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1. BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960–1963)
60 min | Drama
BBC Sunday-Night Play is the anthology drama series which replaced Sunday Night Theatre in 1960.
Stars: Brian Rix, Joby Blanshard, Cyril Luckham, John Bennett
Votes: 131
2. First Night (1963–1964)
Drama
Stars: Madge Ryan, Anthony Bate, James Maxwell, Michael Caine
Votes: 104
3.
The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
Episode:
Emma's Time
(1970)
80 min | Drama
Emma, who lived with an author for the last two years of his life, is involved in a television film about him.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Michele Dotrice, Andrew Keir, Ian Holm, Pauline Yates
Votes: 11
4.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Traitor
(1971)
61 min | Comedy, Drama
Dishillusioned by his rich, aristocratic upbringing in Britain, top foreign office diplomat Adrian Harris became a spy for the Russians. He escaped to Moscow after being found out and it is... See full summary »
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: John Le Mesurier, Jack Hedley, Vincent Ball, Neil McCallum
Votes: 63
5. Shelley (1972 TV Movie)
75 min | Biography, Drama, History
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Jenny Agutter, Peter Bowles, Nicolas Chagrin, David Dundas
Votes: 18
6. Crown Matrimonial (1974 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama, History
Unable to marry the divorced Wallis Simpson, King Edward VIII has to choose between the crown and love.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Bernard Archard, Barbara Atkinson, Maxine Audley, Peter Barkworth
Votes: 11
7.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
King Oedipus
(1972)
Drama
Resolving the riddle of the Sphinx makes Oedipus the king of Thebes, but he also resolves another mystery - and it destroys him.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Ian Holm, Sheila Allen, Alan Webb, Anthony Bate
Votes: 29
8.
The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
Episode:
Let's Murder Vivaldi
(1968)
65 min | Drama
Two couples, one fights all the time and the others let tensions in their relationship build until one stabs the other, the ones that fight end up saying oh well let's murder Vivaldi they pick up their violins and play together.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Denholm Elliott, Gwen Watford, Glenda Jackson, David Sumner
Votes: 16
9.
American Playhouse (1980–1994)
Episode:
Displaced Person
(1985)
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Stan Shaw, Rosemary Leach, Ricco Ross, Neville Aurelius
Votes: 32
10. Detective (1964–1969)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Anthology series featuring adaptations of detective stories.
Stars: Rupert Davies, Ralph Michael, Barbara Couper, Esmond Knight
Votes: 27
11. Maigret (1959–1963)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Televisations of the Maigret novels by Georges Simenon.
Stars: Rupert Davies, Ewen Solon, Helen Shingler, Neville Jason
Votes: 375
12. Great Expectations (1967– )
25 min | Drama
A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.
Stars: Gary Bond, Francesca Annis, Peter Vaughan, Richard O'Sullivan
Votes: 24
13. 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: 392
14. The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1959–1965)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mystery crime stories with sometimes different cops and many now-famous faces.
Stars: John Wilder, George Hilsdon, Bernard Lee, Stanley Morgan
Votes: 199
15.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
Days to Come
(1966)
95 min | Drama
Set in the future where people live in peace in a sealed bubble, they are divided into four levels - Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and deviants who cannot conform to the society. Elizabeth is from a ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Judi Dench, Dinsdale Landen, Bernard Archard, Michael Gough
Votes: 15
16.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
Julius Caesar
(1969)
Drama
Highly-placed Romans plot the murder of Julius Caesar.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Robert Stephens, Maurice Denham, Frank Finlay, Edward Woodward
Votes: 24
17.
Timeshift (2002–2017)
Episode:
Live on the Night: The Story of Live TV Drama
(2004)
60 min | Documentary
Programme looking at the history of live television, as well as what it means for us today.
Director: Rob Bayly | Stars: Bill Nighy, Andrew Marr, Kate Dunn, Peter Byrne
Votes: 5
18. Out of the Unknown (1965–1971)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A classic anthology science fiction series which features adaptations of stories by famous authors including Isaac Asimov, J.G. Ballard, Frederik Pohl and John Wyndham.
Stars: John Gabriel, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Erik Chitty, Peter Copley
Votes: 176
19.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
The Wild Duck
(1971)
Drama
A loving family's world is shattered by an old friend's arrival, carrying a dark secret.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Denholm Elliott, Derek Godfrey, Mark Dignam, Rosemary Leach
Votes: 35
20. 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
21. Theatre 625 (1964–1968)
90 min | Drama
Drama anthology series transmitted on BBC Two.
Stars: Michael Bryant, Judi Dench, Maurice Denham, Margery Mason
Votes: 48
22. Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965–1973)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television.
Stars: Robin Chadwick, Donald Sinden, Helen Lindsay, Paul Moriarty
Votes: 57
23.
The Sextet (1972)
Episode:
Follow the Yellow Brick Road
(1972)
69 min | Drama
A disturbed actor takes refuge in drugs and therapy.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Denholm Elliott, Billie Whitelaw, Richard Vernon, Dennis Waterman
Votes: 21
24.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Joe's Ark
(1974)
66 min | Comedy, Drama
The religious beliefs of pet shop owner Joe (Freddie Jones) are shaken by the terminal illness of his daughter Lucy (Angharad Rees). For Potter, this play "makes more than a wry nod at ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Freddie Jones, Angharad Rees, Dennis Waterman, Christopher Guard
Votes: 38
25. American Playhouse (1980–1994)
61 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Anthology series which ran on PBS throughout the 1980s.
Stars: Jeffrey DeMunn, Elizabeth Franz, Edward Herrmann, Sada Thompson
Votes: 416
26. Shipwrecked III (2002– )
Reality-TV
Stars: Randy Wayne, Geordie Taylor, Jeff Brazier, Gemma Atherton
Votes: 11
27. Studio 4 (1962)
60 min | Drama
Anthology series of plays filmed at the BBC TV centre's newly constructed Studio Four.
Stars: Marjorie Wilde, Frederick Farley, David Spenser, Dallas Cavell
Votes: 25
28.
The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
Episode:
On the Eve of Publication
(1968)
55 min | Drama
An author hosts a dinner party to celebrate the publication of his new novel.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Leo McKern, Michele Dotrice, Thorley Walters, Rosalind Knight
Votes: 9
29.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
The Lie
(1970)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
A couple are trapped in their marriage and way of life. Locked up in their bourgeois inferno.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Frank Finlay, Gemma Jones, Adam Tandy, Lysandre De La Haye
Votes: 86
30. Les Misérables (1967)
50 min | Drama
Ten-part BBC adaptation of the classic Victor Hugo novel.
Stars: Frank Finlay, Anthony Bate, Alan Rowe, Lesley Roach
Votes: 24
31. Timeshift (2002–2017)
60 min | Documentary
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
32.
Out of the Unknown (1965–1971)
Episode:
Stranger in the Family
(1965)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A young man, known as 'Boy', is born with no fingernails and with mental powers that enable him to control others. He falls for a young actress, initially repulsed, whose agent-boyfriend ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Richard O'Callaghan, Justine Lord, Eric Lander, Peter Copley
Votes: 56
33. Z Cars (1962–1978)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
A gritty drama which follows the work of the police force in the fictional town of Newtown in the North of England.
Stars: James Ellis, John Slater, Douglas Fielding, Bernard Holley
Votes: 382
34. The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1990 TV Movie)
60 min | Family
Adapted from the Beatrix Potter story of the pignapping of Little Pig Robinson by Captain Barnabus Butcher, who fools Robinson into believing that he is being taken on a trip to visit the ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Timothy Spall, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Barry Jackson
Votes: 29
35.
The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1959–1965)
Episode:
Act of Murder
(1964)
62 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A happily married couple plan a vacation in the city to see several stage plays, as the wife is an ex-actress. They arrange to temporarily swap residences with an older couple who want to ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: John Carson, Anthony Bate, Justine Lord, Duncan Lewis
Votes: 59
36.
BBC2 Playhouse (1973–1983)
Episode:
The Mind Beyond: Double Echo
(1976)
60 min | Drama
Alison has suffered Autism since childhood. Now aged 17, her parents take her to see Dr. Mallam for psychotherapy. Alison is tested with Zener cards and he suspects she is a telepathic. Along with Dr. Raeburn they attempt to discover more.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Jeremy Kemp, Anthony Bate, Gerry Cowper, Clifford Rose
Votes: 13
37.
American Playhouse (1980–1994)
Episode:
Pudd'nhead Wilson
(1984)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A slave switches her light-skinned baby with her master's baby. The child grows up raised by whites.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Lise Hilboldt, Ken Howard, James Pritchett, Dick Latessa
Votes: 71
38. BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
120 min | Drama
Monthly anthology series featuring televised versions of plays.
Stars: Charles Gray, Eric Porter, Jeremy Brett, Lally Bowers
Votes: 178
39. Saturday Sunday Monday (1978 TV Movie)
98 min | Drama
One Saturday evening, Rosa Priore (Dame Joan Plowright) is preparing a magnificent Sunday lunch for her family and their friends. By Sunday afternoon, her life and marriage are in ruins.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Joan Plowright, Maggie Wells, Frank Finlay, Nicholas Clay
Votes: 51
40. Act of Murder (1964)
62 min | Crime, Drama
A dangerous psychological game plays out between a man and the husband of the lover who spurned him.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: John Carson, Anthony Bate, Justine Lord, Duncan Lewis
Votes: 86
41.
Maigret (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Fontenay Murders
(1963)
52 min | Crime, Drama
Staying with his old friend Judge Chabot in Fontenay, Maigret learns of two murders that have stirred up old grievances in the town and is, very reluctantly, drawn into investigating.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Rupert Davies, Ewen Solon, Edward Chapman, Alan Wheatley
Votes: 36
42. The Shooting Party (1984)
98 min | Drama, Romance
While Europe stands on the brink of World War I in Autumn 1913, Sir Randolph Nettleby hosts a weekend of shooting on his estate for European aristocrats.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: James Mason, Edward Fox, Dorothy Tutin, John Gielgud
Votes: 1,526
43. BBC2 Playhouse (1973–1983)
60 min | Drama
BBC2 Playhouse was a British one-hour episode anthology television series produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Stars: Ralph G. Morse, Gawn Grainger, John Bluthal, Trevor Laird
Votes: 138
44. Suspense (1962–1963)
Thriller
Anthology series telling suspenseful tales.
Stars: Bill Meilen, Ray Handy, John Carson, Alex Scott
Votes: 22
45. The Return of the Soldier (1982)
PG | 99 min | Drama
Chris returns from WWI unable to recognize his wife Kitty. He wants to reunite with Margaret, his former lover. Kitty hires a psychiatrist to address Chris's feelings for Margaret and cousin Jenny, but sees the man she knew is gone.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Ann-Margret, Alan Bates, Emily Irvin, William Booker
Votes: 692
46. Rain on the Roof (1980 TV Movie)
75 min | Drama
Another of Dennis Potter's "visitation dramas": Adultery by John disturbs Janet, so she flirts with the simple, mistreated Billy during the middle of giving him a reading lesson. ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Cheryl Campbell, Malcolm Stoddard, Michael Culver, Madeleine Hinde
Votes: 99
47. The Hireling (1973)
PG | 95 min | Drama
A young British woman suffering from depression over the loss of her husband develops an unusual relationship with her chauffeur.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Robert Shaw, Sarah Miles, Peter Egan, Caroline Mortimer
Votes: 865
48. Very Like a Whale (1980 TV Movie)
86 min | Drama
A rich industrialist reaches the heights of success but finds himself increasingly isolated from everyone around him.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Alan Bates, Gemma Jones, Ann Bell, Anna Cropper
Votes: 20
49. Out of Season (1975)
R | 90 min | Drama, Romance
Ann and Joanna, a mother-daughter duo, run a hotel on an island. When they receive an unexpected guest, Joe, who had an affair with Ann years ago, Joanna express her feelings for him.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Cliff Robertson, Susan George, Edward Evans
Votes: 582
50. Little Girl in Blue Velvet (1978)
108 min | Drama, Romance, War
An old surgeon falls in love with an intellectual underage girl.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Claudia Cardinale, Lara Wendel, Umberto Orsini
Votes: 91