Agent (1964–1967)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
John Drake is a special operative for M9, specializing in security assignments against any subversive element that threatens world peace.
Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Peter Madden, Frank Maher, Peter Brayham
Votes: 1,540
6. Doctor Dolittle (1967)
Approved | 152 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
After the animal communicating veterinarian goes too far for his clientele, he and his friends escape their hometown to the sea in search of the Great Pink Sea Snail.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Rex Harrison, Samantha Eggar, Anthony Newley, Richard Attenborough
Votes: 10,276 | Gross: $13.52M
7. The Famous Five (1978–1979)
25 min | Adventure, Crime, Family
Modern adaptation of Enid Blyton's adventure stories about Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog.
Stars: Marcus Harris, Gary Russell, Jennifer Thanisch, Michele Galagher
Votes: 594
8. The Benny Hill Show (1969–1989)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
A skit based show with Benny Hill, often containing smutty humour.
Stars: Benny Hill, Henry McGee, Jackie Wright, Bob Todd
Votes: 5,519
9. Father Brown (1974)
TV-14 | 668 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Based on the stories of G.K. Chesterton, a British Catholic Priest solves mysteries.
Stars: Kenneth More, Dennis Burgess, Graham Crowden, Bill Maynard
Votes: 479
10. Maigret (1959–1963)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Televisations of the Maigret novels by Georges Simenon.
Stars: Rupert Davies, Ewen Solon, Helen Shingler, Neville Jason
Votes: 377
11. Danger UXB (1979)
60 min | Action, Drama, History
The series chronicles the exploits of the fictional Royal Engineer Tunnelling Company 97, which has been made a bomb disposal unit to deal with the thousands of unexploded bombs ("UXBs") in London during the Battle of Britain.
Stars: Anthony Andrews, Maurice Roëves, George Innes, Gordon Kane
Votes: 1,075
12. 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: 394
13. The Adventures of Black Beauty (1972–1974)
Not Rated | 55 min | Adventure, Family
A thoroughbred horse in 19th century England is adopted by a widowed doctor and befriended by his children. The horse helps the children as they have weekly adventures and encounters with various characters.
Stars: William Lucas, Charlotte Mitchell, Roderick Shaw, Judi Bowker
Votes: 468
14. Pennies from Heaven (1978–1979)
450 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A travelling sheet music salesman with an uptight wife throws everything away for the love of an innocent school teacher in the romantic spirit of the music he loves, that bursts into his life in full song-and-dance numbers.
Stars: Cheryl Campbell, Bob Hoskins, Gemma Craven, Kenneth Colley
Votes: 1,209
15. In Sickness and in Health (1985–1992)
30 min | Comedy
Alf and Else are getting old, Rita's left home, Else's confined to a wheelchair. Alf must now do battle with the Social Security system.
Stars: Warren Mitchell, Carmel McSharry, Arthur English, Ken Campbell
Votes: 730
16. Shoestring (1979–1980)
50 min | Drama
Lighthearted detective series set in the West Country, about radio-phone-in detective Eddie Shoestring.
Stars: Trevor Eve, Michael Medwin, Doran Godwin, Liz Crowther
Votes: 448
17. Operation Daybreak (1975)
PG | 118 min | Drama, History, War
In 1942, Britain sends a group of British-trained Czech commandos to Prague to assassinate SS-General Reinhard Heydrich, head of the Nazi security services.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Timothy Bottoms, Martin Shaw, Joss Ackland, Nicola Pagett
Votes: 2,394
18. No Hiding Place (1959–1967)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Tales of Scotland Yard centering on a detective team. A sort of halfway house between "Dixon of Dock Green" and "'Z' Cars." The detectives are still 1950s-style with good elocution and ... See full summary »
Stars: Raymond Francis, Eric Lander, Johnny Briggs, Michael McStay
Votes: 97
19. Doctor at Large (1971)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy
Following his student misadventures in Doctor in the House (1969), Michael Upton (Barry Evans) starts out on an equally fun-filled but disaster-prone solo career. He moves through a variety... See full summary »
Stars: Barry Evans, George Layton, Geoffrey Davies, Richard O'Sullivan
Votes: 273
20. Softly Softly (1966–1969)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Thie West Country police force solving local crime. its a spin-off from another BBC drama series, Z Cars (1962).
Stars: Stratford Johns, Frank Windsor, Norman Bowler, John Barron
Votes: 123
21. ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
An anthology series from the U.K., from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television.
Stars: Derek Francis, Alfred Burke, Arthur Hewlett, Esther Lawrence
Votes: 94
22. Doomwatch (1972)
PG | 92 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
The waters surrounding an island become contaminated by chemical dumping, and people who eat fish caught in those waters become deformed and violent.
Director: Peter Sasdy | Stars: Ian Bannen, Judy Geeson, John Paul, Simon Oates
Votes: 1,180
23. Fox (1980)
60 min | Drama
The thirteen-part series recounted the lives of the titular Fox family, who lived in Clapham in South London and had gangland connections. It was notable in that it was an early work that featured the criminal as the protagonist. wiki
Stars: Bernard Hill, Derrick O'Connor, Larry Lamb, Ray Winstone
Votes: 125
24. Dulcima (1971)
PG | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
Mr. Parker (Sir John Mills), a farmer who has the reputation of drinking most of his money away, lives on a farm which is in a poor state of repair. A pretty young girl, Dulcima Gaskain (... See full summary »
Director: Frank Nesbitt | Stars: Carol White, John Mills, Stuart Wilson, Bernard Lee
Votes: 449
25. Omnibus (1967–2003)
Not Rated | 43 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Arts documentary series with concerts and experimental dramatizations.
Stars: Humphrey Burton, Kirsty Wark, David Collings, Michael Hordern
Votes: 294
26. The Main Chance (1969–1975)
60 min | Drama
Maverick lawyer David Main commutes between his twin bases in London and Leeds. His seemingly devil-may-care attitude is contrasted with the steady and cautious approach of his crusty Leeds partner Henry Castleton.
Stars: John Stride, Margaret Ashcroft, John Wentworth, Anna Palk
Votes: 135
27. Just William (1977–1978)
30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
William and his friends constantly get into mischief, defying adults and Violet Elizabeth Bott despite the trouble it causes, showing that boys will be boys.
Stars: Adrian Dannatt, Diana Fairfax, Michael McVey, Hugh Cross
Votes: 85
28. Rock Follies (1976)
Drama, Music
Three actresses, lumbered by useless boyfriends, are plucked from a theatrical chorus-line to form a manufactured rock group: the 'Little Ladies'.
Stars: Charlotte Cornwell, Julie Covington, Rula Lenska, Billy Murray
Votes: 149
29. 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
30. Ghost Squad (1961–1964)
60 min | Crime, Drama
The adventures of the agents of Scotland Yard's secret undercover crime unit, dubbed "The Ghost Squad".
Stars: Anthony Marlowe, Claire Nielson, Michael Quinn, Neil Hallett
Votes: 77
31. 2nd House (1973–1976)
45 min | Talk-Show
BBC Arts program derived from Full House (1972).
Stars: Melvyn Bragg, Edwin Mullins, Roger McGough, Struan Rodger
Votes: 19
32. The Orchard End Murder (1981)
48 min | Drama, Thriller
Charthurst Green, Kent, 1966. Pauline Cox accompanies Mike Robins to a village cricket match in which he is playing, but becomes bored and wanders away. She fetches up at the local railway ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Marnham | Stars: Bill Wallis, Tracy Hyde, Clive Mantle, Raymond Adamson
Votes: 209
33. 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
34. Q.E.D. (I) (1982)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Mystery
In 1912, Quentin E. Deverill, an eccentric expatriate American professor, uses his unique skills to solve mysteries in London.
Stars: Sam Waterston, A.C. Weary, George Innes, Caroline Langrishe
Votes: 169
35. Espionage (1963–1964)
48 min | Drama, War
An anthology series telling different and unrelated stories of espionage set in many countries and historical periods.
Stars: Victor Platt, Martin Lyder, Maxwell Shaw, Alan Tilvern
Votes: 81
36. The Worker (1965–1970)
30 min | Comedy
In twenty years Charlie has had a thousand jobs. Each week sees Charlie attend the Labour Exchange to try and get a new one.
Stars: Charlie Drake, Henry McGee, Percy Herbert, Kathleen Byron
Votes: 37
37. Hide and Seek (1964)
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Cambridge astrophysicist on routine business in London finds it frustratingly difficult to return a wallet of money to an Eastern European friend, a task complicated by a puzzling if scatterbrained society girl.
Director: Cy Endfield | Stars: Ian Carmichael, Curd Jürgens, Janet Munro, George Pravda
Votes: 195
38. Tom, Dick and Harriet (1982–1983)
30 min | Comedy
Richard & Harriet's lives are disrupted when Richard's father Tom comes to live with them.
Stars: Lionel Jeffries, Ian Ogilvy, Brigit Forsyth, Hazel Bainbridge
Votes: 69
39. Owen, M.D. (1971–1973)
50 min | Drama
Stars: Nigel Stock, Joan Newell, Alan Moore, Maggie Hanley
Votes: 16
40. Bootsie and Snudge (1960–1974)
30 min | Comedy
Former Sergeant Major Claude Snudge meets up with Corporal Bootsie when they both start work at an exclusive Gentlemen's Club.
Stars: Alfie Bass, Bill Fraser, Robert Dorning, Clive Dunn
Votes: 45
41. Work Is a Four Letter Word (1968)
M/PG | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Everyone is employed by the ultra-modern DICE Corporation, but Valentine Brose would rather stay at home to tend his psychedelic mushrooms.
Director: Peter Hall | Stars: David Warner, Cilla Black, Zia Mohyeddin, David Waller
Votes: 140
42. The Mini-Mob (1967)
92 min | Comedy, Romance
A quartet of Mod princesses who are so desperate for boyfriends that they're forced to kidnap them.
Director: Robert Amram | Stars: Georgie Fame, Rosemary Nicols, John Clive, Bernard Archard
Votes: 12
43. Born and Bred (1978–1980)
60 min | Comedy
Comedy drama about two large, inter-related south London families who struggle to believe that blood is thicker than water.
Stars: Kate Williams, James Grout, Gillian Raine, Constance Chapman
Votes: 19
44. Benny Hill's Video Revue (1981 Video)
90 min | Comedy
Another collection of sketches and dance routines from Benny Hill's long-running comedy-variety series. Among the highlights: "Murder on the Oregon Express," in which he impersonates ... See full summary »
Directors: Dennis Kirkland, Keith Beckett | Stars: Benny Hill, Henry McGee, Bob Todd, Jackie Wright
Votes: 167
45. Now Look Here (1971–1973)
30 min | Comedy
Bachelor Ronnie (Ronnie Corbett) lives with his mother in Bramley in the heart of suburbia. Every day he is seen off by his mother into an ever-changing world in which he seems to fight ... See full summary »
Stars: Ronnie Corbett, Donald Hewlett, Rosemary Leach, Madge Ryan
Votes: 15
46. Video Spotlight (1985 Video)
Unrated | 120 min | Comedy
A compilation of sketches and segments from UK's classic Benny Hill television series.
Director: Dennis Kirkland | Stars: Benny Hill, Hill's Angels, Alison Bell, Cyril Cross
Votes: 29
47. Taxi! (1963–1964)
45 min | Comedy, Drama
Sidney James stars as a cabbie who takes Ray Brooks under his wing and helps him become a taxi driver. They become pals and share working a London black cab.
Stars: Sidney James, Ray Brooks, Bill Owen, Diane Aubrey
Votes: 15
48. Imaginary Friends (1982 TV Movie)
82 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Ellen Pitblado is a widow who lives in recluse in 1930s Gloucestershire. When her scummy journalist nephew, Douglas, tries to force her to give him her money, she calls her mysterious lookalike gentlemen friends to her aid.
Director: Michael Darlow | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Lilli Palmer, Roger Rees, Rosamund Greenwood
Votes: 15
49. Thirteen Against Fate (1966)
50 min | Drama
Maigret creator Georges Simenon writes thirteen psychological dramas in which a person's life is changed by a simple act of fate.
Stars: Joss Ackland, Pamela Brown, Frank Finlay, Alexander Knox
50. The Case of the Frightened Lady (1983 TV Movie)
75 min | Crime, Drama
Following a fancy dress party, William Stud, who left early, was found dead in Mark's Priory wood. He was strangled in a method that was used in India by the 'Thuggies'. Detective Chief Superintendent Tanner leads the investigation.
Director: Christopher Menaul | Stars: Virginia McKenna, Warren Clarke, Tim Woodward, Elizabeth Garvie
Votes: 13