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1. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992)
TV-14 | 105 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
Host Johnny Carson performs comedy routines and chats with various celebrities.
Stars: Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Skitch Henderson
Votes: 4,246
2. Tom Jones (1963)
Not Rated | 129 min | Adventure, Comedy, History
The romantic and chivalrous adventures of adopted bastard Tom Jones in 18th-century England.
Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Albert Finney, Susannah York, George Devine, Rachel Kempson
Votes: 14,275 | Gross: $37.60M
3. The Nun's Story (1959)
Approved | 149 min | Drama
After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Edith Evans, Peggy Ashcroft
Votes: 11,718 | Gross: $12.80M
4. This Is Your Life (1955–2003)
30 min | Documentary, Biography
The UK version of the popular US show. Eamonn Andrews (later Michael Aspel) surprises celebrities by presenting them with the Big Red Book before taking them into the studio to tell viewers... See full summary »
Stars: Eamonn Andrews, Michael Aspel, Elizabeth Dawn, June Whitfield
Votes: 324
5. The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (1976)
G | 127 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A musical retelling of the classic tale of Cinderella. In the tiny kingdom of Euphrania, the King and his court are anxious to get Prince Edward wed. But Edward wants to marry for love.
Director: Bryan Forbes | Stars: Sherrie Hewson, John Turner, Rosalind Ayres, Keith Skinner
Votes: 3,175
6. Scrooge (1970)
G | 113 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
A musical retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel about an old bitter miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.
Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans, Kenneth More
Votes: 12,588 | Gross: $3.70M
7. The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
When Algernon discovers that his friend, Ernest, has created a fictional brother for whenever he needs a reason to escape dull country life, Algernon poses as the brother, resulting in ever increasing confusion.
Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: Michael Redgrave, Richard Wattis, Michael Denison, Walter Hudd
Votes: 6,376
8. Look Back in Anger (1959)
Approved | 98 min | Drama
A disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values.
Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Mary Ure, Edith Evans
Votes: 4,374
9. Craze (1974)
R | 96 min | Thriller
A nutty antiques dealer starts to sacrifice women to an African idol.
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Jack Palance, Diana Dors, Julie Ege, Edith Evans
Votes: 696
10. QB VII (1974)
TV-MA | 390 min | Drama, Mystery
A physician (Sir Anthony Hopkins) sues a novelist (Ben Gazzara) for publishing statements implicating the doctor in Nazi war crimes.
Stars: Ben Gazzara, Anthony Hopkins, Leslie Caron, Dan O'Herlihy
Votes: 876
11. The Chalk Garden (1964)
Approved | 106 min | Drama, Mystery
An elderly woman hires a governess with a mysterious past to look after her disturbed, spoiled teenage granddaughter, who eventually understands the meaning of self-sacrifice as an example of love and grows into a better person.
Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Deborah Kerr, Hayley Mills, John Mills, Edith Evans
Votes: 2,496
12. 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
13. Young Cassidy (1965)
Approved | 110 min | Biography, Drama
The misadventures of a young idealist man in Dublin, Ireland in the early twentieth century.
Directors: Jack Cardiff, John Ford | Stars: Rod Taylor, Julie Christie, Maggie Smith, Michael Redgrave
Votes: 1,325
14. The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
G | 132 min | Comedy, Drama
Nice, eccentric, idealistic and slightly mad Countess Aurelia, who believes that the good must prevail over evil, decides to stand up to corrupt powerful leaders of Paris by putting them on trial with 'unwashed masses' as the jury.
Director: Bryan Forbes | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Charles Boyer, Claude Dauphin, Edith Evans
Votes: 1,161
15. Fitzwilly (1967)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Romance
A butler and the staff of an eccentric aged philanthropist whose family wealth is exhausted engage in larceny and crimes to maintain her lifestyle and provide funds for her charitable activities.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Barbara Feldon, John McGiver, Edith Evans
Votes: 2,047
16. 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
17. A Doll's House (I) (1973)
G | 105 min | Drama
Years ago, Nora Helmer (Claire Bloom) committed a forgery in order to save the life of her authoritarian husband Torvald (Sir Anthony Hopkins). Now she is being blackmailed and lives in ... See full summary »
Director: Patrick Garland | Stars: Claire Bloom, Anthony Hopkins, Ralph Richardson, Denholm Elliott
Votes: 1,399 | Gross: $0.31M
18. The Whisperers (1967)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama
Elderly Mrs. Ross lives alone in her meager flat, scraping by on government assistance even as she claims to have great wealth. After finding stolen money she is victimized, making it necessary to find her support in her declining years.
Director: Bryan Forbes | Stars: Edith Evans, Nanette Newman, Harry Baird, Jack Austin
Votes: 1,465
19. Parkinson (1971–2007)
50 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Journalist Michael Parkinson interviews a broad range of the most famous people in the world.
Stars: Michael Parkinson, Marian Montgomery, Billy Connolly, Barry Humphries
Votes: 804
20. The Queen of Spades (1949)
95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An army officer becomes obsessed with learning the secret to a card game for which an elderly countess sold her soul years earlier.
Director: Thorold Dickinson | Stars: Anton Walbrook, Edith Evans, Yvonne Mitchell, Ronald Howard
Votes: 2,403
21. Nasty Habits (1977)
PG | 96 min | Comedy
In a Philadelphia convent, two nuns battle it out to be elected to the position of head abbess, and neither is about to let anything stand in the way of getting what she wants.
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Stars: Glenda Jackson, Melina Mercouri, Geraldine Page, Sandy Dennis
Votes: 408
22. Time to Remember (1959– )
30 min | History
Narrators recall their personal observations and memories with the help of the Pathe Archive.
Stars: Michael Redgrave, Anthony Quayle, Stanley Holloway, Ralph Richardson
Votes: 44
23. 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
24. David Copperfield (1970 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 120 min | Drama
The legendary novel by Charles Dickens comes to life in this colorful interpretation directed by Delbert Mann.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Cyril Cusack, Edith Evans, Pamela Franklin
Votes: 600
25. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
26. Prudence and the Pill (1968)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Romance
A wealthy London banker, his wife, his mistress, and his family and servants all get into hijinks when they swap birth-control medicines in an effort to deceive each other.
Directors: Fielder Cook, Ronald Neame | Stars: Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Robert Coote, Irina Demick
Votes: 603
27. ITV Television Playhouse (1955–1967)
60 min | Drama
Richard O. Sullivan as a child genius in the play "Honour Bright".
Stars: Campbell Singer, Thomas Heathcote, Richard Caldicot, June Brown
Votes: 67
28. Woman of Dolwyn (1949)
95 min | Drama
Rob returns to Dolwyn, a village, from which he was ousted for thievery, to buy the land so that his master can flood the village to build a dam. He faces opposition from an old woman and her son.
Director: Emlyn Williams | Stars: Edith Evans, Richard Burton, Anthony James, Emlyn Williams
Votes: 316
29. The Eamonn Andrews Show (1964–1969)
Talk-Show
A 45-minute late-night chat and music program from ABC hosted by the genial Irishman in which a collection of guests, some daring, some downright boring, had Eamonn's forehead in an even greater lather than usual.
Stars: Eamonn Andrews, Spike Milligan, Sandie Shaw, Peter Cook
Votes: 57
30. Sophie's Place (1969)
M/PG | 106 min | Comedy, Crime
Two crooks are hired to rob an eccentric old lady's estate, but once they get to know her, they can't bring themselves to do it.
Director: Jim O'Connolly | Stars: Telly Savalas, Edith Evans, Warren Oates, Cesar Romero
Votes: 301
31. The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968 TV Special)
News
Director: Richard Dunlap | Stars: Bob Hope, Julie Andrews, Louis Armstrong, Hal Ashby
Votes: 118
32. Tempo (1961–1968)
Documentary
Arts programme.
Stars: David Mahlowe, Alan Dell, Antony Hopkins, Derek Hart
Votes: 22
33. Clapper Board (1972–1982)
25 min | Family
Children's television programme about cinema, hosted by Chris Kelly.
Stars: Chris Kelly, John Huntley, Derek Ware, Peter Ustinov
Votes: 58
34. Dee Time (1967–1969)
45 min | Music
Dee Time starred charismatic former BBC Radio 1 DJ Simon Dee in a series of hip talk shows in which he interviewed the big names in the TV and film showbiz-set as well as stars of the world of popular music.
Stars: Simon Dee, The Alyn Ainsworth Orchestra, Leonard Martin, Anita Harris
Votes: 57
35. Startime (II) (1959–1960)
90 min | Drama
Stars: Eric House, Barry Morse, Mary Savidge, Norman Welsh
36. The 36th Annual Academy Awards (1964 TV Special)
News
Director: Richard Dunlap | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Nick Adams, Julie Andrews, Annabella
Votes: 220
37. East Is East (1916)
80 min | Drama, Romance
In the East London tenements lives one Alexandra Vickers, better known as "Viccy." She is rough-tongued, quick-tempered, and generous as far as her slender means allow. Her parents died ... See full summary »
Director: Henry Edwards | Stars: Florence Turner, Henry Edwards, Ruth Mackay, W.G. Saunders
Votes: 76
38. The New Cinema (1968 TV Movie)
24 min | Documentary
Director: Gary Young | Stars: Francis Ford Coppola, Edith Evans, Peter Fonda, Terry Garin
Votes: 23
39. The Gambler (1968– )
Drama
A gambling addict quickly ruins himself at the gaming tables. Based on Dostoyevsky's novel.
Stars: Edith Evans, Maurice Roëves, Corin Redgrave, Philip Madoc
Votes: 6
40. Television World Theatre (1957–1958)
1,285 min | Drama
Stars: Catherine Lacey, Harold Scott, David Markham, Gertan Klauber
41. Before the Fringe (1967)
30 min | Comedy
A series featuring some of the talent who were in vogue before the new broom of Beyond the Fringe swept through comedy.
Stars: Alan Melville, Joan Sims, Peter Reeves, Ronnie Barker
42. Time Remembered (I) (1961 TV Movie)
Drama
Hallmark presents Jean Anouilh's romantic drama about a prince mourning the death of a ballerina he fell hopelessly in love with, and his aunt who recruits young milliner to distract him from grieving,
Director: George Schaefer | Stars: Christopher Plummer, Edith Evans, Janet Munro, Barry Jones
43. Preview Tonight (1966– )
60 min | Family
Anthology series consisting of pilot episodes for programs ABC had considered for future productions.
Stars: Robert Reed, Hugh O'Brian, Katherine Justice, Bert Convy
Votes: 13
44. ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall (1955 TV Movie)
57 min | Family
Directors: Stephen McCormack, Robert Hamer, Quentin Lawrence | Stars: John Connell, Leslie Mitchell, Cecil Lewis, Seymour Howard
45. Upon This Rock (1970 TV Movie)
52 min
Director: Harry Rasky | Stars: Ralph Richardson, Dirk Bogarde, Edith Evans, Pope John XXIII
Votes: 25
46. A Welsh Singer (1915)
Passed | Drama, Music, Romance
A shepherdess becomes an opera star. A shepherd becomes a sculptor.
Director: Henry Edwards | Stars: Florence Turner, Henry Edwards, Campbell Gollan, Malcolm Cherry
47. Red Peppers (1969 TV Movie)
An 'interlude with music' about a struggling music hall act, presented by the BBC as part of Noël Coward's 70th birthday tribute.
Director: Michael Mills | Stars: Dora Bryan, Bruce Forsyth, Cyril Cusack, Anthony Quayle
48. Stage by Stage (1954–1955)
Drama
Stars: Jessie Evans, June Shields, Peter Vaughan, Geoffrey Bayldon
49. Time Remembered (II) (1961 TV Movie)
85 min | Drama
When a prince loses the woman he loves, his aunt recreates the special places of their romantic meetings and hires a local shop girl to play the part of his lover.
Director: Michael Elliott | Stars: Edith Evans, Max Adrian, Barry Jones, James Maxwell
50. British Film Academy Awards. A Cinema Special (1968 TV Movie)
Documentary
Director: Michael Cox | Stars: Stanley Baker, Phyllis Calvert, Peter Cushing, Diana Dors