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1. It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981)
30 min | Comedy, War
The comic adventures of a group of misfits who form an extremely bad concert party touring the hot and steamy jungles of Burma entertaining the troops during World War II.
Stars: Windsor Davies, Melvyn Hayes, Donald Hewlett, Don Estelle
Votes: 1,791
2. Yes Minister (1980–1984)
TV-PG | 679 min | Comedy
The Right Honorable James Hacker has landed the plum job of Cabinet Minister to the Department of Administration. At last he is in a position of power and can carry out some long-needed reforms, or so he thinks.
Stars: Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne, Derek Fowlds, Diana Hoddinott
Votes: 16,566
3. 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: 392
4. The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
TV-PG | 50 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
James Onedin marries Anne Webster in order to get his hands on a ship. However the marriage turns out to be one of true love. James is ruthless in his attempt to get a shipping line started in Liverpool of the 1860s.
Stars: Peter Gilmore, Jessica Benton, Howard Lang, Mary Webster
Votes: 1,118
5. Z Cars (1962–1978)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
A gritty drama which follows the work of the police force in the fictional town of Newtown in the North of England.
Stars: James Ellis, John Slater, Douglas Fielding, Bernard Holley
Votes: 382
6. Sense and Sensibility (1981)
TV-PG | 174 min | Drama, Romance
Two sisters of opposing temperaments find love and some heartbreak in Jane Austen's 18th century classic.
Stars: Irene Richard, Tracey Childs, Annie Leon, Robert Swann
Votes: 1,015
7. 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
8. 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: 132
9. Supernatural (1977)
50 min | Horror
Chilling anthology series where membership to the secret society, The Club of the Damned, is granted through telling horror stories.
Stars: Andre Van Gyseghem, Billie Whitelaw, Ian Hendry, Charles Kay
Votes: 169
10. Doomwatch (1970–1972)
50 min | Sci-Fi, Drama
Doomwatch is the nickname for the Department of Measurement of Scientific Work. Under the leadership of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Dr. Spencer Quist, the Doomwatch team struggled, for ... See full summary »
Stars: John Paul, Joby Blanshard, Simon Oates, Vivien Sherrard
Votes: 197
11. BBC2 Playhouse (1973–1983)
60 min | Drama
BBC2 Playhouse was a British one-hour episode anthology television series produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Stars: Ralph G. Morse, Gawn Grainger, John Bluthal, Trevor Laird
Votes: 138
12. 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: 176
13. Wuthering Heights (1978)
300 min | Drama
An eternally romantic love story between Heathcliff and Catherine.
Stars: Ken Hutchison, Brian Wilde, Pat Heywood, John Duttine
Votes: 179
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: 57
15. The Count of Monte Cristo (1964– )
25 min | Adventure
A TV adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious ... See full summary »
Stars: Alan Badel, Natasha Parry, Morris Perry, Philip Madoc
Votes: 162
16. The Rag Trade (1961–1963)
30 min | Comedy
Fenner Fashions makes women's clothing. Reg Turner (Reg Varney) is the downtrodden foreman on the shop floor. The machinists are all women, led by their union rep, Paddy Fleming (Miriam ... See full summary »
Stars: Peter Jones, Miriam Karlin, Reg Varney, Wanda Ventham
Votes: 96
17. BBC2 Play of the Week (1977–1979)
100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length movies.
Stars: Judi Dench, Richard O'Callaghan, Frederick Treves, Clive Swift
Votes: 47
18. The Enchanted Castle (1979)
174 min | Family, Fantasy
Gerald, James and Kathleen discover a garden in which is hidden a Princess and a magic ring. Although the Princess is not quite who she says she is the ring is truly magic and so are other parts of the castle's grounds.
Stars: Candida Beveridge, Georgia Slowe, Simon Sheard, Marcus Scott-Barrett
Votes: 56
19. The Search for the Nile (1971– )
60 min | Adventure, Drama
The Nile's source was the last great mystery for European explorers in the 19th century. The story of its discovery is one of heroism in the service of faith, greed, and obsession.
Stars: James Mason, Kenneth Haigh, John Quentin, Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Votes: 142
20. Moll Flanders (1975 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
All kinds of misfortune befall Moll Flanders in 18th-century England; but she's a great survivor.
Director: Donald McWhinnie | Stars: Julia Foster, Kenneth Haigh, Ian Ogilvy, Diana Fairfax
Votes: 34
21. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1976 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama, Romance
The story of a deformed hunchback's love for a Gypsy girl in Paris.
Director: Alan Cooke | Stars: Kenneth Haigh, Warren Clarke, Michelle Newell, Christopher Gable
Votes: 61
22. Les Misérables (1967)
50 min | Drama
Ten-part BBC adaptation of the classic Victor Hugo novel.
Stars: Frank Finlay, Anthony Bate, Alan Rowe, Lesley Roach
Votes: 24
23. Sheppey (1980 TV Movie)
115 min | Comedy, Drama
Sheppey, an ordinary working-class waiter, wins a fortune in a sweep-stake, and elects to use the money to help the unfortunate.
Director: Anthony Page | Stars: Bob Hoskins, Perry Benson, Brenda Blethyn, Maria Charles
24. Canterbury Tales (1969)
50 min
Adaptation of Chaucer's tales, told by pilgrims on their journey from London to Canterbury.
Stars: Joss Ackland, William Squire, John Cater, Timothy Bateson
Votes: 7
25. The Massingham Affair (1964– )
30 min | Drama
Stars: Lyndon Brook, Andrew Keir, Renny Lister, Eileen Atkins
26. Rob Roy (1961– )
30 min | Drama
Stars: Tom Fleming, Donald Douglas, Samantha Eggar, Gabriel Woolf
27. Hotel Paradiso (1962 TV Movie)
75 min | Comedy, Drama
A timid, middle-aged bourgeois attempts the seduction of his neighbor's wife. When they arrive at the notorious Hotel Paradiso, things really get out of hand.
Director: Rosemary Hill | Stars: Cyril Shaps, Geoffrey Bayldon, William Kendall, Joan Sanderson
28. Tales from the Lazy Acre (1972– )
30 min | Comedy
Like its predeccessor, the popular BBC sitcom 'Me Mammy', the short British anthology series 'Tales from the Lazy Acre' was written by Irish dramatist Hugh Leonard, and starred co-starred ... See full synopsis »
Stars: David Kelly, Milo O'Shea, Eddie Byrne, James Greene
29. Total Eclipse (1973 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama
Director: Peter Cregeen | Stars: Ian Hogg, Joseph Blatchley, Eve Pearce, Sarah Craze
30. I Can See It All (1971 TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: David Maloney | Stars: Dudley Foster, Elvi Hale, John Wentworth, Mary Merrall
31. The Highland Jaunt (1968 TV Movie)
65 min | Drama
Director: Patrick Garland | Stars: Peter Woodthorpe, Gary Bond, Charles Baptiste, John Young
32. Gamble for a Throne (1961– )
30 min | Drama
Stars: Katy Wild, John Bonney, John Woodnutt, Peter Diamond
33.
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: 46
34.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
Hedda Gabler
(1972)
Drama
Hedda Gabler is a beautiful woman married to the solid and respectable academic George Tesman. Then an old flame, the dreamer Eilert Lovborg, turns up on the scene with tragic results.
Director: Waris Hussein | Stars: Janet Suzman, Ian McKellen, Tom Bell, Jane Asher
Votes: 59
35.
Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965–1973)
Episode:
Krapp's Last Tape
(1972)
30 min | Crime, Drama
On Krapp's 69th birthday, he reviews a tape recording he made the year he was 39 and makes a new recording commenting on the last 12 months.
Director: Donald McWhinnie | Star: Patrick Magee
Votes: 21
36.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
The Wood Demon
(1974)
110 min | Drama
A luncheon party gathers to celebrate a wealthy unmarried man's birthday; his sister hopes he'll marry Sonya, the daughter of a selfish gout-ridden old professor who makes life Hell for his... See full summary »
Director: Donald McWhinnie | Stars: Ian Holm, Francesca Annis, Ronald Hines, Ronald Fraser
Votes: 48
37.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Moss
(1975)
76 min | Comedy, Drama
Moss is a miser whose only love is his grandson. Then tragedy strikes, and Moss is "reborn."
Director: Philip Saville | Stars: Warren Mitchell, Stephen Greif, John Lyons, Jennie Stoller
38.
BBC2 Playhouse (1973–1983)
Episode:
Mrs. Acland's Ghosts
(1975)
Drama
An isolated woman is haunted by the ghosts of her dead siblings.
Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Sara Kestelman, John Bluthal, James Grout, Frank Middlemass
Votes: 23
39.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Early Struggles
(1976)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
Kevin's wife walked out, and left him holding the baby. No sleep, dirty nappies - and a career in pop music at risk. And ahead lies a visit to the clinic. Will Kevin succeed as a mother?
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Paul Nicholas, Tom Conti, Amanda Barrie, Hilary Mason
Votes: 12
40.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
French Without Tears
(1976)
Drama
The romantic and comic adventures of a group of Englishmen in France, on a course to learn the language.
Director: John Gorrie | Stars: Nigel Havers, Anthony Andrews, David Robb, Natalie Caron
Votes: 22
41.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Comedians
(1979)
94 min | Comedy, Drama
Six wannabe stand-up comedians attend an evening class run by Eddie Waters. Eddie is a professional comic and he's determined to teach them that comedy is much more than just jokes.
Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Bill Fraser, Jonathan Pryce, David Burke, Linal Haft
Votes: 66
42.
BBC2 Play of the Week (1977–1979)
Episode:
The Copyist
(1978)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director: Basil Coleman | Stars: Genevieve Allenbury, Tony Anholt, Margaret Courtenay, Denise Distel
43.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
The Country Wife
(1977)
110 min | Drama
Pinchwife brings his simple young wife to London for his sister's wedding. Lest she falls prey to the town's temptations, he keeps her under lock and key.
Director: Donald McWhinnie | Stars: Anthony Andrews, Leslie Sarony, Phil Daniels, John Nettleton
Votes: 67
44.
Out of the Unknown (1965–1971)
Episode:
Sucker Bait
(1965)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
An expedition sets out to discover what has happened to a lost colony on a distant planet. Amongst the scientists is a strange, intense teenager called Mark Annuncio, raised to be a kind of... See full summary »
Director: Naomi Capon | Stars: Clive Endersby, John Meillon, Bill Nagy, David Knight
Votes: 35
45.
The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
Episode:
The Private Tutor
(1966)
70 min | Drama
A mother, anxious to secure her daughter's admission to Oxford, invites a young male graduate to lodge with them.
Director: Alan Gibson | Stars: Ian McShane, Marty Cruikshank, Patricia Garwood, Alan Tucker
46.
Doomwatch (1970–1972)
Episode:
Burial at Sea
(1970)
Sci-Fi, Drama
When a lifeboat crew discover a luxury cruiser adrift in the English Channel, they find on board a group of wealthy pop stars and their girlfriends, one of whom is dead. Doomwatch ... See full summary »
Director: Jonathan Alwyn | Stars: John Paul, Simon Oates, Robert Powell, Joby Blanshard
47.
Doomwatch (1970–1972)
Episode:
Friday's Child
(1970)
Sci-Fi, Drama
Doctor Quist and Doomwatch become embroiled in an inquiry into the heart-transplanting practices of Doctor Patrick. Several uncomfortable questions are raised: what has he been doing to a ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Ciappessoni | Stars: Richard Caldicot, John Graham, Mary Holland, Sam Holland
48.
Doomwatch (1970–1972)
Episode:
Survival Code
(1970)
Sci-Fi, Drama
A military plane ditches into the sea whilst carrying three nuclear weapons on board. While the RAF mounts a search mission, an unidentified object is washed up on the shore near Byfield ... See full summary »
Director: Hugh David | Stars: John Paul, Simon Oates, Joby Blanshard, Robert Powell
49.
Doomwatch (1970–1972)
Episode:
The Plastic Eaters
(1970)
Sci-Fi, Drama
A plane dissolves in mid-air, its plastic components eaten away. Doomwatch faces its first challenge: to halt the disastrous spread of a man-made virus with the power to melt all plastic.
Director: Paul Ciappessoni | Stars: John Paul, Simon Oates, Robert Powell, Joby Blanshard
Votes: 33
50.
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981)
Episode:
Meet the Gang
(1974)
30 min | Comedy, War
In Camp Deolali, at the close of World War Two, a British army concert party is rehearsing 'Top Hat' to entertain the troops, when word comes that there will be an anti-British protest by ... See full summary »
Director: David Croft | Stars: Michael Bates, George Layton, Windsor Davies, Melvyn Hayes
Votes: 62