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1.
Equinox (1986–2006)
Episode:
Equinox Special: The King of Chaos
(1998)
60 min | Documentary
Fictional documentary examining the possible impact of 'artificial life' software.
Director: Bryn Higgins | Stars: Danny Webb, Christine Kavanagh, Olegar Fedoro, Jon Croft
Votes: 22
2. September Song (1993–1995)
Drama
When his wife dies, Ted Fenwick joins his friend Billy Balsam, a comedian, in Blackpool, where he meets Roxy.
Stars: Russ Abbot, Michael Williams, Michael Angelis, Susan Brown
Votes: 27
3. The Silver Sword (1971– )
Adventure
During World War II, three Polish children have to survive travelling around Europe hoping to be reunited with their lost parents.
Stars: Joanna Shelley, Rufus Frampton, Cherrald Butterfield, Simon Fisher-Turner
Votes: 13
4.
Clouds of Glory (1978– )
Episode:
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
(1978)
52 min | Drama
The troubled life of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Ben Aris, Imogen Claire, Peter Dodd, Barbara Ewing
Votes: 37
5.
You Rang, M'Lord? (1988–1993)
Episode:
Trouble at Mill
(1990)
49 min | Comedy
Teddy's sexual harassment of some of the factory girls leads to a strike. Alf persuades Lord George to address the strikers but his efforts are feeble and Alf, knowing that his employer has... See full summary »
Director: David Croft | Stars: Paul Shane, Jeffrey Holland, Su Pollard, Donald Hewlett
Votes: 71
6. You Rang, M'Lord? (1988–1993)
50 min | Comedy
Adventures and misadventures of Lord Meldrum, his family and their servants in the 1920s.
Stars: Paul Shane, Jeffrey Holland, Su Pollard, Donald Hewlett
Votes: 3,614
7.
Hi-de-Hi! (1980–1988)
Episode:
The Wind of Change
(1988)
30 min | Comedy
The holiday season is almost over and everybody is discussing their future plans, which, in several instances, involve not returning to Maplin's. Dawn, one of the Yellowcoat girls, is ... See full summary »
Director: Mike Stephens | Stars: Paul Shane, Ruth Madoc, Jeffrey Holland, Su Pollard
Votes: 47
8. Poirot (1989–2013)
TV-14 | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Hercule Poirot, a famous Belgian detective, who has an impeccable knack for getting embroiled in a mystery, solves crimes along with Captain Hastings and Scotland Yard Chief Inspector James Japp.
Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran
Votes: 52,234
9.
Wodehouse Playhouse (1974–1978)
Episode:
Strychnine in the Soup
(1976)
Comedy, Romance
Mulliner thinks a neighbor's son has poisoned him.
Director: Michael Mills | Stars: John Alderton, Pauline Collins, Joan Sanderson, Dorothy Frere
Votes: 15
10. Doctor Who (1963–1989)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The adventures in time and space of the Doctor, a Time Lord who changes appearance and personality by regenerating when near death, and is joined by companions in battles against aliens and other megalomaniacs.
Stars: William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker
Votes: 39,592
11.
Young Charlie Chaplin (1989)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1989)
TV-PG | 27 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Amid a family life on the verge of ruin, yet one alive with the spirit of performance, a mischievous, resourceful Charlie, and his brother Sydney, grapple with keeping the few threads that hold the quilt of their family's spirit together.
Director: Baz Taylor | Stars: Joe Geary, Lee Whitlock, Twiggy, Ian McShane
Votes: 8
12. In Suspicious Circumstances (1991– )
Drama
A series of murders from all periods introduced by Edward Woodward
Stars: Edward Woodward, Michael Wardle, Martin Reeve, Stephen Boyes
Votes: 78
13.
By the Sword Divided (1983–1985)
Episode:
This War Without an Enemy
(1983)
Drama, History, War
"Summer 1641" "This War Without Enemy" The English Civil War was fought between King Charles I and Parliament to decide whether the king should remain absolute monarch, which was free to ... See full summary »
Director: Henry Herbert | Stars: Julian Glover, Peter Guinness, Tim Bentinck, Andrew MacLachlan
Votes: 11
14. 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
15.
Crown Court (1972–2007)
Episode:
Possessed: Part 1
(1975)
TV-14 | Drama
In an unusual case, the Crown Court has to decide whether Megwyn Spiteri is fit to stand trial on the charge of murdering her five-year-old twins David and Maria. The defence accepts that ... See full summary »
Director: Stephen Butcher | Stars: John Barron, David Ashford, Madhav Sharma, Denise Buckley
Votes: 10
16. By the Sword Divided (1983–1985)
50 min | Drama, History, War
Story of the English Civil War as seen through the eyes of two families; the Laceys, loyal to King Charles I, and the Fletchers, loyal to Oliver Cromwell.
Stars: Sharon Maughan, Andrew MacLachlan, Rob Edwards, Lucy Aston
Votes: 236
17. The Last Englishman (1995 TV Movie)
60 min | Biography, Comedy, War
Biopic about a real eccentric ultra-patriotic British army officer and war hero called Lt. Col. Alfred D. Wintle, who fought in both World Wars against both the enemy and his higher-ups with the same passion.
Director: John Henderson | Stars: Jim Broadbent, Tony Haygarth, Matthew Ashforde, James Warrior
Votes: 64
18. Paradise Postponed (1986)
569 min | Drama
A clergyman, famous for his support of left-wing causes, dies, and surprises his family by leaving a great deal of money to a Conservative Member of Parliament. Why?
Stars: Annette Crosbie, Paul Shelley, Peter Egan, David Threlfall
Votes: 141
19. Wodehouse Playhouse (1974–1978)
30 min | Comedy, Romance
A series of dramatisations of some of P. G. Wodehouse's comic short stories - in which P. G. Wodehouse, himself, introduced some of the early episodes.
Stars: John Alderton, Pauline Collins, P.G. Wodehouse, Paul McDowell
Votes: 147
20. Chance in a Million (1984–1986)
25 min | Comedy
Tom Chance's life is filled with coincidences, leading to his meeting Alison and frequent wrongful arrests. Despite evidence, the Police Sergeant instructs officers not to arrest him due to the pattern of coincidences.
Stars: Simon Callow, Brenda Blethyn, Bill Pertwee, Deddie Davies
Votes: 289
21. Gazette (1968)
60 min | Drama
London millionaire playboy James Hadleigh returns to his Yorkshire birthplace and buys a local newspaper his father founded, intending to turn it into a relevant force for change against the wishes of its plodding editor, Frank Walters.
Stars: Jon Laurimore, Gillian Wray, Michael Blackham, Gerald Harper
Votes: 20
22. Hope It Rains (1991–1992)
30 min | Comedy
When her mother dies, independent but unemployed Jace goes to live with her cantankerous godfather who runs a dilapidated wax museum in a seedy English seaside resort.
Stars: Tom Bell, Holly Aird, Eamon Boland, Jenny Lee
Votes: 28
23. The Mini-Mob (1967)
92 min | Comedy, Romance
A quartet of Mod princesses who are so desperate for boyfriends that they're forced to kidnap them.
Director: Robert Amram | Stars: Georgie Fame, Rosemary Nicols, John Clive, Bernard Archard
Votes: 12
24.
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1973–1978)
Episode:
The R.A.F. Reunion
(1973)
TV-Y | 31 min | Comedy
Frank's impending Royal Air Force reunion causes him to relive his brief and disastrous time in training for the RAF.
Director: Michael Mills | Stars: Michael Crawford, Michele Dotrice, Stuart Fell, Marc Boyle
Votes: 110
25. 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
26. The Comic Strip Presents (1982– )
Comedy
A series of self contained television movies starring performers from London's "Comic Strip" comedy club and their friends. Noted for a high sense of parody of previous movies, literature, and generally everyone in sight.
Stars: Peter Richardson, Adrian Edmondson, Jennifer Saunders, Nigel Planer
Votes: 1,637
27. Village Hall (1974–1975)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
Anthology series with each episode a different story set in a village hall.
Stars: Reginald Barratt, Priscilla Morgan, Frank Crompton, Stella Moray
Votes: 32
28.
To the Manor Born (1979–2007)
Episode:
The New Farm Manager
(1980)
TV-PG | 28 min | Comedy, Romance
Richard brings Spalding, his farm manager, down from London to run the estate more efficiently. Old Ned, one of the tenants, fears that he will be made homeless and, as her butler is gone, ... See full summary »
Director: Gareth Gwenlan | Stars: Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles, Angela Thorne, Gerald Sim
Votes: 64
29.
The Queen's Nose (1995–2003)
Episode:
Episode #2.5
(1996)
Comedy, Drama, Family
Stars: Ben Aris, Michael Culver, Max Digby, Callum Dixon
Votes: 8
30. Cribb (1980–1981)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Victorian era cases of Detective Sergeant Cribb of Scotland Yard's newly formed Criminal Investigation Department.
Stars: Alan Dobie, William Simons, David Waller, Alfie Curtis
Votes: 162
31. Video Stars (1983 TV Movie)
Comedy, Drama, Music
The story of Channel D, a new underground television station, and its crazy host Teddy (Tim Curry).
Director: Colin Bucksey | Stars: Benedict Taylor, Nicholas Ball, Danny Webb, Al Matthews
Votes: 20
32. Jackanory Playhouse (1972–1985)
30 min | Drama, Family
A spin-off series from "Jackanory", was "Jackanory Playhouse" (1972-85), which was a series of thirty-minute dramatisations.
Stars: Peter Settelen, Maurice Denham, Patsy Smart, George Innes
Votes: 18
33.
The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
Episode:
Mad Jack
(1970)
75 min | Drama
Second Lieutenant Siegfried Sassoon of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers protests the appalling and unnecessary sacrifice of men's lives in the First World War.
Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Michael Jayston, Michael Pennington, David Wood, Clive Swift
Votes: 14
34.
Cribb (1980–1981)
Episode:
The Choir That Wouldn't Sing
(1981)
48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Cribb and Thackeray go to the country to investigate the death of unpopular Captain Allbright who died as he was about to change his will in favour of birds' egg collectors to the detriment... See full summary »
Director: Mary McMurray | Stars: Alan Dobie, William Simons, David Waller, Barry McGinn
Votes: 11
35.
To the Manor Born (1979–2007)
Episode:
The New Scout Hut
(1981)
Not Rated | Comedy, Romance
After her picnic with Marjory is disrupted by a bull, Audrey sponsors the local scouts in their raft race to raise funds for a new meeting hut and is annoyed to hear--erroneously--that ... See full summary »
Director: Gareth Gwenlan | Stars: Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles, Angela Thorne, Gerald Sim
Votes: 68
36. Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1973–1978)
30 min | Comedy
Accident-prone Frank Spencer fails to navigate the simplest tasks of daily life, while also trying to look after his wife and baby.
Stars: Michael Crawford, Michele Dotrice, Jessica Forte, Dick Bentley
Votes: 4,175
37. O Lucky Man! (1973)
R | 178 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures that seem designed to challenge his naive idealism.
Director: Lindsay Anderson | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Ralph Richardson, Rachel Roberts, Arthur Lowe
Votes: 8,805
38. Shine on Harvey Moon (1982–1995)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
Upon being demobbed, RAF serviceman Harvey Moon returns home and finds his family involved in various troubles. His wife is not interested in resuming their relationship, and works in a seedy nightclub frequented by American servicemen.
Stars: Elizabeth Spriggs, Maggie Steed, Linda Robson, Lee Whitlock
Votes: 209
39. Target (1977–1978)
50 min | Action, Crime
A small team of detectives solve crimes of a varied nature in Southampton.
Stars: Patrick Mower, Philip Madoc, Brendan Price, Vivien Heilbron
Votes: 64
40. Equinox (1986–2006)
60 min | Documentary
Series on the applications of science and technology on the real world.
Stars: Piers Gibbon, Martin Jarvis, Stephen Rashbrook, Bill Paterson
Votes: 26
41. The Bagthorpe Saga (1981– )
30 min | Comedy, Family
Comedic adventures of the eccentric Bagthorpe family - ineffective advice columnist Laura, frustrated comedy writer Henry, Scrabble cheating Grandma, serial arsonist Daisy, and psychic Jack.
Stars: Edward Hardwicke, Angela Thorne, Phillada Sewell, Ceri Seel
Votes: 17
42.
Hi-de-Hi! (1980–1988)
Episode:
Wedding Bells
(1988)
29 min | Comedy
Clive is now only too happy to marry Gladys but fears his snobbish parents may try to halt the wedding and gets a special licence for the ceremony to take place quickly in the village ... See full summary »
Director: Mike Stephens | Stars: Paul Shane, Ruth Madoc, Jeffrey Holland, Su Pollard
Votes: 30
43.
To the Manor Born (1979–2007)
Episode:
Station Closing
(1981)
TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy, Romance
When British Rail announces that the local railway station will close, Audrey opposes the plan and is angry that Richard intends to turn the building into the site of his new Cash and Carry... See full summary »
Director: Gareth Gwenlan | Stars: Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles, Angela Thorne, Anthony Sharp
Votes: 63
44.
Hi-de-Hi! (1980–1988)
Episode:
The Epidemic
(1984)
27 min | Comedy
The camp is hit by an epidemic of graffiti and Joe Maplin announces he will be visiting to make sure it is all erased. Barry hurts his back in trying to get rid of some and Yvonne calls in ... See full summary »
Director: John Kilby | Stars: Simon Cadell, Paul Shane, Ruth Madoc, Jeffrey Holland
Votes: 30
45.
The Queen's Nose (1995–2003)
Episode:
Harmony's Return
(1999)
Comedy, Drama, Family
Harmony retrieves her magic magic 50p coin with the help of her sister, Melody and Uncle Ginger.
Stars: Victoria Shalet, Paula Wilcox, Stephen Moore, Heather-Jay Jones
Votes: 7
46.
The Queen's Nose (1995–2003)
Episode:
Episode #2.6
(1996)
Comedy, Drama, Family
The Parker family are stunned by the verdict in Arthur's court case. As the family plan an appeal, Harmony sets out to try and find evidence to prove her father's innocence and enlists ... See full summary »
Stars: Ben Aris, Max Digby, Callum Dixon, Bob Goody
Votes: 7
47.
Get Some In! (1975–1978)
Episode:
Crash Exercise
(1977)
Comedy
The lads are put through their paces at the scene of a mock plane crash, Leckie's not too happy when an incompetent medic tends to his injuries, and Marsh misdiagnoses an unconscious cyclist after receiving a tip-off.
Director: Michael Mills | Stars: Tony Selby, Robert Lindsay, David Janson, Brian Pettifer
Votes: 13
48. 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
49. BBC2 Play of the Week (1977–1979)
100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length movies.
Stars: Judi Dench, Richard O'Callaghan, Frederick Treves, Clive Swift
Votes: 47
50.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Invasion: Part One
(1974)
TV-PG | 26 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor and Sarah return to London in the present day only to find the city strangely deserted, while nearby UNIT are dealing with a series of monster appearances.
Director: Paddy Russell | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen, Nicholas Courtney, John Bennett
Votes: 501