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1. Codename (1970– )
50 min | Drama
Stars: Clifford Evans, Alexandra Bastedo, Anthony Valentine, Brian Peck
Votes: 11
2. Weekend in Wallop (1984 TV Movie)
120 min | Documentary, Comedy
Director: Stephen Pile | Stars: Jenny Agutter, Maria Aitken, Rowan Atkinson, Paul Bradley
Votes: 24
3. Melba (1988)
330 min | Biography, Drama
The story of opera soprano Dame Nellie Melba.
Stars: Linda Cropper, Nell Schofield, Julie Haseler, Peter Carroll
Votes: 11
4. Bedroom Farce (1980 TV Movie)
120 min | Comedy
Director: Christopher Morahan | Stars: Michael Denison, Derek Newark, Maria Aitken, Stephen Moore
Votes: 9
5.
Acting (1987–1990)
Episode:
Michael Caine on Acting in Film, Arts, and Entertainment
(1987)
Documentary
Michael Caine teaches the art of movie acting to five young actors, who perform scenes from Alfie (1966), Deathtrap (1982) and Educating Rita (1983).
Director: David G. Croft | Stars: Michael Caine, Simon Cutter, Celia Imrie, Mark Jefferies
Votes: 91
6. A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1987–1995)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Comedians Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie perform a variety of comedy skits and the occasional musical number.
Stars: Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Deborah Norton, Geoffrey McGivern
Votes: 9,925
7. The Gold Robbers (1969)
60 min | Crime
Tough cop Detective Chief Superintendent Cradock is assigned to track down and bring to justice the criminals behind the daring theft of five and half million pounds worth of gold bullion from an airfield in the South of England.
Stars: Peter Vaughan, Artro Morris, Richard Leech, Frederick Bartman
Votes: 105
8. The Good Guys (1992– )
60 min | Comedy, Drama
Two men named Guy spend their days trying to right wrongs.
Stars: Nigel Havers, Keith Barron, Hilary Whitehall, Godfrey James
Votes: 26
9. The Regiment (1972– )
50 min | Drama, History, War
Following the career of Richard Gaunt, (Christopher Cazenove), of the Cotswolds Regiment, from leaving the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst as a Lieutenant, through the Boer War to service as a Captain on the North West Frontier.
Stars: Christopher Cazenove, Denis Lill, Wendy Allnutt, Bernard Brown
Votes: 11
10.
The Gold Robbers (1969)
Episode:
The Kill
(1969)
51 min | Crime
In spite of warnings to the contrary, Cradock closes in for the kill. He knows his man and is determined to get him at any cost. But his final fling leads him into deadly territory.
Director: Bill Bain | Stars: Peter Vaughan, Richard Leech, Artro Morris, Peter Copley
Votes: 20
11. Crime of Passion (1970–1973)
60 min | Drama
British courtroom drama set in France, concerning the trials of murderers who commit crimes of passion.
Stars: Anthony Newlands, Daniel Moynihan, John Phillips, Peter Evans
Votes: 29
12. Counterstrike (1969– )
50 min | Sci-Fi
Simon King, an alien agent from the Inter Galactic Council, is sent to Earth on a mission to stop unscrupulous refugees from a dying planet from wiping out Mankind and taking over the planet Earth.
Stars: Jon Finch, Sarah Brackett, Katie Fitzroy, Fraser Kerr
Votes: 26
13. Acting (1987–1990)
60 min | Documentary
A series workshop's led by leading actors on the techniques of acting in Film, Opera, Shakespearean Comedy, Tragedy and Restoration Comedy.
Stars: Michael Caine, Simon Callow, Jonathan Miller, Brian Cox
Votes: 37
14.
Manhunt (1970)
Episode:
Degrade and Rule
(1970)
Drama, History, War
Gratz tries to trick British Intelligence by using a captured transmitter and British agent, but will his plan backfire?
Director: Cyril Coke | Stars: Robert Hardy, Cyd Hayman, Ann Lynn, Maria Aitken
Votes: 13
15. Take Three Girls (1969–1971)
50 min | Comedy, Drama
Three single women, including cellist Victoria and art student Avril, navigate life, relationships, careers, and family dynamics while living in bedsits in London's SW3 area.
Stars: Liza Goddard, Barra Grant, Angela Down, Susan Jameson
Votes: 32
16. Stagestruck: Gay Theatre in the 20th Century (1999– )
140 min | Documentary
Chronicles of gay men and the theatre in the 20th century. From Oscar Wilde and Noel Coward through Terrence Rattigan and Tennesee Williams and on to Edward Albee, Joe Orton, Tony Kushner, and Larry Kramer.
Stars: Penny Downie, Todd Boyce, Michael Elwyn, Frank Lazarus
Votes: 23
17.
The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
Episode:
Port Out, Starboard Home
(1974)
TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Romance
James goes to stay in London with Robert, who suggests he consider the Honorable Hugh Kernan's proposal to build the British-Mexican Railway. Captain Baines returns as a passenger from ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Jenkins | Stars: Peter Gilmore, Jessica Benton, Michael Billington, Howard Lang
Votes: 13
18.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Don't Be Silly
(1979)
74 min | Comedy, Drama
Harrowing portrayal of Middle Class Domestic Abuse.
Director: Kenneth Ives | Stars: Susan Fleetwood, Christopher Godwin, Maria Aitken, Stephanie Cole
Votes: 45
19.
Armchair Thriller (1978–1981)
Episode:
Quiet as a Nun: Part 3: The Black Nun
(1978)
25 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Shore hears of an apparition that haunts the hallways at night and seems to portend death. Flashlight in hand, she goes off in search of the "Black Nun."
Director: Moira Armstrong | Stars: Maria Aitken, Renée Asherson, Brenda Bruce, Sylvia Coleridge
Votes: 39
20. Scotch on the Rocks (1973– )
215 min | Thriller
Two undercover army operatives infiltrate an activist group working towards an independent Scotland by illegal means.
Stars: Maria Aitken, Maurice Roëves, John Cairney, Cyril Luckham
Votes: 18
21.
The Gold Robbers (1969)
Episode:
The Cover Plan
(1969)
51 min | Crime
Why should an informer put the finger on the Hon. Timothy Fry, DSO, who was found smuggling a girl out of the country. Of more interest to Cradock is how is the Hon. Timothy mixed up in the bullion snatch?
Director: Cyril Coke | Stars: Peter Vaughan, Patrick Allen, Patricia Clapton, Artro Morris
Votes: 22
22.
A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1987–1995)
Episode:
Episode #2.3
(1990)
TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy
Stephen and Hugh cope with the knotty problem of offensive language. They have uncovered a series of obscure words like 'pempslider,' a 'cloff-prunker' and 'pim-hole' which are extremely ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Ordish | Stars: Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Maria Aitken, Ralph Michael
Votes: 127
23. 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
24. Jinnah (1998)
110 min | Biography, Drama, War
The story of the Indian politician Muhammad Ali Jinnah who successfully campaigned for an independent Pakistan and became its first Governor-General.
Director: Jamil Dehlavi | Stars: Christopher Lee, Shireen Shah, James Curran, Zafar Hameed
Votes: 3,143
25. Ripping Yarns (1976–1979)
TV-PG | 30 min | Adventure, Comedy
This show is a collection of tales that make for "ripping good" television. Sir Michael Palin played a different lead character in each yarn.
Stars: Michael Palin, Charles McKeown, Barbara New, David Griffin
Votes: 1,704
26. Love on a Branch Line (1994– )
198 min | Comedy, Drama
A civil servant is sent to dismantle a research unit at an eccentric lord's mansion. He meets the lord's daughters, who make him feel at home, causing him to reevaluate his future plans.
Stars: Michael Maloney, Leslie Phillips, Maria Aitken, Graham Crowden
Votes: 247
27.
Ripping Yarns (1976–1979)
Episode:
Whinfrey's Last Case
(1979)
TV-G | 32 min | Adventure, Comedy
In 1913 the British government, hearing that the Germans are planning World War I, ask top agent Whinfrey to intervene, but instead he decides to go on holiday to Cornish fishing village ... See full summary »
Director: Alan J.W. Bell | Stars: Michael Palin, Maria Aitken, Antony Carrick, Edward Hardwicke
Votes: 326
28.
Armchair Thriller (1978–1981)
Episode:
Quiet as a Nun: Part 5: Powers of Darkness
(1978)
24 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Shore finds an underground passageway from the crypt to the tower and discovers a link between the dead nun and a missing schoolgirl. Unfortunately, the Black Nun is also on the hunt.
Director: Moira Armstrong | Stars: Maria Aitken, Renée Asherson, Susan Engel, Sylvia Coleridge
Votes: 36
29. The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
TV-PG | 50 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
James Onedin marries Anne Webster in order to get his hands on a ship. However the marriage turns out to be one of true love. James is ruthless in his attempt to get a shipping line started in Liverpool of the 1860s.
Stars: Peter Gilmore, Jessica Benton, Howard Lang, Mary Webster
Votes: 1,122
30. Justice (1971–1974)
60 min | Drama
Cases of a female barrister.
Stars: Margaret Lockwood, John Stone, John Bryans, Philip Stone
Votes: 120
31. The Return of Shelley (1988–1992)
30 min | Comedy
After nearly five years away teaching in the Middle East, Shelley flies back into the UK. He's shocked to find a new world of high rent, yuppies, and wine bars--but Shelley is still Shelley--ready wit, work-shy behaviour, and all.
Stars: Hywel Bennett, Andrew Castell, Caroline Langrishe, David Ryall
Votes: 79
32. Joy (1972 TV Movie)
A middle-aged man, aware that time is passing ever more quickly, decides that he wants a little joy in his life for a change. No matter what.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Ian Hendry, Elizabeth Shepherd, Timothy West, Rowena Cooper
Votes: 5
33.
Armchair Thriller (1978–1981)
Episode:
Quiet as a Nun: Part 1: The Tower
(1978)
180 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A reporter is asked to look into the mysterious death of a nun who died in a locked room at a convent.
Director: Moira Armstrong | Stars: Maria Aitken, Renée Asherson, Brenda Bruce, David Burke
Votes: 76
34.
Armchair Thriller (1978–1981)
Episode:
Quiet as a Nun: Part 2: The Chapel
(1978)
27 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Shore learns that Sister Miriam had recently inherited a fortune. While one nun warns Shore to get out while she can, another is all too eager to confide her suspicions.
Director: Moira Armstrong | Stars: Maria Aitken, Renée Asherson, Susan Engel, David Burke
Votes: 36
35.
Love on a Branch Line (1994– )
Episode:
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
(1994)
49 min | Comedy, Drama
Lionel almost sabotages the cricket match when he lures Jasper into the "dungeon" for a drinking binge.
Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: Michael Maloney, Leslie Phillips, Maria Aitken, Graham Crowden
Votes: 14
36. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Crime
In London, four very different people team up on a jewel heist, then try to double-cross one another for the loot, complicated by their efforts to fool a very proper barrister.
Directors: Charles Crichton, John Cleese | Stars: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin
Votes: 154,102 | Gross: $63.49M
37.
The Edwardians (1972–1973)
Episode:
Conan Doyle
(1972)
Drama, History
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, has his own mystery to solve when he answers a call for assistance from George Edalji who claims to have been falsely convicted of ... See full summary »
Director: Brian Farnham | Stars: Nigel Davenport, Maria Aitken, John Nettleton, Alison Leggatt
Votes: 8
38.
Armchair Thriller (1978–1981)
Episode:
Quiet as a Nun: Part 4: Witness and Wills
(1978)
26 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
The schoolgirls speculate that Sister Miriam wanted to leave the convent and had recently changed her will.
Director: Moira Armstrong | Stars: Maria Aitken, Renée Asherson, Brenda Bruce, Susan Engel
Votes: 35
39.
Armchair Thriller (1978–1981)
Episode:
Quiet as a Nun: Part 6: Death and Decision
(1978)
26 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
With Shore's life in danger and the future of the convent at risk, help arrives from an unexpected source.
Director: Moira Armstrong | Stars: Maria Aitken, Renée Asherson, Brenda Bruce, Susan Engel
Votes: 38
40. Armchair Thriller (1978–1981)
25 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Suspense and mystery-themed anthology series.
Stars: Frank Duncan, James Bolam, Maria Aitken, Zena Walker
Votes: 256
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. 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: 348
43. Poor Little Rich Girls (1984)
30 min | Comedy
Stars: Maria Aitken, Jill Bennett, Richard Walker, Lewis Fiander
Votes: 9
44.
The Gold Robbers (1969)
Episode:
The Arrangement
(1969)
52 min | Crime
A chance to get on the robber's trail - or yet another clever counter-bluff? Cradock must decide if the outcome of a meeting is worth the risk of wading even deeper into the depths of the underworld.
Director: Alan Clarke | Stars: Peter Vaughan, Artro Morris, Maria Aitken, Donald Webster
Votes: 21
45. Manhunt (1970)
60 min | Drama, History, War
In 1942, British pilot Jimmy Briggs crashes his aeroplane in occupied France and immediately finds himself on the run from the Nazis.
Stars: Alfred Lynch, Cyd Hayman, Peter Barkworth, Philip Madoc
Votes: 165
46.
Justice (1971–1974)
Episode:
A License to Build Your Own Money
(1972)
50 min | Drama
Harriet's partner offers a lucrative case, an appeal to a county council decision that went against a massive development project in a rural preserve. The case pits a feudal brigadier against a shifty and inexperienced capitalist.
Director: Christopher Hodson | Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Joss Ackland, Philip Stone, Michael Gwynn
Votes: 16
47. Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)
PG-13 | 128 min | Biography, Drama, History
During the sixteenth century, the Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots engages in over two decades of religious and political conflict with her cousin, the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I of England, amidst political intrigue in her native land.
Director: Charles Jarrott | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Glenda Jackson, Patrick McGoohan, Timothy Dalton
Votes: 4,886 | Gross: $2.33M
48. Film '72 (1971–2018)
30 min | Talk-Show
The BBC's flagship cinema review television programme featuring reviews of new releases, news items and interviews. The title of the programme changes each year to incorporate the year of broadcast.
Stars: Barry Norman, Danny Leigh, Claudia Winkleman, Jonathan Ross
Votes: 535
49.
Love on a Branch Line (1994– )
Episode:
Ain't She Sweet
(1994)
49 min | Comedy, Drama
Matilda comes down the chimney of Jasper's bedroom and tries to seduce him.
Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: Michael Maloney, Leslie Phillips, Maria Aitken, Graham Crowden
Votes: 10
50.
Love on a Branch Line (1994– )
Episode:
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
(1994)
49 min | Comedy, Drama
A bored civil servant decides to quit and become an artist but instead finds himself assigned to an old government research unit.
Director: Martyn Friend | Stars: Michael Maloney, Leslie Phillips, Maria Aitken, Graham Crowden
Votes: 14