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1.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
St. Joan
(1968)
Drama
In fifteenth-century France, a teenage peasant girl leads the army to victories against the English after claiming she has heard the voices of saints.
Director: Waris Hussein | Stars: Janet Suzman, John Gielgud, Keith Baxter, Geoffrey Bayldon
Votes: 11
2. Only Fools and Horses (1981–2003)
TV-PG | 95 min | Comedy
Comedy that follows two brothers from London's rough Peckham estate as they wheel and deal through a number of dodgy deals and search for the big score that'll make them millionaires.
Stars: David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Roger Lloyd Pack, Buster Merryfield
Votes: 56,775
3. Nana (1968)
Drama
Adaptation of Emile Zola's novel about a Parisian courtesan.
Stars: Katherine Schofield, Freddie Jones, Roland Curram, John Ringham
Votes: 31
4. Hassan (1970 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
Directors: Rex Tucker, Basil Dean | Stars: Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud, Nyree Dawn Porter, Corin Redgrave
Votes: 10
5. The Revenue Men (1967–1968)
50 min | Drama
The Investigation Branch of Customs and Excise headed by Caesar Smith (Ewen Solon) deal with smugglers of arms, drugs and people.
Stars: Ewen Solon, Calum Mill, James Grant, Claire Nielson
Votes: 12
6.
Redcap (1964–1966)
Episode:
Corporal McCann's Private War
(1964)
Crime, Drama
Detailed to investigate a charge that a soldier in Cyprus is guilty black-market activities - and suspected murder - Sgt Mann finds that he needs his wits about him to track down a determined criminal.
Director: Peter Graham Scott | Stars: John Thaw, Warren Mitchell, Jerome Willis, Maria Antippas
Votes: 8
7. Moonstrike (1963)
50 min | Drama, History, War
Anthology series of one-off thrillers about the covert activities of Allied agents and resistance operatives in occupied Europe during the Second World War.
Stars: Gary Hope, Michael Culver, John Murray Scott, Clive Russell
Votes: 20
8. Point Counter Point (1968– )
Adaptation of Aldous Huxley's 'novel of ideas' in which the author Philip Quarles, withdrawn and uncomfortable with the world around him, considers his friends and family as models for the characters in his writing.
Stars: Lyndon Brook, Patricia English, Edward Judd, David Graham
Votes: 16
9. Melissa (1964)
30 min | Thriller
Guy Foster's world falls apart when his beloved wife Melissa is murdered. Unfortunately for Guy, all the evidence points to him as the murderer.
Stars: Tony Britton, Helen Christie, Brian McDermott, Brian Wilde
Votes: 16
10. For Whom the Bell Tolls (1965– )
45 min | Drama
Ernest Hemingway's famous story of the Spanish Civil War concerns an attempt by partisans to blow up a bridge.
Stars: John Ronane, Ann Bell, Glynn Edwards, Joan Miller
Votes: 11
11.
When the Boat Comes In (1976–1981)
Episode:
In the Front Line You Get Shot At
(1977)
Drama, History
A hard-nosed factory owner called Colfax refuses to allow his workers to join a union. Manners has had a bet with him that Jack will make him change his mind. For his own, ethical reasons ... See full summary »
Director: Gilchrist Calder | Stars: James Bolam, Susan Jameson, James Garbutt, Jean Heywood
Votes: 9
12.
Cousin Bette (1971)
Episode:
The House for Pleasure
(1971)
Comedy, Drama
Director: Gareth Davies | Stars: Margaret Tyzack, Thorley Walters, Helen Mirren, Ursula Howells
Votes: 14
13. 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: 39,568
14. When the Boat Comes In (1976–1981)
50 min | Drama, History
Set in Gallowshields on Tyneside between the 2 World Wars, this story follows the life of ex-sergeant Jack Ford and the Seaton family as they deal with the aftermath of the Great War, the Great 1920s Depression and trade union activists.
Stars: James Bolam, James Garbutt, Jean Heywood, John Nightingale
Votes: 488
15.
Blake's 7 (1978–1981)
Episode:
Rumours of Death
(1980)
Not Rated | 51 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Avon sets out on a personal vendetta to avenge the murder of his lover Anna Grant, killed by the Federation torturer Shrinker. But Avon was deceived, and learns that Anna is alive and she, ... See full summary »
Director: Fiona Cumming | Stars: Paul Darrow, Jan Chappell, Michael Keating, Jacqueline Pearce
Votes: 210
16. Colditz (1972–1974)
50 min | Drama, History, War
The series deals with Allied prisoners of war imprisoned at Colditz Castle and their many attempts to escape captivity, as well as the relationships formed between the various nationalities and their German captors.
Stars: David McCallum, Richard Heffer, Paul Chapman, Jack Hedley
Votes: 1,025
17. The Roads to Freedom (1970)
559 min | Drama, War
Dramatisation of Jean-Paul Sartre's trilogy.
Stars: Michael Bryant, Daniel Massey, Alison Fiske, Georgia Brown
Votes: 172
18.
Colditz (1972–1974)
Episode:
Name, Rank and Number
(1972)
Drama, History, War
Dick Player, a Royal Navy lieutenant, is washed up on a beach bleeding and in civilian clothes. He is taken to hospital and escapes but, upon recapture, he is found to have no military ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Cregeen | Stars: Nigel Stock, John Quentin, David McCallum, Edward Hardwicke
Votes: 51
19.
The Roads to Freedom (1970)
Episode:
Episode #1.9
(1970)
Drama, War
Mathieu boards a train and Boris gets a haircut in preparation for war while Ivich gets drunk with old flame Claude.
Director: James Cellan Jones | Stars: Michael Bryant, Daniel Massey, Georgia Brown, Alison Fiske
Votes: 11
20.
Cousin Bette (1971)
Episode:
Delilah and Her Handmaid
(1971)
Comedy, Drama
Director: Gareth Davies | Stars: Margaret Tyzack, Thorley Walters, Helen Mirren, Ursula Howells
Votes: 17
21. Secret Agent (1964–1967)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
John Drake is a special operative for M9, specializing in security assignments against any subversive element that threatens world peace.
Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Peter Madden, Frank Maher, Peter Brayham
Votes: 1,542
22. The Guardians (1971)
60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In a declining England of the 1980s, the UK has broken up and England is ruled by a fascist military force called "The Guardians."
Stars: Gwyneth Powell, Cyril Luckham, David Burke, Derek Smith
Votes: 92
23. The Expert (1968–1976)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Professor John Hardy is a forensic scientist who works not only for the police but also for other interested parties.
Stars: Marius Goring, Ann Morrish, Victor Winding, Michael Farnsworth
Votes: 42
24. Menace (1970–1973)
75 min | Thriller
This is a series of thrillers designed to keep the audience on the edge of their seats.
Stars: David Wood, John Wentworth, Sheila Hancock, Anne Kristen
Votes: 23
25. The Brief (1984– )
60 min | Crime, Drama
Barrister Lucas Hellier goes to Germany to defend a British officer accused of spying and disloyalty. Within a short time, he finds himself romantically linked to the Court Officer Annika ... See full summary »
Stars: Ray Lonnen, Isobel Black, Sabine Postel, Michael Elwyn
Votes: 6
26.
Rock Follies (1976)
Episode:
The Little Ladies
(1976)
Drama, Music
First attempts at launching "The Little Ladies" are not promising.
Director: Brian Farnham | Stars: Charlotte Cornwell, Julie Covington, Rula Lenska, Angela Bruce
Votes: 8
27.
Justice (1971–1974)
Episode:
Trial for Murder
(1974)
52 min | Drama
A wife is accused of feeding cheese to her ailing elderly husband, after a doctor had supposedly warned her it was one of the foods that might not agree with her husband's medications. Harriet's office has a flashy, young new partner.
Director: John Frankau | Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Anthony Valentine, John Stone, John Bryans
Votes: 19
28.
Justice (1971–1974)
Episode:
Twice the Legal Limit
(1974)
48 min | Drama
Justice Bebbington, who has given Harriet trouble with his mean spirited sentencing, asks her to defend him in a case of drunken driving. Something about the setup strikes her as suspicious.
Director: Brian Farnham | Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Anthony Valentine, John Stone, Ralph Michael
Votes: 22
29.
Cousin Bette (1971)
Episode:
Bitter Harvest
(1971)
Comedy, Drama
Director: Gareth Davies | Stars: Margaret Tyzack, Thorley Walters, Helen Mirren, Ursula Howells
Votes: 13
30. Lillie (1978)
672 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Seen on Masterpiece Theatre, starring Francesca Annis in an award-winning performance, Lillie vividly captures the complex woman who became one of the most notorious and respected figures of the Victorian era.
Stars: Francesca Annis, Catherine Feller, Peggy Ann Wood, Anton Rodgers
Votes: 684
31. The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978–1985)
BBC adaptations of all 37 plays wholly and authoritatively credited to William Shakespeare.
Stars: Brenda Bruce, Jon Finch, David Gwillim, Rob Edwards
Votes: 53
32. Nanny (1981–1983)
50 min | Drama
A divorced woman decides to train as a Nanny in 1930s England. The series is unique as, not only, is she a more mature person but she is also modern with 'progressive' ideas.
Stars: Wendy Craig, Natalie Forbes, John Quayle, Jane Booker
Votes: 106
33. Clochemerle (1972)
230 min | Comedy
A rural French town attempts to erect a public urinal.
Stars: Peter Ustinov, Roy Dotrice, Wendy Hiller, Larry Noble
Votes: 114
34. Crane (1963–1965)
60 min | Adventure
The adventures of Richard Crane, cafe owner & part-time smuggler, around the coast of Morocco, aided (and sometimes abetted) by his ex-Foreign Legion sidekick Orlando, waitress Halina, and local cop Colonel Mahmoud.
Stars: Patrick Allen, Sam Kydd, Gerald Flood, Laya Raki
Votes: 50
35. Suez 1956 (1979 TV Movie)
180 min | Drama
In 1956, the British Prime Minister Anthony Eden grapples with the Suez Crisis, which brings an end to his political career.
Director: Michael Darlow | Stars: Michael Gough, Robert Stephens, Richard Vernon, Wensley Pithey
Votes: 9
36. Misleading Cases (1967–1971)
30 min | Comedy
A court that is frequently presided over by the increasingly amused Mr Justice Swallow and Mr Haddock's long-suffering adversary Sir Joshua Hoot QC.
Stars: Alastair Sim, Roy Dotrice, Avice Landone, Thorley Walters
Votes: 45
37. Blandings Castle (1967– )
30 min | Comedy
Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth, lord and master of Blandings Castle, wants nothing more than to talk to his prize pig and potter about in his gardens. Reality intrudes in the form of family duties and his strong-willed sisters.
Stars: Ralph Richardson, Stanley Holloway, Meriel Forbes, Jack Radcliffe
Votes: 23
38.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Nipper
(1977)
77 min | Comedy, Drama
Teenager Jimmy's life begins to unravel after the death of his father. With his mother promiscuous and his new stepfather and stepbrother difficult to get along with, he begins to fall into a cycle of petty crime and self harm.
Director: Brian Farnham | Stars: John Fowler, Coral Atkins, George Innes, Betty Hardy
Votes: 11
39.
Only Fools and Horses (1981–2003)
Episode:
Homesick
(1983)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy
The wear and tear of climbing twelve floors in Mandela House takes its toll as Grandad's legs finally give way. And after a visit to the Doctors' it is recommended that they seek some ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Butt | Stars: David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Lennard Pearce, Roger Lloyd Pack
Votes: 592
40.
Justice (1971–1974)
Episode:
Collision Course
(1974)
48 min | Drama
Harriet bones up on maritime law to defend a Greek ship owner who had chartered out his boat but is still accused of responsibility for an accident with another vessel. She and Ian decide to get married.
Director: Tony Wharmby | Stars: Margaret Lockwood, John Stone, Fulton Mackay, John Bryans
Votes: 19
41.
Cousin Bette (1971)
Episode:
Family Angel
(1971)
Comedy, Drama
Director: Gareth Davies | Stars: Margaret Tyzack, Thorley Walters, Helen Mirren, Ursula Howells
Votes: 14
42. Blake's 7 (1978–1981)
Not Rated | 50 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
A group of convicts and outcasts fight a guerrilla war against the totalitarian Terran Federation from a highly advanced alien spaceship.
Stars: Michael Keating, Paul Darrow, Peter Tuddenham, Jan Chappell
Votes: 4,504
43. Whodunnit? (1972–1978)
45 min | Family, Game-Show, Mystery
British game show in which celebrity panelists were shown a dramatised murder and had to guess the identity of the killer or killers from the clues presented.
Stars: Jon Pertwee, Patrick Mower, Anouska Hempel, Liza Goddard
Votes: 138
44. Clouds of Witness (1972)
Drama, Mystery
Lord Peter's brother, the Duke of Denver is accused of murdering their sister Mary's fiancé. It's up to Lord Peter and his faithful man Bunter to untangle all the clues and the ... See full summary »
Stars: Ian Carmichael, Glyn Houston, Mark Eden, Rachel Herbert
Votes: 383
45. Redcap (1964–1966)
50 min | Crime, Drama
The cases & adventures of tough Sergeant John Mann, officer of Her Majesty's Royal Military Police Special Investigation Branch.
Stars: John Thaw, Keith Barron, James Grout, James Kerry
Votes: 52
46. The Strauss Family (1972)
60 min | Drama, Romance
A seven-part mini-series produced in England about Vienna's Strauss family in the 19th-century. Members of the London Symphony Orchestra provided the music.
Stars: Stuart Wilson, Anne Stallybrass, Barbara Ferris, Christopher Benjamin
Votes: 122
47. The Informer (1966–1967)
60 min | Drama
A disgraced ex-lawyer, now released from prison, uses his accumulated knowledge to earn a living from both sides of the law.
Stars: Ian Hendry, Neil Hallett, Jean Marsh, Heather Sears
Votes: 70
48. Blackmail (1965–1966)
Drama
Blackmail, in all its meanings and forms, was the central theme of the episodes comprising this series.
Stars: Ray Marioni, Derrick Sherwin, Aubrey Richards, Ian Hendry
Votes: 21
49. The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1982 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 162 min | Drama
Jane Lapotaire and Joss Ackland star in this adaptation of Rudolph Besier's play. Elizabeth Barrett is kept a virtual prisoner by her father. Then the poet Robert Browning bursts into her life.
Director: Michael Darlow | Stars: Jane Lapotaire, Joss Ackland, Jeremy Brett, Nigel Stock
Votes: 44
50.
Softly Softly: Task Force (1969–1976)
Episode:
To Protect the Innocent...
(1969)
Crime, Drama
It's Christmas time, and Chief Constable Cullen has a special gift for Chief Superintendent Charlie Barlow who finds himself representing Thamesford CID at Her Majesty's prison in Kingsley.... See full summary »
Director: Frank Cox | Stars: Stratford Johns, Frank Windsor, Walter Gotell, David Allister
Votes: 11