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1. Little Women (1958)
30 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Louisa May Alcott's autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord, Massachusetts in the 1860s. With their father fighting in the American Civil War, sisters Jo, Meg... See full summary »
Stars: Phyllis Calvert, Kate Cameron, Andree Melly, Diana Day
Votes: 12
2.
BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960–1963)
Episode:
Twentieth Century Theatre: The Elder Statesman
(1960)
Drama
Todays theme: Twentieth Century Theatre: The Elder Statesman.
Director: Naomi Capon | Stars: Rosamund Greenwood, Eileen Peel, Eric Portman, Vanessa Redgrave
Votes: 105
3.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
Cyrano de Bergerac
(1968)
Drama
Long-nosed Cyrano de Bergerac helps an army officer woo Roxanne, the woman he loves.
Director: James MacTaggart | Stars: Eric Porter, Peter Jeffrey, Suzanne Neve, Simon Brent
Votes: 11
4.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
Gordon of Khartoum
(1966)
Drama
The story of General Charles "Chinese" Gordon, a brilliant but eccentric military commander, and his death defending Khartoum in 1885.
Director: Rudolph Cartier | Stars: Alan Badel, Charles Carson, Peter Ashmore, Faith Hines
Votes: 12
5.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
The Moon and Sixpence
(1967)
Drama
Loosely inspired from Gauguin's life, the story of Charles Strickland, a middle-aged stockbroker who abandons his middle-classed life, his family, his duties to start painting, what he has ... See full summary »
Director: Donald McWhinnie | Stars: Charles Gray, Ronald Hines, Barry Justice, Sylvia Kay
Votes: 11
6. The Merry Widow (1968 TV Movie)
105 min | Musical
Operetta concerning a rich widow, and her countrymen's attempt to keep her money in the principality by finding her the right husband.
Director: John Gorrie | Stars: Mary Costa, Jeremy Brett, Joyce Blackham, Ryland Davies
Votes: 31
7.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
The Importance of Being Earnest
(1974)
100 min | Drama
In 1890s London, two friends use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") for their on-the-sly activities. Hilarity ensues.
Director: James MacTaggart | Stars: Coral Browne, Michael Jayston, Julian Holloway, Gemma Jones
Votes: 27
8.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1978)
Episode:
Edinburgh
(1978)
52 min | Drama
Newly arrived in Edinburgh, Miss Brodie gives a dramatic speech, meets her students, offends the conservative Miss Gaunt, and draws the attention of handsome and married art teacher Teddy Lloyd.
Director: Mark Cullingham | Stars: Geraldine McEwan, Lynsey Baxter, Georgine Anderson, Julie Brennan
Votes: 10
9. 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
10.
Maigret (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Trap
(1962)
51 min | Crime, Drama
A serial killer is at work in a working-class district, his victims all women. Maigret soon identifies the killer, but what intrigues him is the motive.
Director: Terence Williams | Stars: Rupert Davies, Ewen Solon, Neville Jason, Jacqueline Hill
Votes: 37
11. Shoulder to Shoulder (1974)
75 min | Drama, History
This series dramatizes the lives of the Pankhurst women and their role in the Suffragette Movement.
Stars: Siân Phillips, Patricia Quinn, Angela Down, Georgia Brown
Votes: 119
12.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1978)
Episode:
Newcastle
(1978)
50 min | Drama
Frustrated by students she perceives as provincial and unwilling to marry her wealthy suitor, George Jenkins, Miss Brodie seeks an appointment at the elite Marcia Blaine School for Girls in Edinburgh.
Director: Tina Wakerell | Stars: Geraldine McEwan, Ann Mitchell, Robert Urquhart, John Castle
Votes: 10
13. Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993)
TV-PG | 55 min | Comedy
Bertram Wooster, a well-intentioned, wealthy layabout, has a habit of getting himself into trouble and it's up to his brilliant valet, Jeeves, to get him out.
Stars: Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Richard Dixon, Robert Daws
Votes: 13,141
14. Moll Flanders (1975 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
All kinds of misfortune befall Moll Flanders in 18th-century England; but she's a great survivor.
Director: Donald McWhinnie | Stars: Julia Foster, Kenneth Haigh, Ian Ogilvy, Diana Fairfax
Votes: 34
15. First Night (1963–1964)
Drama
Stars: Madge Ryan, Anthony Bate, James Maxwell, Michael Caine
Votes: 104
16.
Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993)
Episode:
Chuffy (or, Jeeves in the Country)
(1991)
TV-PG | 51 min | Comedy
Jeeves gives notice when Bertie plans to continue his less-than-inspired horn playing during a country vacation. Chuffy rents Bertie a country cottage and hires Jeeves as his new ... See full summary »
Director: Simon Langton | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Matthew Solon, Sharon Holm
Votes: 282
17.
Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993)
Episode:
The Con (or, Pearls Mean Tears)
(1991)
TV-PG | 50 min | Comedy
First, Bertie is summoned to a seaside resort by Aunt Agatha, who has a suitable marriage candidate for him. It's just a coincidence that the pearls the young lady pledges as collateral for... See full summary »
Director: Simon Langton | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Mary Wimbush, Graham Seed
Votes: 269
18.
Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993)
Episode:
The Ex's Are Nearly Married Off (or, the Ties That Bind)
(1993)
TV-PG | 51 min | Comedy
Overjoyed that Madeleine Bassett is to marry Spode and stop pursuing him Bertie goes to Totleigh Towers for the wedding, meeting another Drone, drippy Ginger Winship, whose bullying fiancee... See full summary »
Director: Ferdinand Fairfax | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Elizabeth Spriggs, John Turner
Votes: 226
19.
Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993)
Episode:
The Mysterious Stranger (or, Kidnapped)
(1991)
TV-PG | 49 min | Comedy
Barmy has put together a group of alleged musicians to play in blackface at his aunt's 50th anniversary party. Pauline, in London, is alarmed because a man is following her, so Bertie is ... See full summary »
Director: Simon Langton | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Matthew Solon, Sharon Holm
Votes: 245
20.
Maigret (1959–1963)
Episode:
Love from Felicie
(1961)
50 min | Crime, Drama
The chief suspect in a village murder case is the victim's eccentric maid, Felicie. But Maigret likes her.
Director: Andrew Osborn | Stars: Rupert Davies, Ewen Solon, Neville Jason, Lana Morris
Votes: 40
21. The Gamblers (1967–1968)
60 min | Drama
Anthology drama series of people who take a gamble (sometimes with their lives) in order to prove a point or better their position.
Stars: Richard Shaw, Leslie Anderson, Ronald Lacey, John Slavid
Votes: 10
22.
ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969–1974)
Episode:
The Policeman and the Cook
(1970)
55 min | Drama
Murder mystery in a boarding house based on a Wilkie Collins story.
Director: Alan Gibson | Stars: Michael Crawford, Tim Curry, Pauline Delaney, Gwen Ffrangcon Davies
Votes: 11
23.
Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993)
Episode:
Bertie Takes Gussie's Place at Deverill Hall (or, Right Ho! Jeeves)
(1992)
TV-PG | 51 min | Comedy
Bossy Aunt Agatha orders Bertie to go to Deverill Hall and woo Gertrude Winkworth. Gussie Fink-Nottle is due to go to the hall to impress Dame Daphne, Gertrude's mother and godmother to his... See full summary »
Director: Ferdinand Fairfax | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Mary Wimbush, Richard Braine
Votes: 221
24.
Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993)
Episode:
The Silver Jug (or Jeeves Saves the Cow Creamer)
(1991)
TV-PG | 52 min | Comedy
Romantic entanglements are complicated by a unique silver cow creamer that is desired by both Bertie's Uncle Thomas and his rival, Judge Sir Watkyn Bassett. Sir Watkyn purchases the creamer... See full summary »
Director: Simon Langton | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, John Turner, John Woodnutt
Votes: 279
25. Thursday Theatre (1964–1965)
Drama
Stars: John Sharp, Paul Rogers, Robert Flemyng, Rachel Gurney
Votes: 11
26.
Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993)
Episode:
Cyril and the Broadway Musical (or, Introduction on Broadway)
(1992)
TV-PG | 51 min | Comedy
The latest misfit whom Aunt Agatha has short-sightedly ordered Bertie to take under his wing is Cyril Bassington-Bassington, a young aristocrat whose mother has sent him across the Atlantic... See full summary »
Director: Ferdinand Fairfax | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Mary Wimbush, Nicholas Hewetson
Votes: 222
27.
Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993)
Episode:
The Bassetts' Fancy Dress Ball (or, A Plan for Gussie)
(1991)
TV-PG | 51 min | Comedy
Gussie writes down quirks of Sir Watkyn and Spode in a little notebook to give him confidence, but he loses the notebook. Stephanie finds it but declines to give it back until Jeeves ... See full summary »
Director: Simon Langton | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, John Turner, John Woodnutt
Votes: 257
28.
Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993)
Episode:
The Village Sports Day at Twing (or, the Gambling Event)
(1990)
TV-PG | 50 min | Comedy
When Bertie is instructed by Aunt Agatha to break up his uncle's engagement to a young waitress, he arranges a luncheon for his uncle and the girl's aunt, a common, gaudy woman -- who turns... See full summary »
Director: Robert Young | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Mary Wimbush, Nicholas Selby
Votes: 326
29.
Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993)
Episode:
Will Anatole Return to Brinkley Court? (or, the Matchmaker)
(1990)
TV-PG | 50 min | Comedy
Bertie is offended because Jeeves was dispatched to convince Anatole to return to Brinkley Court, so he continues to attempt to reunite Tuppy and Angela and bring Gussie and Madeline ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Young | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Brenda Bruce, Ralph Michael
Votes: 299
30.
A Dance to the Music of Time (1997– )
Episode:
The Twenties
(1997)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
In flashback to 1920's Britain, Nicholas Jenkins reminisces about his school days, where he met Widmerpool and Jean.
Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Robin Bailey, Gillian Barge, Alan Bennett, Jonathan Cake
Votes: 42
31.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
Romeo and Juliet
(1967)
Drama
In Shakespeare's classic play, the Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy, have hated each other for years, but the son of one family and the daughter of the other fall desperately in love and secretly marry.
Director: Alan Cooke | Stars: Kika Markham, Hywel Bennett, John Gielgud, Thora Hird
Votes: 13
32.
Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993)
Episode:
Aunt Dahlia, Cornelia and Madeline (or, Comrade Bingo)
(1992)
TV-PG | 51 min | Comedy
Wearing a false beard, Bingo Little pretends to be a friend of the workers to impress Charlotte Corday Rowbotham, daughter of a socialist orator, to the disgust of her other admirer Comrade... See full summary »
Director: Ferdinand Fairfax | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, John Turner, Patricia Lawrence
Votes: 205
33.
Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993)
Episode:
Bertie Ensures Bicky Can Continue to Live in Manhattan (or, the Full House)
(1992)
TV-PG | 51 min | Comedy
Bertie is faced with problems. One is how to allow the indolent 'Bicky' Bickersteth to remain in Manhattan and still receive an allowance from his luxury-hating father, the Duke of Chiswick... See full summary »
Director: Ferdinand Fairfax | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Julian Firth, John Fitzgerald Jay
Votes: 231
34.
Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993)
Episode:
In Court After the Boat Race (or, Jeeves' Arrival)
(1990)
TV-PG | 51 min | Comedy
Bertram Wilberforce "Bertie" Wooster returns home with a hangover when a valet named Jeeves rings the doorbell. He fixes Bertie his special hangover cure, and when it proves effective ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Young | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Mary Wimbush, Michael Siberry
Votes: 454
35.
Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993)
Episode:
Safety in New York (or, Bertie Sets Sail)
(1992)
TV-PG | 51 min | Comedy
Fleeing from the twin horrors of prospective marriage and the baleful Aunt Agatha, Bertie sails to New York with Jeeves, where he hopes to lie low but instead he is charged with minding the... See full summary »
Director: Ferdinand Fairfax | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Robert Daws, John Fitzgerald Jay
Votes: 243
36.
Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993)
Episode:
Totleigh Towers (or, Trouble at Totleigh Towers)
(1993)
TV-PG | 51 min | Comedy
The latest house party at Totleigh Towers sees 'Stiffy' Bing trying to strong-arm Bertie into stealing an African tribal statue which, she believes, has put a curse on the Bassetts. ... See full summary »
Director: Ferdinand Fairfax | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, John Turner, John Woodnutt
Votes: 187
37.
Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993)
Episode:
Wooster with a Wife (or, Jeeves the Matchmaker)
(1991)
TV-PG | 50 min | Comedy
Bertie decides he would like a child to brighten up his mundane life and considers adoption. After being mistaken for a burglar, he is coerced into giving a speech at a girls' school, which... See full summary »
Director: Simon Langton | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Robert Daws, Michael Siberry
Votes: 240
38.
Maigret (1959–1963)
Episode:
Seven Little Crosses
(1962)
49 min | Crime, Drama
Evidence points to the brother of one of Maigret's officers as the killer of his mother in law. But the suspect's son is missing. At first the boy of ten is thought to be covering up ... See full summary »
Director: Gerard Glaister | Stars: Rupert Davies, Ewen Solon, Alfred Burke, James Maxwell
Votes: 37
39. Stage 2 (1971–1973)
Drama
Stars: Tom Courtenay, Eileen Atkins, Colin Blakely, Coral Browne
Votes: 7
40. Kiss Me Kate (1964 TV Movie)
95 min | Musical, Romance
The real-life marriage of theater stars Lily and Fred resembles that of Petruchio and Katharina in "The Taming Of The Shrew", in which they are performing.
Director: David Askey | Stars: Patricia Morison, Howard Keel, Millicent Martin, Eric Barker
Votes: 26
41.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
The Joel Brand Story
(1965)
Drama
Director: Rudolph Cartier | Stars: Martin Benson, Norman Bowler, Annette Carell, Tom Criddle
Votes: 12
42.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
Robinson Crusoe
(1974)
120 min | Drama
A man struggles to survive after being shipwrecked on a deserted island.
Director: James MacTaggart | Stars: Stanley Baker, Ram John Holder, Jerome Willis
Votes: 29
43.
Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993)
Episode:
Bertie Is in Love (or, Golf Tournament)
(1990)
TV-PG | 51 min | Comedy
Bertie's current love interest sets him up by giving both him and his rival Barmy the same idea for a practical joke, then gives away the terrier belonging to his Aunt Agatha which he is ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Young | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Mary Wimbush, Brenda Bruce
Votes: 356
44.
Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993)
Episode:
How Does Gussie Woo Madeline? (or, Hunger Strike)
(1990)
TV-PG | 49 min | Comedy
Bertie tries to play Cupid without Jeeves' help. His friend Gussie is in love with Madeline, who happens to be staying at Bertie's Aunt Dahlia's house, so Bertie arranges for him to visit. ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Young | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Brenda Bruce, Ralph Michael
Votes: 300
45.
Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993)
Episode:
Return to New York
(1993)
TV-PG | 51 min | Comedy
Bertie is back in New York and enamoured of portrait painter Gwladys Pendlebury but Aunt Agatha is not enamoured of the painting of her Bertie commissioned and she is even more annoyed when... See full summary »
Director: Ferdinand Fairfax | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Elizabeth Spriggs, Robert Daws
Votes: 209
46.
Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993)
Episode:
Sir Watkyn Bassett's Memoirs (or, Hot Off the Press)
(1992)
TV-PG | 51 min | Comedy
Jeeves does not approve of Bertie's new betrothed, bossy Lady Florence Craye - author of 'Strength Through Willpower', particularly when, during a weekend party at Totleigh Court, she ... See full summary »
Director: Ferdinand Fairfax | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, John Turner, John Woodnutt
Votes: 205
47.
Maigret (1959–1963)
Episode:
High Politics
(1962)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Someone is trying to destroy the reputation and career of a government minister. Maigret must find out who - and why.
Director: Andrew Osborn | Stars: Rupert Davies, Ewen Solon, Noel Johnson, William Devlin
Votes: 33
48.
Maigret (1959–1963)
Episode:
Maigret's Little Joke
(1963)
50 min | Crime, Drama
The naked body of a doctor's wife is discovered.
Director: Terence Williams | Stars: Rupert Davies, Ewen Solon, Michael Goodliffe, Neil McCallum
Votes: 35
49.
Maigret (1959–1963)
Episode:
The Mistake
(1960)
53 min | Crime, Drama
Gouin may be a brilliant man in his field, but, according to Maigret, he doesn't understand "what makes people tick".
Director: Andrew Osborn | Stars: Rupert Davies, Ewen Solon, John Robinson, Peggy Thorpe-Bates
Votes: 42
50. Maigret (1959–1963)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Televisations of the Maigret novels by Georges Simenon.
Stars: Rupert Davies, Ewen Solon, Helen Shingler, Neville Jason
Votes: 372