Sort by Number of Votes - Most Rated Movies and TV Shows With John Mullan

1. The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain (2014)

60 min | Documentary

7.9

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Stars: Lucy Worsley, Rufus Bird, Desmond Shawe-Taylor, Kate Heard

Votes: 103

2. Timeshift (2002–2017)

60 min | Documentary

7.1

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Series looking at changes in British society, employing archive footage from the BBC and other sources.

Stars: Veronika Hyks, Tamsin Greig, Kim Newman, Andrew Martin

Votes: 74

3. Pride and Prejudice: Having a Ball (2013 TV Movie)

89 min | Documentary

7.9

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Stars: Jeanice Brooks, Hilary Davidson, Ivan Day, Elizabeth Futter

Votes: 69

4. Late Review (1994–2014)

30 min | Biography, Talk-Show

6.6

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A panel of academics, writers, critics and actors discuss the latest films, books, art exhibitions and plays.

Stars: Kirsty Wark, Martha Kearney, Mark Lawson, Paul Morley

Votes: 39

5. The Many Lovers of Miss Jane Austen (2011 TV Movie)

History

6.9

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A historian and professor Amanda Vickery explores why Jane Austen's books have been popular for nearly 200 years.

Director: Rupert Edwards | Stars: Cassandra Hodges, Andrew Davies, Colin Firth, Katie Halsey

Votes: 36

6. Hilary Mantel - Return to Wolf Hall (2020 TV Movie)

59 min | Documentary, Biography, History

8.4

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Made across six months in the run-up to publication of the final book in her Cromwellian trilogy, the celebrated author delves into her past and present, intertwining the themes of the Wolf Hall trilogy with stories from her own life.

Director: Ian Denyer | Stars: Hilary Mantel, Shiloh Coke, Peter Kosminsky, Lydia Leonard

Votes: 23

7. In Our Time (2011 Podcast Series)

49 min | Talk-Show

9.2

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In Our Time is a podcast, starting in 2011, that explores a wide variety of historical topics through interviews with academics and scholars. It is presented by Melvyn Bragg and is ... See full summary »

Stars: Melvyn Bragg, Paul Cartledge, Carolin Crawford, Simon Schaffer

Votes: 21

8. The Book Show (2006–2013)

Talk-Show

7.5

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Stars: Mariella Frostrup, Alexander McCall Smith, Jenny Colgan, Anthony Horowitz

Votes: 18

9. Rude Britannia (2010)

60 min | Documentary

7.3

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A history of how the depiction of the vulgar has been a vital part of English satire,starting with the artwork of Hogarth in the eighteenth century and Gay's 'Beggar's Opera',the first ... See full summary »

Stars: Julian Rhind-Tutt, Martin Rowson, Steve Bell, Simon Callow

Votes: 14

10. Georgian Underworld (2003– )
Episode: Invitation to a Hanging (2003)

90 min | Drama

8.1

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The story of highwayman, Jack Sheppard. This program looks at his interesting life as a criminal and his execution in 1724.

Director: Justin Hardy | Stars: Christopher Ellison, Marcus McNicoll, Paul Clayton, Katrine Bach

Votes: 13

11. The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain (2014)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2014)

Documentary

8.6

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Director: Linda Sands | Stars: Lucy Worsley, Rufus Bird, Nicholas Cronk, Carole Fry

Votes: 12

12. Faulks on Fiction (2011)

60 min | Documentary

7.3

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Bestselling novelist Sebastian Faulks takes a look at the excellence of the British novel over the past three hundred years and examines how certain types of characters have evolved during that period.

Stars: Sebastian Faulks, Adam Phillips, Simon Schama, Alain de Botton

Votes: 11

13. I Hate Jane Austen (2017 TV Special)

45 min | Documentary, Reality-TV

7.8

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Jane Austen is one of the most celebrated and renowned English language novelists of all time, her novels which have been adapted into countless successful movies, plays, and other books, ... See full summary »

Director: Lisa Fairbank | Stars: Giles Coren, John Mullan, Joanna Trollope, Gurinder Chadha

Votes: 9

14. Timeshift (2002–2017)
Episode: Crime and Punishment: A Good Flogging / The Story of Corporal Punishment (2011)

Documentary

7.2

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The film investigates the ways school, religion and the justice service have been involved with corporal punishment and how it's imposition has also provoked debate from a sexual aspect.

Director: Rachel Jardine | Stars: Denis Lawson, Vic Gatrell, Seán McConville, Lucy Bending

Votes: 9

15. The Worlds of Fantasy (2008)

Documentary

7.3

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A look at the world of fantasy fiction.

Stars: Joe McGann, Alice Coulthard, A.S. Byatt, China Miéville

Votes: 8

16. In Jane Austen's Footsteps with Gyles Brandreth (2021 TV Special)

66 min | Documentary

8.5

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The broadcaster explores the life of the novelist and examines the locations that inspired her, as well as uncovering the real events behind some of her greatest stories.

Director: Nico Wasserman | Stars: Gyles Brandreth, David Baddiel, Bidisha, Katy Brand

Votes: 7