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1. The Elephant Man (1980)
PG | 124 min | Biography, Drama
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud
Votes: 259,776
2. The Crown (2016–2023)
TV-MA | 60 min | Biography, Drama, History
Follows the political rivalries and romances of Queen Elizabeth II's reign and the events that shaped Britain for the second half of the 20th century.
Stars: Claire Foy, Olivia Colman, Imelda Staunton, Matt Smith
Votes: 258,076
3. 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: 39,616
4. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984–1985)
TV-PG | 688 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson solve the mysteries of copper beeches, a Greek interpreter, the Norwood builder, a resident patient, the red-headed league, and one final problem.
Stars: Jeremy Brett, David Burke, Rosalie Williams, Eric Porter
Votes: 24,341
5. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994)
TV-PG | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The last installment of Sherlock Holmes' investigations.
Stars: Jeremy Brett, Rosalie Williams, Edward Hardwicke, Charles Gray
Votes: 8,386
6. Confetti (2006)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A mockumentary that follows three couples as they battle it out to win the coveted title of 'Most Original Wedding of the Year.'
Director: Debbie Isitt | Stars: Martin Freeman, Jessica Hynes, Stephen Mangan, Meredith MacNeill
Votes: 5,338 | Gross: $0.23M
7. 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: 4,107
8.
The Crown (2016–2023)
Episode:
Mou Mou
(2022)
TV-MA | 52 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1946, an Egyptian street vendor finds inspiration in the abdicated King Edward. Years later, he eagerly tries to integrate into British High Society.
Director: Alex Gabassi | Stars: Imelda Staunton, Elizabeth Debicki, Salim Daw, Jude Akuwudike
Votes: 4,105
9. Heartbeat (1992–2010)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Comedy, Crime
The 1960s lives and adventures of the police constabulary, medical staff, and residents of Ashfordly and Aidensfield.
Stars: William Simons, Derek Fowlds, Tricia Penrose, Mark Jordon
Votes: 4,076
10.
The Crown (2016–2023)
Episode:
Queen Victoria Syndrome
(2022)
TV-MA | 55 min | Biography, Drama, History
A much-needed update to the Royal Yacht draws scrutiny to the Queen's reign. Hounded by the press, Charles and Diana have a second honeymoon in Italy.
Director: Jessica Hobbs | Stars: Imelda Staunton, Jonathan Pryce, Dominic West, Elizabeth Debicki
Votes: 3,792
11.
The Crown (2016–2023)
Episode:
The System
(2022)
TV-MA | 49 min | Biography, Drama, History
Prince Philip offers his support to a grieving family member. Keen to snatch a scoop, a tabloid journalist approaches Diana about a tell-all book.
Director: Jessica Hobbs | Stars: Imelda Staunton, Jonathan Pryce, Elizabeth Debicki, Dominic West
Votes: 3,229
12.
The Crown (2016–2023)
Episode:
Annus Horribilis
(2022)
TV-MA | 53 min | Biography, Drama, History
Between a fire at Windsor Castle and tensions in her children's marriages, the Queen commemorates and reassesses her 40 years on the throne.
Director: May el-Toukhy | Stars: Imelda Staunton, Lesley Manville, Jonathan Pryce, Timothy Dalton
Votes: 3,173
13. Holby City (1999–2022)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama
The everyday lives, professional and personal, of the doctors, nurses and patients who find themselves, for various reasons, in the wards of the frenetic cardiac unit of Holby City General Hospital.
Stars: Hugh Quarshie, Rosie Marcel, Jaye Jacobs, Bob Barrett
Votes: 2,655
14. 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: 1,701
15. The Duchess of Duke Street (1976–1977)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama
Louisa Trotter works her way up from being a skivvy to being the queen of cooks, cook to the King, and owner of the Bentinck Hotel. Her life and happenings among the guests and staff of the hotel make up the 31 episodes.
Stars: Gemma Jones, Victoria Plucknett, John Welsh, John Cater
Votes: 1,551
16.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984–1985)
Episode:
The Norwood Builder
(1985)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a notorious retired builder is found dead, his recently-named heir is the prime suspect.
Director: Ken Grieve | Stars: Jeremy Brett, David Burke, Rosalie Crutchley, Colin Jeavons
Votes: 1,046
17.
Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode:
Orchis Fatalis
(2005)
TV-14 | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Barnaby and Scott follow a trail of dead people involved in the collecting of rare orchids.
Director: Peter Smith | Stars: John Nettles, John Hopkins, Jane Wymark, Laura Howard
Votes: 860
18.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994)
Episode:
The Mazarin Stone
(1994)
TV-PG | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sherlock Holmes has disappeared into the Highlands, while Mycroft investigates the theft of the Mazarin diamond and Watson suspects a trap in an offer of $5 million to a former professor if he can find a third man surnamed Garrideb.
Director: Peter Hammond | Stars: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Charles Gray, Rosalie Williams
Votes: 732
19. Bertie and Elizabeth (2002 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 99 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A chronicle of the life of George VI, who was forced to become King following the abdication of his brother Edward VIII, and his relationship with his wife, Elizabeth.
Director: Giles Foster | Stars: James Wilby, Alan Bates, Eileen Atkins, Dolly Wells
Votes: 714
20. Persuasion (1971)
225 min | History, Romance
Anne Elliot is convinced to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth. When her father rents the family estate to Admiral Croft, Anne is forced to accompany Frederick. Will he and Anne rekindle the old flame?
Stars: Ann Firbank, Bryan Marshall, Marian Spencer, Richard Vernon
Votes: 595
21. Misunderstood (1984)
PG | 91 min | Drama
Busy and often absent father must take care of his two boys after his wife dies. They all live in Tunisia because of their father's job. The older boy is handling the difficult changes much better than the younger one.
Director: Jerry Schatzberg | Stars: Gene Hackman, Henry Thomas, Rip Torn, Huckleberry Fox
Votes: 575 | Gross: $1.53M
22. Edward the King (1975)
687 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of Edward VII (1841 - 1910), the King of the United Kingdom. Before becoming the King, he developed a reputation of a playboy, which angered his mother, Queen Victoria. He was a reformer and modernizer, but also an elitist.
Stars: Annette Crosbie, Timothy West, Helen Ryan, Felicity Kendal
Votes: 558
23. 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: 542
24. The Hawk (1993)
R | 88 min | Drama, Thriller
Housewife Annie Marsh (Dame Helen Mirren) suspects her husband might be The Hawk, a brutal serial killer. Complicating matters is the fact that she once was incarcerated in a psychiatric ... See full summary »
Director: David Hayman | Stars: Daryl Webster, Thomas Taplin, Joshua Taplin, David Harewood
Votes: 499
25. Letters from Baghdad (2016)
TV-PG | 95 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Gertrude Bell, the most powerful woman in the British Empire in her day, shaped the destiny of Iraq after WWI in ways that still reverberate today.
Directors: Sabine Krayenbühl, Zeva Oelbaum | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Michael Higgs, Eric Loscheider, Rachael Stirling
Votes: 483 | Gross: $0.36M
26. My Father's House (1981– )
420 min | Drama
Teenager, Anna Blake is tempted out of her sheltered life by the desire to understand more about her father, who lives with his new partner in Hampstead, London after abandoning the family ... See full summary »
Stars: Terrence Hardiman, Judy Holt, Helen Ryan, Steven Mann
Votes: 466
27. Clash of Loyalties (1983)
170 min | Drama, War
This movie is about the 1920 revolution in Iraq against the English occupation.
Director: Mohamed Shukri Jameel | Stars: Oliver Reed, Ghazi Al-Takritee, James Bolam, Youssef El Ani
Votes: 426
28. Fallen Angel (I) (2007)
205 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ethereal beauty Angel Wharton (Emilia Fox) is the devil in disguise. When she kidnaps a child as prey for a pedophile, you know she is evil. But what, or who, made her that way? This ... See full summary »
Stars: Charles Dance, Clare Holman, Barbara Wilshere, Emilia Fox
Votes: 390
29. 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: 349
30. Dixon of Dock Green (1955–1976)
Crime, Drama
Constable George Dixon and his colleagues at the Dock Green police station in the East End of London deal with petty crime, successfully controlling it through common sense and human understanding.
Stars: Jack Warner, Peter Byrne, Geoffrey Adams, Arthur Rigby
Votes: 314
31. The Brides in the Bath (2003 TV Movie)
99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Dramatisation of the real-life case of George Joseph Smith who was hanged in 1915 for the murder of his three wives, each of whom he killed in turn by drowning them in the bath while trying to make the deaths look like accidents.
Director: Harry Bradbeer | Stars: Martin Kemp, Richard Griffiths, Charlotte Randle, Emma Owen
Votes: 244
32. Writers Retreat (2015)
Not Rated | 89 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
At a writers' retreat on an isolated island, novelist Zandra joins a group of strangers confronting their darkest secrets. But when a member of the party mysteriously disappears, they realize there's something else on the island.
Director: Diego Rocha | Stars: Christopher Fairbank, Poppy Drayton, Rupert Young, Camilla Beeput
Votes: 243
33. C.A.T.S. Eyes (1985–1987)
Crime, Drama
An all-female detective outfit, the "Eyes Enquiry Agency", is formed as a front for the Home Office's new security operation the Covert Activities Thames Section (or "C.A.T.S." for short). ... See full summary »
Stars: Jill Gascoine, Leslie Ash, Don Warrington, Tracy-Louise Ward
Votes: 212
34. Hannay (1988–1989)
52 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Richard Hannay is a man of his times: an Edwardian gentleman and adventurer, a mining engineer from South Africa of Scottish origin, who lives by his own standards and wits, upholding a ... See full summary »
Stars: Robert Powell, Christopher Scoular, Gavin Richards, Jill Meager
Votes: 207
35. Bella Block (1993–2018)
Crime
For more than 20 years, determined Hannelore Hoger ruled on ZDF as Bella Block, Hamburg police-chief commissioner against criminals.
Stars: Hannelore Hoger, Hansjürgen Hürrig, Rudolf Kowalski, Devid Striesow
Votes: 206
36. Crystalstone (1987)
PG | 87 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Deserted by their father and with their mother dead, nine-year-old Pablo and his little sister Maria refuse to be separated from each other by their caretaker aunt. With a cross as their ... See full summary »
Director: Antonio Peláez | Stars: Frank Grimes, Kamlesh Gupta, Laura Goodwin, Edward Kelsey
Votes: 153
37. Love Story (1963–1974)
60 min | Drama
British anthology series of short plays on the theme of romance.
Stars: T.P. McKenna, Frances Cuka, Keith Barron, Patrick Macnee
Votes: 137
38. 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
39. Look and Read (1967–2004)
20 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Children anthology series that mixed stories of adventure, sci-fi and even horror with educational segments aimed at improving children's literacy skills.
Stars: Charles Collingwood, Derek Griffiths, Sean Barrett, Phil Cheney
Votes: 91
40. My Brother Jonathan (1985– )
247 min | Drama
My Brother Jonathan is a 1985 BBC five part mini-series that relates the story of an idealistic doctor, Jonathan Dakkers, in the coal country of England during the period around WW1 and a love triangle.
Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Benedict Taylor, Helen Ryan, Caroline Bliss
Votes: 88
41. Call My Bluff (II) (1965–1988)
30 min | Family, Game-Show
Two teams of three alternate between giving and guessing the meanings of obscure English words.
Stars: Robert Robinson, Frank Muir, Patrick Campbell, Arthur Marshall
Votes: 86
42. Secret History (1991– )
Documentary, History
Historical events are extensively re-explored both through written records and systematic examinations in the field.
Stars: Paul McGann, Nigel Anthony, Chris Plumley, Michael Pennington
Votes: 70
43. The Raisin (2017)
10 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A rural romance centred around the story of one raisin. A short film written and directed by Rob Carter - a first time filmmaker.
Director: Rob Carter | Stars: Trevor Allan Davies, Helen Ryan
Votes: 61
44. The Story of the Costume Drama (2008– )
60 min | Documentary
This documentary series looks at the enduring appeal of the British costume drama genre, and features clips and interviews with both the stars and those who worked behind the camera.
Stars: Keeley Hawes, Alex Kingston, Charity Wakefield, Barbara Flynn
Votes: 59
45. Harry (1993–1995)
50 min | Drama
Harry Salter is the ruthless owner of a news agency in Darlington who will resort to any under-hand means or exploit anyone in order to get a story that he can sell to a newspaper. He is ... See full summary »
Stars: Michael Elphick, Ian Bartholomew, Julie Graham, Tom Hollander
Votes: 51
46.
The Bill (1984–2010)
Episode:
Haunted
(1999)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama
CID deal with ghosts and haunted houses as they stage an obbo in a derelict factory.
Director: Chris Lovett | Stars: George Rossi, Clara Salaman, Greg Donaldson, Shaun Scott
Votes: 46
47. Just William (1994–1995)
30 min | Comedy, Family
No matter what trouble his elders and, worse, the insufferable 'good girl' Violet Elizabeth Bott who manages to enforce here presence upon them, take to tell them what to do, when and where... See full summary »
Stars: Oliver Rokison, David Horovitch, Polly Adams, Ben Pullen
Votes: 43
48.
Bella Block (1993–2018)
Episode:
Hinter den Spiegeln
(2004)
100 min | Crime
Director: Thorsten Näter | Stars: Hannelore Hoger, Rudolf Kowalski, Pit-Arne Pietz, Bettina Hauenschild
Votes: 38
49.
Hannay (1988–1989)
Episode:
Voyage into Fear
(1988)
Adventure, Crime, Mystery
The Governments of Great Britain and Imperial Germany are in a race to arm themselves with modern battleships, but Hannay's arch-enemy Von Schwabing has a plan to ensure that his country is the winner.
Director: Guy Slater | Stars: Robert Powell, Gavin Richards, Christopher Scoular, Jill Meager
Votes: 33
50.
Secret History (1991– )
Episode:
Saddam Goes to Hollywood
(2016)
Documentary, History
The incredible story of one of the most bizarre films ever made - a disastrous, epic 1980s movie telling the story of the founding of Iraq, which was bankrolled by Saddam Hussein and starring Oliver Reed.
Director: Stephen Finnigan | Stars: Hugo Speer, Vic Armstrong, Josephie Burge, Stephan Chase
Votes: 31