Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Hugh Fraser

1. Poirot (1989–2013)

TV-14 | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Hercule Poirot, a famous Belgian detective, who has an impeccable knack for getting embroiled in a mystery, solves crimes along with Captain Hastings and Scotland Yard Chief Inspector James Japp.

Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran

Votes: 52,234

2. Doctor Who (1963–1989)

TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

The adventures in time and space of the Doctor, a Time Lord who changes appearance and personality by regenerating when near death, and is joined by companions in battles against aliens and other megalomaniacs.

Stars: William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker

Votes: 39,587

3. New Tricks (2003–2015)

TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Three retired police officers are drafted in to solve cold cases, with a touch of comedy and drama

Stars: Dennis Waterman, Amanda Redman, Alun Armstrong, James Bolam

Votes: 8,797

4. Patriot Games (1992)

R | 117 min | Action, Thriller

When CIA analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets him and his family for revenge.

Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Harrison Ford, Sean Bean, Anne Archer, Patrick Bergin

Votes: 120,620 | Gross: $83.29M

5. 101 Dalmatians (1996)

G | 103 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

An evil high-fashion designer plots to steal dalmatian puppies in order to make an extravagant fur coat but creates an extravagant mess instead.

Director: Stephen Herek | Stars: Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson, Joan Plowright

Votes: 117,679 | Gross: $136.19M

6. Sharpe (1993–2008)

TV-14 | 1,673 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A series of stories starring Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars as he fights both Napoleon's forces and the strong prejudice of British aristocracy.

Stars: Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, John Tams, Jason Salkey

Votes: 2,373

7. Tales of the Unexpected (1979–1988)

TV-14 | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

Short dramas each with a twist of some kind; across the first four seasons most of these are from short stories by Roald Dahl.

Stars: Roald Dahl, Andrew Ray, Forbes Collins, Richard Johnson

Votes: 2,507

8. Taggart (1983–2010)

TV-14 | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The Maryhill CID investigates gruesome murders against the bleak backdrop of the city of Glasgow.

Stars: Blythe Duff, James MacPherson, Robert Robertson, Iain Anders

Votes: 2,013

9. Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)

TV-MA | 720 min | Crime, Drama

A dramatization of the missions and adventures of the greatest spy in British history.

Stars: Sam Neill, Michael Bryant, Norman Rodway, Tom Bell

Votes: 1,697

10. The Duellists (1977)

PG | 100 min | Drama, War

France, 1801. Due to a minor perceived slight, mild-mannered Lieutenant d'Hubert is forced into a duel with hot-headed irrational Lieutenant Feraud. The disagreement ultimately results in scores of duels spanning several years.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Keith Carradine, Harvey Keitel, Albert Finney, Edward Fox

Votes: 26,770 | Gross: $0.20M

11. 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: 395

12. Peak Practice (1993–2002)

TV-14 | 50 min | Drama

Beth Glover and Will Preston are doctors in partnership at a Derbyshire clinic when they hire Jack who's returned from Africa. The next several years deal with their personal and professional lives with Jack and Beth marrying.

Stars: Gary Mavers, Simon Shepherd, Esther Coles, Margery Mason

Votes: 526

13. Firefox (1982)

PG | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

A pilot is sent into the Soviet Union on a mission to steal a prototype jet fighter that can be partially controlled by a neuralink.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Freddie Jones, David Huffman, Warren Clarke

Votes: 29,293 | Gross: $46.71M

14. Edge of Darkness (1985)

53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When his daughter Emma is murdered, cop Craven discovers that she was in a GAIA group of activists occupied with exposing Northmoor nuclear waste storage facility for illegal activities.

Stars: Bob Peck, Joe Don Baker, Charles Kay, Ian McNeice

Votes: 4,170

15. Crown Court (1972–2007)

TV-14 | 25 min | Drama

A courtroom drama in which each case is usually presented in three episodes. At the end of the third episode, a jury of "ordinary people" comes to a verdict on the evidence presented.

Stars: Peter Wheeler, Joseph Berry, Richard Colson, Derek Hockridge

Votes: 348

16. Jack the Ripper (1988)

TV-PG | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A Scotland Yard police inspector, battling the booze, investigates the Jack the Ripper murders and discovers a conspiracy that leads all the way up to the Queen.

Stars: Michael Caine, Armand Assante, Ray McAnally, Lewis Collins

Votes: 5,681

17. The Draughtsman's Contract (1982)

R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

A young artist is commissioned by the wife of a wealthy landowner to make a series of drawings of the estate while her husband is away.

Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Anthony Higgins, Janet Suzman, Anne-Louise Lambert, Hugh Fraser

Votes: 11,100

18. Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)

PG | 109 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Ensuing after the events of Clouseau's disappearance, his bosses at the Surete put a computer into service to elect a new shrewd detective, Sleigh, who turns up just as inept as Clouseau.

Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: David Niven, Robert Wagner, Herbert Lom, Joanna Lumley

Votes: 6,647 | Gross: $4.49M

19. Hanover Street (1979)

PG | 109 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Margaret is a nurse in England during WW2, and married to a secret agent. Things get complicated when she falls for David, an American pilot.

Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down, Christopher Plummer, Alec McCowen

Votes: 5,940 | Gross: $3.00M

20. 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

21. Torchwood: Monthly Range (2015 Podcast Series)

Action, Sci-Fi

Torchwood - a clandestine organisation outside the government, beyond the police. An elite team of operatives defending Cardiff and the world from alien menaces and terrible forces, keeping... See full summary »

Stars: Gareth David-Lloyd, Tom Price, Kai Owen, Naoko Mori

Votes: 18

22. The Lost Battalion (2001 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 92 min | Action, Drama, War

Fact-based war drama about an American battalion of over 500 men which gets trapped behind enemy lines in the Argonne Forest in October 1918 France during the closing weeks of World War I.

Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Ricky Schroder, Phil McKee, Jamie Harris, Jay Rodan

Votes: 8,240

23. The Man in the Iron Mask (1977 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Adventure, History

D'Artagnan and his fellow Musketeers plot to replace the ineffectual Louis XIV of France with his secretly imprisoned twin brother Phillipe, who is the firstborn and rightful King.

Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Patrick McGoohan, Louis Jourdan, Jenny Agutter

Votes: 3,375

24. Pointless Celebrities (2010– )

Game-Show

Celebrities try to find the most obscure answers to win money for their chosen charities.

Stars: Alexander Armstrong, Richard Osman, Antony Costa, Jayne Torvill

Votes: 904

25. Unsinkable

Action, War | Post-production

A raw young officer and a handful of desperate men. A thousand miles of enemy infested ocean: and a ship that would not die.

Stars: Thomas Brodie-Sangster, John Malkovich, Nathalie Emmanuel, Craig Robert Young

26. A Very Social Secretary (2005 TV Movie)

90 min | Comedy, Drama

A satirical look at Home Secretary David Blunkett and his affair with publisher Kimberly Quinn

Director: Jon Jones | Stars: Bernard Hill, Gillian Goodman, Ellie Haddington, Archie Panjabi

Votes: 131

27. Rainbow (1972–1992)

22 min | Family, Talk-Show

Children's puppet programme featuring music and stories.

Stars: Geoffrey Hayes, Roy Skelton, Stanley Bates, Rod Burton

Votes: 980

28. 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

29. The Missionary (1982)

R | 90 min | Comedy

In the early 20th Century, devout Reverend Charles Fortesque returns to England from his missionary work in Africa and, despite plans to marry his childhood sweetheart, receives a most unusual assignment: minister to the local prostitutes.

Director: Richard Loncraine | Stars: Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Trevor Howard, Denholm Elliott

Votes: 2,591 | Gross: $7.24M

30. 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: 47

31. The Ritz (1976)

R | 91 min | Comedy

Evading a mob contract on his life, a heterosexual man winds up hiding out at a homosexual bathhouse.

Director: Richard Lester | Stars: Jack Weston, Rita Moreno, Jerry Stiller, Kaye Ballard

Votes: 2,711

32. Lawrence: After Arabia (2021)

121 min | Drama

Retiring to his cottage in Dorset Lawrence hopes to forget his past fighting in Arabia but soon he is drawn into political intrigue and his many enemies begin to plot against him. Was a ... See full summary »

Director: Mark J.T. Griffin | Stars: Brian Cox, Hugh Fraser, Michael Maloney, Nicole Ansari-Cox

Votes: 504

33. ITV Playhouse (1967–1982)

Comedy, Drama

Anthology series of dramatic works.

Stars: Michael Bryant, William Simons, Katherine Barker, Geoffrey Palmer

Votes: 88

34. Screenplay (1986–1993)

Drama

An anthology drama series.

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

Votes: 95

35. Game, Set, and Match (1988– )

60 min | Drama, Thriller

Bernard Samson is a spy in the employ of S.I.S., London Central.

Stars: Ian Holm, Michael Culver, Michael Degen, Anthony Bate

Votes: 264

36. Crystal Skulls (2014 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

It is 2020 and the apocalypse is inevitable. 12 of 13 Crystal skulls are united causing catastrophic events. Only the 13th Skull can theoretically restore order before the Earth is destroyed from within by their power.

Director: Todor Chapkanov | Stars: Richard Burgi, Wendy Glenn, Sam Redford, David Rintoul

Votes: 691

37. Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978)

Not Rated | 350 min | Drama, History, Romance

The events leading to the 1936 abdication of King Edward VIII, who gave up his throne to marry the twice-divorced American Wallis Simpson.

Stars: Edward Fox, Cynthia Harris, David Waller, Peggy Ashcroft

Votes: 459

38. The Price (1985)

360 min | Drama, Thriller

Geoffrey Carr's life spirals out of control after his wife and step-daughter are kidnapped by rogue IRA members. Unable to pay the ransom, he faces the choice of either dismantling his life or gambling with the lives of his family members.

Stars: Peter Barkworth, Harriet Walter, Derek Thompson, Aingeal Grehan

Votes: 74

39. Egypt (2005)

Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary, Drama, History

Dramatization of the great discoveries of ancient Egypt, from the exploration of tombs in the early 1800s, to the unraveling of the Rosetta Stone to translate the ancient language on the tombs, to the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb.

Stars: Andrew Sachs, Neji Nejah, Elliot Cowan, Stuart Graham

Votes: 836

40. Lorna Doone (1990 TV Movie)

PG | 87 min | Drama, Romance

John Ridd was just a boy when the villainous Carver Doone callously murdered his father. Now a young man, John has two driving passions: his thirst for revenge against the outlaw Doones, ... See full summary »

Director: Andrew Grieve | Stars: Michael MacKenzie, Andrew Ferguson, Sean Bean, Claire Madden

Votes: 336

41. Death in Holy Orders (2003)

Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Detective Adam Dalgliesh looks into the death of a young ordinand who died under mysterious circumstances.

Stars: Jesse Spencer, Martin Shaw, Alan Howard, Tom Goodman-Hill

Votes: 649

42. With Love from Suffolk (2016)

84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The story focuses on multiple characters living in Suffolk as they navigate relationships, experiencing comedy, drama and romance. Through interconnected stories it explores love and human connection.

Directors: Graham Baker, Ross Casswell, Adam Collier, Shirley Day, John Ferguson, Adam Mondon, Daniel Simpson, Nick Woolgar, Will Wright | Stars: Hugh Fraser, Tony Scannell, Emma Connell, Edmund Dehn

Votes: 90

43. The Haunted Hotel (2021)

95 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

Eight tales of ghostly encounters through the decades, manifesting amid the ruins of a once grand English hotel.

Directors: Jean Campbell Hogg, Joshua Carver, Adam Collier, Deveril, Joshua Dickinson, Amy L. Feeley, Jane Gull, Toby Roberts | Stars: Hugh Fraser, Reece Ritchie, Rob Jarvis, Paul Moriarty

Votes: 491

44. The Play on One (1988–1991)

Drama

Various plays from each of the home nations.

Stars: Kenneth Cranham, Tom Watson, Susan Wooldridge, Phyllis Logan

Votes: 58

45. Out (1978)

60 min | Crime, Drama

After an eight-year stint for a failed bank heist, Frank Ross (Tom Bell, Prime Suspect) returns to his old gangland haunts to find the snitch who sent him to jail. The smooth, streetwise ... See full summary »

Stars: Tom Bell, Brian Croucher, John Junkin, Norman Rodway

Votes: 316

46. Jackboots on Whitehall (2010)

Not Rated | 91 min | Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi

A satirical alternative history of World War II where the Nazis seize London and England must band together to prevent a full-on invasion.

Directors: Edward McHenry, Rory McHenry | Stars: Hugh Fraser, Alexander Armstrong, Rory McHenry, Ewan McGregor

Votes: 1,452

47. Target (1977–1978)

50 min | Action, Crime

A small team of detectives solve crimes of a varied nature in Southampton.

Stars: Patrick Mower, Philip Madoc, Brendan Price, Vivien Heilbron

Votes: 64

48. Drummonds (1985–1987)

Drama

Life in a 1950s boarding school for boys.

Stars: Richard Pasco, Ciaran Madden, Anthony Calf, Shaughan Seymour

Votes: 15

49. Doctor Who: The Novel Adaptations (2012 Podcast Series)

Sci-Fi

For some they were the Dark Times, a period with no Doctor Who on television, and little hope of there ever being any more. But creativity often will out, and through the efforts of Virgin ... See full summary »

Stars: Sylvester McCoy, Lisa Bowerman, Sophie Aldred, Yasmin Bannerman

50. Batman: Arkham VR (2016 Video Game)

M | Action, Crime, Fantasy

Set before the events of Arkham Knight, you play as the masked crusader in virtual reality to find out the case of nightwing beaten to death, so you must find out who did it in this crime-mystery action packed vr gameplay.

Director: Sefton Hill | Stars: Tom Austen, Troy Baker, JB Blanc, Steve Blum

Votes: 405