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1. The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
PG-13 | 139 min | Drama, History, War
In 1854, during the Crimean War, poor planning leads to the British Light Brigade openly charging a Russian artillery position with tragic consequences.
Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Trevor Howard, Vanessa Redgrave, John Gielgud, Harry Andrews
Votes: 3,883
2. White Mischief (1987)
R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In 1940s Kenya, a married couple join other affluent British expatriates in a lifestyle of recklessness and excess, but soon find themselves in a troubling situation.
Director: Michael Radford | Stars: Sarah Miles, Joss Ackland, John Hurt, Greta Scacchi
Votes: 3,224 | Gross: $3.11M
3. 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
4. The Chairman (1969)
M/PG | 93 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
During the Chinese Cultural Revolution, the US government sends a scientist to China to steal the formula for a new agricultural enzyme developed by the Chinese.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Gregory Peck, Anne Heywood, Arthur Hill, Alan Dobie
Votes: 1,415
5. Madame Sin (1972)
Not Rated | 75 min | Adventure, Crime, Thriller
A C.I.A. Agent is used as a pawn in an insane woman's plan to steal a Polaris submarine.
Director: David Greene | Stars: Bette Davis, Robert Wagner, Denholm Elliott, Gordon Jackson
Votes: 1,162
6. Alfred the Great (I) (1969)
M/PG | 122 min | Drama, History, War
While Old England is being ransacked by roving Danes in the ninth century, Alfred is planning to join the priesthood. But observing the rape of his land, he puts away his religious vows, to... See full summary »
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: David Hemmings, Michael York, Prunella Ransome, Colin Blakely
Votes: 1,119
7. War & Peace (1972–1973)
890 min | Drama, History, War
Napoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia including his disastrous 1812 invasion serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of five aristocratic Russian families.
Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Morag Hood, Alan Dobie, Rupert Davies
Votes: 740
8.
The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
Episode:
The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh: Part 1
(1963)
Unrated | 129 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The adventures of a disguised vicar who fights for justice in 18th-century England.
Director: James Neilson | Stars: Patrick McGoohan, George Cole, Tony Britton, Michael Hordern
Votes: 713
9. Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow (1963)
G | 98 min | Adventure
In eighteenth century England, the mysterious masked rider known as the Scarecrow (Patrick McGoohan) leads a rebel band to save the town of Romney Marsh from King George III's (Eric Pohlmann's) oppression and Naval press gangs.
Director: James Neilson | Stars: Patrick McGoohan, George Cole, Tony Britton, Michael Hordern
Votes: 660
10. The Long Day's Dying (1968)
R | 95 min | Drama, War
The saga of three British soldiers and their German captive as they trek through the European countryside.
Director: Peter Collinson | Stars: David Hemmings, Tony Beckley, Tom Bell, Alan Dobie
Votes: 532
11. Master of the Game (1984)
413 min | Drama
Elderly Kate Blackwell looks back at her family's life beginning with her Scottish father Jamie McGregor's journey to South Africa to make his fortune in diamonds. The family history is ... See full summary »
Stars: Dyan Cannon, Harry Hamlin, Ian Charleson, Cliff De Young
Votes: 531
12. 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
13. The Comedy Man (1964)
Approved | 92 min | Drama
Charles Byrd, known as "Chick", has spent his adult life acting in small repertory companies all over the UK, and he's never had much luck. All too aware that he's no longer young, Chick makes one last stab at finding success in London.
Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Kenneth More, Cecil Parker, Dennis Price, Billie Whitelaw
Votes: 305
14. Kessler (1981)
50 min | Drama, Thriller
In the years after World War II, the tables have turned: ambitious, cruel Gestapo-officer Ludwig Kessler, the most implacable hunter of every opponent to the Third Reich, can no longer deny... See full summary »
Stars: Clifford Rose, Alan Dobie, Nitza Shaul, Ralph Michael
Votes: 296
15. 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
16. The Dick Emery Show (1963–1981)
30 min | Comedy
Comedy skits featuring the talents of Mr Dick Emery.
Stars: Dick Emery, Pat Coombs, Victor Maddern, Helen Fraser
Votes: 213
17.
The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
Episode:
The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh: Part 2
(1963)
Unrated | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Dr. Syn, alias The Scarecrow, must find a way to protect his smuggling band not only from the King's forces but also from a would-be traitor within his own gang.
Director: James Neilson | Stars: Patrick McGoohan, George Cole, Tony Britton, Michael Hordern
Votes: 213
18.
The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
Episode:
The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh: Part 3
(1963)
Unrated | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Under pressure from King George III to capture The Scarecrow or lose his command, General Pugh plans to use two prisoners, an escapee from the Royal Navy and an American colonist, to trap The Scarecrow.
Director: James Neilson | Stars: Patrick McGoohan, George Cole, Tony Britton, Michael Hordern
Votes: 213
19. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
20. The Human Jungle (1963–1964)
60 min | Drama
Dr. Roger Corder, a gifted and compassionate psychologist, treats the mental disorders of his patients through a mix of Freudian and Laingian techniques.
Stars: Herbert Lom, Michael Johnson, Sally Smith, Mary Yeomans
Votes: 179
21. Cribb (1980–1981)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Victorian era cases of Detective Sergeant Cribb of Scotland Yard's newly formed Criminal Investigation Department.
Stars: Alan Dobie, William Simons, David Waller, Alfie Curtis
Votes: 162
22. Testament: The Bible in Animation (1996)
TV-G | Animation, Drama, Family
Stories from the Bible are interpreted in different styles of animation.
Stars: Tony Leader, Patrick Brennan, Joss Ackland, Simon Harris
Votes: 143
23. Hard Times (1977– )
203 min | Drama
Thomas Gradgrind, a wealthy, retired merchant in the industrial city of Coketown, England, devotes his life to a philosophy of rationalism, self-interest, and fact. He raises his oldest ... See full summary »
Stars: Patrick Allen, Timothy West, Rosalie Crutchley, Jacqueline Tong
Votes: 133
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: 132
25. 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
26. Captured (1959)
64 min | Drama, War
Docudrama, made for Military Intelligence, about what it was like to be a British prisoner of the North Koreans in the 1950-1953 war.
Director: John Krish | Stars: Anthony Farrar-Hockley, Wilfrid Brambell, Ray Brooks, Alan Dobie
Votes: 128
27. Seven Keys (1961)
57 min | Crime, Drama
An ex-con goes looking for his late cellmate's hidden loot.
Director: Pat Jackson | Stars: Jeannie Carson, Alan Dobie, Delphi Lawrence, John Carson
Votes: 117
28. 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
29. Nanny (1981–1983)
50 min | Drama
A divorced woman decides to train as a Nanny in 1930s England. The series is unique as, not only, is she a more mature person but she is also modern with 'progressive' ideas.
Stars: Wendy Craig, Natalie Forbes, John Quayle, Jane Booker
Votes: 106
30. The Disputation (1986 TV Movie)
63 min | Drama, History
In 1263, King James I of Aragon organizes a debate between representatives of Judaism and Christianity regarding whether or not Jesus was the Messiah.
Director: Geoffrey Sax | Stars: Alan Dobie, Bernard Hepton, Christopher Lee, Helen Lindsay
Votes: 101
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. 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
33. Theatre Night (1957–1961)
45 min | Drama
A BBC television series of forty-five-minute excerpts from stage plays running in London.
Stars: Cicely Courtneidge, Evelyn Laye, Dora Bryan, Hugh Williams
Votes: 69
34. Hedda Gabler (1981 TV Movie)
78 min | Drama
Hedda Gabler (Dame Diana Rigg) is a beautiful woman married to the solid and respectable academic George Tesman (Denis Lill). Then an old flame, the dreamer Eilert Lovborg (Philip Bond), turns up on the scene with tragic results.
Director: David Cunliffe | Stars: Elizabeth Bell, Philip Bond, Kathleen Byron, Alan Dobie
Votes: 64
35.
Theatre Night (1957–1961)
Episode:
The Tiger and the Horse
(1961)
Drama
Director: Frith Banbury | Stars: Michael Redgrave, Catherine Lacey, Jennifer Wright, Vanessa Redgrave
Votes: 62
36. The Hospice (1991 TV Movie)
Fantasy, Horror
A stranded traveler finds refuge in a remote mansion where he is served a sumptuous meal with the residents, meets a seductive beauty, and his every need is seen to by a very solicitous ... See full summary »
Director: Dominique Othenin-Girard | Stars: Jack Shepherd, Alan Dobie, Marthe Keller, Jonathan Cecil
Votes: 57
37. 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
38.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Double Dare
(1976)
70 min | Comedy, Drama
Dennis Potter's meta commentary on scriptwriting, as Helen meets writer Martin Ellis in a hotel bar to help with his writer's block. Also there is Carol, an escort girl with her client. But are they real, or merely Martin's imaginings?
Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: Alan Dobie, Kika Markham, Malcolm Terris, Joe Melia
Votes: 46
39. The Plane Makers (1963–1965)
60 min | Drama
The day-to-day story of a multi-million pound aerospace company, its new jet plane, its test-pilot, its workers and its ruthless and hard-nosed managing director John Wilder, the embodiment of modern, unflinching capitalism.
Stars: Jack Watling, Patrick Wymark, Norma Ronald, Reginald Marsh
Votes: 44
40. Leap in the Dark (1973–1980)
45 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Anthology series of supernatural tales.
Stars: Colin Wilson, Linda Blandford, Gordon Snell, Anita Gregory
Votes: 39
41. Summer Season (1985)
55 min | Drama
Stars: Tim Wylton, Marion Bailey, Charles Dale, Nicholas Gecks
Votes: 35
42.
Kessler (1981)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1981)
Drama, Thriller
Decades after World War II, investigative journalist Hugo Van Eyck makes a documentary exposing the powerful industrialist Manfred Dorf as being Standartenführer Ludwig Kessler living under an alias.
Director: Michael E. Briant | Stars: Clifford Rose, Alan Dobie, Nitza Shaul, Bernard Hepton
Votes: 33
43. Scene (1968–2007)
24 min | Drama, Family
Mixture of fictional and non-fictional thought-provoking short films aimed at students of school and college.
Stars: Nick Ross, Ken Jones, Mark Draper, Paddy Feeny
Votes: 31
44.
War & Peace (1972–1973)
Episode:
Sounds of War
(1972)
Drama, History, War
Pierre Bezukhov tries to come to terms with his large inheritance, the new society in which he finds himself, and displays some controversial opinions about Napoleon. Andrei Bolkonsky ... See full summary »
Director: John Davies | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Alan Dobie, Angela Down, Anthony Jacobs
Votes: 31
45. Drama 61-67 (1961–1967)
60 min | Drama
Stars: Brian Haines, Robert Cartland, Alister Williamson, Joe Ritchie
Votes: 30
46.
Mystery and Imagination (1966–1970)
Episode:
The Suicide Club
(1970)
75 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Prince Florizel of Bohemia discovers a secret club where desperate men gamble with their lives, and vows to bring it to an end.
Director: Mike Vardy | Stars: Alan Dobie, Bernard Archard, Hildegard Neil, David Collings
Votes: 30
47. Night Mail II (1987 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Director: Bob Franklin | Star: Alan Dobie
Votes: 29
48. 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
49.
War & Peace (1972–1973)
Episode:
New Beginnings
(1972)
Drama, History, War
The suspicions that Pierre Bezukhov has against his wife make for a tense encounter, and ultimately cause him to reflect on his life. Russia and France seem to be at peace, but will it last?
Director: John Davies | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Morag Hood, Alan Dobie, Sylvester Morand
Votes: 25
50.
War & Peace (1972–1973)
Episode:
Reunions
(1972)
Drama, History, War
A death on the front has yet to be confirmed, while Nikolai Rostov returns home from war and faces a difficult personal sacrifice. Pierre Bezukhov, meanwhile, struggles in his marriage.
Director: John Davies | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Morag Hood, Alan Dobie, Angela Down
Votes: 25