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1. Never Mind the Buzzcocks (1996–2023)
30 min | Comedy, Game-Show, Music
Music-based comedy quiz show.
Stars: Phill Jupitus, Mark Lamarr, Noel Fielding, Bill Bailey
Votes: 6,056
2. Sudden Terror (1970)
PG | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Witnessing an assassination, a boy claims the assassins are hunting him. With his older sister, the pair escape numerous attacks and are aided by their grandfather and a resourceful young bystander even under the spectre of martial law.
Director: John Hough | Stars: Mark Lester, Lionel Jeffries, Susan George, Jeremy Kemp
Votes: 757
3. 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: 308
4. Out of the Unknown (1965–1971)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A classic anthology science fiction series which features adaptations of stories by famous authors including Isaac Asimov, J.G. Ballard, Frederik Pohl and John Wyndham.
Stars: John Gabriel, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Erik Chitty, Peter Copley
Votes: 175
5. The Main Chance (1969–1975)
60 min | Drama
Maverick lawyer David Main commutes between his twin bases in London and Leeds. His seemingly devil-may-care attitude is contrasted with the steady and cautious approach of his crusty Leeds partner Henry Castleton.
Stars: John Stride, Margaret Ashcroft, John Wentworth, Anna Palk
Votes: 134
6. Softly Softly (1966–1969)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Thie West Country police force solving local crime. its a spin-off from another BBC drama series, Z Cars (1962).
Stars: Stratford Johns, Frank Windsor, Norman Bowler, John Barron
Votes: 123
7. No Hiding Place (1959–1967)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Tales of Scotland Yard centering on a detective team. A sort of halfway house between "Dixon of Dock Green" and "'Z' Cars." The detectives are still 1950s-style with good elocution and ... See full summary »
Stars: Raymond Francis, Eric Lander, Johnny Briggs, Michael McStay
Votes: 97
8. 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
9. Emergency-Ward 10 (1957–1967)
30 min | Drama
Set in Oxbridge General Hospital, this soap opera focused equally on the lives and loves of its medical staff and the pressure of their work.
Stars: Jill Browne, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Frederick Bartman, Desmond Carrington
Votes: 70
10. The Informer (1966–1967)
60 min | Drama
A disgraced ex-lawyer, now released from prison, uses his accumulated knowledge to earn a living from both sides of the law.
Stars: Ian Hendry, Neil Hallett, Jean Marsh, Heather Sears
Votes: 69
11. 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
12. Meet the Wife (1963–1966)
30 min | Comedy
The humorous ups and downs of a middle-aged married couple.
Stars: Thora Hird, Freddie Frinton, Barbara Miller, David Morrell
Votes: 34
13. The Marriage Lines (1961–1966)
25 min | Comedy
Newlyweds Kate and George Starling begin with George toiling as a junior clerk and Kate toiling as a homemaker; she's is soon bored with domesticity and he longs to go out with the boys. After several years, daughter Helen joins them.
Stars: Richard Briers, Prunella Scales, Edward de Souza, Diana King
Votes: 28
14.
ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)
Episode:
The Other Man
(1964)
150 min | Comedy, Drama
In 1940, Winston Churchill is killed, Britain signs a separate peace with Nazi Germany, and the Second World War is over. George Grant, a young Army officer, witnesses the gradual changes ... See full summary »
Director: Gordon Flemyng | Stars: Michael Caine, Siân Phillips, John Thaw, Peter Dyneley
Votes: 18
15.
The Main Chance (1969–1975)
Episode:
A Man I Know to Be Innocent...
(1970)
51 min | Drama
Can a woman practising as a solicitor keep heart and mind apart when her client is a very attractive man? Margaret Castleton's conviction of her client's innocence produces a series of surprising results.
Director: Christopher Hodson | Stars: John Stride, Margaret Ashcroft, John Wentworth, John Arnatt
Votes: 16
16. Brett (1971)
50 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Brett, a journalist with a taste for the high life and a penchant for trouble. a powerful and ambitious man who would become a tycoon, but with his shady past catching up with him, brings him conflict with people he had crossed.
Stars: Patrick Allen, Robin Bailey, Hannah Gordon, Michael Hawkins
Votes: 12
17.
Never Mind the Buzzcocks (1996–2023)
Episode:
Episode #10.10
(2002)
Comedy, Game-Show, Music
Stars: Mark Lamarr, Phill Jupitus, Sean Hughes, John Allison
Votes: 10
18. Papillons (1970 TV Movie)
75 min | Drama
The story of Robert Schumann the composer during his Leipzig period, 1830-40: his love affair with the celebrated child pianist Clara Wieck, and the bitter opposition of her father, the great piano teacher Friedrich Wieck.
Stars: John Stride, Francesca Annis, Mark Dignam, Sally Faulkner
19.
Theatre 625 (1964–1968)
Episode:
The Wesker Trilogy: Chicken Soup with Barley
(1966)
Drama
A Jewish family from in London strive to maintain their Communist beliefs from1936, through the war and the rise of Stalin to the Hungarian revolution of 1956.
Director: Charles Jarrott | Stars: Clive Revill, Margery Mason, Stanley Meadows, Stella Tanner
20.
Theatre 625 (1964–1968)
Episode:
The Wesker Trilogy: I'm Talking About Jerusalem
(1966)
Drama
A couple from London move to an isolated Norfolk cottage and try to live off the land.
Director: Charles Jarrott | Stars: Sonia Fraser, Stanley Meadows, Margery Mason, John Allison
21.
Out of the Unknown (1965–1971)
Episode:
The World in Silence
(1966)
50 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
College student Sarah Richards is alone in fearing and disliking the new teaching machines but even she does not foresee the terrifying situation that arises when her supervisor, Stephen ... See full summary »
Director: Naomi Capon | Stars: Mark Eden, Deborah Watling, Sara Aimson, John Allison
22.
Brett (1971)
Episode:
The Saxby Route
(1971)
Adventure, Biography, Drama
Director: Peter Graham Scott | Stars: Patrick Allen, Robin Bailey, Peter Bowles, John Allison
23.
Dixon of Dock Green (1955–1976)
Episode:
Facing the Music
(1964)
Crime, Drama
Director: David Askey | Stars: Geoffrey Adams, John Allison, Robert Arnold, Mary Barclay
24.
The Informer (1966–1967)
Episode:
Get Off My Back
(1966)
Drama
Director: Peter Collinson | Stars: Ian Hendry, Heather Sears, Neil Hallett, Jean Marsh
25.
Softly Softly (1966–1969)
Episode:
Don't Push Too Hard
(1966)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Leonard Lewis | Stars: Stratford Johns, Frank Windsor, John Welsh, Alexis Kanner
26.
The Marriage Lines (1961–1966)
Episode:
The Bed
(1963)
Comedy
Stars: Richard Briers, Prunella Scales, Christine Finn, Geoffrey Sumner
27.
Meet the Wife (1963–1966)
Episode:
Shopping
(1964)
Comedy
Stars: Thora Hird, Freddie Frinton, John Allison, Catherine Feller
28.
No Hiding Place (1959–1967)
Episode:
A Girl Like You
(1967)
Crime, Drama
Director: Marc Miller | Stars: Raymond Francis, Sean Caffrey, John Allison, Colin Spaull
29.
Theatre 625 (1964–1968)
Episode:
The Single Passion
(1967)
Drama
Director: Stuart Burge | Stars: Alan Webb, Rosalie Crutchley, Michael Pennington, Tamara Hinchco
30.
Emergency-Ward 10 (1957–1967)
Episode:
Episode #1.918
(1966)
Drama
Director: Robert D. Cardona | Stars: John Allison, Jane Barrett, John Carlisle, Ian Cullen