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1. 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: 3,921
2. Minder (1979–1994)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley. Can his ex-boxer bodyguard Terry stay level-headed whilst working for the King of Dodgy Deals?
Stars: George Cole, Glynn Edwards, Dennis Waterman, Gary Webster
Votes: 2,841
3. Bear Island (1979)
PG | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
On the remote Norwegian Bear Island, used as a submarine base by the Germans during World War II, U.N. scientist Larsen sends a distress signal using an emergency N.A.T.O. frequency, and is received by scientific vessel Morning Rose.
Director: Don Sharp | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee
Votes: 2,737
4. The Sweeney (1975–1978)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Jack Regan and George Carter are hard-edged detectives in the Flying Squad of London's Metropolitan Police. They pursue villains by methods which are underhanded and often illegal, frequently violent and - more often than not - successful.
Stars: John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Garfield Morgan, John Alkin
Votes: 2,660
5. Hammer House of Horror (1980)
TV-14 | 54 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
This British anthology series, which was produced by England's leading exporters of horror films, told tales of haunted houses, demons, ghosts, and other supernatural wonders.
Stars: Peter Cushing, Denholm Elliott, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Anna Calder-Marshall
Votes: 2,288
6. Dempsey and Makepeace (1985–1986)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Dempsey, a tough NYPD cop, is sent to a London undercover police unit teamed up with the sophisticated, sexy, blonde Makepeace. They hunt down the top of London's underworld - when not quarreling.
Stars: Michael Brandon, Glynis Barber, Ray Smith, Tony Osoba
Votes: 2,056
7. Schizo (1976)
R | 109 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A newly-married woman becomes convinced someone from her past is stalking her, but nobody believes her until the bodies start to pile up.
Director: Pete Walker | Stars: Lynne Frederick, John Leyton, Stephanie Beacham, John Fraser
Votes: 1,448
8. The Comeback (1978)
R | 100 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A singer holes up at a sinister estate to write new songs for his act. The ghost of his murdered wife begins to haunt him, then the person who actually killed her shows up at the mansion.
Director: Pete Walker | Stars: Jack Jones, Pamela Stephenson, David Doyle, Bill Owen
Votes: 1,306
9. Die Screaming Marianne (1971)
Not Rated | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
After their parents divorce, one daughter lives with her mother in England while the other lives with her father in Portugal. After the untimely death of her mother, the one daughter stands... See full summary »
Director: Pete Walker | Stars: Susan George, Barry Evans, Christopher Sandford, Judy Huxtable
Votes: 875
10.
Hammer House of Horror (1980)
Episode:
Children of the Full Moon
(1980)
TV-14 | 52 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A married couple, lost in the woods, stumble across a creepy mansion and its inhabitants - an overly-kind old woman, and deadly wolf children that scour the countryside looking for victims.
Director: Tom Clegg | Stars: Christopher Cazenove, Celia Gregory, Diana Dors, Robert Urquhart
Votes: 664
11. The Sell-Out (1976)
PG | 88 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
While vacationing in Lebanon, a former secret agent finds he has been marked for assassination.
Director: Peter Collinson | Stars: Oliver Reed, Richard Widmark, Gayle Hunnicutt, Sam Wanamaker
Votes: 626
12. Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983–1986)
60 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
Private detective Philip Marlowe solves many crimes in Los Angeles during the 1930s.
Stars: Powers Boothe, Billy Kearns, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Ken Pogue
Votes: 484
13. Extremely Dangerous (1999)
50 min | Thriller
An intense thriller starring Sean Bean who plays a former M-15 agent who after being wrongfully convicted of murdering his family, goes on the run to seek vengeance on those responsible in a world beyond the law.
Stars: Sean Bean, Juliet Aubrey, Ralph Brown, Alex Norton
Votes: 441
14. The Dirtiest Girl I Ever Met (1970)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
A naive couple leave their small town for success in London's adult entertainment culture.
Director: Pete Walker | Stars: Robin Askwith, Janet Lynn, Jess Conrad, Derek Aylward
Votes: 439
15. Home Before Midnight (1979)
111 min | Drama
A successful rock lyricist becomes romantically involved with a girl he picks up hitchhiking only to learn that she is only fourteen. Her parents take action against him.
Director: Pete Walker | Stars: James Aubrey, Alison Elliott, Mark Burns, Juliet Harmer
Votes: 287
16. Four Dimensions of Greta (1972)
R | 85 min | Comedy
Hans a young German journalist arrives in London to write an article about au-pair girls, but is requested by friends to investigate the whereabouts of their teenage daughter Greta.
Director: Pete Walker | Stars: Tristan Rogers, Karen Boyes, Alan Curtis, Robin Askwith
Votes: 267
17. Hazell (1978–1979)
60 min | Crime, Drama
A British television series about a fictional private detective named James Hazell and his adventures.
Stars: Nicholas Ball, Roddy McMillan, Desmond McNamara, Peter Bourke
Votes: 214
18. Cold War Killers (1986 TV Movie)
PG | 86 min | Thriller, War
A missing 1950s era airplane is found 27 years later at the bottom of a lake. British and Soviet spy agencies are intensely interested.
Director: William Brayne | Stars: Martin Dale, Peter Ivatts, Mike Lane, Terence Stamp
Votes: 161
19. Pride and Extreme Prejudice (1989 TV Movie)
PG | 92 min | Action, Thriller
The CIA and the KGB both pursue a former operative (Dennehy) who seemingly has become unstable.
Director: Ian Sharp | Stars: Brian Dennehy, Simon Cadell, Lisa Eichhorn, Leonie Mellinger
Votes: 126
20. The Paradise Club (1989–1990)
50 min | Crime, Drama
1980's Cockney London Villainy With Humour.
Stars: Don Henderson, Leslie Grantham, Leon Herbert, Barbara Wilshere
Votes: 124
21.
The Sweeney (1975–1978)
Episode:
Faces
(1975)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A masked gang robs a security van and Carter's informant names ex-soldier Tober as its leader. Regan trails the gang to their junk shop hide-out where they plot their next heist for their ... See full summary »
Director: William Brayne | Stars: John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Garfield Morgan, Colin Welland
Votes: 122
22. Strangers (1978–1982)
60 min | Crime, Thriller
The eccentric police detective George Kitchener Bulman is reluctantly transferred to a station in the North of England.
Stars: Don Henderson, Dennis Blanch, Fiona Mollison, John Ronane
Votes: 112
23. A Little Piece of Sunshine (1990 TV Movie)
PG | 96 min | Thriller
Sunshine, an idyllic and almost forgotten island under British rule, is shortly to become independent. But a few days before this event is to take place, the British governor of the island ... See full summary »
Director: James Cellan Jones | Stars: Larry Lamb, Chris Cooper, Philip Michael Thomas, Kitty Aldridge
Votes: 112
24.
Lovejoy (1986–1994)
Episode:
The March of Time
(1986)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
After acquiring an old clock in in a trade with another dealer, Lovejoy finds some priceless love letters from the Napoleonic era.
Director: Ken Hannam | Stars: Ian McShane, Phyllis Logan, Dudley Sutton, Malcolm Tierney
Votes: 106
25.
Minder (1979–1994)
Episode:
A Tethered Goat
(1979)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Terry starts work as the bodyguard for Bassam Sayin, a Lebanese businessman and diplomat, but the two men do not get on, and, when the safe house in which they are staying is raided by ... See full summary »
Director: James Gatward | Stars: Dennis Waterman, George Cole, Lee Montague, Kenneth Griffith
Votes: 97
26. Bulman (1985–1987)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Having left the police force in disgust, the eccentric and bad-tempered detective George Kitchener Bulman set himself up as a private investigator. This leads him into trouble with the hard... See full summary »
Stars: Don Henderson, Siobhan Redmond, Thorley Walters, Mark McManus
Votes: 96
27. Just Another Secret (1989 TV Movie)
PG | 100 min | Action, Thriller
An American intelligence agent uncovers a plot to assassinate Soviet Premier Gorbachev just at the time when glasnost is coming into place. The Russian old-guard, however, has captured five... See full summary »
Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: Beau Bridges, Kenneth Cranham, James Faulkner, Erich Hallhuber
Votes: 91
28. Frederick Forsyth Presents (1989– )
PG | 96 min | Action, Thriller
Frederick Forsyth, the internationally acclaimed author of Day of the Jackal, The Fourth Protocol and The Negotiator, is the creator and presenter of this series of six original and ... See full summary »
Stars: Alan Howard, Richard Hope, David Threlfall, Mike Farrell
Votes: 83
29.
Frederick Forsyth Presents (1989– )
Episode:
Death Has a Bad Reputation
(1990)
PG | 98 min | Action, Thriller
A British agent is chasing after famous terrorist Carlos when he resurfaces in Europe.
Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: Tony Lo Bianco, Pamela Villoresi, Elizabeth Hurley, Gottfried John
Votes: 61
30. The XYY Man (1976–1977)
60 min | Crime, Thriller
William "Spider" Scott has a spare "Y" chromosome in his cell structure, which makes him very tall but also gives him a compulsion to steal.
Stars: Stephen Yardley, Don Henderson, Vivienne McKee, Dennis Blanch
Votes: 59
31.
Dempsey and Makepeace (1985–1986)
Episode:
The Prizefighter
(1986)
50 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Dempsey and Makepeace find the broken body of a bare-knuckle prizefighter on the street carrying counterfeit money. Posing as an American couple named Dwayne and Lu, they manage to get into... See full summary »
Director: Baz Taylor | Stars: Michael Brandon, Glynis Barber, Ray Smith, Tony Osoba
Votes: 52
32.
Dempsey and Makepeace (1985–1986)
Episode:
The Hit
(1985)
46 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After a long night on a fruitless stakeout, an S.I.10 colleague is shot by an American hit man right in front of Dempsey and Makepeace. The hunt is on for the killer, who's been targeting a... See full summary »
Director: Tony Wharmby | Stars: Michael Brandon, Glynis Barber, Ray Smith, Billy Murray
Votes: 51
33.
Dempsey and Makepeace (1985–1986)
Episode:
Wheelman
(1985)
49 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Makepeace poses as reporter Debby Smith to get close to hoodlum 'Marocco' Jack and ends up saving his life from a rival gang. Dempsey joins Marocco's gang by posing as an American driver ... See full summary »
Director: Tony Wharmby | Stars: Michael Brandon, Glynis Barber, Ray Smith, Tom Georgeson
Votes: 48
34.
Dempsey and Makepeace (1985–1986)
Episode:
Mantrap
(1986)
46 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Dempsey and Makepeace are under cover trying to find the mastermind behind a series of jewel heists. Little do they suspect they are being targeted themselves for getting to close to the source.
Director: Roger Tucker | Stars: Michael Brandon, Glynis Barber, Ray Smith, Tony Osoba
Votes: 47
35.
Frederick Forsyth Presents (1989– )
Episode:
The Price of the Bride
(1990)
Not Rated | 97 min | Action, Thriller
In the new era of the Glasnost, Soviet armed forces train with British forces on a Nato exercise. Colonel Orlove, top K.G.B. man, is determined to defect and escapes in the guise of a British soldier.
Director: Tom Clegg | Stars: Mike Farrell, Peter Egan, Robert Foxworth, Diana Quick
Votes: 45
36.
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983–1986)
Episode:
Pickup on Noon Street
(1986)
Action, Crime, Mystery
Marlow is investigating the murder of a young girl. A night club cigarette girl called Token Ware might know more. The club's owner and a shady actor stand in his way. He also gets framed for extortion.
Director: Robert Iscove | Stars: Powers Boothe, Robin Givens, Kate Trotter, Christopher Newton
Votes: 45
37. The Sea Children (1973)
40 min | Short, Adventure, Family
Skindivers on holiday in Malta discover strange world beneath the sea.
Director: David Andrews | Stars: Simon Fisher-Turner, Perry Balfour, Lesley Dunlop, Stephen Garlick
Votes: 40
38. Chessgame (1983)
60 min | Thriller
Drama series about the activities of British counter-intelligence agents based on a series of novels by Anthony Price.
Stars: Terence Stamp, Carmen Du Sautoy, Michael Culver, Robin Sachs
Votes: 37
39. The Alamut Ambush (1986 TV Movie)
94 min | Thriller, War
This British espionage thriller stars Terence Stamp as David Audley, former Oxford professor turned intelligence agent.
Director: Ken Grieve | Stars: Terence Stamp, Michael Culver, Carmen Du Sautoy, Robin Sachs
Votes: 33
40.
Frederick Forsyth Presents (1989– )
Episode:
A Casualty of War
(1989)
PG | 92 min | Action, Thriller
In response to American attacks on his personal headquarters, Libyan leader Muammar Ghaddafi seeks revenge. The America planes flew out of British bases, so Ghaddafi provides the IRA with a... See full summary »
Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: David Threlfall, Shelley Hack, Amanda Burton, Richard Hope
Votes: 29
41.
Hazell (1978–1979)
Episode:
Hazell and the Public Enemy
(1979)
Crime, Drama
It's a close call for Hazell when he finds himself caught between a bank robber and a gangster and a female reporter.
Director: Marek Kanievska | Stars: Nicholas Ball, Roddy McMillan, John Bindon, Larry Lamb
Votes: 21
42.
Extremely Dangerous (1999)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1999)
Thriller
Neil Burn escapes from manacled escorted custody aboard a moving train while being transferred from one prison to another
Director: Sallie Aprahamian | Stars: Sean Bean, Juliet Aubrey, Ralph Brown, Alex Norton
Votes: 21
43. A Flame to the Phoenix (1983)
R | 95 min | War
It is late in the uneasy summer of 1939. War threatens Poland, and invasion by Germany is a matter of hours away. Everyone knows what is about to happen, yet no one will admit it.
Director: William Brayne | Stars: Benedict Taylor, Lucy Hornak, David Haig, Frances Barber
Votes: 20
44.
Extremely Dangerous (1999)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1999)
Thriller
Neil Byrne, escaped convicted murderer, continues to hide in plain sight, almost eluding everyone while attempting recovery of the book left on the train. It contains a numerical code, and is of deathly importance to those in the know.
Director: Sallie Aprahamian | Stars: Sean Bean, Juliet Aubrey, Ralph Brown, Alex Norton
Votes: 17
45.
Extremely Dangerous (1999)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(1999)
Thriller
Neil Thomas Byrne, escaped convicted murderer, ex-under cover MI 5 operative, recovers the book Patagonia with its numerical code and susses what is going on, mostly while struggling for breath in a swimming pool.
Director: Sallie Aprahamian | Stars: Sean Bean, Juliet Aubrey, Ralph Brown, Alex Norton
Votes: 17
46.
The Paradise Club (1989–1990)
Episode:
Rock and Roll Roulette
(1990)
50 min | Crime, Drama
The music industry has more villainy than the Kane brothers expect, as a record label plays dirty in trying to get back one of its artists from the Paradise Club.
Director: Renny Rye | Stars: Don Henderson, Leslie Grantham, Barbara Wilshere, Peter Gowen
Votes: 15
47.
Extremely Dangerous (1999)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1999)
Thriller
Neil Thomas Byrne, escaped convicted murderer, ex-under cover MI 5 operative, is framed for a further murder, finds temporary allies in unexpected places, and seeks the murderer of his family.
Director: Sallie Aprahamian | Stars: Sean Bean, Juliet Aubrey, Ralph Brown, Alex Norton
Votes: 15
48.
The Paradise Club (1989–1990)
Episode:
Unfrocked in Babylon
(1989)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Ma Kane and son Danny rule Rotherhithe behind a front of the Paradise Club, a local music venue. Gangster Danny is at war with neighbour Peter Noonan. When Ma Kane dies his brother Frank, a priest, becomes co-owner of the club.
Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: Don Henderson, Leslie Grantham, Kitty Aldridge, Philip Martin Brown
Votes: 10
49. Cold Warrior (1984)
50 min | Drama
Head of SIS, Capt. Aubrey Percival (Blood Money and Skorpian) has put a team together to stop the arms industry selling secretly to the USSR.
Stars: Michael Denison, Lucy Fleming, Dean Harris, David Swift
Votes: 9
50. Closing Ranks (1980 TV Movie)
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A KGB agent defects to UK and offers information about Russian spies within the British Intelligence. Can he be trusted?
Director: Gordon Flemyng | Stars: Joss Ackland, Harry Andrews, Andrew Burt, Kevin Elyot
Votes: 9