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1. Skins (2007–2013)
TV-MA | 46 min | Drama
The story of a group of British teens who are trying to grow up and find love and happiness despite questionable parenting and teachers who would rather be friends (and lovers) than authority figures.
Stars: Kaya Scodelario, Nicholas Hoult, Joe Dempsie, Hannah Murray
Votes: 92,999
2. Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
TV-PG | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
DI Robert Lewis and DS James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them.
Stars: Kevin Whately, Laurence Fox, Clare Holman, Rebecca Front
Votes: 15,845
3. The Bill (1984–2010)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
Police drama series following officers and detectives from Sun Hill Police Station in East London.
Stars: Graham Cole, Jeff Stewart, Trudie Goodwin, Simon Rouse
Votes: 4,093
4. 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: 3,687
5. Cutthroat Island (1995)
PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A female pirate and her companion race against their rivals to find a hidden island that contains a fabulous treasure.
Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Geena Davis, Matthew Modine, Frank Langella, Maury Chaykin
Votes: 30,501 | Gross: $10.02M
6. 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: 2,617
7. Robin Hood (2006–2009)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
After 5 years of fighting in the crusades, Robin returns to England and leads a band of outlaws to outwit the Sheriff of Nottingham.
Stars: Jonas Armstrong, Gordon Kennedy, Sam Troughton, Joe Armstrong
Votes: 17,286
8. The Queen (2006)
PG-13 | 103 min | Biography, Drama
After the death of Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction to a sequence of events nobody could have predicted.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell, Alex Jennings
Votes: 115,935 | Gross: $56.44M
9. Breaking (2022)
PG-13 | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A Marine war veteran faces mental and emotional challenges when he tries to reintegrate into civilian life.
Director: Abi Damaris Corbin | Stars: John Boyega, Nicole Beharie, Selenis Leyva, Michael Kenneth Williams
Votes: 7,782
10. Hotel Babylon (2006–2009)
TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Drama
At a posh urban hotel, the love lives and whims of its wealthy guests are attended to by hard-working staff who have their own troubles with love.
Stars: Dexter Fletcher, Martin Marquez, Michael Obiora, Raymond Coulthard
Votes: 4,680
11. The Collaboration
Biography, Drama | Post-production
A look into the unique and rich friendship between two of the worlds most interesting artists, Pop Art legend Andy Warhol, and the King of Neo Expressionism, Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Director: Kwame Kwei-Armah | Stars: Melissa Barrera, Daniel Brühl, Paul Bettany, Henry Hunter Hall
12. Portrait Artist of the Year (2013– )
Family, Reality-TV
Artists around the UK come together to compete for who has the best original celebrity portrait.
Stars: Kate Bryan, Tai Shan Schierenberg, Kathleen Soriano, Joan Bakewell
Votes: 398
13. Never Mind the Buzzcocks (1996–2023)
30 min | Comedy, Game-Show, Music
Music-based comedy quiz show.
Stars: Phill Jupitus, Mark Lamarr, Noel Fielding, Bill Bailey
Votes: 6,055
14. Between the Lines (1992–1994)
50 min | Crime, Drama
British police drama following the team at the Complaints Investigation Bureau - the unit that polices the police.
Stars: Neil Pearson, Tom Georgeson, Siobhan Redmond, Tony Doyle
Votes: 632
15. Arena (1975– )
60 min | Documentary
Wide-ranging arts program.
Stars: Gavin Millar, Kenneth Tynan, John Walters, Jonathan Miller
Votes: 319
16. The One Show (2006– )
30 min | Documentary, Talk-Show
A live magazine programme featuring topical stories and big name studio guests.
Stars: Alex Jones, Matt Baker, Christine Lampard, Adrian Chiles
Votes: 620
18. An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1997–1999)
105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Cordelia Gray is the reluctant owner of a ramshackle investigation agency following the suicide of her boss. Watching over her as she hunts down clues in the murky and sinister world of ... See full summary »
Stars: Helen Baxendale, Annette Crosbie, Struan Rodger, Jeff Nuttall
Votes: 326
19. The Saint (I)
Action, Drama | Announced
Simon Templar creates false identities named after saints in order to steal money from various criminal organizations and redistribute the wealth to others.
Director: Doug Liman | Star: Regé-Jean Page
20. The Knock (1994–2000)
Crime, Action, Drama
The Knock follows Her Majesty's Customs and Excise officers' lives and their efforts to hunt down the criminals trying to smuggle all sorts of contraband to the UK.
Stars: Steve Toussaint, Caroline Lee-Johnson, Enzo Squillino Jr., Andrew Dunn
Votes: 138
21. Cold Blood (2005–2008)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime
Brian Wicklow is jailed after a killing spree so macabre that he has become one of Britain's most notorious murderers. Vilified by the popular press and despised by fellow inmates, his ... See full summary »
Stars: Jemma Redgrave, John Hannah, Ace Bhatti, Matthew Kelly
Votes: 304
22. Breakfast (2000– )
180 min | News, Talk-Show
The BBC's flagship morning news programme covering current affairs, business and sports, plus guest interviews and weather reports.
Stars: Charlie Stayt, Carol Kirkwood, Bill Turnbull, Sian Williams
Votes: 418
23. Imagine (2003– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Biography, History
Wide-ranging BBC arts programme.
Stars: Alan Yentob, Tracey Emin, Chuck Close, Richard Rogers
Votes: 145
24. Fade to Black (2006)
R | 99 min | Mystery, Thriller
Attempting to recover from his failed marriage to Rita Hayworth and restart his career, Orson Welles travels to Italy only to be drawn into a dangerous web of intrigue, murder and politics when an actor is murdered on his set.
Director: Oliver Parker | Stars: Danny Huston, Diego Luna, Paz Vega, Christopher Walken
Votes: 913
25. The Afternoon Play (2003– )
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A series of individual dramas, each with a different story and cast.
Stars: Rob Swinton, Robert Stone, Daniela Denby-Ashe, Tracie Bennett
Votes: 64
26. Il mio West (1998)
PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Western
A cold-blooded killer provokes a legendary gunslinger into coming out of retirement to see who's really the fastest gun in the West.
Director: Giovanni Veronesi | Stars: Leonardo Pieraccioni, Harvey Keitel, David Bowie, Alessia Marcuzzi
Votes: 959
27. Walter's War (2008 TV Movie)
60 min | Biography, Drama, War
The substantially true story of Walter Tull, a black man whose grandfather was a slave but who was born in Folkestone, Kent, in England, and who, in the years prior to the First World War, ... See full summary »
Director: Alrick Riley | Stars: O-T Fagbenle, Paul Westwood, Zac Fox, Kwame Kwei-Armah
Votes: 119
28. Der Clown (1998–2001)
45 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Max Zander, top agent for the international police agency WIPA, battles the forces of crime and stands up for the rights of the little people.
Stars: Sven Martinek, Diana Frank, Thomas Anzenhofer, Volkmar Kleinert
Votes: 688
29. Fifty Years on Stage (2013 TV Movie)
151 min | Comedy, Drama
The Royal National Theatre celebrates 50 years of excellent theatre, with extracts of some of the best plays of the last five decades, peformed by the countries best performers.
Directors: Nicholas Hytner, Tim Van Someren, Howard Davies, Rufus Norris, Alex Sims | Stars: Roger Allam, Samuel Anderson, Alan Ayckbourn, Jonathan Bailey
Votes: 279
30. Question Time (1979– )
60 min | News, Talk-Show
Politicians, public office-holders and celebrities face questions on topical issues from a studio audience.
Stars: David Dimbleby, Robin Day, Peter Sissons, Fiona Bruce
Votes: 412
31. Horne & Corden (2009)
Comedy
Horne and cordon is a TVs series including short comedy sketches
Stars: James Corden, Mathew Horne, Mathew Baynton, Nick Mohammed
Votes: 649
32. Marked Man (II)
Drama | Pre-production
Follows a young black man who joins J. Edgar Hoover's Federal Bureau of Investigation and then infiltrates Garvey's UNIA organization, testing his loyalty to both race and country as he grows weary of both men's actions.
Director: Andrew Dosunmu | Stars: Jesse Williams, Winston Duke
33. GMTV (1993–2010)
205 min | News, Talk-Show
Morning news, interviews and entertainment features.
Stars: Andrew Castle, Kate Garraway, Lorraine Kelly, Ben Shephard
Votes: 302
34. Storyboard (1983–1989)
50 min | Drama
Series of one-off dramas intended to serve as possible pilots.
Stars: Alec McCowen, Carol Royle, Liz Crowther, Penny Brownjohn
Votes: 11
35. Birth of a Nation (1983 TV Movie)
79 min | Drama
A new teacher at a highly problematic comprehensive school feels that corporal punishment may just be inflaming the problems, and so begins to campaign against it.
Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Jim Broadbent, Robert Stephens, Bruce Myers, Richard Butler
Votes: 86
36. 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
37. Pride (2004 TV Movie)
90 min | Family, Comedy, Drama
The story of Suki (Kate Winslet), a lioness cub, who rebels against her mother and her pride to mate with an unsuitable lion from the other side of the river. Her journey to less than a ... See full summary »
Director: John Downer | Stars: Kate Winslet, Helen Mirren, Rupert Graves, Sean Bean
Votes: 827
38. The British (2012–2014)
Documentary
Series about the 2000 years tumultuous history of Britain. Seven part series with a Journey from the Roman invasion to the coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953.
Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Michael Portillo, Helen Mirren, Jeremy Irons
Votes: 195
39. Night Fever (1997– )
50 min | Game-Show, Music
Karaoke game show.
Stars: Suggs, Kevin Hudson, Sarah Cawood, Will Mellor
Votes: 31
40. Sus (I) (2010)
91 min | Drama
1979: Election Night - A police interview room. Delroy's pregnant wife has been found dead in a pool of blood and he is brought in as the chief suspect. He is interrogated by D.S. Karn, a ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Heath | Stars: Ralph Brown, Clint Dyer, Rafe Spall, Anjela Lauren Smith
Votes: 436
41. Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking (2021)
80 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A look at the life and work of Oscar Micheaux, a pioneer of the African-American film industry.
Director: Francesco Zippel | Stars: Gian Luca Farinelli, Chuck D, Amma Asante, Kwame Kwei-Armah
Votes: 204
42. Comic Relief 2003: The Big Hair Do (2003 TV Special)
400 min | Comedy
Stars: Lenny Henry, Jonathan Ross, Anthony McPartlin, Declan Donnelly
Votes: 177
43. Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle (2019)
Drama
Speeches from a Caribbean family over the course of four generations. They reveal the hopes and dreams throughout time from the arrived Windrush generation to their descendants.
Stars: Vinette Robinson, Olivia-Mai Barrett, Lenny Henry, Montserrat Lombard
Votes: 35
44. Front Row (II) (2017– )
30 min | Music, News, Talk-Show
BBC Radio 4's long-running, flagship culture review show makes the leap to television, as presenters and guests cast a critical eye over the arts world.
Stars: Mary Beard, Shahidha Bari, David Olusoga, Ella Whelan
Votes: 38
45. The Underground (2021– )
Drama
The Underground follows the re-birth of singing sensation Keisha Love who rises from homeless person to re-discovering her glory days, due to accidentally appearing in a rappers snapchat ... See full summary »
Stars: Morayo Adeagbo, Jade Asha, Lajay Bell, Peaches Cadogan
46. Love 2 Shop (2003– )
30 min | Documentary
A daily visit to the shops and shoppers at Manchester's busy Trafford Centre, where the build-up to Christmas creates the busiest shopping period of the year.
Stars: Tricia Penrose, Michelle Hardwick, Zoie Kennedy, Aled Jones
47. Christianity: A History (2009– )
Documentary, History
British high-profile personalities examine the origins, history and global impact of Christianity.
Stars: Michael Portillo, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Ann Widdecombe, Rageh Omaar
Votes: 50
48. The 3 Kings (2000)
The Three Wise Men encounter danger and intrigue in their quest to reach the birth of Christ in Bethlehem.
Director: Shaun Mosley | Stars: Paul Freeman, Martin Gooch, Sienna Guillory, Fethi Haddaoui
Votes: 169
49. The Culture Show (2004–2015)
57 min | Documentary, News, Talk-Show
The best of the week's arts and culture news, covering books, art, film, architecture and more
Stars: Mark Kermode, Lauren Laverne, Andrew Graham-Dixon, Alastair Sooke
Votes: 102
50. This Week (2003–2019)
45 min | News, Talk-Show
Political journalist and comic Andrew Neil is joined by guests to take a light-hearted look back at the week in politics.
Stars: Andrew Neil, Michael Portillo, Diane Abbott, Miranda Green
Votes: 173