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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: 39,510
2. Tom Jones (1963)
Not Rated | 129 min | Adventure, Comedy, History
The romantic and chivalrous adventures of adopted bastard Tom Jones in 18th-century England.
Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Albert Finney, Susannah York, George Devine, Rachel Kempson
Votes: 14,251 | Gross: $37.60M
3. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Sport
A young thief takes up long-distance running when he is sent to a borstal.
Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Michael Redgrave, Tom Courtenay, Avis Bunnage, Alec McCowen
Votes: 9,372
4. 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: 2,000
5. The Great War (1964)
40 min | Documentary, History, War
One of the greatest achievements of television -broadcast from 1964 in 26 episodes. Use of extensive archive footage and sound effects, linked with contemporary classic music of that area. ... See full summary »
Stars: Michael Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Emlyn Williams, Marius Goring
Votes: 746
6.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Guests of Madame Guillotine
(1964)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Susan, Ian and Barbara are sentenced to be guillotined but an encounter with a dying English prisoner may offer Ian a chance of survival.
Director: Henric Hirsch | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford
Votes: 581
7.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
A Change of Identity
(1964)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Susan and Barbara are rescued by Jules and Jean, two members of the escape chain, while the Doctor gains access to the prison by posing as a revolution official.
Directors: Henric Hirsch, John Gorrie | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford
Votes: 565
8.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Prisoners of Conciergerie
(1964)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Ian finally delivers his message to James Stirling but in order to secure Susan's release he and Barbara are forced into a dangerous spying mission.
Directors: Henric Hirsch, Timothy Combe | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford
Votes: 563
9.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Tyrant of France
(1964)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor is forced into a meeting with Robespierre while Barbara's attempts to find a physician for Susan result in them being betrayed.
Director: Henric Hirsch | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford
Votes: 555
10.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
A Bargain of Necessity
(1964)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Ian finds himself held prisoner by the treacherous Leon while the Doctor attempts to engineer Susan and Barbara's escape.
Director: Henric Hirsch | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford
Votes: 550
11. Van der Valk (1972–1992)
120 min | Crime, Drama
Cynical Dutch Detective Commissaris and his colleagues investigate murders, kidnappings, and political corruption.
Stars: Barry Foster, Michael Latimer, Joanna Dunham, Susan Travers
Votes: 538
12.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Krotons: Episode One
(1968)
TV-PG | 23 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The TARDIS lands on a nameless desolate planet where The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe learn the native Gonds are ruled by the mysterious and unseen Krotons, where The Krotons chooses their top ... See full summary »
Director: David Maloney | Stars: Patrick Troughton, James Copeland, Terence Brown, Madeleine Mills
Votes: 482
13.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Krotons: Episode Four
(1969)
TV-PG | 23 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Selris succeeds in drawing the Krotons out of the Dynatrope but Eelek agrees to hand the Doctor and Zoe over to them in return for their leaving the planet.
Director: David Maloney | Stars: Patrick Troughton, Wendy Padbury, Gilbert Wynne, Madeleine Mills
Votes: 443
14.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Krotons: Episode Three
(1969)
TV-PG | 22 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Jamie is held prisoner by the Krotons who intend to recapture the Doctor and Zoe for their mental energy.
Director: David Maloney | Stars: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Robert La Bassiere, Miles Northover
Votes: 441
15. 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: 427
16. 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
17. 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: 381
18. 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: 346
19. The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971–1973)
13+ | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Adaptations of mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporary rivals in the genre.
Stars: Peter Vaughan, Peter Barkworth, Douglas Wilmer, Ronald Hines
Votes: 342
20. Adam Adamant Lives! (1966–1967)
50 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
In 1902, Edwardian adventurer Adam Adamant is frozen alive in a block of ice by his archnemesis, the Face. In 1966, workmen discover him and he is revived, perfectly preserved but ... See full summary »
Stars: Gerald Harper, Juliet Harmer, Jack May, Peter Ducrow
Votes: 259
21. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
22. 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
23.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Edna The Inebriate Woman
(1971)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Edna is a drunk, and a homeless one. The play follows her through the streets, the police station, the psychiatric ward and a hostel, which for a while looks like it may become somewhere she can stay.
Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Patricia Hayes, Barbara Jefford, Geraldine Sherman, Cheryl Hall
Votes: 165
24. 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
25. The Fool (1990)
135 min | Crime, Drama
Double life of a humble clerk which draws on interviews with street traders, beggars, thieves and performers from Henry Mayhew's book London Labour and the London Poor (1851), and letters and diaries of members of the upper classes.
Director: Christine Edzard | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Paul Brooke, Julian Firth, John Tams
Votes: 126
26. ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969–1974)
78 min | Drama
Anthology series of dramatic works.
Stars: Michael Balfour, Madoline Thomas, Diane Cilento, Jim Dale
Votes: 98
27.
Taggart (1983–2010)
Episode:
Dead Giveaway Part One
(1988)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After a mother and son are found dead, Taggart hunts after a murderer who's putting rat poison into food products made by a company called "Wonderland".
Director: Alan Macmillan | Stars: Mark McManus, James MacPherson, Anne Raitt, Martyn Hesford
Votes: 95
28. 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
29. Mogul (1965–1972)
50 min | Drama
Adventure drama series based around the fictitious Mogul Oil Company and the exploits of its chief "troubleshooter", Peter Thornton (Ray Barrett).
Stars: Geoffrey Keen, Philip Latham, Ray Barrett, Robert Hardy
Votes: 92
30. Hamlet (I) (1970 TV Movie)
Drama
Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the Prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.
Director: David Giles | Stars: Ian McKellen, Faith Brook, John Woodvine, Susan Fleetwood
Votes: 78
31.
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971–1973)
Episode:
The Ripening Rubies
(1971)
13+ | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An ex-con makes a rookie mistake-trying to sell a stolen ruby necklace back to the craftsman who made it. The jeweler, Bernard Sutton, soon discovers that a string of high-society women are... See full summary »
Director: Alan Cooke | Stars: Robert Lang, Moira Redmond, Lally Bowers, Richard Hurndall
Votes: 70
32.
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971–1973)
Episode:
The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway
(1973)
13+ | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a young woman is poisoned on a London subway train, the police searching for her killer appear to be on the wrong track. Bright young reporter Polly Burton decides to unmask the ... See full summary »
Director: Graham Evans | Stars: Judy Geeson, John Savident, Richard Beckinsale, Anthony Higgins
Votes: 68
33. R3 (1964–1966)
50 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
The adventures of the staff of Research Centre Number Three (R3), headed by director Sir Michael Gerrard, and its trouble-shooting department the Consultancy Service, run by Philip Boult. ... See full summary »
Stars: John Robinson, Oliver Reed, Michael Hawkins, Elizabeth Sellars
Votes: 58
34. Sutherland's Law (1973–1976)
50 min | Drama
Follows the cases of John Sutherland, the procurator fiscal in a small Scottish town.
Stars: Iain Cuthbertson, Martin Cochrane, Edith MacArthur, Victor Carin
Votes: 52
35. Wings of Death (1961)
29 min | Crime, Short
Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a pilot found in the wreckage of his own plane. Their investigations focus on a passenger who apparently survived the crash, but was injured when the plane came to grief.
Director: Allan Davis | Stars: Edgar Lustgarten, Harry H. Corbett, Simon Lack, Shelagh Fraser
Votes: 49
36. 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
37.
Van der Valk (1972–1992)
Episode:
Destroying Angel
(1972)
53 min | Crime, Drama
Van der Valk and Kroon investigate when a local prostitute reports that a man is dying. He's living in rooms above a bar and the police surgeon says he has no hope of recovering. While he ... See full summary »
Director: Graham Evans | Stars: Barry Foster, Michael Latimer, Susan Travers, Artro Morris
Votes: 46
38. The Square Mile Murder (1961)
28 min | Crime, Short
Scotland Yard detectives investigate a series of burglaries where an expert safe-cracker has stolen a large amount of cash and other valuables.
Director: Allan Davis | Stars: Edgar Lustgarten, John Welsh, Stanley Morgan, Delphi Lawrence
Votes: 45
39.
Taggart (1983–2010)
Episode:
Dead Giveaway Part Two
(1988)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The investigation focuses on the shop from which the victims bought their food run by a married couple. Meanwhile, a mother-son pair of scam antique dealers seem to be having an Oedipal relationship while targeting an old woman.
Director: Alan Macmillan | Stars: Mark McManus, James MacPherson, Anne Raitt, Martyn Hesford
Votes: 42
40.
Taggart (1983–2010)
Episode:
Dead Giveaway Part Three
(1988)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
As more people across Glasgow are poisoned by eating tainted food products, Taggart and his team look for an elusive connection between the victims.
Director: Alan Macmillan | Stars: Mark McManus, James MacPherson, Anne Raitt, Martyn Hesford
Votes: 41
41.
ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969–1974)
Episode:
Lay Down Your Arms
(1970)
78 min | Drama
Dennis Potter used his own background as a Russian language clerk in the War Office when writing this play for ITV's SATURDAY NIGHT THEATRE series. At the time of the 1956 Suez Crisis and ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Morahan | Stars: Nikolas Simmonds, Leonard Trolley, Peter Cellier, John Warner
Votes: 34
42. The Borderers (1968–1970)
50 min | Adventure, Drama
Drama series dealing with life for a family living on the frontier between Scotland and England during the sixteenth century.
Stars: Michael Gambon, Iain Cuthbertson, Edith MacArthur, Russell Waters
Votes: 33
43. 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
44. Small World (1988)
120 min | Comedy, Romance
A young academic travels the world attending university conferences, in the hope of finding the woman of his dreams.
Stars: Finbar Lynch, John Ratzenberger, Stephen Moore, Rachel Kempson
Votes: 26
45. Suspense (1962–1963)
Thriller
Anthology series telling suspenseful tales.
Stars: Bill Meilen, Ray Handy, John Carson, Alex Scott
Votes: 22
46. Moonstrike (1963)
50 min | Drama, History, War
Anthology series of one-off thrillers about the covert activities of Allied agents and resistance operatives in occupied Europe during the Second World War.
Stars: Gary Hope, Michael Culver, John Murray Scott, Clive Russell
Votes: 20
47.
The Great War (1964)
Episode:
Our Hats We Doff to General Joffre
(1964)
Documentary, History, War
The Schlieffen Plan is continuing according to plan. The Germans suffer loses in the East only to turn the tide of war around. The British Expeditionary Forces engage the Germans, but have to fall back. The loss of Paris seems imminent.
Stars: Michael Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Emlyn Williams, Marius Goring
Votes: 20
48.
The Great War (1964)
Episode:
We Must Hack Our Way Through
(1964)
Documentary, History, War
The 3rd installment of the series covers the first 3 weeks of the war. The initial Belgian resistance caves under withering German artillery fire. Initial victories by the French are quickly reversed, and finally the BEF arrive.
Stars: Michael Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Emlyn Williams, Marius Goring
Votes: 20
49. This Man Craig (1966–1967)
50 min | Drama
Ian Craig is an upbeat science teacher at a secondary school in fictional Straithard, Scotland. He deals with the troubles of his students and colleagues in an optimistic fashion and shares their triumphs.
Stars: John Cairney, Ellen McIntosh, Leonard Maguire, Joan Alcorn
Votes: 17
50. Ask Mr. Pastry (1961– )
25 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Stars: Richard Hearne, Barbara Hicks, Dandy Nichols, Barry Henderson
Votes: 17