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1. 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: 39,512
2. All the Right Noises (1970)
PG | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
A married theatre lighting technician with two small children has an affair with a teenage actress.
Director: Gerry O'Hara | Stars: Tom Bell, Judy Carne, Edward Higgins, Rudolph Walker
Votes: 427
3. BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
120 min | Drama
Monthly anthology series featuring televised versions of plays.
Stars: Charles Gray, Eric Porter, Jeremy Brett, Lally Bowers
Votes: 178
4. Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
60 min | Drama
This show was a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and from mid-1968 by Thames Television.
Stars: Harry H. Corbett, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Billie Whitelaw, Neil McCallum
Votes: 245
5. Out of the Unknown (1965–1971)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A classic anthology science fiction series which features adaptations of stories by famous authors including Isaac Asimov, J.G. Ballard, Frederik Pohl and John Wyndham.
Stars: John Gabriel, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Erik Chitty, Peter Copley
Votes: 175
6. Special Branch (1969–1974)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Groundbreaking British police drama series following the exploits of the Special Branch of the Metropolitan Police: an elite group of officers tasked with protecting London from spies, terrorists, and subversives.
Stars: Derren Nesbitt, George Sewell, Morris Perry, Fulton Mackay
Votes: 195
7. ITV Playhouse (1967–1982)
Comedy, Drama
Anthology series of dramatic works.
Stars: Michael Bryant, William Simons, Katherine Barker, Geoffrey Palmer
Votes: 87
8. Mystery and Imagination (1966–1970)
75 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
"Mystery and Imagination" was a UK hosted horror anthology series running from 1966 until 1970 with host David Buck as "Richard Beckett". who was a romantic young Victorian adventurer always had a tale to tell.
Stars: David Buck, Mark Moss, Freddie Jones, Robert Hunter
Votes: 111
9. Journey to the Unknown (1968– )
60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
"Journey to the Unknown" was a British anthology series about everyday people finding themselves put into unusual circumstances...many of them supernatural in nature.
Stars: Vera Miles, Brandon De Wilde, Carol Lynley, Stefanie Powers
Votes: 265
10. Spider's Web (1982 TV Movie)
105 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
The wife of a Foreign Office diplomat discovers a body in the drawing-room of her house in Kent.
Director: Basil Coleman | Stars: Penelope Keith, Robert Flemyng, Thorley Walters, Elizabeth Spriggs
Votes: 240
11. 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: 93
12. The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
75 min | Drama
Series of one-off plays made by BBC television, which gave breaks to a wide range of writers and directors in the late 1960s, such as Dennis Potter, Ken Loach, David Mercer, and John ... See full summary »
Stars: Edwin Brown, Neville Smith, Tony Selby, Ken Jones
Votes: 131
13. Theatre 625 (1964–1968)
90 min | Drama
Drama anthology series transmitted on BBC Two.
Stars: Michael Bryant, Judi Dench, Maurice Denham, Margery Mason
Votes: 48
14. Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965–1973)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television.
Stars: Robin Chadwick, Donald Sinden, Helen Lindsay, Paul Moriarty
Votes: 58
15. Diamonds for Breakfast (1968)
M/PG | 102 min | Comedy
The rightful heir to the Russian Imperial Jewels recruits a ragtag team of female petty thieves and cat burglars to steal them from a British museum.
Director: Christopher Morahan | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Rita Tushingham, Elaine Taylor, Margaret Blye
Votes: 146
16. ABC Stage 67 (1966–1967)
51 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A weekly anthology of one-hour plays, both original and adapted from literary sources.
Stars: Lee Grant, Arthur Kennedy, The Doodletown Pipers, Diahann Carroll
Votes: 110
17. 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: 66
19. Detective (1964–1969)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Anthology series featuring adaptations of detective stories.
Stars: Rupert Davies, Ralph Michael, Barbara Couper, Esmond Knight
Votes: 27
20. BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960–1963)
60 min | Drama
BBC Sunday-Night Play is the anthology drama series which replaced Sunday Night Theatre in 1960.
Stars: Brian Rix, Joby Blanshard, Cyril Luckham, John Bennett
Votes: 131
21. Late Night Horror (1968)
Drama, Horror, Mystery
"Late Night Horror" was a short lived horror play anthology that aired in the United Kingdom weekly in 1968 from 11 April 1968 until 16 May 1968 on the BBC. It comprised 6 x 30 minutes horror stories.
Stars: Claire Bloom, Diane Cilento, Michele Dotrice, Roy Dotrice
Votes: 18
22. First Night (1963–1964)
Drama
Stars: Madge Ryan, Anthony Bate, James Maxwell, Michael Caine
Votes: 104
23. Festival (I) (1963–1964)
60 min | Drama
An hour-long UK dramatic anthology series produced by the BBC from 1963-64, with a total of 32 episodes adapted from writers ranging from William Shakespeare to Samuel Beckett. Stars ... See full summary »
Stars: David Garfield, Cyril Cusack, John Wood, John Welsh
Votes: 20
24. Tales from the Thousand and One Nights (1981 TV Movie)
111 min | Fantasy
Director: Michael Hayes | Stars: Frank Finlay, Stratford Johns, Paul Hardwick, Patrick Troughton
25. The Silent Invasion (1962)
70 min | Drama, War
During WWII, a German garrison is stationed in the small French town of Mereux. French local Maria falls in love with a German captain. However, the romance comes to an abrupt end when her ... See full summary »
Director: Max Varnel | Stars: Eric Flynn, Petra Davies, Francis De Wolff, Martin Benson
Votes: 57
26. Thirteen Against Fate (1966)
50 min | Drama
Maigret creator Georges Simenon writes thirteen psychological dramas in which a person's life is changed by a simple act of fate.
Stars: Joss Ackland, Pamela Brown, Frank Finlay, Alexander Knox
27. Border Country (1979– )
75 min | Drama
Series of plays set in the Welsh border country.
Stars: Anton Rodgers, Donald Houston, Lisabeth Miles, Gareth Thomas
28. The River Flows East (1962– )
25 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
An adventure serial in six episodes by Terence Dudley. Who has kidnapped Rhona Spencer? Andrew Giddings answers a call for help.
Stars: Gary Watson, Judy Cornwell, Sheila Burrell, Richard Gale
29. The Company of Five (1968– )
51 min | Drama
The same five actors and actresses appeared each week in this London Weekend Television anthology series for ITV.
Stars: John Neville, Ann Bell, Gwen Watford, Ray Smith
Votes: 19
30. The Middle Course (1961)
Not Rated | 59 min | War, Drama
A small town in France must adopt ingenious methods to cope with occupying German forces. A Canadian pilot crashes nearby and is invaluable in helping the villagers fight their own private war.
Director: Montgomery Tully | Stars: Vincent Ball, Lisa Daniely, Peter Illing, Roland Bartrop
Votes: 50
31. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1967)
50 min | Drama
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's non-Sherlock Holmes stories embodying the author's interest in boxing, the supernatural, and medical matters.
Stars: Keith Buckley, Michael Latimer, Michele Dotrice, Christopher Matthews
32. The Rose Affair (1968 TV Movie)
55 min | Drama, Musical
Director: Peter Potter | Stars: Geraint Evans, Anne Howells, John Cameron, Joseph Ward
33. Tarnished Heroes (1961)
75 min | Drama, War
When Major Roy Bell and his company are trapped by the advancing German army, Bell decides to embark on a dangerous mission to blow up a bridge which is of strategic importance to the enemy.
Director: Ernest Morris | Stars: Dermot Walsh, Patrick McAlinney, Brian Peck, Richard Carpenter
Votes: 43
34. Thursday Theatre (1964–1965)
Drama
Stars: John Sharp, Paul Rogers, Robert Flemyng, Rachel Gurney
Votes: 11
35. Contract to Kill (1965– )
25 min | Thriller
A former secret service agent turned private detective finds himself hired as a Nazi-hunter to avenge a murder committed during the Second World War.
Stars: Jeremy Kemp, Pauline Boty, Violet Farebrother, Ronald Radd
36. Don Pasquale (1973 TV Movie)
Comedy, Music
Director: Basil Coleman | Stars: Geraint Evans, Ryland Davies, Lillian Watson, Russell Smythe
37.
BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960–1963)
Episode:
The Prisoner
(1963)
Drama
Not to be confused with the 1967 TV series of the same name (also starring Patrick McGoohan), this adaptation of Bridget Boland's 1954 stage play depicts the conflict between a Cardinal (... See full summary »
Director: Alan Cooke | Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Alan Badel, Warren Mitchell, Gary Hope
Votes: 155
38.
Out of the Unknown (1965–1971)
Episode:
The Counterfeit Man
(1965)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
On Jupiter's moon Ganymede, an alien life-form has taken over the body of a human astronaut, creating an almost perfect copy. But perfect enough to escape discovery on the long return trip ... See full summary »
Director: George Spenton-Foster | Stars: Alexander Davion, David Hemmings, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Peter Fraser
Votes: 53
39.
Out of the Unknown (1965–1971)
Episode:
The Fox and the Forest
(1965)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Sarah and David Kirsten are tourists from the 21st century who take a forbidden holiday in 1938 Mexico. But enforcers from the future, trying to keep the time-stream free from pollution and... See full summary »
Director: Robin Midgley | Stars: Frederick Bartman, Liane Aukin, Warren Mitchell, Marne Maitland
Votes: 7
40.
Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965–1973)
Episode:
Monica
(1965)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Simon is trying to convince his mistress, Monica, to leave her husband by staging a suicide. But instead of Monica showing up, a stranger appears, who helps him to carry out the suicide he was staging at the beginning of the play.
Director: Naomi Capon | Stars: Gary Bond, Peter Cushing, Anthony Sagar
41.
Out of the Unknown (1965–1971)
Episode:
No Place Like Earth
(1965)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Earth is no more, destroyed by nuclear war; but itinerant handyman Bert Foster, wandering the canals of Mars, is possessed by a restlessness for a home which no longer exists. Perhaps the ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Potter | Stars: Terence Morgan, Jessica Dunning, Hannah Gordon, Joseph O'Conor
Votes: 59
42.
Out of the Unknown (1965–1971)
Episode:
Time in Advance
(1965)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Imagine a future where you serve your prison sentence before you commit your crime, in the various hells of savage new planets just being colonized. If you survive, like Nick Crandall and ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Sasdy | Stars: Edward Judd, Mike Pratt, Wendy Gifford, Dyson Lovell
Votes: 45
43.
The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
Episode:
The Bone Yard
(1966)
60 min | Drama
Mrs. Miller wants to know why her husband has been working nights. PC Miller claims that a statue of Jesus on the cross has spoken to him in the graveyard. When senior officers and the church get involved, is he a prophet or a fraud?
Director: James MacTaggart | Stars: Nigel Davenport, Neil McCarthy, Marjie Lawrence, Michael Robbins
Votes: 9
44.
Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965–1973)
Episode:
The Caramel Crisis
(1966)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Naomi Capon | Stars: George Cole, Richard Pearson, John Le Mesurier, Bryan Pringle
45.
ABC Stage 67 (1966–1967)
Episode:
Dare I Weep, Dare I Mourn?
(1966)
50 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
In West Berlin, a man who lived his whole life under the thumb of his father, must get the coffin with his father's remains across the border. However, he is in for a not so pleasant surprise.
Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: James Mason, Hugh Griffith, Jill Bennett, Kay Walsh
Votes: 37
46.
Out of the Unknown (1965–1971)
Episode:
The Eye
(1966)
50 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Julian Clay is accused of murdering Andrew Maddox - a charge he cannot deny because 'The Eye', a device which records the past, saw him do it, However, the law affords one loophole.
Director: Peter Sasdy | Stars: Leslie Sands, Anton Rodgers, Valerie Gearon, Wanda Ventham
47.
Out of the Unknown (1965–1971)
Episode:
The Fastest Draw
(1966)
Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Amos Handworthy's grandfather was quick on the draw: as a U.S marshal it was a job requirement if you wanted to stay alive. But now Amos has built a gun-slinging robot, programmed to be a ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Ed Begley, Annette Carell, James Maxwell, Patricia English
48.
Out of the Unknown (1965–1971)
Episode:
Frankenstein Mark 2
(1966)
50 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A stranger calls at the home of divorcée Anna Preston, asking to collect some of her ex-husband's belongings. Anna agrees, but is suspicious, and tries to contact her 'ex' at the ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Duguid | Stars: Rachel Roberts, David Langton, Bernard Archard, Michael Beint
49.
Out of the Unknown (1965–1971)
Episode:
The Machine Stops
(1966)
50 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
In the far future, the material needs of humankind are tended by the omnipresent Machine, which makes their environment, in vast tunnels beneath the earth, comfortable and safe. But safe ... See full summary »
Director: Philip Saville | Stars: Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Gothard, Nike Arrighi, Jonathan Hansen
Votes: 82
50.
The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
Episode:
Silent Song
(1966)
75 min | Drama
Life in a Trappist monastery offers a life of contemplation and hard labour.
Director: Charles Jarrott | Stars: Milo O'Shea, Jack MacGowran, Tony Selby, Leo McCabe