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1. Playing Shakespeare (1982)

Documentary

John Barton holds a master class in how to play Shakespeare, using members of the RSC doing scenes, sonnets, and commentary as prime examples.

Stars: John Barton, David Suchet, Lisa Harrow, Alan Howard

Votes: 224

2. BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode: Trilby (1976)

Drama

Trilby, a young Irish girl in Paris, falls under the influence of the sinister hypnotist Svengali.

Director: Piers Haggard | Stars: Alan Badel, Sinéad Cusack, Stuart Fox, Michael Anthony

Votes: 12

3. Playing Shakespeare (1982)
Episode: Using the Verse (1982)

49 min | Documentary

John Barton and company examine blank verse. Its strengths and particularities are discussed in great detail. Members of the cast try out various readings.

Director: John Carlaw | Stars: John Barton, Sinéad Cusack, Sheila Hancock, Lisa Harrow

Votes: 8

4. Playing Shakespeare (1982)
Episode: Set Speeches and Soliloquies (1982)

51 min | Documentary

John Barton and members of the RSC present a workshop on how Shakespeare used the soliloquy to directly connect the character with the audience.

Director: John Carlaw | Stars: John Barton, Tony Church, Sinéad Cusack, Judi Dench

Votes: 8

5. Notorious Woman (1974)

350 min | Drama

The incredible life of novelist George Sand is explored, with a particular focus on her romance with famed musician Frédéric Chopin.

Stars: Rosemary Harris, Marina McConnell, Lewis Fiander, Jonathan Newth

Votes: 108

6. Playing Shakespeare (1982)
Episode: Language and Character (1982)

51 min | Documentary

John Barton and the cast discuss how Shakespeare defines his character by the language they speak, and how the characters attempt to achieve their aims by means of what they say and how they say it.

Director: John Carlaw | Stars: John Barton, Sinéad Cusack, Stephen Fry, Lisa Harrow

Votes: 11

7. Franco Zeffirelli conformista ribelle (2022)

123 min

The documentary relates the decisive moments, the turning points and the rollercoaster ride of a brilliant, eventful international career and the extraordinary life of a great Italian ... See full summary »

Director: Selma Dell'Olio | Stars: Franco Zeffirelli, Giancarlo Antognoni, Adriana Asti, Urbano Barberini

Votes: 22

8. Beast (VI) (2018)

18 min | Short, Drama

A gothic fairytale following three generations of women struggling with the aftermath of a divorce.

Director: Leonora Lonsdale | Stars: Billie Piper, Sinéad Cusack, Poppy Polivnick, Janine Harouni

Votes: 25

9. Call the Midwife (2012– )

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, History

Chronicles the lives of a group of midwives living in East London in the late 1950s to late 1960s.

Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Laura Main, Jenny Agutter, Stephen McGann

Votes: 31,570

10. Poirot (1989–2013)

TV-14 | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Hercule Poirot, a famous Belgian detective, who has an impeccable knack for getting embroiled in a mystery, solves crimes along with Captain Hastings and Scotland Yard Chief Inspector James Japp.

Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran

Votes: 52,197

11. North & South (2004)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance

North and South is a four-part adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's love story of Margaret Hale, a middle-class southerner who is forced to move to the northern town of Milton.

Stars: Daniela Denby-Ashe, Richard Armitage, Tim Pigott-Smith, Sinéad Cusack

Votes: 35,006

12. 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

13. North & South (2004)
Episode: Episode #1.4 (2004)

TV-14 | 58 min | Drama, Romance

Frederick safely reaches Spain. After her father's death, Margaret leaves Milton to live with her aunt in London. Thornton learns that Frederick is Margaret's brother. With the money that ... See full summary »

Director: Brian Percival | Stars: Brendan Coyle, Tom Charnock, Richard Armitage, Daniela Denby-Ashe

Votes: 480

14. Shakespeare Uncovered (2012– )

55 min | Documentary

Various actors discuss Shakespeare plays. Each episode is presented by one actor and, in most cases, the actor discusses one play. However, some episodes cover more than one play. For ... See full summary »

Stars: Simon Russell Beale, Ethan Hawke, Harriet Walter, Vanessa Redgrave

Votes: 275

15. Shakespeare Uncovered (2012– )
Episode: The Taming of the Shrew with Morgan Freeman (2015)

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary

Morgan Freeman discusses William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew with Tracey Ullman, Sinead Cusack and Julia Stiles.

Stars: Morgan Freeman, Sinéad Cusack, Julia Stiles, Tracey Ullman

Votes: 19

16. BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode: Love's Labour's Lost (1975)

Drama

A scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to have a diplomatic visit from a French princess and her three ladies-in-waiting thwart their intentions.

Director: Basil Coleman | Stars: Martin Shaw, David Gwillim, Thomas Ellice, Jeremy Brett

Votes: 34

17. Call the Midwife (2012– )
Episode: Christmas Special (2016)

TV-14 | 89 min | Drama, History

A group from Nonnatus House travels overseas in order to assist a struggling clinic in South Africa.

Director: Syd Macartney | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Alice Brown, Laura Main, Stephen McGann

Votes: 484

18. National Theatre Live: King Lear (2018)

227 min | Drama, History

Two aging fathers - one a King, one his courtier - reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery, and their worlds crumble.

Directors: Jonathan Munby, Ross MacGibbon | Stars: Ian McKellen, Sinéad Cusack, Danny Webb, Kirsty Bushell

Votes: 400 | Gross: $0.19M

19. V for Vendetta (2005)

R | 132 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

In a future British dystopian society, a shadowy freedom fighter, known only by the alias of "V", plots to overthrow the tyrannical government - with the help of a young woman.

Director: James McTeigue | Stars: Hugo Weaving, Natalie Portman, Rupert Graves, Stephen Rea

Votes: 1,180,237 | Gross: $70.51M

20. Oliver's Travels (1995– )

250 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

After his job is terminated, a humanities professor and puzzle addict joins forces with a woman PC to travel the country while solving a cold case murder.

Stars: Alan Bates, Sinéad Cusack, Bill Paterson, Morgan Jones

Votes: 346

21. 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

22. North & South (2004)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2004)

TV-14 | 58 min | Drama, Romance

Maria Hale's health declines and her daughter Margaret decides to contact her brother Frederick - who had to leave England years earlier due to a wrongful court decision. The mill workers ... See full summary »

Director: Brian Percival | Stars: Sinéad Cusack, Simon Cassidy, Elianne Byrne, Emma Ashton

Votes: 457

23. North & South (2004)
Episode: Episode #1.3 (2004)

TV-PG | 57 min | Drama, Romance

Deeply hurt at the refusal of his marriage proposal, Thornton and Margaret's relationship becomes more tense and difficult. Just in time, Frederick comes home to visit his dying mother. ... See full summary »

Director: Brian Percival | Stars: Richard Armitage, Daniela Denby-Ashe, William Houston, Brian Protheroe

Votes: 430

24. Moving On (2009– )
Episode: Invisible (2018)

TV-PG | 43 min | Drama

School cleaner Pat is appalled to see the man who abused her daughter Rachel over thirty years earlier is still teaching. She wants to report him but Rachel is not keen, given that Pat did ... See full summary »

Director: Julia Ford | Stars: Kate Anthony, Sinéad Cusack, Simon Rouse, Jodhi May

Votes: 28

25. 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

26. 37 Days (2014)

60 min | History

A TV mini-series that unveils the behind-closed-doors story of the final weeks before the outbreak of World War I.

Stars: Ian McDiarmid, Nicholas Farrell, Tim Pigott-Smith, Sinéad Cusack

Votes: 1,565

27. Oliver's Travels (1995– )
Episode: Land of My Fathers (1995)

Adventure, Comedy, Drama

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Director: Giles Foster | Stars: Alan Bates, Sinéad Cusack, Bill Paterson, Peter Vaughan

Votes: 9

28. The Persuaders! (1971–1972)

60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Two worlds collide when Lord Brett Sinclair, a titled British man, and Danny Wilde, a Bronx-raised, self-made American, reluctantly join forces to right wrongs and protect the innocent.

Stars: Tony Curtis, Roger Moore, Laurence Naismith, Juliet Harmer

Votes: 5,905

29. Stage 2 (1971–1973)

Drama

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Stars: Tom Courtenay, Eileen Atkins, Colin Blakely, Coral Browne

Votes: 7

30. Have Your Cake and Eat It (1997– )

Drama, Romance

Sam, a middle-aged executive in the rollercoaster industry, embarks on an affair with younger woman Allie, which jeopardizes his marriage.

Stars: James Purefoy, Philip Glenister, Honeysuckle Weeks, Ian McNeice

Votes: 34

31. Sanctuary (1967– )

60 min | Drama

Drama about the life and work of a convent.

Stars: Fay Compton, Peggy Thorpe-Bates, Joanna Dunham, Tenniel Evans

Votes: 7

32. North & South (2004)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2004)

TV-14 | 58 min | Drama, Romance

Margaret Hale, a 19-year-old lively young girl, and her parents leave the south, when her father Richard resigns as the clergy in Helstone on a matter of conscience. The family moves to ... See full summary »

Director: Brian Percival | Stars: Daniela Denby-Ashe, Tim Pigott-Smith, Emma Owen, Travis Oliver

Votes: 503

33. 37 Days (2014)
Episode: One Month in Summer (2014)

52 min | History

June 28, 1914:- Young Foreign Office clerk Alec recounts his delivering a telegram to his German-born boss, assistant under secretary Eyre Crowe, informing that the Austrian archduke Franz ... See full summary »

Director: Justin Hardy | Stars: Ian McDiarmid, Nicholas Farrell, Tim Pigott-Smith, Sinéad Cusack

Votes: 89

34. 37 Days (2014)
Episode: One Long Weekend (2014)

52 min | History

Learning that Grey had advised Germany of French neutrality without the knowledge of France George V informs Wilhelm that there has been a 'misunderstanding', a statement that fuels the ... See full summary »

Director: Justin Hardy | Stars: Ian McDiarmid, Nicholas Farrell, Tim Pigott-Smith, Sinéad Cusack

Votes: 72

35. Jekyll and Hyde (2015)
Episode: Black Dog (2015)

TV-MA | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

After curing Maggie, Robert learns that there is a distant branch of his family, the Jezequiels, living in an isolated house in Suffolk and, with Max in tow, decides to visit, learning from... See full summary »

Director: Robert Quinn | Stars: Tom Bateman, Donald Sumpter, Stephanie Hyam, Christian McKay

Votes: 105

36. Jekyll and Hyde (2015)
Episode: The Heart of Lord Trash (2015)

TV-MA | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Returning to London Robert's group is waylaid by Fedora and her thugs, who steal the incubus, but they are rescued by Garson, Bella and Hils, whom Olalla has contacted. With the incubus in ... See full summary »

Director: Stewart Svaasand | Stars: Tom Bateman, Donald Sumpter, Natalie Gumede, Stephanie Hyam

Votes: 84

37. 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: 39,541

38. Affairs of the Heart (1974–1975)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

A series of TV plays based on stories or novels by Henry James.

Stars: Georgina Hale, Anton Rodgers, Diana Rigg, Sinéad Cusack

Votes: 63

39. Horizon (1964– )
Episode: Supervolcanoes (2000)

50 min | Documentary

Hidden deep beneth the Earth's surface lie one of the most destructive and yet least under-stood natural phenomena in the World. Super Volcanoes. One of the largest Super volcanoes is in Yellowstone National Park in the USA.

Stars: Sinéad Cusack, Stanley Ambrose, Bill Bonnichsen, Robert Christiansen

Votes: 12

40. Oliver's Travels (1995– )
Episode: Why Did We Eat the Frogs? (1995)

Adventure, Comedy, Drama

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Director: Giles Foster | Stars: Alan Bates, Sinéad Cusack, Bill Paterson, Peter Vaughan

Votes: 9

41. Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode: Dead Man's Folly (2013)

TV-14 | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Mrs Oliver is asked to devise a murder hunt for a Devon fête, but her sense of foreboding summons Poirot to the scene. Her fears are realized when the girl playing murder victim winds up truly murdered.

Director: Tom Vaughan | Stars: David Suchet, Sean Pertwee, Chris Gordon, Richard Dixon

Votes: 2,000

42. Jekyll and Hyde (2015)
Episode: The Calyx (2015)

TV-MA | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Garson discovers something about the curse of the Jekyll family that could hold the secret to saving Maggie's life. Dance sets his trap, tempting Robert with an offer of help - but Bulstrode disrupts their meeting.

Director: Joss Agnew | Stars: Tom Bateman, Donald Sumpter, Natalie Gumede, Stephanie Hyam

Votes: 108

43. Thriller (1973–1976)

TV-14 | 65 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

"Thriller" was an anthology series of self-contained episodes, with genres ranging from murder mystery to suspense to psychological and supernatural horror.

Stars: Donna Mills, Gary Collins, Derek Francis, Michael Jayston

Votes: 980

44. Twelfth Night (1980 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 128 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Lookalike twins Viola and Sebastian are separated by a shipwreck. Viola lands in Illyria, where she disguises herself as her brother and goes into the service of the Duke Orsino. Orsino ... See full summary »

Director: John Gorrie | Stars: Alec McCowen, Robert Hardy, Felicity Kendal, Annette Crosbie

Votes: 289

45. Performance (1991–1998)
Episode: Tales from Hollywood (1992)

113 min | Drama

A slightly ironical description of the colony of German artists in Los Angeles, who had to leave their country during the Nazi-regime. A young playwriter (von Horvath) joins them and finds ... See full summary »

Director: Howard Davies | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Carsten Norgaard, Charles Durning, Robin Bailey

Votes: 50

46. Oliver's Travels (1995– )
Episode: The Farquhar Connection (1995)

Adventure, Comedy, Drama

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Director: Giles Foster | Stars: Alan Bates, Sinéad Cusack, Bill Paterson, Miles Anderson

Votes: 9

47. 37 Days (2014)
Episode: One Week in July (2014)

52 min | History

The Foreign Office is perturbed to learn that Austria wants war in the Balkans with an impossible ultimatum backed by Germany. Grey summons the Austrian ambassador to no avail and his peace... See full summary »

Director: Justin Hardy | Stars: Ian McDiarmid, Nicholas Farrell, Tim Pigott-Smith, Sinéad Cusack

Votes: 80

48. Jekyll and Hyde (2015)
Episode: Spring-Heeled Jack (2015)

TV-MA | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Tormented by recent tragedies Robert loses control of his transformations. Bulstrode reveals he has Ravi and enlists Robert to track down Spring-Heeled Jack.

Director: Stewart Svaasand | Stars: Tom Bateman, Donald Sumpter, Natalie Gumede, Stephanie Hyam

Votes: 101

49. Jekyll and Hyde (2015)
Episode: The Incubus (2015)

TV-MA | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Robert, Ravi and Olalla take Maggie to the safety of Renata's house, but Ravi is rightly uneasy as the corpse of Renata's supposedly dead husband Gideon has been inhabited by an escaped ... See full summary »

Director: Joss Agnew | Stars: Tom Bateman, Donald Sumpter, Natalie Gumede, Stephanie Hyam

Votes: 81

50. Cyrano de Bergerac (1985 TV Movie)

176 min | Drama

The Royal Shakespeare Company's stage production of the story about the large-nosed swordsman/poet who writes love letters to Roxane, the woman he adores, to court her for the handsome Christian whom she loves.

Directors: Terry Hands, Michael A. Simpson | Stars: Jimmy Gardner, Richard Clifford, Robert Clare, Philip Dennis

Votes: 117