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1. Midsomer Murders (1997– )
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A veteran Detective Chief Inspector and his young Sergeant investigate murders around the regional community of Midsomer County.
Stars: John Nettles, Jane Wymark, Barry Jackson, Neil Dudgeon
Votes: 39,506
2. Father Brown (2013– )
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In the early 1950s, Father Brown, a Roman Catholic priest based in the fictional Cotswold village of Kembleford, uses his distinctive skills to solve various crimes.
Stars: Mark Williams, John Burton, Sorcha Cusack, Jack Deam
Votes: 15,046
3. Shameless (2004–2013)
TV-MA | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The lives and relationships of a group of siblings and their estranged father Frank Gallagher on a rough Manchester estate.
Stars: David Threlfall, Rebecca Atkinson, Alice Barry, Nicky Evans
Votes: 18,489
4. Notting Hill (1999)
PG-13 | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A set of circumstances makes Anna Scott, a famous actress, fall in love with William Thacker, owner of a bookstore in Notting Hill. But the paparazzi's fascination with her complicates their bond.
Director: Roger Michell | Stars: Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts, Richard McCabe, Rhys Ifans
Votes: 342,519 | Gross: $116.09M
5. Casualty (1986– )
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama
The everyday lives of the people frequenting the frenetic Accident and Emergency department of Holby City Hospital.
Stars: Derek Thompson, Tony Marshall, Suzanne Packer, Ian Bleasdale
Votes: 3,694
6. Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators (2018– )
TV-PG | 45 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An oddball couple of private detectives named Luella Shakespeare and Frank Hathaway investigate crime in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Stars: Mark Benton, Jo Joyner, Patrick Walshe McBride, Tomos Eames
Votes: 5,953
7. Whitechapel (2009–2013)
TV-14 | 817 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A fast-tracked inspector, a hardened detective sergeant, and an expert in historical homicides investigate modern crimes with connections to the past in the Whitechapel district of London.
Stars: Rupert Penry-Jones, Phil Davis, Steve Pemberton, Sam Stockman
Votes: 14,812
8. Absolutely Fabulous (1992–2012)
TV-14 | 45 min | Comedy
The wild misadventures of Edina "Eddy" Monsoon and her best friend Patsy Stone, who live in a nearly constant haze of drugged, drunken selfishness.
Stars: Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, June Whitfield
Votes: 21,542
9. Agatha Raisin (2014– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The Cotswolds-based PR guru turned amateur sleuth returns for a series of comedic murder-mysteries based on the books by M.C. Beaton.
Stars: Ashley Jensen, Matt McCooey, Lucy Liemann, Mathew Horne
Votes: 6,153
10. Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
TV-14 | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Drama series following a team of detectives who investigate unsolved murders using modern technology.
Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Wil Johnson, Tara Fitzgerald
Votes: 6,439
11. The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019)
TV-PG | 507 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Return to the world of Thra, where three Gelfling discover the horrifying secret behind the Skeksis' power, and set out to ignite the fires of rebellion and save their world.
Stars: Neil Sterenberg, Beccy Henderson, Nathalie Emmanuel, Taron Egerton
Votes: 27,167
12. 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: 2,642
13. The Thin Blue Line (1995–1996)
30 min | Comedy, Crime
Various mishaps at a police station in an English town. The main character is the anachronistic, yet charming and funny Inspector Fowler. CID foil to Fowler, Inspector Grim is a bumbling, seething idiot.
Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Mina Anwar, James Dreyfus, Serena Evans
Votes: 7,956
14. The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007–2011)
TV-PG | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Investigative journalist Sarah Jane Smith, with the help of her adopted son, his friends, and an intelligent supercomputer, combats evil alien forces here on Earth.
Stars: Elisabeth Sladen, Daniel Anthony, Alexander Armstrong, Tommy Knight
Votes: 6,753
15. Supernova (II) (2020)
R | 95 min | Drama, Romance
Sam and Tusker are traveling across England in their old RV to visit friends, family and places from their past. Since Tusker was diagnosed with dementia two years ago, their time together is the most important thing they have.
Director: Harry Macqueen | Stars: Colin Firth, Stanley Tucci, Pippa Haywood, Peter MacQueen
Votes: 14,362
16. Mount Pleasant (2011–2017)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy
An insight into the everyday lives and struggles of the families living in a tightly-knit close in Mount Pleasant.
Stars: Sally Lindsay, Daniel Ryan, Ainsley Howard, Neil Fitzmaurice
Votes: 1,129
17. Richard III (1995)
R | 110 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, War
The classic Shakespearean play about the murderously scheming 15th-century king is reimagined in an alternative setting of 1930s England as clouds of fascism gather.
Director: Richard Loncraine | Stars: Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Christopher Bowen, Edward Jewesbury
Votes: 15,578 | Gross: $2.60M
18. Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004)
PG | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
With all-new gadgets, high-flying action, exciting chases and a wisecracking new handler, Derek (Anthony Anderson), Cody has to retrieve the device before the world's leaders fall under the evil control of a diabolical villain.
Director: Kevin Allen | Stars: Frankie Muniz, Anthony Anderson, Hannah Spearritt, Cynthia Stevenson
Votes: 15,925 | Gross: $23.63M
19. My Hero (2000–2007)
30 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Thermoman is a multiple-powered superhero who originates from the planet Ultron. In an attempt to do his best to fit in with life on earth, he creates the human alias of George Sunday.
Stars: Emily Joyce, Geraldine McNulty, Hugh Dennis, Lill Roughley
Votes: 2,153
20. Gimme Gimme Gimme (1999–2001)
TV-14 | 34 min | Comedy
Raucous 90s sitcom starring Kathy Burke and James Dreyfus as awful flatmates. Tom is an out-of-work actor with a sharp tongue, and Linda La Hughes is his dysfunctional friend.
Stars: Kathy Burke, James Dreyfus, Beth Goddard, Rosalind Knight
Votes: 3,174
21. Loose Women (1999– )
60 min | Talk-Show
Lively daytime TV show, in which four "loose women" chat about news, issues and life in general.
Stars: Coleen Nolan, Andrea McLean, Carol McGiffin, Kaye Adams
Votes: 1,389
22. Bette (2000–2001)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Bette is a wildly successful singer with numerous hits, adoring fans, and showbiz friends who often drop by. Keeping her grounded is her professor husband Roy, best friend Connie, and her thirteen-year-old daughter Rose.
Stars: Bette Midler, James Dreyfus, Joanna Gleason, Marina Malota Darling
Votes: 862
23. Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures (1999 Podcast Series)
Sci-Fi
Full-cast audio drama series based on "Doctor Who (1963)" chronicling the further adventures of the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Doctors.
Stars: Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Sarah Sutton
Votes: 45
24. Gormenghast (2000)
Unrated | 58 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A villain threatens the rise of a new earl in an ancient kingdom.
Stars: Warren Mitchell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Celia Imrie, John Sessions
Votes: 3,102
25. Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor Adventures (2012 Podcast Series)
Sci-Fi
Tom Baker returns as The Fourth Doctor for the first time in 31 years in all new adventures. Encountering new and old foes and reuniting with old friends such as Harry, Leela, K9, Romana ... See full summary »
Stars: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, John Leeson, Jane Slavin
26. Fat Slags (2004)
75 min | Comedy
The Fat Slags from Viz hit the big time and become celebrities.
Director: Ed Bye | Stars: Fiona Allen, Sophie Thompson, Jerry O'Connell, Anthony Head
Votes: 3,980
27. Color Me Kubrick (2005)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama
The true story of a man who posed as director Stanley Kubrick during the production of Kubrick's last film, Eyes Wide Shut (1999), despite knowing very little about his work and looking nothing like him.
Director: Brian W. Cook | Stars: John Malkovich, Jim Davidson, Richard E. Grant, Tom Allen
Votes: 6,908 | Gross: $0.07M
28. Love Hurts (1992–1994)
50 min | Comedy, Romance
Two forty-somethings with differing outlooks on life fall in love.
Stars: Adam Faith, Zoë Wanamaker, Tony Selby, Jane Lapotaire
Votes: 193
29. Churchill: The Hollywood Years (2004)
84 min | Comedy, War
In this irreverent parody, the British court and war government consist mainly of idiots and/or traitors. Hitler moves into Buckingham palace and plans to marry into the Windsors. A US Army... See full summary »
Director: Peter Richardson | Stars: Miranda Richardson, Antony Sher, Christian Slater, Harry Enfield
Votes: 2,608
30. World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth (2018 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Drama
Seventh expansion set for "World of Warcraft (2005)". A new conflict erupts between the Alliance and the Horde causing Teldrassil to be burnt down by the Horde and the Forsaken capital of the Undercity to be controlled by the Alliance.
Directors: Alex Afrasiabi, Ion Hazzikostas, Chris Robinson | Stars: Abigail Marlowe, Abraham Benrubi, Abubakar Salim, Ace Gibson
Votes: 712
31. Harry & Meghan: Becoming Royal (2019 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 87 min | Romance
The continuing love story of newlyweds Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle during their first year of marriage.
Director: Menhaj Huda | Stars: Charles Shaughnessy, Alisha-Marie Ahamed, James Dreyfus, Tiffany Smith
Votes: 1,138
32. Scottish Mussel (2015)
96 min | Comedy
Ritchie is a Glaswegian chancer with low hopes and no prospects. Disillusioned with city life, he goes undercover at a Highland conservation centre to make his fortune as an illegal pearl ... See full summary »
Director: Talulah Riley | Stars: Martin Compston, Talulah Riley, Morgan Watkins, Joe Thomas
Votes: 826
33. Hell's Kitchen (2004–2009)
TV-PG | 60 min | Reality-TV
Gordon Ramsay leads a team of celebrities through the trials of a professional kitchen with the threat of elimination hanging over them.
Stars: Angus Deayton, Marco Pierre White, Edwina Currie, Gary Rhodes
Votes: 1,675
34. The Kindred (2021)
94 min | Thriller
A woman suffering from amnesia pieces together the events that led to her father's suicide, only to be haunted by the ghosts of children that she begins to suspect were murdered by him.
Director: Jamie Patterson | Stars: Samantha Bond, James Cosmo, Patrick Bergin, James Dreyfus
Votes: 724
35. He Kills Coppers (2008 TV Movie)
139 min | Crime, Drama
Three policemen are brutally murdered during the 1966 World Cup celebrations. "He Kills Coppers" follows three men connected to the deaths; Frank (a fellow policeman), Tony (an ambitious ... See full summary »
Director: Adrian Shergold | Stars: Mel Raido, Liam Garrigan, Rafe Spall, Steven Robertson
Votes: 279
36. The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (1999 TV Movie)
Comedy, History
Humorous review of British history.
Directors: Dewi Humphreys, Paul Jackson, Matt Lipsey | Stars: Clive Anderson, Matthew Ashforde, Patrick Barlow, Ronnie Barker
Votes: 216
37. Doctor Who: The First Doctor Adventures (2017 Podcast Series)
Sci-Fi
All new adventures for The First Doctor
Stars: David Bradley, Jamie Glover, Jemma Powell, Claudia Grant
38. The Paul O'Grady Show (2004–2015)
45 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
Paul O'Grady and star guests liven up teatime with comedy and chat.
Stars: Paul O'Grady, Charlotte Ellen Price, Melanie Sykes, Ramon Christian
Votes: 464
39. Nina and the Neurons (2007– )
15 min | Family
Scientist Nina teaches science with the help of her friends Ollie,Felix,Bud,Belle and Luke
Stars: Katrina Bryan, James Dreyfus, Kelly Harrison, Patrice Naiambana
Votes: 55
40. The Hollow (2020 TV Movie)
Thriller
Director: Chelsea Walker | Stars: Nina Sosanya, Laura Haddock, Simon Callow, Kathryn Drysdale
Votes: 9
41. Cara
Horror | Completed
Director: Hayden Hewitt | Stars: James Dreyfus, Laurence R. Harvey, Michaela Longden, Jacob Roberts
42. Lawless Heart (2001)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Three intersecting stories about people whose lives are affected by the death of a gay restaurateur.
Directors: Tom Hunsinger, Neil Hunter | Stars: Douglas Henshall, Tom Hollander, Bill Nighy, Clémentine Célarié
Votes: 1,435 | Gross: $0.33M
43. Boyfriends (1996)
Not Rated | 81 min | Comedy
Paul, Matt, and Will (in their 30s) have been friends for years. They converge at the seaside for the weekend, each with a boyfriend in tow. Paul is with Ben, his companion of five years: ... See full summary »
Directors: Tom Hunsinger, Neil Hunter | Stars: James Dreyfus, Mark Sands, Andrew Ableson, Michael Urwin
Votes: 431
44. The All New Alexei Sayle Show (1994–1995)
30 min | Comedy
In this follow-up series to his previous hit, Alexei Sayle's Stuff, the comic makes a bold claim: 'I can guarantee you will not be disappointed. Not unless you're expecting something other than a fat man in a suit shouting at you'.
Stars: Alexei Sayle, John Sparkes, Peter Capaldi, Jenny Agutter
Votes: 88
45. The Wright Stuff (2000–2018)
50 min | News, Talk-Show
Topical discussions, a daily newspaper review and a weekly television review on Fridays.
Stars: Matthew Wright, Eric Johnson, Kirsty Duffy, Anne Diamond
Votes: 337
46. Doctor Who: The Early Adventures (2014 Podcast Series)
Sci-Fi
A range of brand new four-part stories set during the early days of Doctor Who, told through narration and a full cast of actors, including the surviving leads who reprise their original roles.
Stars: Peter Purves, Frazer Hines, Anneke Wills, Maureen O'Brien
47. The Jack Docherty Show (1997–1999)
40 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Jack Docherty, Graham Norton, Melinda Messenger, Phill Jupitus
Votes: 41
48. Sequins (2019)
18 min | Short, Comedy
SEQUINS is a coming of age comedy short film set in late 90s Blackpool. 17-year-old Paul's journey of self-discovery takes a unique turn when he embarks on his ambition to become a drag ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Beddoes | Stars: Robbie Gaskell, James Dreyfus, Ben Willbond, Nicole Louise Lewis
Votes: 44
49. Richard & Judy (2001–2009)
60 min | Talk-Show
Magazine programme featuring news items, expert advice and celebrity interviews.
Stars: Richard Madeley, Judy Finnigan, Raj Persaud, Mike McClean
Votes: 437
50. Lips (2022)
26 min | Short, Horror
In the manner of Tales of the Unexpected and twisted British anthology stories, Lips follows the curious events experienced by Michael, who learns that lending a sympathetic ear can have far-reaching consequences.
Director: Hayden Hewitt | Stars: James Dreyfus, Paul Dewdney, Caroline Chesworth, John Joyce-O'Keeffe
Votes: 17