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1.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
Corridors of Power
(1966)
Drama
Director: Raymond Menmuir | Stars: Patrick Allen, Alec Clunes, William Mervyn, Sarah Lawson
Votes: 11
2. 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
3. Hamlet at Elsinore (1964 TV Movie)
170 min | Drama
Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the Prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.
Director: Philip Saville | Stars: Christopher Plummer, Robert Shaw, Alec Clunes, Michael Caine
Votes: 246
4. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
5. Festival (I) (1963–1964)
60 min | Drama
An hour-long UK dramatic anthology series produced by the BBC from 1963-64, with a total of 32 episodes adapted from writers ranging from William Shakespeare to Samuel Beckett. Stars ... See full summary »
Stars: David Garfield, Cyril Cusack, John Wood, John Welsh
Votes: 20
6. 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: 246
7. Richard III (1955)
Not Rated | 161 min | Biography, Drama, History
Shakespeare's powerful tale of the wicked deformed King and his conquests, both on the battlefield and in the boudoir.
Director: Laurence Olivier | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Cedric Hardwicke, Nicholas Hannen, Ralph Richardson
Votes: 5,240
8. The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
30 min | Adventure, Drama
The Crown takes Tempest's stronghold. The ex-pirate wins a pardon and becomes a privateer. He and Deputy Gov. Beamish fight Spanish raiders despite their unease. They defend the Caribbean.
Stars: Robert Shaw, Paul Hansard, Brian Rawlinson, Edwin Richfield
Votes: 189
9. The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird (1952)
G | 63 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
A chimney sweep and his beloved shepherdess are aided by Wonderbird (Sir Peter Ustinov) in their escape from a ruthless dictator.
Director: Paul Grimault | Stars: Pierre Brasseur, Anouk Aimée, Serge Reggiani, Max Adrian
Votes: 296
10. Brighton Story (1955)
22 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
100 years after his death in 1855, lieutenant-colonel John Eld, the third and last Master of Ceremonies (and known in his days as the 'King' of Brighton) returns for one day to his home ... See full summary »
Director: Pamela Bower | Star: Alec Clunes
Votes: 14
11.
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Episode:
The Lady's Not for Burning
(1950)
Drama
A war and world weary soldier tries to talk a witch-hunting cleric into hanging him; he is shaken from his quest for death when the beautiful Jennet is also committed for hanging as a witch.
Stars: Richard Burton, Alec Clunes, Pamela Brown, David Evans
Votes: 36
12. ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
An anthology series from the U.K., from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television.
Stars: Derek Francis, Alfred Burke, Arthur Hewlett, Esther Lawrence
Votes: 94
13. One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)
Not Rated | 82 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
During a raid on Germany a British bomber crew is forced to bail out after their plane is damaged. They land in Holland and are aided by Dutch civilians.
Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: Godfrey Tearle, Eric Portman, Hugh Williams, Bernard Miles
Votes: 2,529
14. 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
15. Saloon Bar (1940)
76 min | Comedy, Thriller
Against a background of Christmas and the pending arrival of another baby for the landlord, a group of pub locals lead by bookie Joe Harris set out to prove that former customer Eddie ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Forde | Stars: Gordon Harker, Elizabeth Allan, Mervyn Johns, Joyce Barbour
Votes: 293
16.
The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode:
Captain Dan Tempest
(1956)
Not Rated | 25 min | Adventure, Drama
Captain Dan Tempest arrives at the island of New Providence. He is several weeks late to accept the pardon and is promptly arrested by Governor Rogers for piracy. He is later approached by ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Smart | Stars: Alec Clunes, Robert Shaw, Peter Hammond, Hugh David
Votes: 20
17. Tomorrow at Ten (1963)
80 min | Thriller
It's a race against time for the police when they have to find a kidnapped boy imprisoned with a time bomb, after his abductor dies without revealing the child's whereabouts.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: John Gregson, Alec Clunes, Robert Shaw, Helen Cherry
Votes: 460
18. Undermind (1965)
60 min | Sci-Fi
Personnel Officer Drew Heriot returns to England after working in Australia to discover his brother behaving oddly, to the distress of his sister-in-law Anne. Investigating together they ... See full summary »
Stars: Jeremy Wilkin, Rosemary Nicols, Denis Quilley, John Barron
Votes: 36
19.
The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode:
The Raider
(1956)
TV-Y | 25 min | Adventure, Drama
The island of New Providence is in danger from pirate raiders led by Charles Vane. Governor Rogers must decide on whether to go after Vane, thus leaving the island unprotected, or repairing... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Smart | Stars: Alec Clunes, Jane Griffiths, Peter Hammond, Brian Worth
Votes: 20
20. Now Barabbas (1949)
87 min | Drama
A humane prison governor deals with a variety of different prisoners, including a charming murderer.
Director: Gordon Parry | Stars: Richard Greene, Cedric Hardwicke, Kathleen Harrison, Ronald Howard
Votes: 149
21. Dangerous Comment (1940)
12 min | Short, Drama, War
A young pilot, annoyed at not being selected to take part in a raid on an enemy target, moans to his fiancée, who in turn chatters to a friend at a cocktail bar.
Director: John Paddy Carstairs | Stars: Frank Lawton, Penelope Dudley-Ward, Milton Rosmer, Margaret Vyner
Votes: 33
22. To Hell with Hitler (1940)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Musical, War
Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukulele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken for a fellow British intelligence agent... See full summary »
Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: George Formby, Phyllis Calvert, Garry Marsh, Romney Brent
Votes: 369
23. Quentin Durward (1955)
Approved | 103 min | Action, Adventure, History
A Scottish knight in France to facilitate a marriage between a rich and beautiful countess and his aging uncle becomes involved in court intrigue.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Robert Taylor, Kay Kendall, Robert Morley, George Cole
Votes: 1,149
24. Tiger in the Smoke (1956)
94 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In wartime France, a young officer is killed during a raid to kill a German general at the house that used to belong to his grandmother. Before he dies, he talks about a treasure that was ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Donald Sinden, Muriel Pavlow, Tony Wright, Bernard Miles
Votes: 289
25. The Forth Road Bridge (1965)
55 min | Documentary
The construction of the Forth Road Bridge in Scotland from the initial survey to the official opening.
Director: Gordon Lang | Star: Alec Clunes
Votes: 19
26.
The Buccaneers (1956–1957)
Episode:
Blackbeard
(1956)
TV-Y | 25 min | Adventure, Drama
Captain Woodes Rogers travels to the Bahamas to accept his new position as Governor. With him he brings a King's pardon to all who will give up piracy. Blackbeard is not convinced and ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Smart | Stars: Alec Clunes, George Margo, Peter Hammond, Hugh David
Votes: 29
27. Convoy (1940)
78 min | Drama, War
A tale of the highs and lows of life protecting the vital convoys between America & England during WWII.
Director: Pen Tennyson | Stars: Clive Brook, John Clements, Edward Chapman, Judy Campbell
Votes: 442
28. The England of Elizabeth (1957)
26 min | Short
A romantic overview of England in the Elizabethan Age.
Director: John Taylor | Star: Alec Clunes
Votes: 21
29. Now You're Talking (1940)
11 min | Drama, Short
When a crashed Nazi aeroplane is recovered, British scientists have high hopes of learning valuable secrets. But a disgruntled factory worker inadvertently alerts enemy agents to the discovery, with disastrous consequences.
Director: John Paddy Carstairs | Stars: Sebastian Shaw, Dorothy Hyson, Edward Chapman, Judy Campbell
Votes: 15
30. Melba (1953)
112 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
The highly fictionalized story of Nellie Melba, Australian-born soprano who rose to operatic fame in the latter part of the 19th century and who had a dessert and form of dry toast (true) ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Patrice Munsel, Robert Morley, John McCallum, John Justin
Votes: 47
31.
Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
Episode:
The Living Image
(1963)
56 min | Drama
A renowned artist of the old school has his whole world turned upside down, when his son, a young radical and his associates brings modern interpretations of art into his life.
Director: Philip Saville | Stars: Alec Clunes, James Villiers, Alexis Kanner, Elizabeth MacLennan
Votes: 11
32. Three Cockeyed Sailors (1940)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, War
Three British sailors find they've accidentally strayed on board a German warship during World War II. They then proceed to take it over and requisition it for the Royal Navy.
Director: Walter Forde | Stars: Tommy Trinder, Claude Hulbert, Carla Lehmann, Michael Wilding
Votes: 135
33. Choose Cheese (1940)
5 min | Documentary, Short
One of the first documentaries to use statistics and scientific evidence to get people to choose cheese over eating meat to help with food shortages during World War 2.
Director: Ruby Grierson | Star: Alec Clunes
Votes: 17
34. Richard III (1955 TV Short)
15 min | Short
Director: Laurence Olivier | Stars: Norman Wooland, Laurence Olivier, Claire Bloom, Pamela Brown
35. Television World Theatre (1957–1958)
1,285 min | Drama
Stars: Catherine Lacey, Harold Scott, David Markham, Gertan Klauber
36. Gaslight Theatre (1965– )
60 min | Drama
A series of six 19th century melodramas presented in the spirit of the Victorian theatre.
Stars: Ronnie Barker, John Gower, Warren Mitchell, Eira Heath
37. The Ronnie Barker Playhouse (1968– )
30 min | Comedy
The Ronnie Barker Playhouse was a series of six comedy half hours showcasing the talents of Ronnie Barker.
Stars: Ronnie Barker, David Kelly, Colin Jeavons, Richard O'Sullivan
38. The Facts of Life (1954 TV Movie)
45 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Peter Potter | Stars: Alec Clunes, Charmian Eyre, Iris Hoey, Avice Landone
39. What's for Dinner (1940)
9 min | Documentary, Short, Comedy
Director: Ruby Grierson | Star: Alec Clunes
40. O Mistress Mine (1939 TV Movie)
Drama, Romance
Stars: John Abbott, Brenda Bennett, Alec Clunes, Wilfred Fletcher
41. A Farewell Supper (1938 TV Short)
20 min | Short, Drama
Stars: Alec Clunes, Meriel Forbes, Ernest Jay, Anthony Quayle
42. Our National Heritage: The Living Pattern (1962)
Documentary, Short
Director: John Taylor | Star: Alec Clunes
44. Green Food for Health (1940)
6 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Ruby Grierson | Stars: Alec Clunes, Joan Sterndale-Bennett
45. Exercise Bowler (1946 TV Movie)
Drama
Stars: Eric Berry, John Chandos, D.A. Clarke-Smith, Stringer Davis
46.
The Ronnie Barker Playhouse (1968– )
Episode:
The Incredible Mister Tanner
(1968)
Comedy
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Stars: Ronnie Barker, Leonard Brockwell, Alec Clunes, Billy Cornelius
47.
Undermind (1965)
Episode:
Instance One
(1965)
Sci-Fi
Police Detective Frank Herriot has attacked a member of Parliament and otherwise behaves strangely. His brother Drew and estranged wife Anne try to understand with the help of a psychiatrist, but he - the psychiatrist - is soon murdered.
Director: Bill Bain | Stars: Jeremy Wilkin, Rosemary Nicols, Jeremy Kemp, Frank Mills
48.
Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
Episode:
The Franchise Affair
(1958)
Drama
An elderly woman and her spinster niece are accused of kidnapping.
Director: Wilfred Eades | Stars: Alec Clunes, Martita Hunt, Gwen Watford, Paul Whitsun-Jones
49.
Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
Episode:
Dangerous World
(1958)
Drama
A new magistrate takes up a post in a British colony in Africa aiming to uphold justice against corruption.
Director: Wilfred Eades | Stars: Robert Brown, Alec Clunes, Adrienne Corri, Rupert Davies
50.
ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)
Episode:
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
(1959)
Comedy, Drama
A rope bridge over a gorge in the Peruvian Andes snaps, sending five people plunging to their deaths. A priest sets out to find out more about the life of each of the victims.
Director: Peter Potter | Stars: Jill Balcon, Peter Bayliss, Stella Bonheur, Diane Cilento