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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: 52,196
2. Love Actually (2003)
R | 135 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.
Director: Richard Curtis | Stars: Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon, Liam Neeson, Laura Linney
Votes: 531,870 | Gross: $59.70M
3. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
PG-13 | 157 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Harry Potter finds himself competing in a hazardous tournament between rival schools of magic, but he is distracted by recurring nightmares.
Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Eric Sykes
Votes: 682,310 | Gross: $290.01M
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: 3,697
5. Doctors (2000–2024)
30 min | Drama
The daily lives of staff at a Birmingham medical practice, including their often-dramatic involvements with their patients.
Stars: Adrian Lewis Morgan, Jan Pearson, Matthew Chambers, Diane Keen
Votes: 1,703
6. The Prisoner (1967–1968)
TV-PG | 1,010 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
After he resigns, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is actually a bizarre prison. He refuses to give his warders information while attempting to escape.
Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Angelo Muscat, Peter Swanwick, Peter Brace
Votes: 15,061
7. The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
TV-G | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A Disney-produced anthology covering many different genres.
Stars: Walt Disney, Paul Frees, Clarence Nash, Slim Pickens
Votes: 2,292
8. Shoulder to Shoulder (1974)
75 min | Drama, History
This series dramatizes the lives of the Pankhurst women and their role in the Suffragette Movement.
Stars: Siân Phillips, Patricia Quinn, Angela Down, Georgia Brown
Votes: 135
9. Secret Agent (1964–1967)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
John Drake is a special operative for M9, specializing in security assignments against any subversive element that threatens world peace.
Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Peter Madden, Frank Maher, Peter Brayham
Votes: 1,541
10. Public Eye (1965–1975)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Cynical, dour and world-weary, private eye Frank Marker is frequently the unwitting stooge in bigger criminal wheels in his attempts to make a tenuous living on the outskirts of London.
Stars: Alfred Burke, Ray Smith, Pauline Delaney, Brenda Cavendish
Votes: 429
11. Shining Through (1992)
R | 132 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
An American woman of Irish and Jewish-German parentage goes undercover in Nazi Germany.
Director: David Seltzer | Stars: Michael Douglas, Melanie Griffith, Liam Neeson, Joely Richardson
Votes: 10,756 | Gross: $21.73M
12. Pascali's Island (1988)
PG-13 | 104 min | Drama
A secret agent in Turkey is persuaded by his superiors to assist a couple of English cons in the theft of a priceless Greek statue.
Director: James Dearden | Stars: Ben Kingsley, Charles Dance, Kevork Malikyan, George Murcell
Votes: 1,500 | Gross: $1.45M
13. 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
14. Dick Turpin (1979–1982)
25 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
Famed 18th-century English highwayman Dick Turpin eludes authorities while romancing a farmer's daughter, though his days robbing coaches under the alias John Palmer may be numbered.
Stars: Richard O'Sullivan, Michael Deeks, Christopher Benjamin, Billy Dean
Votes: 611
15. 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
16. The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1959–1965)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mystery crime stories with sometimes different cops and many now-famous faces.
Stars: John Wilder, George Hilsdon, Bernard Lee, Stanley Morgan
Votes: 199
17. Boon (1986–1992)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Ken Boon and Harry Crawford are two middle-aged ex-firemen. Harry retires and opens a hotel (The Grand Hotel), with Ken as a temporary odd-job man.
Stars: Michael Elphick, David Daker, Neil Morrissey, Elizabeth Carling
Votes: 1,009
18. Gideon C.I.D. (1964–1966)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Follows Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard and his family life.
Stars: John Gregson, Alexander Davion, Daphne Anderson, Richard James
Votes: 313
19. Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Of the many anthology series, this is considered the most ambitious with outstanding talent in front of the camera. Attracting top ranked directors and scripts, it was often filmed live including the entire first season.
Stars: Richard Joy, Paul Lambert, Helen Kleeb, Charles Bickford
Votes: 419
20. 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
21. 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
22. Shroud for a Nightingale (1984)
50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a student nurse with a penchant for petty blackmail is lethally poisoned during a routine procedure, Commander Dalgliesh and Inspector Massingham have to discover which, of the many ... See full summary »
Stars: Roy Marsden, Joss Ackland, Sheila Allen, Liz Fraser
Votes: 394
23. 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
24. 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
25. Screenplay (1986–1993)
Drama
An anthology drama series.
Stars: John Kavanagh, Tony Doyle, Michael Liebmann, Benjamin Whitrow
Votes: 95
26. Dangerfield (1995–1999)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama
The life and times of a small-town family practitioner and police surgeon.
Stars: Roderick Smith, Nadim Sawalha, Nicola Cowper, Bill Wallis
Votes: 195
27. ITV Playhouse (1967–1982)
Comedy, Drama
Anthology series of dramatic works.
Stars: Michael Bryant, William Simons, Katherine Barker, Geoffrey Palmer
Votes: 88
28. The Ring (1996 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 180 min | Drama, Romance
During WW II, a young German woman is separated from her family and imprisoned by the Nazis. After being freed she falls in love with and marries a German officer. When Berlin falls to the ... See full summary »
Director: Armand Mastroianni | Stars: Nastassja Kinski, Michael York, Rupert Penry-Jones, Carsten Norgaard
Votes: 959
29. 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: 246
30. 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: 139
31. 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: 94
32. The Alphabet Murders (1965)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Hercule Poirot investigates a series of murders in London in which the victims are killed according to their initials.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Tony Randall, Robert Morley, Anita Ekberg, Maurice Denham
Votes: 1,894
33. The Other Side of Underneath (1972)
133 min | Drama
Jane Arden's surreal take on a group of females in a therapy session.
Director: Jane Arden | Stars: Sheila Allen, Jane Arden, Jack Bond, Liz Danciger
Votes: 487
34. The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (1986)
229 min | Drama
A woman who loses her husband to a romance novelist goes to extreme lengths to make their lives a misery.
Stars: Dennis Waterman, Patricia Hodge, Julie T. Wallace, Paul Herzberg
Votes: 692
35. The Four Just Men (1959–1960)
30 min | Drama
Four men: a British politician, an American journalist in Paris, a lawyer in the U.S., and a Roman hotelier, band together to fight injustice wherever they find it.
Stars: Richard Conte, Jack Hawkins, Dan Dailey, Arthur Gomez
Votes: 158
36. The Deadliest Sin (1955)
74 min | Crime, Drama
A falling-out between thieves over the proceeds of a stickup results in several killings and a priest being marked for murder because of a confession he heard from one of the gang members.
Director: Ken Hughes | Stars: Sydney Chaplin, Audrey Dalton, Jefferson Clifford, John Bentley
Votes: 203
37. Omnibus (1967–2003)
Not Rated | 43 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Arts documentary series with concerts and experimental dramatizations.
Stars: Humphrey Burton, Kirsty Wark, David Collings, Michael Hordern
Votes: 294
38. The Legend of Spider Forest (1971)
PG | 91 min | Horror
A Nazi scientist and a woman known as a "spider goddess" attempt to develop a nerve gas made from spider venom.
Director: Peter Sykes | Stars: Simon Brent, Neda Arneric, Sheila Allen, Derek Newark
Votes: 252
39. Children of the Damned (1964)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Six impossibly intelligent children from all over the world with dangerous psychic powers hide in a church in England after the military tries to experiment on them. Besieged, they warn the military to back off before carnage ensues.
Director: Anton Leader | Stars: Ian Hendry, Alan Badel, Barbara Ferris, Alfred Burke
Votes: 5,023 | Gross: $1.00M
40. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
41. Three Into Two Won't Go (1969)
R | 92 min | Drama
Steve Howard, a British sales executive living in Middlesex, England, begins an affair with a young hitchhiker, Ella Patterson, to emotionally get away from his marriage to his wife Frances... See full summary »
Director: Peter Hall | Stars: Rod Steiger, Claire Bloom, Judy Geeson, Peggy Ashcroft
Votes: 266
42. 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
43. 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
44. 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
46. 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
47. Drama 61-67 (1961–1967)
60 min | Drama
Stars: Brian Haines, Robert Cartland, Alister Williamson, Joe Ritchie
Votes: 30
48. The Glory Boys (1984)
PG | 139 min | Thriller
Two ideologically-disparate terrorists (one from the PLO, one from the IRA) meet up in London to assassinate a visiting Israeli nuclear scientist. An alcoholic ex-government agent is brought out of retirement to track them down.
Stars: Rod Steiger, Anthony Perkins, Alfred Burke, Joanna Lumley
Votes: 188
49. Jackanory Playhouse (1972–1985)
30 min | Drama, Family
A spin-off series from "Jackanory", was "Jackanory Playhouse" (1972-85), which was a series of thirty-minute dramatisations.
Stars: Peter Settelen, Maurice Denham, Patsy Smart, George Innes
Votes: 18
50. The Old Devils (1992– )
158 min | Comedy
Three part BBC series regarding four Welsh wife/husband couples, old university friends now tumultuosly reunited in (mostly) retirement. A dark comedy about aging, Welsh nationalism, & memory & friendship.
Stars: John Stride, Sheila Allen, Ray Smith, Elizabeth Morgan
Votes: 56