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1. The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986–1988)
TV-PG | 781 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson solve the mysteries of the devil's foot, Silver Blaze, Wisteria Lodge and the Bruce-Partington Plans.
Stars: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Rosalie Williams, Colin Jeavons
Votes: 13,400
2. Clayhanger (1976)
60 min | Drama
A coming-of-age story set in the 19th century England about Edwin Clayhanger, a young man who wants to be an architect, but it is expected of him to continue the family's printing business which he accepts for the time being.
Stars: Peter McEnery, Janet Suzman, Thelma Whiteley, Louise Purnell
Votes: 48
3. Shades of Greene (1975– )
60 min | Drama
A collection of odd stories from the writer Graham Greene.
Stars: Denholm Elliott, Shane Briant, Neville Phillips, Ian Hendry
Votes: 31
4. A Question of Guilt (1980)
30 min | Drama
A drama series which focused on the sad cases of three different women--Constance Kent, Mary Blandy, and Adelaide Bartlett--all 18th- and 19th-century murderesses.
Stars: Joss Ackland, Robert Stephens, Rosalind Lloyd, Mark Wing-Davey
Votes: 12
5. Edward the King (1975)
687 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of Edward VII (1841 - 1910), the King of the United Kingdom. Before becoming the King, he developed a reputation of a playboy, which angered his mother, Queen Victoria. He was a reformer and modernizer, but also an elitist.
Stars: Annette Crosbie, Timothy West, Helen Ryan, Felicity Kendal
Votes: 551
6.
Edward the King (1975)
Episode:
Alix
(1975)
53 min | Biography, Drama, History
Prince Bertie continues his military training but he's taken to deceiving his superiors and sneaking off with his friends to the music halls. His parents continue their search to find ... See full summary »
Director: John Gorrie | Stars: Annette Crosbie, Robert Hardy, Felicity Kendal, André Morell
Votes: 24
7.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986–1988)
Episode:
The Second Stain
(1986)
TV-PG | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Holmes is asked by the country's Prime Minister to aid in the recovery of a stolen diplomatic letter, which, if published, might lead England into war.
Director: John Bruce | Stars: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Harry Andrews, Patricia Hodge
Votes: 960
8. The New Spartans (1975)
Action
Unfinished film was to be a bizarre satire the War Movie Genre
Director: Jack Starrett | Stars: Oliver Reed, Toshirô Mifune, Fred Williamson, Susan George
Votes: 59
9.
Clayhanger (1976)
Episode:
Laid Aside
(1976)
Drama
The family is concerned about Darius. The doctor has advised he not work. Reluctantly, he hands over the keys to the works to Edwin, and finally cedes authority for Edwin to write the cheques and run the business.
Director: David Reid | Stars: Peter McEnery, Harry Andrews, Thelma Whiteley, Joyce Redman
Votes: 5
10.
Clayhanger (1976)
Episode:
The Chain Is Broken
(1976)
Drama
Darius declines. Edwin now owns the print works, the rest is split between the two sisters. Time passes, and Janet turns up for a visit with a little boy: Hilda's son, George Edwin Cannon.
Director: David Reid | Stars: Peter McEnery, Harry Andrews, Thelma Whiteley, Joyce Redman
Votes: 6
11. The Hill (1965)
Approved | 123 min | Drama, War
In a North African military prison during World War II, five new prisoners struggle to survive in the face of brutal punishment and sadistic guards.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Sean Connery, Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen, Alfred Lynch
Votes: 15,157
12. All Passion Spent (1986)
158 min | Drama
After decades as a politician's wife, 85-year-old Lady Slane retires to a cottage after her husband dies. Struggling to rediscover her identity, she contends with intrusive family members.
Stars: Wendy Hiller, Harry Andrews, Maurice Denham, Phyllis Calvert
Votes: 287
13. Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973–1974)
30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
"Orson Welles' Great Mysteries" was a United Kingdom hosted anthology mystery and supernatural series, hosted by Orson Welles.
Stars: Orson Welles, Christopher Lee, Joan Collins, Dean Stockwell
Votes: 233
14.
Clayhanger (1976)
Episode:
Last of a Schoolboy
(1976)
Drama
The year is 1875. Edwin Clayhanger is turned 16 and it's his last day at school. He wants to be an architect. His father - the autocratic printer - has other ideas for his future.
Director: David Reid | Stars: Harry Andrews, William Relton, Thelma Whiteley, Rosemary Blake
Votes: 8
15. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
16. Goodyear Playhouse (1951–1957)
60 min | Drama
The show featured original plays plus plays adapted from works.
Stars: Walter Matthau, David White, Constance Ford, Kim Stanley
Votes: 111
17. The Eamonn Andrews Show (1964–1969)
Talk-Show
A 45-minute late-night chat and music program from ABC hosted by the genial Irishman in which a collection of guests, some daring, some downright boring, had Eamonn's forehead in an even greater lather than usual.
Stars: Eamonn Andrews, Spike Milligan, Sandie Shaw, Peter Cook
Votes: 57
18.
Clayhanger (1976)
Episode:
The Glorious Jubilee
(1976)
Drama
It's 1887, and 50 years since Queen Victoria came to the throne, the Golden Jubilee. Darius is declining fast, and he has started to rant abusively. Edwin finally stands up to him.
Director: John Davies | Stars: Peter McEnery, Harry Andrews, Thelma Whiteley, Joyce Redman
Votes: 5
19.
Clayhanger (1976)
Episode:
Love
(1976)
Drama
Hilda is returned from London. She would like to see around a print works. After letting the hint go, as usual, Edwin builds up his confidence to invite her round.
Director: David Reid | Stars: Peter McEnery, Janet Suzman, Harry Andrews, Thelma Whiteley
Votes: 5
20. Ice Cold in Alex (1958)
Approved | 130 min | Adventure, Drama, War
During World War II in North Africa, a medical field unit must cross the desert in their ambulance in order to reach the British lines in Alexandria.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: John Mills, Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms, Harry Andrews
Votes: 6,597
21.
Drama 61-67 (1961–1967)
Episode:
Studio '64: The Crunch
(1964)
60 min | Drama
A megalomaniac dictator, in charge of a former colony, installs a nuclear bomb in its London Embassy. He threatens to set it off, unless a huge ransom is paid. The question for the government is whether he will set it off anyway?
Director: Michael Elliott | Stars: Harry Andrews, Maxwell Shaw, Wolfe Morris, Anthony Bushell
Votes: 27
22. Watership Down (1978)
PG | 91 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Hoping to escape destruction by human developers and save their community, a colony of rabbits, led by Hazel and Fiver, seek out a safe place to set up a new warren.
Directors: Martin Rosen, John Hubley | Stars: John Hurt, Richard Briers, Ralph Richardson, Michael Graham Cox
Votes: 39,414
23. Tales of the Unexpected (1979–1988)
TV-14 | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Short dramas each with a twist of some kind; across the first four seasons most of these are from short stories by Roald Dahl.
Stars: Roald Dahl, Andrew Ray, Forbes Collins, Richard Johnson
Votes: 2,499
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: 245
25.
Clayhanger (1976)
Episode:
Punishment
(1976)
Drama
Edwin and Hilda are deeply in love, but Hilda cannot bear to keep her secret from him. She returns to Brighton to care for Sarah, who is ill. Edwin discovers from Janet that Hilda is married to George. But more news is yet to reach him.
Director: John Davies | Stars: Peter McEnery, Janet Suzman, Harry Andrews, Thelma Whiteley
Votes: 5
26. Jack the Ripper (1988)
TV-PG | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A Scotland Yard police inspector, battling the booze, investigates the Jack the Ripper murders and discovers a conspiracy that leads all the way up to the Queen.
Stars: Michael Caine, Armand Assante, Ray McAnally, Lewis Collins
Votes: 5,673
27. Inside Story (1986– )
Drama
A six-part story of the staff and the owner, an unscrupulous media magnate, of Sunday Register, a fictional newspaper company located on London's Fleet Street where most British national newspaper companies were located until the 1980s.
Stars: Roy Marsden, Francesca Annis, James Smith, Douglas Lambert
Votes: 11
28.
Clayhanger (1976)
Episode:
The Architect
(1976)
Drama
Edwin begins architectural drawings, but his domineering father puts him in the print shop immediately. Darius obtains a new press and installs it in the second floor of the print works.
Director: John Davies | Stars: Harry Andrews, William Relton, Thelma Whiteley, Rosemary Blake
Votes: 6
29.
Edward the King (1975)
Episode:
The New World
(1975)
53 min | Biography, Drama, History
After a successful tour of America, young Prince Bertie returns home to find that his parents do not see it as a personal success rather one that can be attributed to the monarchy in ... See full summary »
Director: John Gorrie | Stars: Annette Crosbie, Robert Hardy, Alison Leggatt, Felicity Kendal
Votes: 24
30. Superman (1978)
PG | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero.
Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman, Marlon Brando
Votes: 187,489 | Gross: $134.22M
31. Drama 61-67 (1961–1967)
60 min | Drama
Stars: Brian Haines, Robert Cartland, Alister Williamson, Joe Ritchie
Votes: 30
32. Destiny of a Spy (1969 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
A veteran Russian spy is brought out of retirement to be sent to the West to do an important sabotage job. However, he finds himself falling in love with an attractive British double agent.
Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Lorne Greene, Rachel Roberts, Anthony Quayle, James Donald
Votes: 44
33.
Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode:
Lent
(1985)
TV-14 | 86 min | Drama
It is the Easter holidays at Gorse Park Preparatory School. Everyone has gone home except four elderly members of staff and young Paul Blake , the orphaned son of the former headmaster. The... See full summary »
Director: Peter Barber-Fleming | Stars: Graham McGrath, Harry Andrews, Fabia Drake, David Langton
Votes: 24
34.
Jack the Ripper (1988)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1988)
TV-PG | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
London, autumn 1888. Chief Inspector Frederick Abberline of Scotland Yard is assigned by his superiors to investigate the murder and brutal mutilation of a prostitute in the East End of ... See full summary »
Director: David Wickes | Stars: Michael Caine, Armand Assante, Ray McAnally, Lewis Collins
Votes: 176
35.
Jack the Ripper (1988)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1988)
TV-PG | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
London, autumn 1888. Chief Inspector Frederick Abberline of Scotland Yard is assigned by his superiors to investigate the murder and brutal mutilation of a prostitute in the East End of ... See full summary »
Director: David Wickes | Stars: Michael Caine, Armand Assante, Ray McAnally, Lewis Collins
Votes: 159
36. Moby Dick (1956)
Not Rated | 116 min | Adventure, Drama
The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, James Robertson Justice
Votes: 21,885 | Gross: $10.40M
37. The Ruling Class (1972)
PG | 154 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A member of the House of Lords dies, leaving his estate to his son. Unfortunately, his son thinks he is Jesus Christ. Their other, somewhat more respectable family members plot to steal the estate from him; murder and mayhem ensue.
Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alastair Sim, Arthur Lowe, Hugh Owens
Votes: 6,802
38.
Clayhanger (1976)
Episode:
Marriage
(1976)
Drama
George and Hilda are married. Hilda has always wanted him, and now she has him. But she is in for a shocking secret. Meanwhile, back in the Five Towns, Darius is angry about the strikers.
Director: John Davies | Stars: Janet Suzman, John Stratton, Renée Asherson, Denis Quilley
Votes: 6
39.
Clayhanger (1976)
Episode:
Taking a Share
(1976)
Drama
Edwin redeems his matured savings and buys a set of books for his new shelf. His father is unhappy about it. Hilda is asked by George to go and persuade Sarah Gailey not to give up the boarding house in London.
Director: John Davies | Stars: Peter McEnery, Harry Andrews, Thelma Whiteley, Janet Suzman
Votes: 6
40.
Edward the King (1975)
Episode:
An Experiment in Education
(1975)
53 min | Biography, Drama, History
The young Prince Albert, called Bertie by members of the family, is not having a particularly happy childhood. The elder Prince Albert has very definite views about his son's education ... See full summary »
Director: John Gorrie | Stars: Annette Crosbie, Robert Hardy, Alison Leggatt, Felicity Kendal
Votes: 24
41. Death on the Nile (1978)
PG | 140 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board. Can Poirot identify the killer before the ship reaches the end of its journey?
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Mia Farrow, Simon MacCorkindale, Jane Birkin
Votes: 39,824
42. Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
GP | 183 min | Biography, Drama, History
Tsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Roderic Noble, Ania Marson
Votes: 5,561 | Gross: $3.96M
43. The Night of the Generals (1967)
Not Rated | 148 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In 1942, a Polish prostitute and German Agent is murdered in Warsaw. Suspicion falls on three Generals, and Major Grau of German Intelligence seeks justice which ends up taking decades.
Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay, Donald Pleasence
Votes: 8,770
44. I Accuse! (1958)
Approved | 99 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1894 France, a Jewish officer in the French Army is falsely accused of spying for Germany.
Director: José Ferrer | Stars: José Ferrer, Anton Walbrook, Viveca Lindfors, Leo Genn
Votes: 732
45. Never Never Land (1980)
G | 85 min | Drama, Family
A young girl lives with her awful cousins and reads Peter Pan to escape from her misery. One day she escapes with her youngest cousin. She runs into a group of street children or "lost boys", joins them and treats them like a mother.
Director: Paul Annett | Stars: Harry Andrews, Mark Burdis, John Castle, Paul Charles
Votes: 57
46. Reach for Glory (1962)
86 min | Drama, War
During World War II, in a small English coastal town, teenage boys eager to join the army but unable to do so participate in their own homemade private brutal war games with tragic results.
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Michael Anderson Jr., Oliver Grimm, Martin Tomlinson, Alexis Kanner
Votes: 194
47. 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
48.
Dynasty (1981–1989)
Episode:
The Will
(1985)
TV-PG | 47 min | Drama, Romance
Dominique insists on joining Blake to visit his dying father; Claudia enjoys Adam's company on a business trip; Luke makes a confession to Steven.
Director: Nancy Malone | Stars: John Forsythe, Linda Evans, John James, Pamela Bellwood
Votes: 72
49.
Clayhanger (1976)
Episode:
Centenary
(1976)
Drama
Hilda prepares to sell both her properties. Janet turns up and takes a relieved Hilda back to her home, where she lives a happier life, socializing with their family, and, meeting Edwin, they go together to the Methodist centenary.
Director: John Davies | Stars: Peter McEnery, Janet Suzman, Harry Andrews, Thelma Whiteley
Votes: 6
50.
Clayhanger (1976)
Episode:
Escape to Bleakridge
(1976)
Drama
Edwin, sent to deliver a message to a client at the local, accompanies Big James, and is astonished at his first sighting of a female clog dancer.
Director: John Davies | Stars: Janet Suzman, John Stratton, Renée Asherson, Denis Quilley
Votes: 6