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1.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
City of Death: Part Four
(1979)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Count Scarlioni reveals his true form as Scaroth, the last of the Jagaroth and uses his time machine to go back in time and rewrite history. The Doctor, Romana and Duggan take to the Tardis in a race against time to stop him.
Director: Michael Hayes | Stars: Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, Julian Glover, Catherine Schell
Votes: 733
2. BBC Show of the Week (1965–1975)
60 min | Music
Stars: The Irving Davies Dancers, The Mike Sammes Singers, The George Mitchell Singers, Keith Michell
Votes: 18
3. Foyle's War (2002–2015)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
As WWII rages, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front; investigating crime on the south coast of England. Later series, see the retired detective working as an MI5 agent in the aftermath of the war.
Stars: Michael Kitchen, Honeysuckle Weeks, Anthony Howell, Ellie Haddington
Votes: 18,302
4. Yes Minister (1980–1984)
TV-PG | 679 min | Comedy
The Right Honorable James Hacker has landed the plum job of Cabinet Minister to the Department of Administration. At last he is in a position of power and can carry out some long-needed reforms, or so he thinks.
Stars: Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne, Derek Fowlds, Diana Hoddinott
Votes: 16,569
5. Natural World (1983– )
60 min | Documentary
Strand of documentaries on wildlife and the environment.
Stars: David Attenborough, Barry Paine, John Shrapnel, Andrew Sachs
Votes: 776
7. Pinkerton's Progress (1983– )
30 min | Comedy
The adventures of an unscrupulous teacher at a very peculiar school.
Stars: Eleanor Bron, Clive Merrison, Geoffrey Whitehead, Michael Elwyn
Votes: 6
8. The Archers (2007 Podcast Series)
Drama, Family, Romance
Enduring drama serial that began on radio in 1950 following the lives of the Archer family, their friends and neighbours in the fictional farming village of Ambridge.
Stars: Tim Bentinck, Felicity Finch, Louiza Patikas, Charles Collingwood
Votes: 60
9. Casualty 1909 (2009)
Drama, History
Available records and diaries of nurses, doctors, and patients of the London hospital are put to life in this compelling series about the historic London Hospital.
Stars: Cherie Lunghi, Sarah Smart, William Houston, Nicholas Farrell
Votes: 463
10.
Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode:
Quartermaine's Terms
(1987)
TV-14 | Drama
As St John Quartermaine's world largely consists of the staff-room at the Cull-Loomis School of English for Foreigners, his relationships with his colleagues - not to mention his students -... See full summary »
Director: Bill Hays | Stars: Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Eleanor Bron, Peter Jeffrey
Votes: 55
11.
Yes Minister (1980–1984)
Episode:
Equal Opportunities
(1982)
TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy
With his wife's encouragement, Minister Hacker decides he should focus on accomplishing 1 or 2 significant achievements while in office. He decides the time has come to promote more women ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Whitmore | Stars: Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne, Derek Fowlds, Eleanor Bron
Votes: 342
12. 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: 39,551
13. Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Not Rated | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The cases of a portly and eccentric criminal law barrister.
Stars: Leo McKern, Jonathan Coy, Julian Curry, Marion Mathie
Votes: 1,726
14.
Absolutely Fabulous (1992–2012)
Episode:
Birth
(1994)
TV-14 | 29 min | Comedy
After Patsy accidentally sets the kitchen on fire, tensions rise between her and Saffron, which leads to a number of surprise revelations.
Director: Bob Spiers | Stars: Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, Christopher Malcolm
Votes: 322
15.
Stella (2012–2017)
Episode:
Episode #3.11
(2014)
Comedy, Drama
It's Christmas in Pontyberry and Stella is looking forward to spending her first Christmas with Michael. Aunty Brenda puts on a panto and Emma has a life changing decision to make.
Director: Tony Dow | Stars: Piers Ahia, Patrick Baladi, Eirlys Bellin, Di Botcher
Votes: 26
16. 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
17. Gypsy Girl (2001– )
30 min | Drama
Stars: Gemma Gregory, Fionnuala Ellwood, Rob Nathan, Lloyd Owen
Votes: 9
18. Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy (2006– )
29 min | Documentary, Comedy
Stars: Dawn French, Julie Walters, Eric Jacobson, Sarah Silverman
Votes: 47
19.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
A Midsummer Night's Dream
(1971)
Drama
Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.
Director: James Cellan Jones | Stars: Eileen Atkins, Robert Stephens, Lynn Redgrave, Amanda Barrie
Votes: 10
20.
Mystery and Imagination (1966–1970)
Episode:
The Canterville Ghost
(1966)
50 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Rich Americans visiting Europe lease an old English country house and find it comes complete with a ghost - who finds these strangers more alarming than they find him.
Director: Kim Mills | Stars: David Buck, David Bauer, Eleanor Bron, John Falconer
Votes: 10
21.
Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy (2006– )
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2006)
29 min | Documentary, Comedy
Dawn French, interviews her favorite comediennes and asks about their upbringing, family life, entree into comedy, routines for generating material, whether they hang out with other funny ... See full summary »
Director: Jon Blair | Stars: Dawn French, Catherine Tate, Julie Walters, Victoria Wood
Votes: 13
22. Absolutely Fabulous (1992–2012)
TV-14 | 45 min | Comedy
The wild misadventures of Edina "Eddy" Monsoon and her best friend Patsy Stone, who live in a nearly constant haze of drugged, drunken selfishness.
Stars: Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, June Whitfield
Votes: 21,549
23. That Was the Week That Was (1962–1963)
50 min | Comedy
Satirical sketch show. The first such show in the UK. It ran for two seasons before being pulled just before the 1964 general election.
Stars: David Frost, Millicent Martin, William Rushton, Roy Kinnear
Votes: 108
24. The World About Us (1967–1987)
60 min | Documentary
A documentary series with a broad remit of geography, anthropology, and natural history subjects.
Stars: Hugh Falkus, David Attenborough, Barry Paine, Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Votes: 36
25.
Absolutely Fabulous (1992–2012)
Episode:
Cold Turkey
(2003)
TV-14 | 35 min | Comedy
Patsy is angry when Eddy refuses to go away with her for Christmas, preferring to stay at home with the family and ordering a tree so large Patsy gets her hair caught in it. Patsy collapses... See full summary »
Director: Dewi Humphreys | Stars: Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, Jane Horrocks
Votes: 253
26. Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures (1999 Podcast Series)
Sci-Fi
Full-cast audio drama series based on "Doctor Who (1963)" chronicling the further adventures of the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Doctors.
Stars: Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Sarah Sutton
Votes: 46
27.
Absolutely Fabulous (1992–2012)
Episode:
Magazine
(1992)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy
While making one of her sporadic appearances at work, Patsy is roped into appearing on television in a makeover segment, and is forced to turn to Saffron for help.
Director: Bob Spiers | Stars: Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, Kathy Burke
Votes: 403
28.
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000–2001)
Episode:
Two Can Play at That Game
(2001)
50 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Stuart Boyle, who was at school with Jeff, is puzzled by a letter supposedly from his father - who has been dead for some years - asking him to meet him at the Boyle family's department ... See full summary »
Director: Steve Bendelack | Stars: Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer, Emilia Fox, John Michie
Votes: 23
29.
Foyle's War (2002–2015)
Episode:
The Russian House
(2010)
TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The escape of a Russian POW sets off a chain of events that leads to murder and rekindles a conflict between Foyle and his former superior.
Director: Stuart Orme | Stars: Sam Marks, Marek Oravec, Rob Heanley, Giles Taylor
Votes: 591
30. Stella (2012–2017)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
A series set in the fictional village of Pontyberry in the South Wales Valleys centered on the lives of a single mother in her forties, who earns a living doing the locals' ironing, and her family and friends.
Stars: Ruth Jones, Karen Paullada, Craig Gallivan, Justin Davies
Votes: 2,062
31. Animated Tales of the World (2000–2004)
TV-Y7 | 26 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
Each episode of the series retells international story tales that has originated in many countries around the world, such as Poland, Scotland, Russia, etc.
Stars: Julie Higginson, Sheridan Smith, Wayne Foskett, John Normington
Votes: 90
32. The Late Show (1966–1967)
Comedy
Stars: Barry Humphries, John Bird, John Wells, John Fortune
Votes: 12
33.
Fat Friends (2000–2005)
Episode:
Icing on the Cake
(2005)
Drama
Director: John Anderson | Stars: Laura Anstee, Matt Bacon, Oliver Baldwin, Lynda Baron
Votes: 10
34.
Heartbeat (1992–2010)
Episode:
Outsiders
(1992)
TV-PG | 49 min | Drama, Comedy, Crime
Aidensfield is visited by a family of gypsies. When PC Rowan goes to investigate a complaint against them he notices that the father of the family has a bad cough and asks Kate to have a ... See full summary »
Director: Tim Dowd | Stars: Nick Berry, Niamh Cusack, Derek Fowlds, Frank Middlemass
Votes: 51
35.
Casualty 1909 (2009)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2009)
TV-14 | 61 min | Drama, History
Sister Ada Russel has her first day as the head of the Receiving Room. Nurse Ethel Bennett is informed by the Matron that she is being transferred from the Receiving Room to the private ... See full summary »
Director: Bryn Higgins | Stars: Cherie Lunghi, Sarah Smart, William Houston, Nicholas Farrell
Votes: 22
36. Midsomer Murders (1997– )
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A veteran Detective Chief Inspector and his young Sergeant investigate murders around the regional community of Midsomer County.
Stars: John Nettles, Jane Wymark, Barry Jackson, Neil Dudgeon
Votes: 39,523
37. Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1992–1994)
TV-Y7 | 26 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Condensed animated adaptations of plays by William Shakespeare.
Stars: Alec McCowen, Michael Kitchen, Suzanne Burden, John Warner
Votes: 360
38.
French and Saunders (1987–2017)
Episode:
Dangerous Liasons
(1990)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Dawn and Jennifer make some Dangerous Liaisons in a wicked send-up of the Glenn Close film and they target singer Tanita Takaram and artist Andy Warhol.
Director: Bob Spiers | Stars: Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Kirsty MacColl, Simon Brint
Votes: 47
39.
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode:
Rumpole and the Show Folk
(1979)
Not Rated | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rumpole goes on Circus, or rather on Circuit, in the north, where an actor and theatre manager has been shot with a stage prop. The case seems clear-cut, but everything depends on how one reads the script.
Director: Peter Hammond | Stars: Leo McKern, Eleanor Bron, John Wells, Derek Benfield
Votes: 116
40.
Q.E.D. (1982–1999)
Episode:
John's Not Mad
(1989)
28 min | Documentary
Influential 1989 documentary which explores the struggles of a Scottish teenager to live with Tourettes syndrome.
Stars: Eleanor Bron, Heather Davidson, John Davidson, Lorna Peggie
Votes: 73
41. 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: 393
42. Face the Music (1967–1984)
30 min | Music
Face the Music was a light hearted classical music quiz. Hosted by Joseph Cooper who played excerpts from the classics on the piano and asked questions to the panel consisting of three ... See full summary »
Stars: Joseph Cooper, Robin Ray, Joyce Grenfell, Richard Baker
Votes: 18
43.
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1992–1994)
Episode:
King Richard III
(1994)
TV-Y7 | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Embittered by his deformed appearance, Richard of Gloucester schemes, seduces and murders his way to the throne of England.
Director: Natalya Orlova | Stars: Antony Sher, Alec McCowen, Eleanor Bron, Tom Wilkinson
Votes: 53
44. Vanity Fair (1998)
Not Rated | 50 min | Drama, Romance
An adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's classic story of parvenue Becky Sharp's rise from obscure and humble origins to her subsequent ignominious fall from Society; set against the ... See full summary »
Stars: Natasha Little, Frances Grey, Philip Glenister, David Ross
Votes: 1,735
45. The Beatles in 'Help!' (2007 Video)
30 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary on the production of 'Help!' (1965).
Director: Claire Ferguson | Stars: The Beatles, Neil Aspinall, Steve Barron, Eleanor Bron
Votes: 84
46.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Revelation of the Daleks: Part Two
(1985)
TV-PG | 45 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Davros running Tranquil Repose has only been a figurehead - literally just a head, created and animated by Davros himself. Now, the real Davros wheels forth to face the Doctor, but his ... See full summary »
Director: Graeme Harper | Stars: Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Eleanor Bron, Clive Swift
Votes: 514
47.
Funny Woman (2023– )
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(2023)
TV-MA | 47 min | Comedy
Sophie and Clive's romance is the talk of the town, but a discovery threatens to bring down the whole show.
Director: Oliver Parker | Stars: Graham Dickson, Tom Bateman, Gemma Arterton, Arsher Ali
Votes: 121
48. A Little Princess (1995)
G | 97 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Sara is sent to a strict boarding school after her father enlists in WWI. When he is presumed dead, the headmistress, knowing she will not receive any more money, forces the girl to become a servant.
Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars: Liesel Matthews, Eleanor Bron, Liam Cunningham, Rusty Schwimmer
Votes: 36,731 | Gross: $10.02M
49. 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: 2,503
50. Alleyn Mysteries (1990–1994)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Drawing on her love of theatre and art, New Zealand author Ngaio Marsh created elegant crime-puzzlers full of quirky characters with hidden agendas, all brought meticulously to life in this BBC series.
Stars: William Simons, Patrick Malahide, Belinda Lang, Tim Dutton
Votes: 756