Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Marilyn Finlay

1. The Bill (1984–2010)

TV-14 | Crime, Drama

Long-running police drama series featuring officers and detectives from the fictional Sun Hill suburb in East London.

Stars: Graham Cole, Jeff Stewart, Trudie Goodwin, Simon Rouse

Votes: 4,118

2. Mr. Bean (1990–1995)

Not Rated | 25 min | Comedy, Family

Bumbling, childlike Mr. Bean has trouble completing the simplest of day-to-day tasks, but his perseverance and resourcefulness frequently allow him to find ingenious ways around problems.

Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Matilda Ziegler, Robin Driscoll, Matthew Ashforde

Votes: 133,934

3. Pie in the Sky (1994–1997)

TV-14 | 50 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

DI Crabbe retires from the police force after being shot and sets up his own restaurant. However, his ex-boss, Assistant Chief Constable Fisher constantly calls Crabbe back on duty.

Stars: Richard Griffiths, Maggie Steed, Malcolm Sinclair, Nick Raggett

Votes: 2,082

4. Budgie (1971–1972)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama

Chirpy Cockney petty crook Ronald "Budgie" Bird is the main character in this British television series.

Stars: Adam Faith, Iain Cuthbertson, Lynn Dalby, June Lewis

Votes: 277

5. Van der Valk (1972–1992)

120 min | Crime, Drama

Cynical Dutch Detective Commissaris and his colleagues investigate murders, kidnappings, and political corruption.

Stars: Barry Foster, Michael Latimer, Joanna Dunham, Susan Travers

Votes: 542

6. Hammer House of Horror (1980)

TV-14 | 54 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

This British anthology series, which was produced by England's leading exporters of horror films, told tales of haunted houses, demons, ghosts, and other supernatural wonders.

Stars: Peter Cushing, Denholm Elliott, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Anna Calder-Marshall

Votes: 2,288

7. 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: 247

8. Bouquet of Barbed Wire (1976)

350 min | Drama

Drama about a troubled middle-class family.

Stars: Frank Finlay, Sheila Allen, Susan Penhaligon, James Aubrey

Votes: 178

9. Angels (1975–1983)

50 min | Drama

Six student nurses start training in the NHS, facing challenges working with colleagues and patients while adapting to the hierarchy and procedures.

Stars: Carol Holmes, Shirley Cheriton, Joanna Monro, Sharon Rosita

Votes: 137

10. Prime Suspect: Inner Circles (1995 TV Movie)

R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A seemingly straightforward sex murder investigation by Superintendent Jane Tennison (Dame Helen Mirren) leads to a hidden political scandal.

Director: Sarah Pia Anderson | Stars: Helen Mirren, Thomas Russell, James Laurenson, Helene Kvale

Votes: 2,704

11. Bramwell (1995–1998)

TV-MA | 54 min | Drama

This lavish period drama tells the story of Eleanor Bramwell (Jemma Redgrave), a pioneering female doctor in the late nineteenth century, and the struggles she has with her friends, her colleagues and society.

Stars: Jemma Redgrave, Ruth Sheen, David Calder, Kevin McMonagle

Votes: 1,093

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. Screenplay (1986–1993)

Drama

An anthology drama series.

Stars: John Kavanagh, Tony Doyle, Michael Liebmann, Benjamin Whitrow

Votes: 95

14. Sweeney 2 (1978)

109 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Second theatrical spin-off from the popular 1970's police series. Regan and Carter head a Flying Squad investigation into a series of bank raids by a team of well-armed villains who are flying in from the continent.

Director: Tom Clegg | Stars: John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Denholm Elliott, Ken Hutchison

Votes: 963

15. The Girls of Slender Means (1975)

50 min | Drama

When their friend Nicholas is killed in 1960, several women think back to the time when they knew him, in 1945 "when all the best people were poor".

Stars: Miriam Margolyes, Patricia Hodge, Marion Bailey, Mary Tamm

Votes: 26

16. Second City Firsts (1973– )

30 min | Drama

This was a BBC drama anthology series of short plays, written largely by first-time writers, which were transmitted between 1973 and 1978.

Stars: Ken Kitson, Jean Heywood, Ivor Roberts, Alison Steadman

Votes: 24

17. Paper Mask (1990)

R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

A lowly hospital orderly impersonates a recently deceased doctor and goes to work in the busy ER of a small hospital where he meets and befriends a nurse who slowly figures out his secret and helps him maintain his charade.

Director: Christopher Morahan | Stars: Paul McGann, Amanda Donohoe, Frederick Treves, Tom Wilkinson

Votes: 740

18. Between the Covers (1980 TV Movie)

R | 60 min | Drama

An author learns that his latest book has been banned in the libraries of his home town and sets out to find the person responsible.

Director: Mike Vardy | Stars: Robert Hardy, Colette O'Neil, Robert James, Bridget Biagi

19. Act of Will (1989)

240 min | Drama

The story of three generations of women, from 1926 to the present day.

Stars: Serena Gordon, Melanie Jessop, Lynsey Baxter, Victoria Tennant

Votes: 167

20. Centre Play (1973–1977)

Drama

Anthology series of half hour plays produced in BBC's Television Centre's studios.

Stars: John Barrett, Will Knightley, David Daker, Michael Gough

Votes: 15

21. Beck (1996– )

50 min | Drama

A series about the work of a Missing Persons agency.

Stars: Amanda Redman, William Ash, David Hunt, Caroline Loncq

Votes: 52

22. Driving Ambition (1984– )

60 min | Drama

A bored and frustrated suburban housewife follows her dream of becoming a racing driver.

Stars: Rosemary Martin, Anne Carroll, Mark Kingston, Donald Gee

Votes: 18

23. The Bell-Run (1988 TV Movie)

90 min | Drama

Deep-sea diving is well paid and glamorous. But the strain is huge, living in a tiny compression chamber for four weeks at a time. And if anything goes wrong, you're dead.

Director: Alan Dossor | Stars: Amanda Hillwood, Bruce Payne, Maggie Ollerenshaw, Edward Clayton

Votes: 5

24. Hope It Rains (1991–1992)

30 min | Comedy

When her mother dies, independent but unemployed Jace goes to live with her cantankerous godfather who runs a dilapidated wax museum in a seedy English seaside resort.

Stars: Tom Bell, Holly Aird, Eamon Boland, Jenny Lee

Votes: 28

25. TECX (1990– )

50 min | Action, Drama

Three ambitious young people set up a new kind of detective agency to outmanoeuvre criminals across Europe, with support from two Brussels-based lawyers.

Stars: Rob Spendlove, Urbano Barberini, Ulrike Schwarz, Stéphane Audran

Votes: 34

26. This Is David Harper (1990– )

30 min | Comedy

Spoof investigative reporter David Harper discovers and exposes scandal and wrongdoing in nineteen nineties Britain.

Stars: Tony Slattery, Jeff Rawle, Clive Swift, Jo Cameron Brown

Votes: 22

27. The Dancing Years (1976 TV Movie)

140 min | Drama, Musical

The story of a young composer and his relationship with a fiery opera star over the course of several decades.

Director: Richard Bramall | Stars: Anthony Valentine, Celia Gregory, Susan Valentine, Tim Brierley

Votes: 16

28. Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode: Aimée (1991)

TV-14 | 90 min | Drama

A white Mercedes, the English countryside, a cathedral city, a haunted figure at the wheel with an overnight bag in the boot. Frank Summers has run away from a career as a fabulously ... See full summary »

Director: Pedr James | Stars: Donald Sumpter, Juliet Stevenson, Simon Chandler, Christine Rose

Votes: 36

29. Hammer House of Horror (1980)
Episode: The House That Bled to Death (1980)

TV-14 | 52 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A family move into a house that was the scene of a macabre murder years ago, but soon after moving in A series of strange events begin.

Director: Tom Clegg | Stars: Nicholas Ball, Rachel Davies, Brian Croucher, Patricia Maynard

Votes: 786

30. Screenplay (1986–1993)
Episode: The Vision Thing (1993)

55 min | Drama

In the run-up to a General Election, the British Prime Minister thinks he is receiving messages from God.

Director: Pedr James | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Richard Wilson, Kenneth Cranham, Nathaniel Parker

Votes: 12

31. Angels (1975–1983)
Episode: Decisions (1978)

Drama

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Director: Tristan de Vere Cole | Stars: Emma Ware, Joanna Monro, Michael Turner, Clare Walker

32. The Bill (1984–2010)
Episode: Promised Land (2001)

TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama

Family problems come to visit Nick Klein at the worst possible time, when he is already at his lowest ebb at work.

Director: Chris Lovett | Stars: René Zagger, Eric Richard, Chris Simmons, Ged Simmons

Votes: 31

33. Budgie (1971–1972)
Episode: Brief Encounter (1972)

TV-14 | 51 min | Drama

A chance meeting between Budgie and his old friend Inga the Stripper on a railway station sets in motion a chain of events which places our hero well and truly in the firing line - and leads to a final showdown.

Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Stars: Adam Faith, Iain Cuthbertson, Lynn Dalby, George A. Cooper

Votes: 21

34. Mr. Bean (1990–1995)
Episode: Tee Off, Mr. Bean (1995)

TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, Family

Mr. Bean goes to a laundromat where he washes his clothes and other various items and ends up causing trouble with the other people and their laundry. Afterwards, he heads off to a mini ... See full summary »

Director: John Birkin | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Jacqueline Defferary, Grant Masters, David Battley

Votes: 1,624

35. Pie in the Sky (1994–1997)
Episode: Passion Fruit Fool (1994)

TV-PG | 49 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

With Fisher on a week's vacation Henry wants to use the time to perfect his passion-fruit sorbet. However his love-lorn dry cleaner Alec involves him in rescuing his fiancee from her crazed... See full summary »

Director: George Case | Stars: Richard Griffiths, Maggie Steed, Joe Duttine, Alison McKenna

Votes: 98

36. TECX (1990– )
Episode: A Soldier's Death (1990)

Action, Drama

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Director: Renny Rye | Stars: Rob Spendlove, Urbano Barberini, Ulrike Schwarz, Jenny Agutter

37. This Is David Harper (1990– )
Episode: An Explosive Situation (1990)

Comedy

David Harper tells the story of a bizarre event involving a British hydrogen bomb, two hand grenades and initiation rituals in the RAF which were suppressed for twenty years.

Director: Graham Dixon | Stars: Tony Slattery, Tim Barker, Jo Cameron Brown, Mel Cobb

38. Van der Valk (1972–1992)
Episode: Enemy (1977)

Crime, Drama

When Van der Valk and his wife Arlette receive death threats, the detective finds himself looking for a mysterious hidden enemy who could strike at any second.

Director: Mike Vardy | Stars: Barry Foster, Joanna Dunham, Nigel Stock, Jim Norton

Votes: 34

39. Driving Ambition (1984– )
Episode: Five O'Clock Shadow (1984)

Drama

When Donna & Jen's coffee morning friends are understandably unwilling to help with fund raising, Joanna gets her school friends involved. Donna sees a fatal Formula 1 crash on TV she doubts her resolve....

Director: Michael Simpson | Stars: Rosemary Martin, Anne Carroll, Mark Kingston, Donald Gee

40. Second City Firsts (1973– )
Episode: Shall I See You Now? (1978)

Drama

Carmel's new surroundings are not what she was expecting from a mental health institution.

Director: Pedr James | Stars: Richard Albrecht, Margaret Durnell, Thomas Ellice, Marilyn Finlay

41. ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969–1974)
Episode: The Insider (1970)

Drama

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Director: John Sichel | Stars: Dennis Blanch, Peter Blythe, Kevin Brennan, Tom Chadbon

42. ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969–1974)
Episode: It's Good to See You (1972)

Drama

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Stars: John Carlisle, Julian Curry, Donald Eccles, Marilyn Finlay

43. Centre Play (1973–1977)
Episode: Talkin' Blues (1977)

Drama

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Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: Jesse Birdsall, John Burrows, Trevor Butler, Marilyn Finlay

44. Bramwell (1995–1998)
Episode: Episode #3.9 (1997)

TV-MA | 51 min | Drama

Robert serves on the Re-Vaccination Committee. When Emmaline comes to the Bramwells' house for help, they suspect she may have a reaction to Finn's vaccination experiments. Finn gives Eleanor another reason to be done with him.

Director: Tim Whitby | Stars: Jemma Redgrave, David Calder, Maureen Beattie, Patrick Godfrey

Votes: 23

45. Bouquet of Barbed Wire (1976)
Episode: Festivities (1976)

Drama

When Prue finds out about Peter's affair, she begins feeling jealous of Sarah and hurt that he doesn't pay as much attention to her as he used to. Things come to a head over a birthday dinner.

Director: Tony Wharmby | Stars: Frank Finlay, Sheila Allen, Susan Penhaligon, James Aubrey

46. Bouquet of Barbed Wire (1976)
Episode: Introductions (1976)

Drama

Peter gets a new secretary, Sarah, who with her two boyfriends and an alcoholic father is not as angelically pure as she seems. Gavin feels emasculated by Peter, so when Prue suggests asking him for a loan, he hits her.

Director: Tony Wharmby | Stars: Frank Finlay, Sheila Allen, Susan Penhaligon, James Aubrey

47. Hope It Rains (1991–1992)
Episode: Old Actors (1992)

Comedy

Dennis has a good idea for Harry's museum.

Director: John Howard Davies | Stars: Tom Bell, Holly Aird, Eamon Boland, Eleanor Summerfield

48. Act of Will (1989)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (1989)

Drama

Audra (Victoria Tennant), is an iron-willed matriarch who devotes herself completely to her daughter Christina (Elizabeth Hurley).

Director: Don Sharp | Stars: Victoria Tennant, Peter Coyote, Elizabeth Hurley, Kevin McNally

Votes: 8

49. Beck (1996– )
Episode: Episode #1.5 (1996)

Drama

Beck's agency must identify an amnesiac man. First of a two-part story.

Director: James Hazeldine | Stars: William Ash, Anthony Calf, Nigel Clauzel, Sally-Ann Curran

50. The Girls of Slender Means (1975)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (1975)

49 min | Drama

In 1960, a missionary is killed in Haiti. What was his connection to the May of Teck Club, a hostel for unmarried women which burned down in 1945?

Director: Moira Armstrong | Stars: Kate Atkinson, Marion Bailey, Janet Burnell, Madeleine Christie