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1. Only Fools and Horses (1981–2003)
TV-PG | 95 min | Comedy
Comedy that follows two brothers from London's rough Peckham estate as they wheel and deal through a number of dodgy deals and search for the big score that'll make them millionaires.
Stars: David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Roger Lloyd Pack, Buster Merryfield
Votes: 56,680
2. 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: 2,224
3. Fawlty Towers (1975–1979)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Hotel owner Basil Fawlty's incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away.
Stars: John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs, Connie Booth
Votes: 100,113
4. Lovejoy (1986–1994)
TV-14 | 50 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Lovejoy is an irresistible rogue with a keen eye for antiques. The part-time detective scours the murky salerooms, auction halls and stately homes of Britain, always on the lookout for a find.
Stars: Ian McShane, Dudley Sutton, Chris Jury, Phyllis Logan
Votes: 3,894
5. To the Manor Born (1979–2007)
Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy, Romance
Following her husband's passing, Audrey fforbes-Hamilton is forced to sell her stately home. While she comes to terms with her downward mobility, she decides to show the new owner a thing or two about "nobility".
Stars: Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles, Angela Thorne, Daphne Heard
Votes: 2,722
6. 2point4 Children (1991–1999)
40 min | Comedy
Follows the lives of the Porters; a seemingly average family whose world is frequently turned upside-down, due to bad luck and bizarre occurrence.
Stars: Belinda Lang, Gary Olsen, Julia Hills, John Pickard
Votes: 1,702
7. Waiting for God (1990–1994)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy
When Tom Ballard moves to Bayview Retirement Vilage, he meets Diana Trent, a feisty old woman who complains about everything and wants nothing more than just to die. Much to the dislike of ... See full summary »
Stars: Graham Crowden, Stephanie Cole, Daniel Hill, Janine Duvitski
Votes: 2,004
8. 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: 244
9. Sorry! (1981–1988)
30 min | Comedy
A 41-year-old man is unable to leave home because of his domineering mother.
Stars: Ronnie Corbett, Barbara Lott, William Moore, Marguerite Hardiman
Votes: 521
10. Playing the Field (1998–2002)
60 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
A mismanaged women's soccer team in South Yorkshire, England, struggle to win games. The players remain loyal to the team and each other despite their losing record. Their lives off the field involve relationships and infidelities.
Stars: Ralph Ineson, Jo McInnes, Melanie Hill, Lorraine Ashbourne
Votes: 348
11. Horizon (I) (1964– )
50 min | Documentary
British documentary series that covers a variety of subjects in science and philosophy.
Stars: Paul Vaughan, Jack Fortune, Dilly Barlow, Colin Riach
Votes: 1,147
12. The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976–1979)
30 min | Comedy
He story concerns a middle-aged middle manager, Reginald "Reggie" Perrin, and is driven to bizarre behaviour by the pointlessness of his job at Sunshine Desserts.
Stars: Leonard Rossiter, Pauline Yates, John Barron, Sue Nicholls
Votes: 2,174
13. Screen One (1985–2002)
120 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Anthology of unconnected movies of different genres.
Stars: Mark Chapman, Alfred Molina, Julie Walters, Geraldine James
Votes: 139
14. Arena (1975– )
60 min | Documentary
Wide-ranging arts program.
Stars: Gavin Millar, Kenneth Tynan, John Walters, Jonathan Miller
Votes: 320
15. Screenplay (1986–1993)
Drama
An anthology drama series.
Stars: John Kavanagh, Tony Doyle, Michael Liebmann, Benjamin Whitrow
Votes: 94
16. Horatio Hornblower: The Wrong War (1999 TV Movie)
100 min | Adventure, Drama, War
Lt. Hornblower and his mates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of revolutionary France.
Director: Andrew Grieve | Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, Antony Sher, Samuel West
Votes: 4,284
17. Alas Smith & Jones (1984–1998)
30 min | Comedy
Mel Smith and Griff Rhys-Jones present a series of short (often tasteless, always scathing) sketches about modern life and the stupidity and gullibility of those who believe in it.
Stars: Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, Robin Driscoll
Votes: 1,922
18. The Old Grey Whistle Test (1971–2018)
45 min | Music
Contemporary music show featuring live performances and interviews with an emphasis on album acts.
Stars: Bob Harris, Anne Nightingale, David Hepworth, Mark Ellen
Votes: 241
19. The Kenny Everett Television Show (1981–1988)
30 min | Comedy, Music
Zany antics and sketches by the anarchic camp comic.
Stars: Kenny Everett, Cleo Rocos, Sheila Steafel, Andrie Reid
Votes: 1,037
20. The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968–1977)
Comedy
The Morecambe & Wise Show was a long running and massively popular sketch series starring British comedy duo Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, plus a string of top-name international celebrity guests (of a bygone age), like André Prévin.
Stars: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, Ann Hamilton, Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen
Votes: 1,057
21. Horatio Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil (1999 TV Movie)
93 min | Adventure, Drama, War
Lt. Hornblower and his crew are captured by the enemy while escorting a Duchess who has secrets of her own.
Director: Andrew Grieve | Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, Cherie Lunghi, Christopher Fulford
Votes: 4,198
22. The Twenty-First Century Show (1979 TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy
A humorous and fantastic look at the world in the year 2001 as computed for the screen by those visionaries Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie
Director: Jim Franklin | Stars: Jude Alderson, Ann Hamilton, Henry McGee, James Muir
23. Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less (1990 TV Movie)
186 min | Drama
Four victims of a stock swindle meet and plot to get their money back from the crooked financier responsible. Each man, an Oxford professor, a Harley Street physician, an art dealer and a ... See full summary »
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Ed Begley Jr., François-Eric Gendron, Brian Protheroe, Nicholas Jones
Votes: 148
24. Kelly Monteith (1979–1984)
30 min | Comedy
Stand-up comedian Kelly Monteith's look at life: which is part sitcom and part sketch-show.
Stars: Kelly Monteith, Gabrielle Drake, Michael Stainton, Barrie Gosney
Votes: 66
25. Scene (1968–2007)
24 min | Drama, Family
Mixture of fictional and non-fictional thought-provoking short films aimed at students of school and college.
Stars: Nick Ross, Ken Jones, Mark Draper, Paddy Feeny
Votes: 30
26. Wodehouse Playhouse (1974–1978)
30 min | Comedy, Romance
A series of dramatisations of some of P. G. Wodehouse's comic short stories - in which P. G. Wodehouse, himself, introduced some of the early episodes.
Stars: John Alderton, Pauline Collins, P.G. Wodehouse, Paul McDowell
Votes: 147
27. The World About Us (1967–1987)
60 min | Documentary
A documentary series with a broad remit of geography, anthropology, and natural history subjects.
Stars: Hugh Falkus, David Attenborough, Barry Paine, Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Votes: 36
28. Roger Roger (1998–2003)
Comedy, Drama
Stars: Phaldut Sharma, David Ross, Robert Daws, Philip Glenister
Votes: 89
29. Unnatural Pursuits (1992– )
60 min
Intent on perfecting his latest play, heavy-drinking, chain-smoking author Hamish Partt travels across America attending a succession of productions.
Stars: Alan Bates, Tom Hickey, Richard Wilson, Paul Zimet
Votes: 41
30. Swallows and Amazons Forever!: Coot Club (1984 TV Movie)
100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Coot Club and its companion story, The Big Six, are based on the celebrated Swallows & Amazons series of childrens' books written by Arthur Ransome. For anyone who loves sailing and adventure, the Arthur Ransome classics stand alone.
Director: Andrew Morgan | Stars: Rosemary Leach, John Woodvine, Colin Baker, Andrew Burt
Votes: 76
31. The Little and Large Show (1978–1991)
50 min | Comedy
Syd Little and Eddie Large present their own comedy show, which mixes stand-up, sketches, musical guests, and variety acts.
Stars: Syd Little, Eddie Large, Ronnie Hazlehurst, Foxy Feeling
Votes: 70
32. Rhodes (1996)
Drama
The story of the British 19th-century businessman who became the wealthiest man in the Western world and founded the nation Rhodesia.
Stars: Martin Shaw, Frances Barber, Neil Pearson, Frantz Dobrowsky
Votes: 166
33. An Englishman's Castle (1978)
144 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In a world in which Germany won World War II and has occupied the United Kingdom, Peter Ingram is a writer on a popular soap opera called "An Englishman's Castle" that is set in London ... See full summary »
Stars: Kenneth More, Anthony Bate, Isla Blair, Kathleen Byron
Votes: 92
34. Runway One (1995 TV Movie)
Drama
A couple find themselves involved in a complex smuggling operation.
Director: David Drury | Stars: Peter Capaldi, Marshall Bell, Robert Beltran, Ann Byrne
Votes: 17
35. Ain't Misbehavin (1994–1995)
30 min | Comedy
Shy and harmless stationery shop owner Clive Quigley is shocked when, one day, wild and successful hairdresser shop owner Sonia Drysdale burst into his life and tells him the horrible news ... See full summary »
Stars: Nicola Pagett, John Duttine, Peter Davison, Polly Hemingway
Votes: 31
36. The Other One (1977–1979)
30 min | Comedy
Two passengers meet in reception at Gatwick airport. Although unknown to each other, they find they are on the same flight and staying in the same hotel. Two characters as different as ... See full summary »
Stars: Richard Briers, Michael Gambon, Michael Chesden, Jill Kerman
Votes: 66
37. Colin's Sandwich (1988–1989)
30 min | Comedy
Struggling writer Colin has the unenviable daytime job of listening to the complaints of the public using British Railways.
Stars: Mel Smith, Louisa Rix, Tony Haase, Mike Grady
Votes: 145
38. Schoolgirl Chums (1982 TV Movie)
65 min | Family
In the 1930's, Alison starts a new boarding school and becomes embroiled in a sinister plot to dethrone the royal family of Bosnovia.
Director: Ian Keill | Stars: Lalla Ward, Martin Benson, Barry Jackson, Barbara Bolton
Votes: 19
39. The Secret Agent (1992)
TV-PG | 150 min | Drama, Thriller
A triple agent attempts to blow up the Greenwich Observatory in 1894, a time of unrest and anarchist violence throughout Europe.
Stars: Cheryl Campbell, Peter Capaldi, Janet Suzman, Richard Stirling
Votes: 120
40. Forty Minutes (1981–1994)
40 min | Documentary
Documentaries on any possible subject, the only connection being that they last forty minutes.
Stars: John Pitman, Michael Dean, Lucinda Lambton, Roger Mills
Votes: 31
41. Rough Justice (1982–2007)
30 min | Documentary
Investigative journalists probe possible miscarriages of justice.
Stars: Martin Young, John Ware, David Jessel, Kirsty Wark
Votes: 16
42. Blind Justice (1988)
90 min | Drama
Frank Cartwright sets up is own democratic Chambers, putting together a group lawyers who are considered radicals by their previous employers.
Stars: Jack Shepherd, Julian Wadham, Caroline Hutchison, Eamonn Walker
Votes: 21
43. South of the Border (1988–1990)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Former school friends secretary Pearl Parker and tearaway Finn Gallagher have a flair for investigation so decide to try their hands has private detectives.
Stars: Buki Armstrong, Rosie Rowell, Dinah Stabb, Valentine Nonyela
Votes: 13
44. The Story of the Treasure Seekers (1982– )
30 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Stars: Simon Hill, Lucinda Edmonds, Christopher Reilly, Jayne Rosamund
Votes: 7
45. Swallows and Amazons Forever!: The Big Six (1984 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama, Family
Joe, Bill and Pete are members of the "Coot Club", spending most of their time on the river in their little boat, the "Death and Glory." Trouble starts when they are blamed for setting ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Morgan | Stars: John Woodvine, Colin Baker, Andrew Burt, Rosemary Leach
Votes: 55
46. The Big Time (1976–1980)
50 min | Documentary
A programme which enabled ordinary amateurs to achieve lifelong professional ambitions for a day.
Stars: Esther Rantzen, John Pitman, Paul Heiney, Norma Shepherd
Votes: 11
47. Underbelly (1992– )
60 min
A successful property developer stands trial for corruption, while his best friend, the Minister for Prisons, struggles to quell a protest. Just when both men seem destined to win, fate takes a hand and their lives are changed forever.
Stars: David Hayman, Tom Wilkinson, John McArdle, Christine Kavanagh
Votes: 18
48. God's Wonderful Railway (1980)
30 min | Drama, Family, History
Three generations of the Grant family live and work on the Severn Valley branch of the Great Western Railway, from the Victorian era to the Second World War.
Stars: June Brown, Richard Pearson, Annette Ekblom, Bill Dean
Votes: 17
49. Skorpion (1983– )
50 min | Thriller
Gabrielle, formerly member of a terrorist cell, flees to England after an attempt on her life. Fearing that Gabrielle may betray it to the authorities, the cell sends the hitman Constant ... See full summary »
Stars: Terrence Hardiman, Marianne Borgo, Jack McKenzie, Daniel Hill
Votes: 14
50. Children of the North (1991)
55 min | Thriller
The murders of two MI6 agents in Northern Ireland add up to an explosive political situation.
Stars: Michael Gough, Patrick Malahide, John Kavanagh, Tony Doyle
Votes: 29