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1. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992)
TV-14 | 105 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
Host Johnny Carson performs comedy routines and chats with various celebrities.
Stars: Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Skitch Henderson
Votes: 4,246
2. Sir Steven Runciman: Bridge to the East (1987 TV Movie)
54 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A look at Byzantium through the eyes of one of Britain's greatest historians, Sir Steven Runciman, who guides us from the mosaics of Ravenna, to the beauty of Monemvassia, to the Ecumenical... See full summary »
Director: Lydia Carras | Stars: Alan Bates, Steven Runciman
Votes: 19
3. Oliver's Travels (1995– )
250 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
After his job is terminated, a humanities professor and puzzle addict joins forces with a woman PC to travel the country while solving a cold case murder.
Stars: Alan Bates, Sinéad Cusack, Bill Paterson, Morgan Jones
Votes: 346
4.
The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1978)
TV-14 | Drama
Michael remarries Susan. He hires Donald Farfrae to manage his business but there is tension between them. Michael's standing goes down and, unable to take any more, Donald leaves him to set up a business in opposition to Michael.
Director: David Giles | Stars: Alan Bates, Anne Stallybrass, Janet Maw, Jack Galloway
Votes: 14
5.
Oliver's Travels (1995– )
Episode:
Land of My Fathers
(1995)
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Director: Giles Foster | Stars: Alan Bates, Sinéad Cusack, Bill Paterson, Peter Vaughan
Votes: 9
6. ITV Television Playhouse (1955–1967)
60 min | Drama
Richard O. Sullivan as a child genius in the play "Honour Bright".
Stars: Campbell Singer, Thomas Heathcote, Richard Caldicot, June Brown
Votes: 67
7. Evelyn: Behind the Scenes (2003 Video)
21 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Jerry Hogrewe | Stars: Alan Bates, Bruce Beresford, Pierce Brosnan, Julianna Margulies
Votes: 25
8.
The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(1978)
TV-14 | Drama
Michael's business reaches rock bottom. Lucetta and Donald become serious so Michael extracts a promise from Lecetta to marry him by blackmailing her with her past. However, Donald and Lucetta marry anyway.
Director: David Giles | Stars: Alan Bates, Anna Massey, Janet Maw, Jack Galloway
Votes: 13
9.
The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978)
Episode:
Episode #1.6
(1978)
TV-14 | Drama
A drunk Michael disrupts Prince Albert's visit to Casterbridge, which angers Donald. Jopp discloses some of Lucetta's and the townspeople decide to humiliate her. Shocked, she collapses and dies. Newson turns up looking for Elizabeth-Jane.
Director: David Giles | Stars: Alan Bates, Anna Massey, Janet Maw, Jack Galloway
Votes: 12
10. Great Performances (1971– )
TV-G | 180 min | Music, Musical
Filmed and televised versions of theater productions, such as plays, musicals, operas, ballets, and concerts from around the world.
Stars: Scott Yoo, Julie Andrews, Renée Fleming, Plácido Domingo
Votes: 902
11. The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978)
TV-14 | 350 min | Drama
In a drunken and disheartened state, Michael Henchard sells his wife at a fair. When he becomes sober again, he realizes what he has done, and though unable to find his wife and child, ... See full summary »
Stars: Alan Bates, Janet Maw, Jack Galloway, Anna Massey
Votes: 346
12.
The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978)
Episode:
Episode #1.7
(1978)
TV-14 | Drama
Newson unexpectedly returns to Casterbridge and Michael promptly decides to leave the town. Newson and Elizabeth-Jane are reunited and then she and Donald get married. Elizabeth-Jane is angry when Michael appears at the wedding.
Director: David Giles | Stars: Alan Bates, Janet Maw, Jack Galloway, Richard Owens
Votes: 12
13.
Oliver's Travels (1995– )
Episode:
Why Did We Eat the Frogs?
(1995)
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Director: Giles Foster | Stars: Alan Bates, Sinéad Cusack, Bill Paterson, Peter Vaughan
Votes: 9
14. Play for Today (1970–1984)
75 min | Comedy, Drama
A British television anthology drama series that aired on BBC1 between 1970 and 1984.
Stars: Alison Steadman, Nigel Hawthorne, Tony Caunter, David Daker
Votes: 395
15.
Oliver's Travels (1995– )
Episode:
The Farquhar Connection
(1995)
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Director: Giles Foster | Stars: Alan Bates, Sinéad Cusack, Bill Paterson, Miles Anderson
Votes: 9
16. Arena (1975– )
60 min | Documentary
Wide-ranging arts program.
Stars: Gavin Millar, Kenneth Tynan, John Walters, Jonathan Miller
Votes: 320
17. Gosford Park: Deleted Scenes (2002 Video)
20 min | Short, Mystery
Stars: Eileen Atkins, Bob Balaban, Alan Bates, Claudie Blakley
Votes: 125
18. The Dog It Was That Died (1989 TV Movie)
64 min | Comedy
In this movie, Rupert Purvis (Alan Howard) jumps off a bridge onto a dog, and causes problems for Blair (Sir Alan Bates), his superior at MI5, and Blair must convince Hogbin (Simon Cadell),... See full summary »
Director: Peter Wood | Stars: Alan Bates, Alan Howard, Simon Cadell, Sylvestra Le Touzel
Votes: 42
19.
The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978)
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(1978)
TV-14 | Drama
Michael is declared bankrupt and he sinks back to where he was 21 years ago. Michael starts drinking again and threatens Donald physically, and also plans to expose Lucetta's past to the Donald.
Director: David Giles | Stars: Alan Bates, Anna Massey, Janet Maw, Jack Galloway
Votes: 13
20.
Oliver's Travels (1995– )
Episode:
Looking for Aristotle
(1995)
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
An ex-humanities professor and a female cop on suspension set out on an odyssey to find a missing crossword puzzle compiler.
Director: Giles Foster | Stars: Alan Bates, Sinéad Cusack, Michael Byrne, Sue Roderick
Votes: 12
21.
Hard Times (1994)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1994)
TV-14 | 29 min | Drama
Harthouse is attracted to Louisa. Unfortunately for him, she's married to Bounderby to help her brother Tom. Rachel saves Blackpool's wife. Meanwhile, Blackpool won't join the union and is outcast.
Stars: Harriet Walter, Bill Paterson, Alan Bates, Beatie Edney
Votes: 6
22. Zorba the Greek (1964)
Not Rated | 142 min | Comedy, Drama
An uptight English writer travelling to Crete, on a matter of business, finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.
Director: Michael Cacoyannis | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates, Irene Papas, Lila Kedrova
Votes: 24,129
23. Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
Unrated | 99 min | Crime, Drama
When an injured wife murderer takes refuge on a remote Lancashire farm, the owner's three children mistakenly believe him to be the Second Coming of Christ.
Director: Bryan Forbes | Stars: Alan Bates, Bernard Lee, Hayley Mills, Norman Bird
Votes: 3,754
24. Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
60 min | Drama
This show was a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and from mid-1968 by Thames Television.
Stars: Harry H. Corbett, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Billie Whitelaw, Neil McCallum
Votes: 246
25.
The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1978)
TV-14 | Drama
Michael Henchard sold his wife and daughter when drunk 18 years ago. Now, his wife has come for him with their daughter, only to find out that he is now the mayor of Casterbridge. She is reluctant to meet him but he wants to see her.
Director: David Giles | Stars: Alan Bates, Anne Stallybrass, Janet Maw, Jack Galloway
Votes: 15
26. The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
75 min | Drama
Series of one-off plays made by BBC television, which gave breaks to a wide range of writers and directors in the late 1960s, such as Dennis Potter, Ken Loach, David Mercer, and John ... See full summary »
Stars: Edwin Brown, Neville Smith, Tony Selby, Ken Jones
Votes: 132
27. An Englishman Abroad (1983 TV Movie)
61 min | Drama
The actress Coral Browne travels to Moscow and meets a mysterious Englishman. It turns out that he's the notorious spy Guy Burgess.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Alan Bates, Coral Browne, Charles Gray, Harold Innocent
Votes: 619
28. Separate Tables (1983 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama
The arrival of a beautiful model stirs up the guests of a peaceful small-town hotel where most of them hide from their troubles; secrets, infatuations, and lies emerge.
Directors: John Schlesinger, Ken Price | Stars: Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Claire Bloom, Irene Worth
Votes: 222
29. The Trespasser (1981 TV Movie)
90 min
Siegmund (Alan Bates) leaves his family to spend five days with Helena (Pauline Moran). As they get to know each other, they are torn apart by the guilt of their illicit affair.
Director: Colin Gregg | Stars: Alan Bates, Pauline Moran, Dinah Stabb, Margaret Whiting
Votes: 10
30.
The Four Just Men (1959–1960)
Episode:
Treviso Dam
(1960)
Drama
After a young man working on a new multimillion-Lira dam project tells Poccari of some of the dangerously inferior cement being used, he has a mysterious fatal accident. So Poccari goes to investigate.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Lisa Gastoni, Fenella Fielding, Alan Bates
Votes: 34
31.
Hard Times (1994)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(1994)
TV-14 | 28 min | Drama
Bounderby confronts Gradgrind about his marriage. Blackpool incriminates Tom who escapes abroad but dies soon after. Bounderby also dies. Louisa is left a cold widow.
Stars: Harriet Walter, Bill Paterson, Alan Bates, Richard E. Grant
Votes: 6
32.
Arabian Nights (2000)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2000)
TV-G | 89 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A magical retelling of the classic tales by Sir Richard F. Burton. Targeted for assassination by his first wife and his evil brother, a young sultan must marry by the next full moon or he ... See full summary »
Director: Steve Barron | Stars: Mili Avital, Alan Bates, James Frain, Tchéky Karyo
Votes: 63
33.
Arabian Nights (2000)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2000)
TV-G | 88 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
As the tale of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves unfolds, the Sultan realises that the story bears a striking resemblance to to his own life : and could even offer a solution to his ongoing conflict with his jealous brother.
Director: Steve Barron | Stars: Mili Avital, Alan Bates, James Frain, Tchéky Karyo
Votes: 65
34. Arabian Nights (2000)
Not Rated | 88 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
To cure a Prince's murderous madness, Scheherezade tells him a series of wondrous stories.
Stars: Mili Avital, Alan Bates, James Frain, Tchéky Karyo
Votes: 5,582
35.
Great Performances (1971– )
Episode:
The Collection
(1976)
TV-G | 64 min | Music, Musical
Did Bill sleep with Stella? Or was it her husband, James? And where does the much older Harry fit into this triangle (or is it quadrangle?) situation?
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Alan Bates, Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren, Laurence Olivier
Votes: 226
36.
Oliver's Travels (1995– )
Episode:
Do We Look Like That?
(1995)
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Director: Giles Foster | Stars: Alan Bates, Sinéad Cusack, Bill Paterson, Miles Anderson
Votes: 8
37.
In the Beginning (2000)
Episode:
Part I
(2000)
TV-PG | 86 min | Adventure, Drama
Biblical tales from the books of Genesis and Exodus, including the stories of Abraham's devotion and Joseph's betrayal. Stars Martin Landau, Jacqueline Bisset and Bill Campbell.
Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Martin Landau, Jacqueline Bisset, Billy Campbell, Eddie Cibrian
Votes: 18
38. The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985–1992)
TV-14 | 23 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
"The Ray Bradbury Theater" was a Canadian-produced anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon Bradbury's novels and short stories.
Stars: Ray Bradbury, Michael Copeman, Frank Whitten, Desmond Kelly
Votes: 1,716
39. A Kind of Loving (1962)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, Romance
After his girlfriend's pregnancy forces him to marry her, a young man must adjust to his new life and contend with his domineering mother-in-law.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Alan Bates, June Ritchie, Thora Hird, Bert Palmer
Votes: 2,693 | Gross: $0.00M
40. King of Hearts (1966)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, War
During World War I, a British private, sent ahead to a French town to scout for enemy presence, is mistaken for a King by the colorful patients of an insane asylum.
Director: Philippe de Broca | Stars: Alan Bates, Geneviève Bujold, Pierre Brasseur, Jean-Claude Brialy
Votes: 4,346 | Gross: $0.02M
41.
Love in a Cold Climate (2001)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2001)
TV-PG | 74 min | Drama
Linda Radlett falls for and marries banker Tony Kroesig much to her father's disagreement. Her cousin Fanny is reunited with old friend Polly Hampton. Fanny meets and marries Alfred. Linda meets Christian, a Communist.
Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: Alan Bates, Cassie Compton, Olivia Compton, Rosamund Pike
Votes: 33
42.
The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1978)
TV-14 | Drama
After Susan dies, Michael tells Elizabeth-Jane about he being her father. However, he then finds a letter explaining that Elizabeth-Jane is not his daughter, which he keeps this secret. Donald's business rises just as Michael's slumps.
Director: David Giles | Stars: Alan Bates, Anna Massey, Janet Maw, Jack Galloway
Votes: 14
43. Gosford Park (2001)
R | 137 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Set in the 1930s, a group of pretentious rich and famous get together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Maggie Smith, Ryan Phillippe, Michael Gambon, Kristin Scott Thomas
Votes: 94,103 | Gross: $41.31M
44. Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
GP | 168 min | Drama, History, Romance
Bathsheba Everdene, a willful, flirtatious young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and is romantically pursued by three very different men.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Julie Christie, Peter Finch, Alan Bates, Terence Stamp
Votes: 6,227
45. An Unmarried Woman (1978)
R | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A wealthy woman from Manhattan's Upper East Side struggles to deal with her new identity and her sexuality after her husband of 16 years leaves her for a younger woman.
Director: Paul Mazursky | Stars: Jill Clayburgh, Alan Bates, Michael Murphy, Cliff Gorman
Votes: 6,057 | Gross: $24.00M
46. The Go-Between (1971)
GP | 116 min | Drama, Romance
A tale of torrid and forbidden love between a couple in the English countryside.
Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Dominic Guard, Margaret Leighton
Votes: 6,314 | Gross: $0.75M
47. Omnibus (1967–2003)
Not Rated | 43 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Arts documentary series with concerts and experimental dramatizations.
Stars: Humphrey Burton, Kirsty Wark, David Collings, Michael Hordern
Votes: 294
48. The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1969)
90 min | Talk-Show
American talk show that had its first broadcast on ABC on April 17, 1967. It was hosted by Joey Bishop and featured Regis Philbin in his first ongoing role with national television exposure, as Bishop's sidekick/announcer.
Stars: Regis Philbin, Joey Bishop, Norm Crosby, Jan Murray
Votes: 222
49. A Voyage Round My Father (1982 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama
Before creating the beloved courtroom drama Rumpole of the Bailey (1978), writer John Mortimer found inspiration in his own life for this portrait of a difficult but enduring love between ... See full summary »
Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Alan Bates, Jane Asher, Elizabeth Sellars
Votes: 232
50. Dr. Fischer of Geneva (1984 TV Movie)
97 min | Drama
Dr. Fischer has an unusual hobby, to expose human greed. How much humiliation will his fellow man endure enticed by valuable presents? Dignity for money. Death for money?
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Stars: James Mason, Alan Bates, Greta Scacchi, Clarissa Kaye-Mason
Votes: 183