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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: 39,513
2. Midsomer Murders (1997– )
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A veteran Detective Chief Inspector and his young Sergeant investigate murders around the regional community of Midsomer County.
Stars: John Nettles, Jane Wymark, Barry Jackson, Neil Dudgeon
Votes: 39,409
3. 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: 15,862
4. Silent Witness (1996– )
TV-14 | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A team of exceptional forensic pathologists and scientists investigate heinous crimes and use their skills to catch the people responsible.
Stars: Emilia Fox, David Caves, William Gaminara, Tom Ward
Votes: 12,711
5. Wire in the Blood (2002–2008)
TV-MA | 69 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A psychologist gets inside of the minds of both killers and victims to aid the police in solving gruesome serial killings in Northern England.
Stars: Robson Green, Mark Letheren, Emma Handy, Mark Penfold
Votes: 9,361
6. EastEnders (1985– )
TV-PG | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The everyday lives of working-class inhabitants of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough. The square includes the Queen Vic pub and a street market.
Stars: Adam Woodyatt, Steve McFadden, Letitia Dean, June Brown
Votes: 9,220
7. New Tricks (2003–2015)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Three retired police officers are drafted in to solve cold cases, with a touch of comedy and drama
Stars: Dennis Waterman, Amanda Redman, Alun Armstrong, James Bolam
Votes: 8,776
8. Blake's 7 (1978–1981)
Not Rated | 50 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
A group of convicts and outcasts fight a guerrilla war against the totalitarian Terran Federation from a highly advanced alien spaceship.
Stars: Michael Keating, Paul Darrow, Peter Tuddenham, Jan Chappell
Votes: 4,491
9. 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: 4,099
10. Lovejoy (1986–1994)
TV-14 | 50 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Lovejoy is an irresistible rogue with a keen eye for antiques. The part-time detective scours the murky salerooms, auction halls and stately homes of Britain, always on the lookout for a find.
Stars: Ian McShane, Dudley Sutton, Chris Jury, Phyllis Logan
Votes: 3,894
11. Under the Greenwood Tree (2005 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 93 min | Drama, Romance
In this lighthearted romance from Victorian novelist Thomas Hardy, the beautiful new village school teacher is pursued by three suitors: a working-class man, a landowner, and the vicar.
Director: Nicholas Laughland | Stars: Keeley Hawes, James Murray, Terry Mortimer, Richard Leaf
Votes: 2,988
12. The Last Detective (2003–2007)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
"Dangerous" Davies always gets the cases no one else wants, and no one notices when he eventually succeeds. But his old-fashioned decency and dogged determination have won him legions of loyal fans.
Stars: Peter Davison, Sean Hughes, Rob Spendlove, Charles De'Ath
Votes: 1,918
13. Wild at Heart (2006–2012)
TV-14 | 47 min | Drama
The story of an English family who moves to the South African bush to set up and run a game reserve.
Stars: Stephen Tompkinson, Deon Stewardson, Nomsa Xaba, Thapelo Mokoena
Votes: 1,744
14. The Tripods (1984–1985)
TV-PG | 30 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Earth has been conquered by an alien race known as the Masters using their giant Tripods. When humans reach the age of sixteen, they must undergo a process known as capping which places ... See full summary »
Stars: John Shackley, Ceri Seel, Jim Baker, Robin Hayter
Votes: 1,569
15. The Barchester Chronicles (1982)
385 min | Drama
When a crusade against the Church of England's practice of self-enrichment misfires, scandal taints the cozy community of Barchester when their local church becomes the object of a scathing, investigative report.
Stars: Donald Pleasence, Janet Maw, Nigel Hawthorne, Angela Pleasence
Votes: 1,219
16. 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: 1,007
17. William and Mary (2003–2005)
48 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The lives of William (an undertaker) and Mary (a midwife) cross. They become romantically involved, but what happens for the rest of the series is far less predictable.
Stars: Martin Clunes, Julie Graham, Cheryl Campbell, Michael Begley
Votes: 958
18. Brookside (1982–2003)
25 min | Drama
The everyday life and times of the residents, friends and enemies who live in a suburban street in the city of Liverpool in the north of England.
Stars: Dean Sullivan, Paul Byatt, Claire Sweeney, Alexandra Fletcher
Votes: 948
19.
Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode:
Echoes of the Dead
(2011)
TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The drowning of a woman in a bathtub becomes the first murder in a series of copycat murders imitating infamous murders from the past.
Director: Nicholas Laughland | Stars: Neil Dudgeon, Jason Hughes, Barry Jackson, Fiona Dolman
Votes: 820
20.
Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode:
Death and the Divas
(2013)
TV-14 | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A film historian writing about a 1960s horror actress is killed in her home. It becomes the start of what appear to be a series of copycat murders based on the actress' films.
Director: Nicholas Laughland | Stars: Neil Dudgeon, Jason Hughes, Fiona Dolman, Tamzin Malleson
Votes: 756
21.
Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode:
The Christmas Haunting
(2013)
TV-14 | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Barnaby and Nelson investigate the fatal stabbing of a man with an antique sword during a ghost-hunting party at a 'haunted' manor house.
Director: Nicholas Laughland | Stars: Neil Dudgeon, Gwilym Lee, Fiona Dolman, Tamzin Malleson
Votes: 753
22.
Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode:
The Village That Rose from the Dead
(2016)
TV-14 | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a man is found murdered during the reopening of a ghost village, Barnaby must unravel a sinister web of lies from both past and present in order to catch the killer.
Director: Nicholas Laughland | Stars: Neil Dudgeon, Nick Hendrix, Fiona Dolman, Manjinder Virk
Votes: 750
23.
Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode:
A Vintage Murder
(2015)
TV-14 | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When people start collapsing at the launch tasting of Midsomer Vineyard's newest sparkling wine, Kate Wilding discovers that the glasses had been laced with slug pellets.
Director: Nicholas Laughland | Stars: Neil Dudgeon, Gwilym Lee, Fiona Dolman, Tamzin Malleson
Votes: 724
24. Amnesia (2004)
TV-14 | 180 min | Romance, Thriller
An amnesiac might be a key figure in Detective Mackenzie Stone's search for his own wife, who disappeared five years ago.
Stars: John Hannah, Jemma Redgrave, Anthony Calf, Patrick Malahide
Votes: 694
25.
Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode:
Death by Persuasion
(2017)
TV-14 | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a young woman slips away from a Jane Austen weekend dressed in period attire and is found stabbed in the woods, Barnaby needs to look back in time to find the killer.
Director: Alex Pillai | Stars: Neil Dudgeon, Nick Hendrix, Fiona Dolman, Susie Blake
Votes: 682
26.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Earthshock: Part One
(1982)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
In the midst of an argument between Adric and the Doctor, the Tardis materializes underground in Earth's distant future where a team of paleontologists and geologists find themselves under attack from a pair of androids.
Director: Peter Grimwade | Stars: Peter Davison, James Warwick, Clare Clifford, Janet Fielding
Votes: 681
27.
Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode:
The Sleeper Under the Hill
(2011)
TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The gruesome discovery of a farmer's eviscerated body in an ancient stone circle is made just days before the spring equinox.
Director: Nicholas Laughland | Stars: Neil Dudgeon, Jason Hughes, Fiona Dolman, Tamzin Malleson
Votes: 678
28.
Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode:
A Rare Bird
(2012)
TV-14 | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Barnaby and Jones investigate whether competition between ornithology enthusiasts led to murder.
Director: Nicholas Laughland | Stars: Neil Dudgeon, Jason Hughes, Fiona Dolman, Tamzin Malleson
Votes: 667
29.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Earthshock: Part Four
(1982)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Tegan is captured by the Cybermen, allowing the Cyber Leader to use her as a hostage and force the Doctor to do his bidding. Left behind on the ship, Adric attempts to prevent it from plummeting to Earth as time is running out.
Director: Peter Grimwade | Stars: Peter Davison, Beryl Reid, Matthew Waterhouse, James Warwick
Votes: 651
30. The Vice (1999–2003)
TV-MA | 90 min | Crime, Drama
Veteran Detective Inspector Pat Chappel (Ken Stott) heads up the Metropolitan vice squad as he and his team investigate prostitution and pornography in the London sex trade.
Stars: Caroline Catz, David Harewood, Ken Stott, Rosie Marcel
Votes: 609
31.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Earthshock: Part Two
(1982)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Disposing of the androids, the Doctor and Adric must deactivate a bomb that they unknowingly triggered. Setting off in the Tardis to find the culprits, they arrive aboard a freighter ship while the Cybermen watch their old enemy from afar.
Director: Peter Grimwade | Stars: Peter Davison, Beryl Reid, James Warwick, Clare Clifford
Votes: 606
32.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Earthshock: Part Three
(1982)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Aboard the freighter, the Doctor and Adric are taken prisoner by Captain Briggs. The Doctor looks on in fear as his old foe, the Cybermen, begin to take over the ship in large numbers.
Director: Peter Grimwade | Stars: Peter Davison, Beryl Reid, James Warwick, Clare Clifford
Votes: 601
33.
Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode:
Harvest of Souls
(2016)
TV-14 | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When the owner of an equestrian center is trampled by his own horse, Barnaby unravels a complex feud from the past.
Director: Nicholas Laughland | Stars: Neil Dudgeon, Gwilym Lee, Fiona Dolman, Manjinder Virk
Votes: 589
34.
Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode:
Send in the Clowns
(2018)
TV-14 | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Things take a gruesome turn when Ferabbees Circus comes to town, bringing with it a chain of sinister clown sightings, threatening notes and deathly dangerous circus acts.
Director: Nicholas Laughland | Stars: Neil Dudgeon, Nick Hendrix, Fiona Dolman, Annette Badland
Votes: 567
35. Where the Heart Is (1997–2006)
Not Rated | 50 min | Drama
A warm hearted drama series that follows the lives of the people of Skelthwate, and their local health centre.
Stars: Lesley Dunlop, Christian Cooke, Philip Middlemiss, William Travis
Votes: 566
36. Peak Practice (1993–2002)
TV-14 | 50 min | Drama
Beth Glover and Will Preston are doctors in partnership at a Derbyshire clinic when they hire Jack who's returned from Africa. The next several years deal with their personal and professional lives with Jack and Beth marrying.
Stars: Gary Mavers, Simon Shepherd, Esther Coles, Margery Mason
Votes: 523
37. Monday Monday (2009)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
A supermarket fallen on hard times moves its headquarters to Leeds.
Stars: Morven Christie, Holly Aird, Peter Wight, Fay Ripley
Votes: 511
38.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
The Lions of Nemea: Part 1
(2014)
TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After Lewis returns to his old job, he, Hathaway and DS Maddox are swept up in another murder investigation when an American classics student is killed.
Director: Nicholas Laughland | Stars: John Light, Sian Brooke, Wesley Smith, Clive Merrison
Votes: 505
39.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
One for Sorrow: Part 1
(2015)
TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Lewis and Hathaway are called in to investigate the apparent death by drug overdose of over achieving student and amateur taxidermist Talika Desai.
Director: Nicholas Laughland | Stars: Helen Schlesinger, Shanaya Rafaat, Tim Pigott-Smith, Andreea Paduraru
Votes: 484
40.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
One for Sorrow: Part 2
(2015)
TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Lewis' team must delve into the worlds of social media, drugs, taxidermy, alternative art and the homeless East European community.
Director: Nicholas Laughland | Stars: Finn Cole, Ralf Little, Nicholas Jones, Laurence Fox
Votes: 426
41.
Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode:
The Lions of Nemea: Part 2
(2014)
TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The investigation of American classics student Rose Anderson's brutal murder yields only secrets and murky motives.
Director: Nicholas Laughland | Stars: John Light, Clare Holman, Kevin Whately, Rebecca Front
Votes: 420
42. Like Father Like Son (2005 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 137 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Life for Dee Stanton is improving at every turn. Her legal career is blossoming and her boyfriend Dominic unexpectedly proposes to her. Things were very different 11 years ago when her ... See full summary »
Director: Nicholas Laughland | Stars: Somerset Prew, Georgia Tennant, Francesca Fowler, Florence Bell
Votes: 379
43. Playing the Field (1998–2002)
60 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
A mismanaged women's soccer team in South Yorkshire, England, struggle to win games. The players remain loyal to the team and each other despite their losing record. Their lives off the field involve relationships and infidelities.
Stars: Ralph Ineson, Jo McInnes, Melanie Hill, Lorraine Ashbourne
Votes: 348
44.
Wire in the Blood (2002–2008)
Episode:
Shadows Rising: Part 1
(2002)
TV-MA | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Dr. Hill strives to deduce the connection between the bodies of two teenage girls dumped in a lake and the motives for their murder.
Director: Nicholas Laughland | Stars: Lucy Wood, Alan Williams, Robson Green, Amber Batty
Votes: 339
45. A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery (1987)
52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A gentleman sleuth solves mysteries and falls in love with a detective novelist.
Stars: Harriet Walter, Edward Petherbridge, Richard Morant, Rowena Cooper
Votes: 330
46.
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery (1987)
Episode:
Strong Poison: Episode One
(1987)
52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Lord Peter Wimsey investigates after the novelist Harriet Vane is accused of poisoning her former lover.
Director: Christopher Hodson | Stars: Harriet Walter, Edward Petherbridge, Richard Morant, Paul Hastings
Votes: 298
47.
Wire in the Blood (2002–2008)
Episode:
The Darkness of Light
(2003)
TV-MA | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The remains of corpses are discovered whilst new foundations are being dug at the Norton Hotel, a building which stands on the site of an abbey, a fact which leads to a suspicion that these... See full summary »
Director: Nicholas Laughland | Stars: Fiona MacPherson, Caroline O'Neill, Robson Green, Sally Edwards
Votes: 297
48.
Wire in the Blood (2002–2008)
Episode:
Shadows Rising: Part 2
(2002)
TV-MA | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Dr. Hill pieces together the convoluted history of a formerly retired serial killer and the whereabouts of the latest victim the killer abducted.
Director: Nicholas Laughland | Stars: Hermione Norris, Robson Green, Lou Gish, Alan Stocks
Votes: 294
49.
New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode:
Powerhouse
(2007)
TV-14 | 57 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The team investigate when the family of Richard Dunne, one of the last men to be hanged in Britain, say he was the victim of a miscarriage of justice due to police corruption.
Director: Nicholas Laughland | Stars: Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman
Votes: 274
50. Howards' Way (1985–1990)
50 min | Drama
Tom Howard is made redundant from his job as a senior aircraft designer and decides to invest his skill, time and redundancy money in a run-down local boat-building yard. The decision puts a great strain on his marriage.
Stars: Jan Harvey, Stephen Yardley, Glyn Owen, Susan Gilmore
Votes: 273