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1. Colditz (1972–1974)
Episode: Tweedledum (1972)

Drama, History, War

9.0
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RAF officer George Marsh, who had worked in a psychiatric hospital prior to the war and is now a medical orderly, works out that if he pretends that he is mentally ill, he will be ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Ferguson | Stars: Michael Bryant, Robert Wagner, David McCallum, Edward Hardwicke

Votes: 62

2. Shoulder to Shoulder (1974)
Episode: Lady Constance Lytton (1974)

Drama, History

8.9
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Through patronage of an arts movement for working class girls high-born Lady Constance Lytton meets members of the W.S.P.U. and, whilst sympathetic to the cause, opposes militant action. ... See full summary »

Director: Waris Hussein | Stars: Judy Parfitt, Georgia Brown, Siân Phillips, Patricia Quinn

Votes: 8

3. Telford's Change (1979)

50 min | Drama

8.7
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Telford had worked for many years in a bank, and had progressed to a senior role which involved him travelling overseas. He decided that he wanted a change, so he applied for the job of ... See full summary »

Stars: Peter Barkworth, Hannah Gordon, Albert Welling, Veronica Sowerby

Votes: 70

4. Shoulder to Shoulder (1974)

75 min | Drama, History

8.5
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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: 135

5. Doctor Who (1963–1989)

TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

8.4
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The adventures in time and space of the Doctor, a Time Lord who changes appearance and personality by regenerating when near death, and is joined by companions in battles against aliens and other megalomaniacs.

Stars: William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker

Votes: 39,559

6. The Glittering Prizes (1976)
Episode: A Country Life (1976)

73 min | Drama

8.4
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Joyce must finally face up to some unpleasant truths about her seemingly-idyllic marriage to Dan.

Director: Waris Hussein | Stars: Angela Down, Malcolm Stoddard, Anna Carteret, John Gregg

Votes: 10

7. Colditz (1972–1974)

50 min | Drama, History, War

8.3
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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: 1,025

8. The Glittering Prizes (1976)

471 min | Drama

8.3
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Twenty years in the lives of some Cambridge undergraduates, who all find that the real world of a changing Britain is a hard place.

Stars: Tom Conti, Barbara Kellerman, Mark Wing-Davey, Clive Merrison

Votes: 171

9. Colditz (1972–1974)
Episode: Frogs in the Well (1974)

Drama, History, War

8.3
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Given that it was previously used as the starting place for a tunnel, Mohn is unhappy about the boarded up theatre being used again. Ullmann, however, senses that the predictable British ... See full summary »

Director: Viktors Ritelis | Stars: David McCallum, Jack Hedley, Bernard Hepton, Anthony Valentine

Votes: 35

10. The Expert (1968–1976)

50 min | Crime, Drama

8.2
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Professor John Hardy is a forensic scientist who works not only for the police but also for other interested parties.

Stars: Marius Goring, Ann Morrish, Victor Winding, Michael Farnsworth

Votes: 42

11. Menace (1970–1973)

75 min | Thriller

8.2
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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

12. The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978–1985)

8.1
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BBC adaptations of all 37 plays wholly and authoritatively credited to William Shakespeare.

Stars: Brenda Bruce, Jon Finch, David Gwillim, Rob Edwards

Votes: 53

13. The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968–1977)

Comedy

8.1
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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

14. Colditz (1972–1974)
Episode: The Gambler (1974)

Drama, History, War

8.1
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RAF officer Jack Collins arrives at Colditz and does not endear himself to his fellow inmates. He is a con artist and a card sharp, who fleeces the gullible Brent. However he is more ... See full summary »

Director: Viktors Ritelis | Stars: Ray Barrett, Jeremy Kemp, David McCallum, Paul Chapman

Votes: 35

15. The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968–1977)
Episode: Episode #3.1 (1970)

45 min | Comedy

8.1
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The musical guests are Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen, The Pattersons and Herman's Hermits. Eric and Ernie have a variety of conversations including the news that Ernie will be getting married.

Stars: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, Herman's Hermits, The Pattersons

Votes: 16

16. The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968–1977)
Episode: Episode #3.5 (1970)

46 min | Comedy

8.1
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Musical guests are Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen, The Pattersons and Nina (van Pallandt). Eric plays a practical joke on Ernie so that he leaves home for his Aunt Ethel. Ian Carmichael stars in Ernie's play 'Frankenstein's Monster'.

Stars: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, Ian Carmichael, Nina van Pallandt

Votes: 16

17. The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968–1977)
Episode: 1969 Christmas Show (1969)

56 min | Comedy

8.1
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The musical guests are Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen, The Pattersons, Nina van Pallandt and Frankie Vaughan. Ernie starts the show dressed as a hippy. Eric and Ernie visit Fenella Fielding who is to star in Ernie's play about Lord Nelson.

Stars: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, Fenella Fielding, Frankie Vaughan

Votes: 24

18. Stage 2 (1971–1973)

Drama

8.0
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Stars: Tom Courtenay, Eileen Atkins, Colin Blakely, Coral Browne

Votes: 7

19. The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978–1985)
Episode: Richard II (1978)

158 min

8.0
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The incompetent King Richard II is deposed by Henry Bolingbroke and undergoes a crisis of identity once he is no longer King.

Director: David Giles | Stars: Derek Jacobi, John Gielgud, Jon Finch, Wendy Hiller

Votes: 323

20. Shoulder to Shoulder (1974)
Episode: Annie Kenney (1974)

Drama, History

8.0
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Northern mill worker Annie Kenney, fifth of eleven children, is inspired by a speech given by Christabel, with whom she demands votes for women at a Liberal meeting, resulting in them both ... See full summary »

Director: Waris Hussein | Stars: Georgia Brown, Siân Phillips, Angela Down, Patricia Quinn

Votes: 10

21. Private Lives (1976 TV Movie)

91 min | Comedy, Drama

7.9
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Amanda and Elyot used to be tempestuously married to each other. Now, each has remarried - and they find themselves in adjoining suites at the same hotel.

Director: John Gorrie | Stars: Alec McCowen, Penelope Keith, Polly Adams, Donald Pickering

Votes: 78

22. BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode: Marya (1979)

120 min | Drama

7.9
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Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Michael Byrne, Lisa Harrow, Clive Revill, Paul Rogers

Votes: 12

23. Shoulder to Shoulder (1974)
Episode: Christabel Pankhurst (1974)

Drama, History

7.9
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In 1910 composer Ethel Smyth joins the W.S.P.U., writing its anthem The March of the Women, though the Pankhursts are more concerned with Asquith's rejection of the Conciliation Bill, which... See full summary »

Director: Moira Armstrong | Stars: Siân Phillips, Angela Down, Patricia Quinn, Sheila Allen

Votes: 8

24. The Shadow of the Tower (1972)
Episode: Do the Sheep Sin? (1972)

Biography, Drama, History

7.9
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Heavy-handed tax policies lead the peasants of Cornwall to march peacefully in protest on London, but an ambitions nobleman wants to use the pilgrimage to his own advantage.

Director: Prudence Fitzgerald | Stars: James Maxwell, John Castle, John Woodvine, Richard Warwick

Votes: 15

25. Play for Today (1970–1984)

75 min | Comedy, Drama

7.8
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A British television anthology drama series that aired on BBC1 between 1970 and 1984.

Stars: Alison Steadman, Nigel Hawthorne, Tony Caunter, David Daker

Votes: 394

26. Anna Karenina (1977)

500 min | Drama, History, Romance

7.8
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Anna Karenina is the young wife of an older husband. She has an affair with the handsome Count Vronsky. By following her desires, Anna complicates her life.

Stars: Nicola Pagett, Stuart Wilson, Eric Porter, Robert Swann

Votes: 290

27. Henry IV Part I (1979 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 148 min | Drama

7.8
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Henry Bolingbroke has now been crowned King of England, but faces a rebellion headed by the embittered Earl of Northumberland and his son, (nicknamed "Hotspur"). Henry's son, Hal, the ... See full summary »

Director: David Giles | Stars: Jon Finch, David Gwillim, Rob Edwards, Robert Brown

Votes: 225

28. Henry IV Part II (1979 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 150 min | Drama

7.8
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Henry Bolingbroke has now been crowned King of England, but faces a rebellion headed by the embittered Earl of Northumberland and his son (nicknamed "Hotspur"). Henry's son Hal, the Prince ... See full summary »

Director: David Giles | Stars: Jon Finch, David Gwillim, Rob Edwards, Martin Neil

Votes: 156

29. The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968–1977)
Episode: Episode #3.3 (1970)

44 min | Comedy

7.8
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The musical guests are Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen, The Pattersons and Sacha Distel. Ernie has trouble taking a bath and Fenella Fielding stars as Lady Hamilton in Ernie's latest play.

Stars: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, Fenella Fielding, Sacha Distel

Votes: 13

30. The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968–1977)
Episode: Episode #3.4 (1970)

43 min | Comedy

7.8
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Eric wears a wig on the opening segment, which causes much discussion. Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen perform a musical item 'Midnight in Moscow. Frank Thornton plays the waiter when Eric and ... See full summary »

Stars: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, Diane Cilento, Vince Hill

Votes: 13

31. Shoulder to Shoulder (1974)
Episode: Sylvia Pankhurst (1974)

Drama, History

7.8
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Weakened by another spell in prison Sylvia Pankhurst joins her mother on a visit to Christabel in Paris but the sisters clash over Sylvia's support for Irish Home Rule. Indeed Christabel's ... See full summary »

Director: Waris Hussein | Stars: Angela Down, Georgia Brown, Siân Phillips, Patricia Quinn

Votes: 5

32. Anna Karenina (1977)
Episode: Episode #1.6 (1977)

Drama, History, Romance

7.8
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Levin and Kitty marry and soon after, Kitty discovers that she is pregnant.

Director: Basil Coleman | Stars: Nicola Pagett, Eric Porter, Stuart Wilson, Robert Swann

Votes: 15

33. The Shadow of the Tower (1972)

Biography, Drama, History

7.7
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A series recording the key events in the reign of Henry Tudor and his founding of the Tudor Dynasty

Stars: James Maxwell, Bruce Hodgkins, Norma West, Hugh Sullivan

Votes: 230

34. The Legend of King Arthur (1979)

110 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

7.7
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The classic story of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table.

Stars: Felicity Dean, David Robb, Maureen O'Brien, Andrew Burt

Votes: 50

35. Centre Play (1973–1977)

Drama

7.7
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Anthology series of half hour plays produced in BBC's Television Centre's studios.

Stars: John Barrett, Will Knightley, David Daker, Michael Gough

Votes: 15

36. Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode: The General's Day (1972)

59 min | Comedy, Drama

7.7
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An elderly general woos a shy school teacher.

Director: John Gorrie | Stars: Alastair Sim, Annette Crosbie, Dandy Nichols, Nan Munro

Votes: 31

37. Stage 2 (1971–1973)
Episode: Mrs. Warren's Profession (1972)

109 min | Drama

7.7
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A very proper young woman is horrified to discover not only that her mother once worked as a prostitute in order to support her, but that she later became a whorehouse madam rather than give up the business.

Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Coral Browne, Penelope Wilton, James Grout, Derek Godfrey

Votes: 80

38. Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode: The Sea Devils: Episode Six (1972)

TV-G | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

7.7
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The Sea Devils take over the naval base and the Doctor is forced to help the Master find a way to revive their colony.

Director: Michael E. Briant | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Roger Delgado, Katy Manning, Edwin Richfield

Votes: 553

39. The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968–1977)
Episode: 1970 Montreux Entry (1970)

28 min | Comedy

7.7
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The musical guest is Nina (van Pallandt). Eric uses the opportunity to practise his French and they accompany Nina as she sings. Ernie tries to sell Eric a pair of binoculars and Eric takes up ventriloquism.

Stars: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, Nina van Pallandt

Votes: 10

40. The Shadow of the Tower (1972)
Episode: The King Without a Face (1972)

50 min | Biography, Drama, History

7.7
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The year is now 1501 and Henry is now finally secure on the throne with his promising son Arthur about to marry Catherine of Aragon, however in the shadows tragic events are lying in wait for the King.

Director: Peter Moffatt | Stars: James Maxwell, Norma West, John Bennett, Noel Johnson

Votes: 17

41. Melissa (1974– )

180 min | Mystery, Drama

7.6
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A writer finds himself the prime suspect in his wife's murder.

Stars: Peter Barkworth, Ronald Fraser, Joan Benham, Philip Voss

Votes: 76

42. BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode: The Wild Duck (1971)

Drama

7.6
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A loving family's world is shattered by an old friend's arrival, carrying a dark secret.

Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Denholm Elliott, Derek Godfrey, Mark Dignam, Rosemary Leach

Votes: 35

43. Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode: Terror of the Autons: Episode One (1971)

TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

7.6
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When a Nestene Energy Unit is stolen and a radio telescope sabotaged, the Doctor is contacted by a Time Lord who tells him his old rival the Master is responsible.

Director: Barry Letts | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Nicholas Courtney, Roger Delgado, Katy Manning

Votes: 694

44. Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode: The Face of Evil: Part One (1977)

TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

7.6
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Travelling alone, the Doctor lands on a nameless planet in the far future where he meets a warrior woman named Leela, recently banished from her tribe, the Sevateem who recognise the Doctor as the "Evil One" and wish to destroy him.

Director: Pennant Roberts | Stars: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, David Garfield, Victor Lucas

Votes: 568

45. Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode: Terror of the Autons: Episode Four (1971)

TV-PG | 22 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

7.6
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The Doctor discovers the plastic daffodils are designed to fire a spray that asphyxiates people, causing havoc prior to the Nestene's arrival, but before he can alert anyone he and Jo are captured by the Master.

Director: Barry Letts | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Nicholas Courtney, Roger Delgado, Katy Manning

Votes: 617

46. The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968–1977)
Episode: Episode #3.2 (1970)

44 min | Comedy

7.6
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The musical guests are Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen, the Pattersons and Clodagh Rodgers. Eric has heard that there is too much sex in the show. Ernie written a play called Trouble at Mill'. Ernie has a date with Princess Anne.

Stars: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, Edward Chapman, Clodagh Rodgers

Votes: 15

47. The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968–1977)
Episode: Episode #3.6 (1970)

44 min | Comedy

7.6
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The musical guests are Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen, The Pattersons, and Nana Mouskouri & The Athenians. Ernie is in his scout uniform, they have trouble with the electric blanket and Richard Greene stars in Ernie's play 'The Lost Valley'.

Stars: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, Richard Greene, Nana Mouskouri

Votes: 12

48. The Girls of Slender Means (1975)

50 min | Drama

7.5
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When their friend Nicholas is killed in 1960, several women think back to the time when they knew him, in 1945 "when all the best people were poor".

Stars: Miriam Margolyes, Patricia Hodge, Marion Bailey, Mary Tamm

Votes: 26

49. The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)

75 min | Drama

7.5
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Series of one-off plays made by BBC television, which gave breaks to a wide range of writers and directors in the late 1960s, such as Dennis Potter, Ken Loach, David Mercer, and John ... See full summary »

Stars: Edwin Brown, Neville Smith, Tony Selby, Ken Jones

Votes: 132

50. Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode: The Masque of Mandragora: Part One (1976)

TV-G | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

7.5
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The Doctor and Sarah are drawn into the Mandragora Helix, an entity which exists among the stars and which transports the TARDIS to 15th century Italy.

Director: Rodney Bennett | Stars: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Jon Laurimore, Antony Carrick

Votes: 562



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