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1.
Wagner (1983)
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(1983)
Biography, Drama, History
After the failure in Paris, Wagner travels around Europe to Switzerland, Austria and Russia. He tries staging Tristan und Isolde in Vienna, but is unsuccessful. Meanwhile, Minna continues ... See full summary »
Director: Tony Palmer | Stars: Richard Burton, Gemma Craven, Miguel Herz-Kestranek, Richard Pasco
Votes: 77
2.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Caves of Androzani: Part Four
(1984)
TV-PG | 26 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Chellak and his men attack Jek's base. The Dr. crash-lands the ship, and must escape from his captors to find the antidote to the Spectrox poisoning and save Peri. He does so, but at a staggering cost.
Director: Graeme Harper | Stars: Colin Baker, Peter Davison, Nicola Bryant, Christopher Gable
Votes: 728
3.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
The Cherry Orchard
(1971)
Drama
Madame Ranevskaya is a spoiled, aging aristocratic lady who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate after a default on the mortgage. In denial... See full summary »
Director: Cedric Messina | Stars: Jenny Agutter, Ray Brooks, Laurence Carter, Christopher Gable
Votes: 21
4.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Caves of Androzani: Part Three
(1984)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
After escaping the vicious Magma creature, the Doctor is made a prisoner of the gun runners and taken to Androzani Major. The real Salateen takes an ill Peri back to Chellak.
Director: Graeme Harper | Stars: Peter Davison, Nicola Bryant, Christopher Gable, John Normington
Votes: 653
5.
In Performance (1978– )
Episode:
Orpheus in the Underworld
(1983)
118 min | Music
Director: Derek Bailey | Stars: The Ambrosian Singers, Emile Belcourt, Honor Blackman, Isobel Buchanan
Votes: 15
6. Doctor Who (1963–1989)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
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: 39,512
7.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Caves of Androzani: Part One
(1984)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor and Peri get involved with drug running after landing on the twin planet of Androzani Minor and getting arrested as gun runners and targeted for execution. Not before Peri stumbles into some highly toxic and lethal plant life.
Director: Graeme Harper | Stars: Peter Davison, Nicola Bryant, Christopher Gable, John Normington
Votes: 735
8.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Caves of Androzani: Part Two
(1984)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Having been saved from execution by Sharez Jek and his androids, Jek takes a shine to Peri, and wants her with him forever. Salateen tells the Dr and Peri that they are dying from Spectrox toxemia, but there is an antidote.
Director: Graeme Harper | Stars: Peter Davison, Nicola Bryant, Christopher Gable, John Normington
Votes: 642
9. Festival (1960–1969)
60 min | Drama
Festival is a Canadian entertainment anthology television series which aired on CBC Television
Stars: Gillie Fenwick, Gerard Parkes, Eric House, Douglas Rain
Votes: 19
10. The Devil's Crown (1978)
55 min | Biography, Drama, History
Henry Plantagenet (later King Henry II), sees his opportunity to seize the crown of England and create a kingdom of law and order.
Stars: Jane Lapotaire, John Duttine, Christopher Gable, Brian Cox
Votes: 106
11.
Omnibus (1967–2003)
Episode:
Song of Summer
(1968)
Not Rated | 74 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Traces last 5 years of the life of Frederick Delius through the eyes of the young composer Eric Fenby
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Max Adrian, Maureen Pryor, Christopher Gable, David Collings
Votes: 400
12.
Omnibus (1967–2003)
Episode:
Dance of the Seven Veils
(1970)
Not Rated | 59 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
An imaginary portrait of composer Richard Strauss.
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Christopher Gable, Judith Paris, Kenneth Colley, Vladek Sheybal
Votes: 99
13. Vienna 1900 (1973–1974)
50 min | Drama, History
The aging Dr Graesler observes five characters in search of love in turn-of-the-century Vienna.
Stars: Robert Stephens, Neville Phillips, Christopher Gable, Ron Daniels
Votes: 17
14. Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
60 min | Drama
This show was a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and from mid-1968 by Thames Television.
Stars: Harry H. Corbett, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Billie Whitelaw, Neil McCallum
Votes: 245
15.
Crown Court (1972–2007)
Episode:
The Medium: Part Two
(1972)
TV-14 | 25 min | Drama
The Medium: Regina v Purbeck - Part 2.
Director: Howard Baker | Stars: John Alkin, Joyce Heron, Christopher Gable, Edward Jewesbury
Votes: 24
16. A Woman of Substance (1984)
300 min | Drama, Romance
Emma Harte, a bright and ambitious servant girl, overcomes her impoverished beginnings in her quest to become a retailing magnate and one of the world's richest women.
Stars: Jenny Seagrove, Barry Bostwick, Deborah Kerr, Diane Baker
Votes: 1,132
17.
A Woman of Substance (1984)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1985)
99 min | Drama, Romance
Emma started life as a maid in the home of Adam Fairley, the wealthy local mill owner. She works hard not only at the Fairley's but also in her own home taking care of her father, two brothers and a bedridden and dying mother.
Director: Don Sharp | Stars: Jenny Seagrove, Barry Bostwick, Deborah Kerr, Diane Baker
Votes: 49
18. Wagner (1983)
300 min | Biography, Drama, History
A huge panorama of Richard Wagner's life and work, from before the 1848 revolution, through his exile in Switzerland, his rescue by the besotted King Ludwig II of Bavaria, to the final ... See full summary »
Stars: Richard Burton, Vanessa Redgrave, Miguel Herz-Kestranek, László Gálffi
Votes: 616
19.
Crown Court (1972–2007)
Episode:
The Medium: Part Three
(1972)
TV-14 | 25 min | Drama
The Medium: Regina v Purbeck - Part 3.
Director: Howard Baker | Stars: John Alkin, Joyce Heron, Christopher Gable, Edward Jewesbury
Votes: 26
20. Crown Court (1972–2007)
TV-14 | 25 min | Drama
A courtroom drama in which each case is usually presented in three episodes. At the end of the third episode, a jury of "ordinary people" comes to a verdict on the evidence presented.
Stars: Peter Wheeler, Joseph Berry, Richard Colson, Derek Hockridge
Votes: 346
21. Omnibus (1967–2003)
Not Rated | 43 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Arts documentary series with concerts and experimental dramatizations.
Stars: Humphrey Burton, Kirsty Wark, David Collings, Michael Hordern
Votes: 293
22.
Crown Court (1972–2007)
Episode:
The Medium: Part One
(1972)
TV-14 | 25 min | Drama
A spiritualist is accused of fraudulently obtaining money from a widow after performing a series of séances at which he claimed to be making contact with the woman's recently deceased son. ... See full summary »
Director: Howard Baker | Stars: John Alkin, Joyce Heron, Christopher Gable, Edward Jewesbury
Votes: 26
23. The Music Lovers (1971)
R | 123 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Piano teacher Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky struggles against his homosexuality by marrying, but unfortunately he chooses a nymphomaniac whom he cannot satisfy.
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Glenda Jackson, Max Adrian, Christopher Gable
Votes: 3,019 | Gross: $0.20M
24.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
The Merchant of Venice
(1972)
Drama
Antonio's friend Bassanio is in love and needs money to go courting. Using Antonio as his collateral, he borrows money from Shylock. But when the debt comes due, Shylock demands repayment in the form of a pound of Antonio's flesh.
Director: Cedric Messina | Stars: Maggie Smith, Frank Finlay, Charles Gray, Christopher Gable
Votes: 57
25. Women in Love (1969)
R | 131 min | Drama, Romance
Two best friends fall in love with a pair of women, but the relationships soon go in very different directions.
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Glenda Jackson, Jennie Linden
Votes: 8,550 | Gross: $1.03M
26. ITV Sunday Night Drama (1959–1980)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
ITV Sunday Night Drama is a UK television anthology series produced by ABC Weekend Television, Associated Television (ATV), Associated-Rediffusion Television, and Granada Television.
Stars: André Morell, Victor Platt, Anthony Mayne, Donald Houston
Votes: 27
27. The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
PG-13 | 125 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
When a bored Holmes eagerly takes the case of Gabrielle Valladon after an attempt on her life, the search for her missing husband leads to Loch Ness and the legendary monster.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Robert Stephens, Christopher Lee, Colin Blakely, Geneviève Page
Votes: 13,303 | Gross: $3.30M
28. Tycoon (1978)
50 min | Drama
After the death of businessman Sir Sydney Clark, his widow Diana investigates some of the mysteries of his life and work.
Stars: Diane Cilento, Norman Rodway, Christopher Gable, Edward Hardwicke
Votes: 7
29. The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (1976)
G | 127 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A musical retelling of the classic tale of Cinderella. In the tiny kingdom of Euphrania, the King and his court are anxious to get Prince Edward wed. But Edward wants to marry for love.
Director: Bryan Forbes | Stars: Sherrie Hewson, John Turner, Rosalind Ayres, Keith Skinner
Votes: 3,167
30. BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
120 min | Drama
Monthly anthology series featuring televised versions of plays.
Stars: Charles Gray, Eric Porter, Jeremy Brett, Lally Bowers
Votes: 178
31.
A Woman of Substance (1984)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1985)
98 min | Drama, Romance
Now in Leeds, the pregnant Emma Harte learns that Blackie O'Neill has gone to Ireland to care for a sick friend. She finds a place to stay but has tried everywhere to get a job without luck.
Stars: Jenny Seagrove, Barry Bostwick, Deborah Kerr, Diane Baker
Votes: 38
32. The Boy Friend (1971)
G | 137 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
When the leading lady of a low-budget musical revue sprains her ankle, the assistant stage manager is forced to understudy and perform in her place, becoming a star and finding love in the process.
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Twiggy, Christopher Gable, Max Adrian, Bryan Pringle
Votes: 3,583
33. A Simple Man (1987 TV Movie)
Biography, Music
L. S. Lowry, one of the most celebrated English painters from the mid 20th century, liked to call himself just a "simple man". But was he?
Stars: Christopher Gable, Moira Shearer, BBC Philharmonic, Albert Finney
Votes: 20
34.
A Woman of Substance (1984)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1985)
98 min | Drama, Romance
As Emma Harte's empire grows, she arranges her assets in such a way as no one knows she is the buyer, noting that most men don't like dealing with a woman on business matters.
Stars: Jenny Seagrove, Barry Bostwick, Deborah Kerr, Diane Baker
Votes: 38
35. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1976 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama, Romance
The story of a deformed hunchback's love for a Gypsy girl in Paris.
Director: Alan Cooke | Stars: Kenneth Haigh, Warren Clarke, Michelle Newell, Christopher Gable
Votes: 61
36.
Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
Episode:
High Summer
(1972)
80 min | Drama
The peace of an aristocratic cricketing weekend at a large English country mansion in the early 20th century is disturbed when the wayward Bohemian son of the owning family returns unexpectedly to claim his inheritance.
Director: Peter Duguid | Stars: Margaret Leighton, Roland Culver, Christopher Gable, Nerys Hughes
Votes: 31
37. ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969–1974)
78 min | Drama
Anthology series of dramatic works.
Stars: Michael Balfour, Madoline Thomas, Diane Cilento, Jim Dale
Votes: 98
38. The Rainbow (1989)
R | 113 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A young woman deals in her own personal way with the trials of adolescence and young adulthood in early 1900s England.
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Sammi Davis, Amanda Donohoe, Paul McGann, Christopher Gable
Votes: 1,692 | Gross: $0.44M
39. The Lair of the White Worm (1988)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Horror
When an archaeologist uncovers a strange skull in a foreign land, the residents of a nearby town begin to disappear, leading to further inexplicable occurrences.
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Amanda Donohoe, Hugh Grant, Catherine Oxenberg, Peter Capaldi
Votes: 15,082 | Gross: $1.19M
40. Churchill's People (1974–1975)
50 min | Drama, History, War
A historical anthology series based on "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples", Winston Churchill's four-volume history of Britain and its former colonies.
Stars: Alfred Lynch, Bernard Hepton, Geoffrey Matthews, Mark Donaldson
Votes: 36
41. A Christmas Carol (1994 TV Movie)
Drama, Fantasy
A ballet version of the famous Dickens classic.
Director: Christopher Gable | Stars: Jeremy Kerridge, Rocco Vitalia
Votes: 45
42. All Talking... All Singing... All Dancing (1971)
9 min | Short, Documentary
A behind-the-scenes short for the musical film The Boy Friend (1971).
Stars: Ken Russell, Twiggy, Tony Walton, Christopher Gable
Votes: 18
43. CBC Show of the Week (1964–1969)
60 min | Comedy, Music
A series of one hour dramatic and variety broadcasts that included both Canadian and foreign productions.
Stars: Norman Welsh, John Vernon, Austin Willis, Jack Creley
45. Before the Fringe (1967)
30 min | Comedy
A series featuring some of the talent who were in vogue before the new broom of Beyond the Fringe swept through comedy.
Stars: Alan Melville, Joan Sims, Peter Reeves, Ronnie Barker
46. Gala Performance (1963–1982)
60 min
Stars: Michael Flanders, Julian Bream, James Robertson Justice, Rudolf Nureyev
47. The Royal Variety Performance 1989 (1989 TV Special)
175 min | Comedy
Director: Ian Hamilton | Stars: Peter Baldwin, Michael Ball, Thelma Barlow, Amanda Barrie
48. The Distracted Preacher (1969 TV Movie)
49 min | Drama
Director: Brandon Acton-Bond | Stars: Stephanie Beacham, Christopher Gable, Michael Goldie, Ewan Hooper
49. The End of the End of the Pier Show (1981 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
Director: Bryan Izzard | Stars: Christopher Gable, Cheryl Kennedy, Jack Douglas, Peggy Mount
50. Pianorama (1974)
22 min | Short, Musical
Director: Richard Taylor | Stars: Christopher Gable, Una Stubbs, Neal Arden, Eleanor Bron