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1.
Only Fools and Horses (1981–2003)
Episode:
The Jolly Boys' Outing
(1989)
TV-14 | 80 min | Comedy
The Nag's Head regulars head to the seaside town of Margate for an eventful day trip.
Director: Tony Dow | Stars: David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Buster Merryfield, Paul Barber
Votes: 1,464
2.
Horizon (1964– )
Episode:
Joey
(1974)
Documentary
Documentary with dramatic reconstructions about the life of Joey Deacon, a man whose severe Cerebral Palsy led him to be incarcerated in an asylum until people learned to understand him.
Director: Brian Gibson | Stars: Christopher Molesworth, John Prasher, Joey Deacon, Tony Robinson
Votes: 13
3. Rough Justice (1982–2007)
30 min | Documentary
Investigative journalists probe possible miscarriages of justice.
Stars: Martin Young, John Ware, David Jessel, Kirsty Wark
Votes: 16
4. Just Another Day (1983–1986)
Documentary
Stars: John Pitman, Duke of Gloucester, Eileen Fowler, Duchess of Gloucester
Votes: 8
5.
Only Fools and Horses (1981–2003)
Episode:
Chain Gang
(1989)
TV-14 | 50 min | Comedy
Arnie, a jeweller who retired early on health grounds, sells Del and his mates some gold chains but then says he wants them back for a previous customer. However he will ensure that he gets... See full summary »
Director: Tony Dow | Stars: David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Buster Merryfield, Gwyneth Strong
Votes: 745
6.
Only Fools and Horses (1981–2003)
Episode:
Yuppy Love
(1989)
TV-14 | 47 min | Comedy
After seeing the film 'Wall Street' Del fancies himself as Peckham's answer to Gordon Gecko and changes his image. He even - temporarily - gives up the Nag's Head for a trendy wine bar ... See full summary »
Director: Tony Dow | Stars: David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Buster Merryfield, Gwyneth Strong
Votes: 771
7.
Fawlty Towers (1975–1979)
Episode:
The Psychiatrist
(1979)
TV-PG | 36 min | Comedy
Confusion arises when Basil tries to catch a girl in a playboy's room after hours, all the while unnerved by a psychiatrist's presence.
Director: Bob Spiers | Stars: John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs, Connie Booth
Votes: 2,235
8.
Only Fools and Horses (1981–2003)
Episode:
Danger UXD
(1989)
TV-14 | 50 min | Comedy
Del buys a consignment of blow-up sex dolls to sell on to elderly Dirty Barry, who has a sex shop. Unfortunately, the dolls are filled with propane gas and will explode if they are exposed ... See full summary »
Director: Tony Dow | Stars: David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Buster Merryfield, Gwyneth Strong
Votes: 716
9. 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: 56,786
10.
Fawlty Towers (1975–1979)
Episode:
The Kipper and the Corpse
(1979)
TV-PG | 32 min | Comedy
One of the guests has died in his sleep, but Basil thinks it's due to serving him spoiled food.
Director: Bob Spiers | Stars: John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs, Connie Booth
Votes: 2,105
11.
Alas Smith & Jones (1984–1998)
Episode:
The Homemade Xmas Video
(1987)
30 min | Comedy
A typical 'rough' family in the 80s shares their Yuletide experience with us with the aid of a badly edited camcorder.
Director: John Kilby | Stars: Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith, Diane Langton, Nigel Harman
Votes: 62
12.
Only Fools and Horses (1981–2003)
Episode:
Stage Fright
(1991)
TV-14 | 50 min | Comedy
Del tries his hand at being a showbiz manager, and one of his clients is his 3-months pregnant girlfriend Raquel. But will things go to plan?
Director: Tony Dow | Stars: David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Buster Merryfield, Tessa Peake-Jones
Votes: 642
13. Fawlty Towers (1975–1979)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Hotel owner Basil Fawlty's incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away.
Stars: John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs, Connie Booth
Votes: 100,281
14.
Only Fools and Horses (1981–2003)
Episode:
Dates
(1988)
TV-14 | 80 min | Comedy
After witnessing Trigger's unexpected success with his date from a local computer dating agency, Del fancies his chances of having some too. He duly enrolls, and sets out to meet his blind ... See full summary »
Director: Tony Dow | Stars: David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Buster Merryfield, Tessa Peake-Jones
Votes: 682
15.
Only Fools and Horses (1981–2003)
Episode:
Three Men, a Woman, and a Baby
(1991)
TV-14 | 50 min | Comedy
Del is hoping to sell a load of wigs bought from Mustapha to the old ladies in the Nag's Head and is annoyed to find out that he has actually bought a box of mens' wigs. Cassandra leaves ... See full summary »
Director: Tony Dow | Stars: David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Buster Merryfield, Tessa Peake-Jones
Votes: 560
16. Horizon (I) (1964– )
50 min | Documentary
British documentary series that covers a variety of subjects in science and philosophy.
Stars: Paul Vaughan, Jack Fortune, Dilly Barlow, Colin Riach
Votes: 1,149
17.
Wodehouse Playhouse (1974–1978)
Episode:
The Luck of the Stiffhams
(1978)
Comedy, Romance
Director: Gareth Gwenlan | Stars: John Alderton, Leslie Sands, Liza Goddard, David Healy
Votes: 13
18.
The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968–1977)
Episode:
1977 Christmas Show
(1977)
67 min | Comedy
The musical guests are Angharad Rees and Elton John. Elton John has trouble getting correct directions. Eric and Ernie move house. Ernie's play is called 'Cyrano de Bergerac' and stars Francis Matthews and Penelope Keith.
Stars: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, Penelope Keith, Elton John
Votes: 37
19.
To the Manor Born (1979–2007)
Episode:
Back to the Manor
(1981)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Romance
Richard's position at Cavendish Foods is saved but he still needs money to keep going after buying the Argentinian plant and feels that selling the manor is his only alternative. But Audrey... See full summary »
Director: Gareth Gwenlan | Stars: Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles, Angela Thorne, John Barron
Votes: 79
20. An Englishman's Castle (1978)
144 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In a world in which Germany won World War II and has occupied the United Kingdom, Peter Ingram is a writer on a popular soap opera called "An Englishman's Castle" that is set in London ... See full summary »
Stars: Kenneth More, Anthony Bate, Isla Blair, Kathleen Byron
Votes: 93
21. Children of the North (1991)
55 min | Thriller
The murders of two MI6 agents in Northern Ireland add up to an explosive political situation.
Stars: Michael Gough, Patrick Malahide, John Kavanagh, Tony Doyle
Votes: 29
22.
Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode:
The Law Lord
(1992)
TV-14 | Drama
A new government takes power with a drastically reduced majority. But the ambitious young Home Secretary has a plan to bring the legal establishment to heel and bypass Parliament altogether.
Director: Jim Goddard | Stars: Anthony Andrews, Bernard Hill, Tom Baker, John Rowe
Votes: 31
23.
Lovejoy (1986–1994)
Episode:
To Sleep No More
(1986)
TV-14 | 54 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
After a skilled antiques forger dies and a thief steals a forged snuff box, his only legacy to his widow, Lovejoy vows to retrieve it.
Director: Ken Hannam | Stars: Ian McShane, Phyllis Logan, Dudley Sutton, Malcolm Tierney
Votes: 104
24.
Only Fools and Horses (1981–2003)
Episode:
The Sky's the Limit
(1990)
TV-14 | 50 min | Comedy
Boycie's lost a satellite dish and Delboy's come into possession of one. Rodney goes to meet Cassandra at Gatwick Airport but her plane's been diverted to Manchester. Could there be a link connecting these events?
Director: Tony Dow | Stars: David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Buster Merryfield, Tessa Peake-Jones
Votes: 529
25. 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
26. God's Wonderful Railway (1980)
30 min | Drama, Family, History
Three generations of the Grant family live and work on the Severn Valley branch of the Great Western Railway, from the Victorian era to the Second World War.
Stars: June Brown, Richard Pearson, Annette Ekblom, Bill Dean
Votes: 17
27.
Bergerac (1981–1991)
Episode:
Old Acquaintance
(1989)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Former Olympic medallist Peter Jason is threatened, to prevent him exposing the use of steroids in sport and arrives in Jersey to hide out with his old flame Philippa Vale. Heavies follow ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Standeven | Stars: John Nettles, Liza Goddard, Terence Alexander, Louise Jameson
Votes: 38
28.
Only Fools and Horses (1981–2003)
Episode:
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Uncle
(1991)
TV-14 | 50 min | Comedy
Whilst Del employs Rodney in the family firm, Uncle Albert starts going to the Over-60s Club but comes home one day, bruised and claiming that he was mugged. After refusing to go out for a ... See full summary »
Director: Tony Dow | Stars: David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Buster Merryfield, Tessa Peake-Jones
Votes: 505
29.
Only Fools and Horses (1981–2003)
Episode:
Miami Twice: The American Dream
(1991)
TV-PG | 75 min | Comedy
At Damien's christening, Del does a deal with the vicar to supply 'pre-blessed' Romanian altar wine, only it turns out to be white. In an effort to get Rodney back with Cassandra Del ... See full summary »
Director: Gareth Gwenlan | Stars: David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Buster Merryfield, Tessa Peake-Jones
Votes: 624
30.
To the Manor Born (1979–2007)
Episode:
Connections in High Places
(1981)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Romance
When the stockholders of Richards company threaten to throw him off the board for being an upstart foreigner, Audrey calls upon her upper crust family connections to come to the rescue.
Director: Gareth Gwenlan | Stars: Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles, Angela Thorne, John Barron
Votes: 66
31.
The Other One (1977–1979)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1977)
Comedy
Ralph shows Brian the delights of improvisation.
Director: Gareth Gwenlan | Stars: Richard Briers, Michael Gambon, Jill Kerman, Carolyn Lyster
Votes: 5
32. The Old Grey Whistle Test (1971–2018)
45 min | Music
Contemporary music show featuring live performances and interviews with an emphasis on album acts.
Stars: Bob Harris, Anne Nightingale, David Hepworth, Mark Ellen
Votes: 241
33. The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968–1977)
Comedy
The Morecambe & Wise Show was a long running and massively popular sketch series starring British comedy duo Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, plus a string of top-name international celebrity guests (of a bygone age), like André Prévin.
Stars: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, Ann Hamilton, Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen
Votes: 1,057
34.
Only Fools and Horses (1981–2003)
Episode:
Rodney Come Home
(1990)
TV-14 | 73 min | Comedy
Rodney and Cassandra's marriage is in trouble - Cassy is ambitious and wants to better herself with her banking colleagues, while Rodney is set in his ways and expects her to be an ... See full summary »
Director: Tony Dow | Stars: David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Buster Merryfield, Tessa Peake-Jones
Votes: 559
35.
Wodehouse Playhouse (1974–1978)
Episode:
Tangled Hearts
(1978)
Comedy, Romance
Golf club members Smallwood Bessemer and Carter Muldoon switch fiancees, and Smallwood must try to learn golf quickly to impress his new partner.
Director: Gareth Gwenlan | Stars: John Alderton, Richard Caldicot, David Troughton, Sue Nicholls
Votes: 13
36.
Wodehouse Playhouse (1974–1978)
Episode:
The Editor Regrets
(1978)
Comedy, Romance
Bingo Little is fired from his job as editor of a children's magazine after disregarding an important contributor and comes up with a plan to get his job back.
Director: Gareth Gwenlan | Stars: John Alderton, Susan Jameson, Bernard Archard, David Quilter
Votes: 13
37. The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976–1979)
30 min | Comedy
He story concerns a middle-aged middle manager, Reginald "Reggie" Perrin, and is driven to bizarre behaviour by the pointlessness of his job at Sunshine Desserts.
Stars: Leonard Rossiter, Pauline Yates, John Barron, Sue Nicholls
Votes: 2,181
38. 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
39. Roger Roger (1998–2003)
Comedy, Drama
Stars: Phaldut Sharma, David Ross, Robert Daws, Philip Glenister
Votes: 89
40.
Colin's Sandwich (1988–1989)
Episode:
Enough
(1988)
Comedy
Colin's told to cut back on excesses for a fortnight after a health scare, the agony of it all isn't helped by a leaving party and Chinese takeaway, and an appointment with old acquaintances only prolongs the agony.
Director: John Kilby | Stars: Mel Smith, Louisa Rix, Mike Grady, Ian Collier
Votes: 9
41.
Only Fools and Horses (1981–2003)
Episode:
The Chance of a Lunchtime
(1991)
TV-14 | 50 min | Comedy
Del has a consignment of doorbells that play various National Anthems. He tries to help Rodney and Cassandra save their marriage after going round to fix rodneys front door but things don't... See full summary »
Director: Tony Dow | Stars: David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Buster Merryfield, Tessa Peake-Jones
Votes: 493
42.
To the Manor Born (1979–2007)
Episode:
Cosmetics
(1981)
TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy, Romance
Richard is about to sign a lucrative deal with cosmetics-firm boss Mademoiselle Dutoit, but to fend off her advances he claims to have a wife. When Marjory volunteers to impersonate 'her' ... See full summary »
Director: Gareth Gwenlan | Stars: Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles, Angela Thorne, Rula Lenska
Votes: 65
43. Lovejoy (1986–1994)
TV-14 | 50 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Lovejoy is an irresistible rogue with a keen eye for antiques. The part-time detective scours the murky salerooms, auction halls and stately homes of Britain, always on the lookout for a find.
Stars: Ian McShane, Dudley Sutton, Chris Jury, Phyllis Logan
Votes: 3,923
44. Horatio Hornblower: The Wrong War (1999 TV Movie)
100 min | Adventure, Drama, War
Lt. Hornblower and his mates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of revolutionary France.
Director: Andrew Grieve | Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, Antony Sher, Samuel West
Votes: 4,289
45. The Other One (1977–1979)
30 min | Comedy
Two passengers meet in reception at Gatwick airport. Although unknown to each other, they find they are on the same flight and staying in the same hotel. Two characters as different as ... See full summary »
Stars: Richard Briers, Michael Gambon, Michael Chesden, Jill Kerman
Votes: 67
46. Rhodes (1996)
Drama
The story of the British 19th-century businessman who became the wealthiest man in the Western world and founded the nation Rhodesia.
Stars: Martin Shaw, Frances Barber, Neil Pearson, Frantz Dobrowsky
Votes: 166
47. Swallows and Amazons Forever!: The Big Six (1984 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama, Family
Joe, Bill and Pete are members of the "Coot Club", spending most of their time on the river in their little boat, the "Death and Glory." Trouble starts when they are blamed for setting ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Morgan | Stars: John Woodvine, Colin Baker, Andrew Burt, Rosemary Leach
Votes: 55
48. Fame Is the Spur (1982– )
50 min | Drama
This TV series is based on a book of the same name by Howard Spring published in 1940. It describes the rise of the British socialist movement from the mid 19th century to the 1930s by ... See full summary »
Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, David Hayman, Joanna David, Phyllida Law
Votes: 17
49.
To the Manor Born (1979–2007)
Episode:
A Touch of Class
(1979)
TV-PG | 31 min | Comedy, Romance
To make himself appear more English, Richard decides to appear in a TV advert for Fontleroy's Old English Tonic, to be filmed at the manor and utilise Audrey's butler and Rolls-Royce. But ... See full summary »
Director: Gareth Gwenlan | Stars: Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles, Angela Thorne, John Rudling
Votes: 69
50.
To the Manor Born (1979–2007)
Episode:
Never Be Alone
(1980)
TV-PG | 26 min | Comedy, Romance
With Marjory away on a theatrical residential course, Audrey is pleased when Richard asks her to help him catalogue his collection of valuable china. A recently-acquired vase worth 40,000 ... See full summary »
Director: Gareth Gwenlan | Stars: Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles, Angela Thorne, Daphne Heard
Votes: 66