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1. The XYY Man (1976–1977)
Episode: The Resolution (1976)

Crime, Thriller

Spider Scott is been tortured for the negative by two South African hitmen which he stole from the Chinese. He's luckily rescued and the discovers he may be in even worse danger than he thought.

Director: Ken Grieve | Stars: Stephen Yardley, Don Henderson, Leslie Schofield, Alan Rowe

Votes: 6

2. The XYY Man (1976–1977)
Episode: The Proposition (1976)

Crime, Thriller

Cat burglar Spider Scott leaves prison vowing to go straight. But a government Security Officer approaches him to do a highly dangerous job, and is hounded by policeman George Bulman.

Director: Ken Grieve | Stars: Stephen Yardley, Vivienne McKee, Mark Dignam, Paul Freeman

Votes: 9

3. The XYY Man (1976–1977)
Episode: The Execution (1976)

Crime, Thriller

Fairfax has persuaded Spider Scott to burgle the Chinese Legation to retrieve a photo for the British Government. He accomplishes this but is seen and chased by Bulman.

Director: Ken Grieve | Stars: Stephen Yardley, Mark Dignam, Paul Freeman, Don Henderson

Votes: 7

4. Will Shakespeare (1978)
Episode: The Living Record (1978)

49 min | Biography, Drama

While Will pleads with the dying Queen for suicidal Hal's life, his poems are stolen, printed and distributed without his permission, setting in motion a chain of events that could prove disastrous.

Director: Robert Knights | Stars: Tim Curry, Meg Wynn Owen, Patience Collier, Nicholas Clay

Votes: 10

5. Will Shakespeare (1978)
Episode: Rebellion's Masterpiece (1978)

49 min | Biography, Drama

In the wake of Essex's failure to tame the Irish rebels, the actors' brush with politics has catastrophic consequences.

Director: Robert Knights | Stars: Tim Curry, Patience Collier, Keith Baxter, Nicholas Clay

Votes: 10

6. Will Shakespeare (1978)
Episode: The Loved Boy (1978)

49 min | Biography, Drama

Will's taking his son to London to introduce him to life and get to know him proves to be a mixed blessing with a tragic ending.

Director: Mark Cullingham | Stars: Tim Curry, Nicholas Clay, Paul Freeman, John McEnery

Votes: 11

7. Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
Episode: The Remorseful Day (2000)

TV-14 | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An ailing Morse involves himself in a year-old cold-case of a murdered nymphomaniac, when persons of interest connected to it turn up dead.

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Meg Davies, Eddie Webber

Votes: 982

8. 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: 52,049

9. Will Shakespeare (1978)
Episode: Of Comfort and Despair (1978)

49 min | Biography, Drama

Plague over, life returns to normal in London and the theatres reopen. The inconstancy of a dark mistress and the jealousy of an Earl conspire to enlarge Will's understanding of human nature.

Director: Mark Cullingham | Stars: Tim Curry, Nicholas Clay, Thorley Walters, Janet Spencer-Turner

Votes: 10

10. Sins (1986)
Episode: Episode #1.3 (1986)

Drama, Romance

Helene's plans to marry David are torn apart by his domineering mother.

Director: Douglas Hickox | Stars: Joan Collins, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Marisa Berenson, Steven Berkoff

Votes: 15

11. Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981)

60 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of Winston Churchill's life between 1929, when he lost his cabinet position, and 1939, when he joined Great Britain's War Cabinet - a period he described as the most difficult in his life.

Stars: Robert Hardy, Siân Phillips, Nigel Havers, Tim Pigott-Smith

Votes: 336

12. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

PG | 115 min | Action, Adventure

In 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis can obtain its awesome powers.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, John Rhys-Davies

Votes: 1,036,646 | Gross: $248.16M

13. ER (1994–2009)
Episode: Chaos Theory (2002)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Romance

Dr. Carter, Abby and other staff of the ER are quarantined as the CDC investigate a mysterious, deadly outbreak.

Director: Jonathan Kaplan | Stars: Noah Wyle, Laura Innes, Mekhi Phifer, Alex Kingston

Votes: 548

14. MI-5 (2002–2011)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The missions of MI-5, the UK's domestic intelligence organization.

Stars: Peter Firth, Hugh Simon, Nicola Walker, Rupert Penry-Jones

Votes: 18,370

15. In Suspicious Circumstances (1991– )

Drama

A series of murders from all periods introduced by Edward Woodward

Stars: Edward Woodward, Martin Reeve, Michael Wardle, Saskia Abbott

Votes: 78

16. A History of Britain (2000–2002)

60 min | Documentary, History

A comprehensive historical survey of the British Isles.

Stars: Simon Schama, Michael Kitchen, Samuel West, Lindsay Duncan

Votes: 945

17. Monarch of the Glen (2000–2005)
Episode: Episode #4.10 (2002)

TV-PG | 51 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

While the family tries to cope with the recent news of Hector's secret child, Golly, Duncan and Paul focus on rebuilding Golly's cottage. Convinced that Paul is bad news for the whole ... See full summary »

Director: Julian Holmes | Stars: Lloyd Owen, Alastair Mackenzie, Dawn Steele, Susan Hampshire

Votes: 52

18. Monarch of the Glen (2000–2005)
Episode: Episode #4.7 (2002)

TV-PG | 49 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The deadline for the payment of Hector's death duties is looming and Archie has run out of ways to raise the money. Kilwillie offers to buy land off of Archie but he claims that he is not ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Knights | Stars: Alexander Morton, Alastair Mackenzie, Malcolm Rennie, Hamish Clark

Votes: 51

19. The Final Cut (1995)
Episode: Episode #1.4 (1995)

TV-14 | 52 min | Drama

Not having secured enough votes on the first ballot to retain the party leadership, Francis Urquhart plots to not only keep him in place as Prime Minister but to win the next general ... See full summary »

Directors: Omar Naim, Mike Vardy | Stars: Ian Richardson, Diane Fletcher, Paul Freeman, Isla Blair

Votes: 222

20. A Very English Scandal (2018)
Episode: Episode #1.3 (2018)

TV-14 | 58 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime

Although Norman's would-be killer is caught, Jeremy continues to deny any involvement in the plot, but soon discovers that he cannot escape the past.

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Ben Whishaw, Chris Grahamson, Michele Dotrice, Blake Harrison

Votes: 726

21. 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: 14,348

22. Lark Rise to Candleford (2008–2011)

TV-PG | 53 min | Drama, Romance

An adaptation of Flora Thompson's autobiographical novel "Lark Rise To Candleford", set in 19 century Oxfordshire, in which a young girl moves to the local market town to begin an apprenticeship as a postmistress.

Stars: Olivia Hallinan, Sarah Lancashire, Julia Sawalha, Fergus Drysdale

Votes: 8,402

23. The Hollow Crown (2012–2016)

TV-14 | 150 min | Drama, History, War

A mini-series of adaptations of Shakespeare's history plays: Richard II, Henry IV: Parts 1 and 2, and Henry V.

Stars: Anton Lesser, Simon Russell Beale, Tom Georgeson, John Mackay

Votes: 7,311

24. Yesterday's Dreams (1987– )

50 min | Drama

A divorced woman has a new partner, but finds that she is falling in love with her ex-husband again and needs to make a choice.

Stars: Paul Freeman, Judy Loe, Trevor Byfield, Damien Lyne

Votes: 23

25. Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode: Straw Dog: Part 1 (2005)

TV-14 | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Thirty years after Grace Foley helped send Tony Green to prison for the murder of young men, a copycat tries to force her to recant her stand on the case.

Director: Jim O'Hanlon | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Wil Johnson, Esther Hall

Votes: 153

26. Crown Court (1972–2007)
Episode: The Song Not the Singer: Part 1 (1978)

TV-14 | Drama

Dr. Ruth Wilkins attended a concert by singers John Barnard and Julie Gilmour. However she was not a fan and after hearing them perform one of their songs they are charged with blasphemy. ... See full summary »

Director: Bob Hird | Stars: Richard Caldicot, Michael Cadman, Michael Denison, Geraldine James

Votes: 7

27. Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode: Straw Dog: Part 2 (2005)

TV-14 | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The interrogation sessions of the desperate drug addict who snatched Grace's purse and a lovesick ex-con help lead Boyd and his team to the kidnapper/torturer of a young man.

Director: Jim O'Hanlon | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Wil Johnson, Esther Hall

Votes: 124

28. The Hollow Crown (2012–2016)
Episode: Henry V (2012)

Not Rated | 132 min | Drama, History, War

Hal is now a responsible monarch as Henry V, his rejection of Falstaff hastening the latter's death. Told by courtiers that,through Edward III, he has a claim to the French throne he makes ... See full summary »

Director: Thea Sharrock | Stars: Edward Akrout, Tom Brooke, Geraldine Chaplin, Richard Clothier

Votes: 1,265

29. Strike Back (2010–2020)
Episode: Vengeance: Part 5 (2012)

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

Section 20 races to intercept a former South African nuclear scientist, Peter Evans, from Matlock. At the airport, they run into a team of Mossad agents who want to kill Evans. Section 20 learns that Knox is behind loss of the triggers.

Director: Julian Holmes | Stars: Philip Winchester, Sullivan Stapleton, Rhona Mitra, Rhashan Stone

Votes: 456

30. Strike Back (2010–2020)

TV-MA | 45 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Follows the actions of Section 20, a secretive unit of British military intelligence. A team of special operations personnel conduct several high risk missions across the globe.

Stars: Philip Winchester, Sullivan Stapleton, Michelle Lukes, Daniel MacPherson

Votes: 33,482

31. The Sweeney (1975–1978)

TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Jack Regan and George Carter are hard-edged detectives in the Flying Squad of London's Metropolitan Police. They pursue villains by methods which are underhanded and often illegal, frequently violent and - more often than not - successful.

Stars: John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Garfield Morgan, John Alkin

Votes: 2,646

32. Between the Lines (1992–1994)

50 min | Crime, Drama

British police drama following the team at the Complaints Investigation Bureau - the unit that polices the police.

Stars: Neil Pearson, Tom Georgeson, Siobhan Redmond, Tony Doyle

Votes: 632

33. Under Cover (1991)

60 min | Drama, Thriller

Dylan and Kate. Husband and wife. Secret agents. A different way to save the world.

Stars: Tony Denison, Linda Purl, John Rhys-Davies, John Slattery

Votes: 38

34. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992–1993)
Episode: Young Indiana Jones and the Phantom Train of Doom (1993)

TV-G | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Family

November, 1916. Indiana Jones and Remy Baudouin have managed to get a transfer from the European trenches to the plains of Africa. On arrival they both receive a promotion to the rank of ... See full summary »

Director: Peter MacDonald | Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Ronny Coutteure, Paul Freeman, Freddie Jones

Votes: 200

35. Between the Lines (1992–1994)
Episode: Honourable Men (1993)

Crime, Drama

Government Minister Nicholas Shaw has a reputation of attacking the Met. When pictures of him frolicking with his secretary are leaked to the press Clark is brought into investigate his protection officer for corruption.

Director: Robert Bierman | Stars: Neil Pearson, Tom Georgeson, Siobhan Redmond, Robin McCallum

Votes: 19

36. Falcon Crest (1981–1990)
Episode: Suitable for Framing (1984)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance

Paid by Melissa to discredit Lance, Joel masquerades as Lance and uses his car to run Angela off the road. Lance is arrested for Angela's attempted murder. Spheeris follows Chase and Ben to... See full summary »

Director: Stan Lathan | Stars: Jane Wyman, Robert Foxworth, Lorenzo Lamas, David Selby

Votes: 40

37. Will Shakespeare (1978)
Episode: Dead Shepherd (1978)

49 min | Biography, Drama

In which Will progresses from ostler to cockerel to ghostwriter - to London's premier playwright as Kit Marlowe falls from grace.

Director: Peter Wood | Stars: Tim Curry, Ian McShane, Paul Freeman, John McEnery

Votes: 14

38. Sins (1986)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (1986)

Drama, Romance

Hélène Junot, a successful woman of action, leaves Paris for New York to face the failure of "Femmes modernes", the new magazine she had launched with her brother Edmond. Arriving in her ... See full summary »

Director: Douglas Hickox | Stars: Joan Collins, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Marisa Berenson, Steven Berkoff

Votes: 14

39. Sins (1986)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (1986)

Drama, Romance

Helene is now powerful enough to track down the man who destroyed her family during the Nazi Occupation of France.

Director: Douglas Hickox | Stars: Joan Collins, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Marisa Berenson, Steven Berkoff

Votes: 15

40. Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981)
Episode: The Flying Peril (1981)

Biography, Drama, History

Churchill sounds the alarm in the House of Commons that Germany is re-arming and that Britain is falling behind in the race for air superiority. Meanwhile Randolph Churchill backs several ... See full summary »

Director: Ferdinand Fairfax | Stars: Robert Hardy, Siân Phillips, Nigel Havers, Chloe Salaman

Votes: 15

41. Tokyo Trial (2016)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2016)

Drama, History

When the judges move to oust Tribunal President Webb, MacArthur must appoint a new leader. The recently arrived justice from India stirs tensions.

Directors: Rob W. King, Pieter Verhoeff | Stars: Tim Ahern, Paul Freeman, Serge Hazanavicius, Marcel Hensema

Votes: 84

42. Tokyo Trial (2016)
Episode: Episode #1.3 (2016)

Drama, History

A president is appointed. Pal and Roling came into opposition of each other, as Pal is writing his own separate judgment.

Directors: Rob W. King, Pieter Verhoeff | Stars: Tim Ahern, Paul Freeman, Serge Hazanavicius, Marcel Hensema

Votes: 71

43. Tokyo Trial (2016)
Episode: Episode #1.4 (2016)

Drama, History

As the trial comes to a close, Webb learns the majority is writing a judgment without him. The divided tribunal must still debate the final sentencing phase of the trial.

Directors: Rob W. King, Pieter Verhoeff | Stars: Tim Ahern, Paul Freeman, Serge Hazanavicius, Marcel Hensema

Votes: 71

44. Tales from the Crypt (1989–1996)

TV-MA | 25 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy

"Tales from the Crypt" was a 1989 horror story anthology series based on the gruesome E.C. comic books of the 1950s presented by the legendary "Crypt Keeper", a sinister ghoul obsessed with gallows humor and horrific puns.

Stars: John Kassir, Roy Brocksmith, Miguel Ferrer, Cam Clarke

Votes: 27,058

45. The Final Cut (1995)

TV-14 | 52 min | Drama

Francis Urquhart, a seasoned politician, tries to establish his legacy before retirement by negotiating an end to the Cyprus , but the island hides secrets from his past that could destroy him.

Stars: Ian Richardson, Diane Fletcher, Paul Freeman, Isla Blair

Votes: 3,806

46. The 3 Kings (2000)

The Three Wise Men encounter danger and intrigue in their quest to reach the birth of Christ in Bethlehem.

Director: Shaun Mosley | Stars: Paul Freeman, Martin Gooch, Sienna Guillory, Fethi Haddaoui

Votes: 169

47. Falcon Crest (1981–1990)
Episode: Retribution (1985)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance

Chase, Richard and Greg follow Gustav, hoping he will lead them to Angela. Gustav dies when the old mine shaft where the Nazi treasure is buried collapses. Lance opposes Lorraine's planned ... See full summary »

Director: Barbara Peeters | Stars: Jane Wyman, Robert Foxworth, Lorenzo Lamas, David Selby

Votes: 40

48. Monarch of the Glen (2000–2005)
Episode: Episode #4.9 (2002)

TV-PG | 49 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Lexie throws herself into preparations for the upcoming Ghillies' Ball. However the task is much more complicated than she thought and it's not long before she runs into numerous problems. ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Knights | Stars: Alexander Morton, Hamish Clark, Alastair Mackenzie, Dawn Steele

Votes: 51

49. Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981)
Episode: His Own Funeral (1981)

Biography, Drama, History

George V dies. Churchill continues to rail against the government's failure to adequately prepare for war. Wigram grows increasingly despondent at the prospect of war when Hitler occupies ... See full summary »

Director: Ferdinand Fairfax | Stars: Robert Hardy, Siân Phillips, Nigel Havers, David Swift

Votes: 16

50. Strike Back (2010–2020)
Episode: Vengeance: Part 6 (2012)

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

Stonebridge's mistake allows Matlock to capture Evans. He makes amends by enlisting Ava Knox to go against her father. Sullivan tries to convince Rebecca to leave Mossad.

Director: Julian Holmes | Stars: Philip Winchester, Sullivan Stapleton, Rhona Mitra, Rhashan Stone

Votes: 437