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1. The John Thaw Story (2002 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary, Biography
Tribute to the much-missed actor John Thaw, featuring reminiscences from his family, friends and colleagues about both his private life and his public work.
Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Sally Alexander, Richard Attenborough, Richard Bates, Richard Briers
Votes: 55
2. Masterpiece Mystery (1980– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An anthology series featuring various predominately British mystery stories.
Stars: Vincent Price, Alan Cumming, Gene Shalit, Diana Rigg
Votes: 903
3. Pride and Prejudice (1995)
TV-PG | 55 min | Drama, Romance
While the arrival of wealthy gentlemen sends her marriage-minded mother into a frenzy, willful and opinionated Elizabeth Bennet matches wits with haughty Mr. Darcy.
Stars: Colin Firth, Jennifer Ehle, Susannah Harker, Julia Sawalha
Votes: 92,155
4. Downton Abbey (2010–2015)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance
A chronicle of the lives of the British aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the early twentieth century.
Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Phyllis Logan, Elizabeth McGovern, Brendan Coyle
Votes: 224,538
5.
Colditz (1972–1974)
Episode:
Odd Man In
(1974)
Drama, History, War
Brent and Player survive to see new arrival Larry Page, a supposed RAF pilot officer -- though his story does not seem to check out -- and Walker, an actual RAF man, picks a fight with him.... See full summary »
Director: Terence Dudley | Stars: David McCallum, Jack Hedley, Bernard Hepton, Anthony Valentine
Votes: 39
6.
House of the Dragon (2022– )
Episode:
Second of His Name
(2022)
TV-MA | 63 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Daemon and the Sea Snake battle the Crabfeeder. The realm celebrates Aegon's second nameday. Rhaenyra faces the prospect of marriage.
Director: Greg Yaitanes | Stars: Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, Rhys Ifans, Steve Toussaint
Votes: 57,542
7.
Pride and Prejudice (1995)
Episode:
Episode 6
(1995)
TV-14 | 50 min | Drama, Romance
After Lydia is married, she and Wickham come to Longbourn for a visit before joining Wickham's new regiment in the North. She is as silly as ever and very proud of her success in catching ... See full summary »
Director: Simon Langton | Stars: Alison Steadman, Jennifer Ehle, Susannah Harker, Benjamin Whitrow
Votes: 898
8. 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: 18,216
9. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994)
TV-PG | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The last installment of Sherlock Holmes' investigations.
Stars: Jeremy Brett, Rosalie Williams, Edward Hardwicke, Charles Gray
Votes: 8,316
10.
The Duchess of Duke Street (1976–1977)
Episode:
A Test of Love
(1976)
TV-PG | 55 min | Drama
With the death of His Majesty, King Edward VII, an era ends for Britain and for Louisa Trotter. Pressing forward, however, Charlie Tyrell (Lord Haslemere) has proposed to lovely Margaret ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Bain | Stars: Gemma Jones, Christopher Cazenove, Anton Rodgers, John Cater
Votes: 36
11.
Pride and Prejudice (1995)
Episode:
Episode 4
(1995)
TV-14 | 52 min | Drama, Romance
Angry and upset over his rejection, Darcy decides to defend himself. He waylays her on her morning walk, hands her a letter and leaves. The contents leave Elizabeth reeling. Darcy indeed ... See full summary »
Director: Simon Langton | Stars: Colin Firth, Jennifer Ehle, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Anthony Calf
Votes: 923
12.
Rebecca (1979)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1979)
51 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A penniless young woman, living a miserable existence as the paid companion of a vulgar American widow, meets an enigmatic stranger who appears in mourning for his deceased wife.
Director: Simon Langton | Stars: Jeremy Brett, Joanna David, Elspeth March, Anna Massey
Votes: 12
13.
Pride and Prejudice (1995)
Episode:
Episode 3
(1995)
TV-14 | 53 min | Drama, Romance
Less than three days after Mr Collins' proposal to her, Elizabeth is shocked to discover that he has been accepted by her best friend, Charlotte Lucas. Elizabeth cannot believe Charlotte ... See full summary »
Director: Simon Langton | Stars: Julia Sawalha, Polly Maberly, Jennifer Ehle, Susannah Harker
Votes: 911
14.
Pride and Prejudice (1995)
Episode:
Episode 5
(1995)
TV-14 | 49 min | Drama, Romance
The following day, the Bingleys and Georgiana (Darcy's sister) arrive at Pemberley. Soon after, they call upon Elizabeth, who is staying nearby at the inn in Lambton. The visit is a success... See full summary »
Director: Simon Langton | Stars: Jennifer Ehle, Colin Firth, Sarah Legg, Emilia Fox
Votes: 885
15.
Rebecca (1979)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1979)
53 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
The new Mrs. De Winter quickly finds she has an enemy in the housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers. And who is the insolent Jack Favell?
Director: Simon Langton | Stars: Jeremy Brett, Joanna David, Anna Massey, Terrence Hardiman
Votes: 12
16. House of the Dragon (2022– )
TV-MA | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An internal succession war within House Targaryen at the height of its power, 172 years before the birth of Daenerys Targaryen.
Stars: Matt Smith, Emma D'Arcy, Olivia Cooke, Rhys Ifans
Votes: 373,621
17. 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: 1,719
18. First Among Equals (1986)
60 min | Drama
Political drama about the parallel careers of four MPs who all join Parliament in the mid-1960s.
Stars: Tom Wilkinson, James Faulkner, David Robb, Jeremy Child
Votes: 102
19.
Rebecca (1979)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1979)
51 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
The shocking truth about Rebecca begins to emerge.
Director: Simon Langton | Stars: Jeremy Brett, Joanna David, Anna Massey, Terrence Hardiman
Votes: 11
20. Bleak House (2005)
TV-PG | 30 min | Crime, Drama
A suspenseful tale about the injustices of the 19th Century English legal system.
Stars: Anna Maxwell Martin, Carey Mulligan, Denis Lawson, Gillian Anderson
Votes: 10,605
21. The Duchess of Duke Street (1976–1977)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama
Louisa Trotter works her way up from being a skivvy to being the queen of cooks, cook to the King, and owner of the Bentinck Hotel. Her life and happenings among the guests and staff of the hotel make up the 31 episodes.
Stars: Gemma Jones, Victoria Plucknett, John Welsh, John Cater
Votes: 1,539
22. 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: 1,021
23. 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
24.
Colditz (1972–1974)
Episode:
Court Martial
(1972)
Drama, History, War
Martinet Dr. Starb arrives at the castle, a stickler for discipline who insists that the prisoners salute their captors. Aware that if he rebels against Starb he may be court-martialled in ... See full summary »
Director: William Slater | Stars: Kenneth Griffith, Robert Wagner, David McCallum, Edward Hardwicke
Votes: 40
25.
Foyle's War (2002–2015)
Episode:
The Funk Hole
(2003)
TV-14 | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Foyle's investigation of the death of a young black marketeer and stolen food is interrupted by his suspension on charges of sedition.
Director: Jeremy Silberston | Stars: Andrew Lee Potts, Jonathan Moore, Tom Bennett, Bill Moody
Votes: 686
26.
Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
Episode:
Dead on Time
(1992)
TV-14 | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A respected, dying Oxford don, husband of Morse's former fiancée, apparently shoots himself, but his doctor asserts that he was not capable of firing a gun.
Director: John Madden | Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Brendan O'Hea, David Haig
Votes: 905
27. Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
TV-14 | 3,431 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Chief Inspector Morse has an ear for Western classical music, a taste for beer, and a nose for crime. He and Detective Sergeant Robert Lewis solve intriguing cases in and around the Oxford area.
Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, James Grout, Peter Woodthorpe
Votes: 14,326
28. War & Peace (1972–1973)
890 min | Drama, History, War
Napoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia including his disastrous 1812 invasion serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of five aristocratic Russian families.
Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Morag Hood, Alan Dobie, Rupert Davies
Votes: 737
29. Rebecca (1979)
205 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A young English girl in Monte Carlo falls in love with a rude, handsome stranger who proposes to her and rescues her from the drudgery of being a hired companion. But when he takes her to ... See full summary »
Stars: Jeremy Brett, Joanna David, Anna Massey, Hugh Morton
Votes: 400
30.
The Darling Buds of May (1991–1993)
Episode:
The Happiest Days of Your Life: Part 2
(1993)
TV-PG | 49 min | Comedy, Drama
Charley and Mariette decide to buy the brewery; the whole family repairs the twins' boarding school.
Director: David Giles | Stars: David Jason, Pam Ferris, Abigail Rokison, Stephanie Ralph
Votes: 70
31.
The Duchess of Duke Street (1976–1977)
Episode:
Poor Catullus
(1977)
TV-PG | 54 min | Drama
Two wiseacre students secretly hatch a plan to embarrass Eliza and an eccentric. Oxford don, but they turn the tables on the would-be pranksters.
Director: Cyril Coke | Stars: Gemma Jones, Freddie Jones, Christopher Cazenove, Joanna David
Votes: 28
32.
The Duchess of Duke Street (1976–1977)
Episode:
Winter Lament
(1977)
TV-PG | 52 min | Drama
Louisa visits Lord and Lady Haslemere in Yorkshire and finds a bleak and desperately unhappy household.
Director: Simon Langton | Stars: Gemma Jones, Christopher Cazenove, Joanna David, Iain Cuthbertson
Votes: 35
33.
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode:
Rumpole and the Sporting Life
(1983)
Not Rated | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rumpole reluctantly agrees to defend Fiona's sister, who's accused of murdering her husband with a shotgun.
Director: Bill Hays | Stars: Leo McKern, Peggy Thorpe-Bates, Roland Culver, Joanna David
Votes: 87
34.
Rebecca (1979)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(1979)
52 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
The police are forced to investigate Rebecca's death, and a London doctor holds the key to the mystery.
Director: Simon Langton | Stars: Jeremy Brett, Joanna David, Anna Massey, Julian Holloway
Votes: 10
35. The Forsyte Saga (2002–2003)
TV-PG | 276 min | Drama, History, Romance
Chronicles the lives of three generations of the upper-middle-class British family, the Forsytes, from the 1870s to 1920.
Stars: Damian Lewis, Rupert Graves, Gina McKee, Amanda Root
Votes: 6,537
36. 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: 679
37. Tender Is the Night (1985)
180 min | Drama
F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel about how the rich languoring on the Riviera in the 1920's are slowly drawn into the coming depression is once again filmed with Peter Strauss, Mary Steenburgen,... See full summary »
Stars: Peter Strauss, Mary Steenburgen, Sean Young, John Heard
Votes: 190
38.
Zodiac (1974)
Episode:
Saturn's Rewards
(1974)
Comedy, Drama
An MP's daughter wants to marry a man the MP knows is a murderer - but he can't reveal what he knows without jeopardising himself. How will Gradley and Esther solve the case?
Director: Don Leaver | Stars: Anouska Hempel, Anton Rodgers, Peter Vaughan, Dinah Sheridan
Votes: 14
39.
Lillie (1978)
Episode:
Fifty Cents a Dance
(1978)
53 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Lillie grieves over Bertie's death. Jeanne still holds the past against Lillie and refuses to see her. Prince Louis asks Jeanne to forgive him and Lillie. In New York, Lillie patronizes a ... See full summary »
Director: John Gorrie | Stars: Francesca Annis, John Castle, Ann Firbank, James Warwick
Votes: 23
40.
The Way We Live Now (2001)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2001)
TV-14 | 73 min | Drama, Romance
Paul is shocked at the news of his former love, Mrs Hurtle's, arrival in London. She is intent on keeping Paul to the promise of marriage that he made to her two years ago. Paul, now very ... See full summary »
Director: David Yates | Stars: Robert Sterne, Tom Fahy, David Suchet, Tony Pritchard
Votes: 62
41. Brass (1983–1990)
30 min | Comedy
This spoof of soap-operas was set around two feuding families, the wealthy Hardacres headed by the ruthless capitalist Bradley Hardacre and the poor, working-class Fairchilds headed by the stern socialist Jack Fairchild.
Stars: Timothy West, Caroline Blakiston, James Saxon, Gail Harrison
Votes: 185
42.
Colditz (1972–1974)
Episode:
Missing, Presumed Dead
(1972)
Drama, History, War
In May 1940, Flight Lieutenant Simon Carter, recently married, argues with his wife Cathy after his influential father-in-law has offered to get him a safe wartime job. He gets into his ... See full summary »
Director: Viktors Ritelis | Stars: David McCallum, Joanna David, Noel Johnson, Roy Boyd
Votes: 49
43.
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode:
Rumpole and the Children of the Devil
(1992)
Not Rated | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A well-meaning social worker takes custody of an eight year-old Timson girl charging that the family is involved with devil worship.
Director: James Cellan Jones | Stars: Leo McKern, Marion Mathie, Peter Blythe, Abigail McKern
Votes: 73
44.
Downton Abbey (2010–2015)
Episode:
Episode #4.3
(2013)
TV-14 | 50 min | Drama, Romance
An extravagant house party at the Abbey gives the Crawleys a chance to reconnect with old friends, but some guests prove more welcome than others, and along with the celebrations come deceit and heartache.
Director: Catherine Morshead | Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle
Votes: 1,760
45.
Man in an Orange Shirt (2017)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2017)
TV-14 | Drama, Romance
Sixty years later the widowed Flora's grandson, veterinarian Adam, surfs the net for casual, one-off sex with male partners. When Flora gifts him the cottage where Michael and Thomas lived ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Samuels | Stars: Julian Morris, Vanessa Redgrave, Flaminia Cinque, David Gyasi
Votes: 323
46. 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: 39,310
47. A Touch of Frost (1992–2010)
TV-MA | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
DI Jack Frost is an unconventional policeman with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice. Sloppy, disorganized, and disrespectful, he attracts trouble like a magnet.
Stars: David Jason, Bruce Alexander, John Lyons, Arthur White
Votes: 8,731
48. Man in an Orange Shirt (2017)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance
Tales of love across two films highlighting the very different challenges that face the couples, With Michael and Thomas just after WWII, and Adam and Steve in the present day.
Stars: Julian Morris, Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Charlie Wernham
Votes: 4,590
49. Bramwell (1995–1998)
TV-MA | 54 min | Drama
This lavish period drama tells the story of Eleanor Bramwell (Jemma Redgrave), a pioneering female doctor in the late nineteenth century, and the struggles she has with her friends, her colleagues and society.
Stars: Jemma Redgrave, Ruth Sheen, David Calder, Kevin McMonagle
Votes: 1,089
50. Two's Company (1975–1979)
30 min | Comedy
An American author hires a British butler and discovers that they are polar opposites.
Stars: Elaine Stritch, Donald Sinden, John Savident, Penelope Keith
Votes: 274