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1.
Fawlty Towers (1975–1979)
Episode:
The Psychiatrist
(1979)
TV-PG | 36 min | Comedy
Confusion arises when Basil tries to catch a girl in a playboy's room after hours, all the while unnerved by a psychiatrist's presence.
Director: Bob Spiers | Stars: John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs, Connie Booth
Votes: 2,234
2. 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
3. Fawlty Towers (1975–1979)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Hotel owner Basil Fawlty's incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away.
Stars: John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs, Connie Booth
Votes: 100,268
4. 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: 52,207
5. Tenko (1981–1984)
50 min | Drama, War
After the Japanese invasion of Singapore in February 1942, a group of British, Dutch and Australian women are held in a Japanese internment camp on a Japanese-occupied island between Singapore and Australia.
Stars: Ann Bell, Stephanie Cole, Claire Oberman, Emily Bolton
Votes: 836
6. Pulaski: The TV Detective (1987)
Drama
Actor Larry Summers stars in the TV-series 'Pulaski', about a brave and honest private detective and former priest. Off-camera, Summers is a drunk and general bad-boy - his television ... See full summary »
Stars: David Andrews, Caroline Langrishe, Kate Harper, Rolf Saxon
Votes: 82
7.
Tenko (1981–1984)
Episode:
Episode #3.10
(1984)
Drama, War
The women all prepare to leave Singapore to go back home, agreeing to have a reunion at Raffles in 1950, exactly five years after they separate.
Director: Michael Owen Morris | Stars: Ann Bell, Stephanie Cole, Jean Anderson, Patricia Lawrence
Votes: 29
8. 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: 39,567
9. The Crezz (1976)
60 min | Drama
Interlinked stories telling of the lives of the residents of a rather select housing estate, the Crescent - known to these residents as "the Crezz".
Stars: Joss Ackland, Elspet Gray, Hugh Burden, Aimée Delamain
Votes: 15
10.
Tenko (1981–1984)
Episode:
Episode #3.5
(1984)
Drama, War
Marion is reunited with Clifford, who is at the hotel waiting for her, and tells her Ben is okay. Clifford reveals he is in charge of leading the hunt for war criminals, and intends to start by tracking down and hanging Yamauchi.
Director: Jeremy Summers | Stars: Ann Bell, Jonathan Newth, Jean Anderson, Stephanie Cole
Votes: 29
11. An Audience with Victoria Wood (1988 TV Special)
52 min | Comedy
Victoria Wood giving her observations on life and songs that reflect what it's like to be a in a relationship.
Director: David G. Hillier | Stars: Victoria Wood, Tony Adams, Dave Allen, Joan Bakewell
Votes: 227
12.
dinnerladies (1998–2000)
Episode:
Moods
(1998)
TV-14 | 28 min | Comedy
Everyone begins in a 'mood', some good, some very bad. Brenda is asked to solve Twinkle's problem. Additional actors include Dame Thora Hird, Eric Sykes as well as Julie Waters.
Director: Geoff Posner | Stars: Victoria Wood, Thelma Barlow, Andrew Dunn, Shobna Gulati
Votes: 98
13.
Tenko (1981–1984)
Episode:
Episode #3.6
(1984)
Drama, War
Sister Ulrica catches up with the other women and counsels Dorothy, who finds out her mother is dead and leaves to go back to England.
Director: Michael Owen Morris | Stars: Ann Bell, Veronica Roberts, Stephanie Cole, Jean Anderson
Votes: 28
14.
Tenko (1981–1984)
Episode:
Episode #3.8
(1984)
Drama, War
Kate is distraught when Tom dies and seeks comfort from Sister Ulrica, who comes to the funeral even though Tom was a protestant. Kate also decides she definitely wants to become a doctor.
Director: Michael Owen Morris | Stars: Ann Bell, Claire Oberman, Stephanie Cole, Jean Anderson
Votes: 28
15. 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: 14,391
16. Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures (2006–2011)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the infinite wisdom of the Time Lords of Gallifrey, a nineteen-year-old from Blackpool is placed in the care of the renegade time traveler known only as the Doctor.
Stars: Paul McGann, Sheridan Smith, Katarina Olsson, Nicholas Briggs
Votes: 137
17. The Good Guys (1992– )
60 min | Comedy, Drama
Two men named Guy spend their days trying to right wrongs.
Stars: Nigel Havers, Keith Barron, Hilary Whitehall, Godfrey James
Votes: 26
18.
Tenko (1981–1984)
Episode:
Episode #3.3
(1984)
Drama, War
The women are met in Singapore by RAPWI officer Phyllis Bristow, who take their details, She wants to transfer Kate and Mrs Van Meyer to other groups, but they refuse and are left where they are.
Director: Jeremy Summers | Stars: Ann Bell, Jean Anderson, Stephanie Cole, Elspet Gray
Votes: 30
19.
Tenko (1981–1984)
Episode:
Episode #3.4
(1984)
Drama, War
Joss meets up with Stephen Wentworth, an old friend of Monica's (the women she spent most of the series looking for), who has opened a center to help the natives.
Director: Jeremy Summers | Stars: Ann Bell, Jean Anderson, Stephanie Cole, Elspet Gray
Votes: 28
20.
Tenko (1981–1984)
Episode:
Episode #3.7
(1984)
Drama, War
The women start being questioned by the military to give evidence against Yamauchi and co for war crimes: Bea flips out, Mrs Van Meyer tells lots of lies and Maggie gives emotional testimony about Blanche's death.
Director: Michael Owen Morris | Stars: Ann Bell, Stephanie Cole, Jean Anderson, Patricia Lawrence
Votes: 28
21. Blackadder (1982–1983)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
In the Middle Ages, Prince Edmund the Black Adder constantly schemes and endeavors to seize the crown from his father and brother.
Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Brian Blessed, Elspet Gray, Tim McInnerny
Votes: 41,116
22. My Good Woman (1972–1974)
30 min | Comedy
Stars: Sylvia Syms, Leslie Crowther, Richard Wilson, Keith Barron
Votes: 8
23.
Casualty (1986– )
Episode:
Love's a Pain
(1990)
TV-PG | Drama
Ash deals with repeated suicide attempts, Megan helps reunite a family, and Julian tackles an emergency operation on a taxi driver who has been stabbed.
Director: Andrew Morgan | Stars: Derek Thompson, Brenda Fricker, Catherine Shipton, Mamta Kaash
Votes: 12
24. Catweazle (1970–1971)
30 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A medieval wizard (though not a very good one) is transported to the modern age.
Stars: Geoffrey Bayldon, Robin Davies, Gary Warren, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell
Votes: 1,129
25.
Blackadder (1982–1983)
Episode:
The Queen of Spain's Beard
(1983)
TV-PG | 33 min | Comedy
To dominate Northern Europe, King Richard arranges a marriage between his son Edmund and the Spanish Infanta.
Director: Martin Shardlow | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Brian Blessed, Elspet Gray, Robert East
Votes: 1,070
26.
Catweazle (1970–1971)
Episode:
Duck Halt
(1971)
24 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
In his quest for astrological symbols, Catweazle obtains a tricycle, a pub sign representing Taurus, and holes up in a railway station disused since the Beeching cuts.
Director: David Lane | Stars: Geoffrey Bayldon, Gary Warren, Moray Watson, Peter Butterworth
Votes: 41
27.
Tenko (1981–1984)
Episode:
Episode #3.9
(1984)
Drama, War
The women all prepare to go home, and say goodbye to Alice as she sets sail for England. The Jeffersons' marriage is clearly in trouble as Clifford sees how much Marion has changed since she has been in the camps.
Director: Michael Owen Morris | Stars: Jean Anderson, Stephanie Cole, Ann Bell, Jonathan Newth
Votes: 29
28. dinnerladies (1998–2000)
TV-14 | 34 min | Comedy
Comedy about the workers in a factory canteen.
Stars: Victoria Wood, Thelma Barlow, Andrew Dunn, Shobna Gulati
Votes: 2,781
29. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
30.
Catweazle (1970–1971)
Episode:
The Magic Riddle
(1971)
24 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Imprisoned for his witchcraft, Catweazle dupes his guard and travels to the 20th Century in an identical fashion to the way he did in S1 Episode 1.
Director: David Reid | Stars: Geoffrey Bayldon, Gary Warren, Moray Watson, Peter Butterworth
Votes: 40
31. Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened (2009 TV Movie)
92 min | Documentary
30 years after Fawlty Towers (1975) ended, Stephen Fry narrates a documentary about the making of this classic sitcom.
Director: Lindsay Jex | Stars: Stephen Fry, John Cleese, Connie Booth, Prunella Scales
Votes: 219
32. Patrol Car (1954–1956)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Dramatization of murder investigations and other criminal cases that Detective Superintendent Robert Fabian, a real-life Scotland Yard Inspector and the host of the show, worked on.
Stars: Bruce Seton, Robert Raglan, Philip Dale, Jack Melford
Votes: 23
33.
Blackadder (1982–1983)
Episode:
The Archbishop
(1983)
TV-PG | 31 min | Comedy
Someone is assassinating the archbishops of England. Blackadder hopes that Harry will become the next archbishop of Canterbury, since this will make him the only heir of the throne. To his ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Shardlow | Stars: Paul McDowell, Arthur Hewlett, Tim McInnerny, Joyce Grant
Votes: 1,047
34.
Catweazle (1970–1971)
Episode:
The Battle of the Giants
(1971)
24 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Poorly Catweazle's remedy potion gets mixed up with Groome's marrow fertiliser; the result is Cedric's is bigger than both Groome's and his dad's, so earning him an Aquarian prize to donate to Catweazle's collection.
Director: David Lane | Stars: Geoffrey Bayldon, Gary Warren, Moray Watson, Peter Butterworth
Votes: 39
35.
Catweazle (1970–1971)
Episode:
The Enchanted King
(1971)
24 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Catweazle believes that a local sculpture is an evil wizard who need to be vanquished in order for the next sign of the Zodiac to be revealed. The sign of the balances.
Director: David Reid | Stars: Geoffrey Bayldon, Gary Warren, Moray Watson, Peter Butterworth
Votes: 41
36.
Catweazle (1970–1971)
Episode:
The Heavenly Twins
(1971)
24 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Whilst hunting for Gemini, the next sign of the Zodiac, Catweazle creates havoc at a children's magic show.
Director: David Reid | Stars: Geoffrey Bayldon, Gary Warren, Peter Butterworth, Elspet Gray
Votes: 38
37.
Catweazle (1970–1971)
Episode:
The Magic Circle
(1971)
24 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A pair of goldfish added to his Zodiac symbols, Catweazle tries to jump into water. Is he really trapped in time - or is it just film being run backwards?
Director: David Reid | Stars: Geoffrey Bayldon, Gary Warren, Moray Watson, Peter Butterworth
Votes: 41
38.
Catweazle (1970–1971)
Episode:
The Wogle Stone
(1971)
24 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Lord Collingford is considering selling King's Farthing along with Duck Halt (which is Catweazle's home) to a property tycoon. When Catweazle hears about this he sets about finding a Wogle ... See full summary »
Director: David Lane | Stars: Geoffrey Bayldon, Gary Warren, Moray Watson, Peter Butterworth
Votes: 38
39. Doctor Finlay (1993–1996)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama
Following his service in World War II, Dr. Finlay returns to the practice at Arden House, at a time when the National Health Service is about to be instituted.
Stars: David Rintoul, Annette Crosbie, Ian Bannen, Gordon Reid
Votes: 540
40. The Many Wives of Patrick (1976–1978)
30 min | Comedy
Patrick Woodford has been married six times. All of his marriages have failed. Now he's planning to divorce his sixth wife, Helen. Later, he thinks of remarrying his first wife, Elizabeth. ... See full summary »
Stars: Patrick Cargill, Robin Parkinson, Patrick Ryecart, Ursula Howells
Votes: 14
41.
Blackadder (1982–1983)
Episode:
The Black Seal
(1983)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
When Edmund loses his title of Duke of Edinburgh, he snaps, fires Baldrick and Percy and hires some of the most cruel men in England; Sir Wilfred Death, Three-Fingered Pete, Guy de ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Shardlow | Stars: John Carlisle, Bert Parnaby, Roy Evans, Forbes Collins
Votes: 987
42.
Blackadder (1982–1983)
Episode:
Witchsmeller Pursuivant
(1983)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
When the plague rages through Europe everyone blames "witches". When Edmund fails a "test" everyone suddenly becomes his enemy.
Director: Martin Shardlow | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Frank Finlay, Elspet Gray, Tim McInnerny
Votes: 989
43.
Catweazle (1970–1971)
Episode:
The Sign of the Crab
(1971)
24 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Following a burglary at King's Farthing, Catweazle is duped into handling the stolen hoard.
Director: David Lane | Stars: Geoffrey Bayldon, Gary Warren, Moray Watson, Elspet Gray
Votes: 37
44.
Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
Episode:
The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn
(1987)
TV-14 | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The murder of a deaf university entrance examiner leads Morse and Lewis into a possible college cheating scandal.
Director: Brian Parker | Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Barbara Flynn, Michael Gough
Votes: 1,067
45. The Wingless Bird (1997– )
180 min | Drama
Agnes manages family affairs on eve of WWI, helps sister Jessie marry across class lines. Faces own class divide when courted by Charles despite parents' disapproval. Her heart torn between Charles and his soldier brother Reginald.
Stars: Claire Skinner, Edward Atterton, Anne Reid, Michelle Charles
Votes: 557
46.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Double Sin
(1990)
TV-14 | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young woman is delivering a set of antique Napoleon miniatures to an American collector when they are stolen from her suitcase. Captain Hastings, under Poirot's guidance, sets out to find the thief.
Director: Richard Spence | Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran
Votes: 1,573
47.
Blackadder (1982–1983)
Episode:
Born to Be King
(1983)
TV-PG | 33 min | Comedy
When Edmund's Scottish lands are given to the King's Supreme Commander, Douglas McAngus, he plots revenge.
Director: Martin Shardlow | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Brian Blessed, Alex Norton, Tim McInnerny
Votes: 1,091
48.
Blackadder (1982–1983)
Episode:
Original Pilot
(1982)
TV-PG | 32 min | Comedy
Set in Elizabethan times, Prince Edmund plots to kill McAngus after the King gives him all of Edmund's Scottish lands.
Director: Geoff Posner | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, John Savident, Elspet Gray, Robert Bathurst
Votes: 437
49.
Blackadder (1982–1983)
Episode:
The Foretelling
(1983)
TV-PG | 35 min | Comedy
Prince Edmund (Black Adder) arrives late to the Battle of Bosworth Field, accidentally killing King Richard III, thinking he was stealing his horse.
Director: Martin Shardlow | Stars: Peter Cook, Brian Blessed, Peter Benson, Robert East
Votes: 1,278
50.
Catweazle (1970–1971)
Episode:
The Black Wheels
(1971)
24 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
When Groome loses his voice, Catweazle's efforts to find it cause mayhem for the residents of King's Farthing.
Director: David Reid | Stars: Geoffrey Bayldon, Gary Warren, Moray Watson, Peter Butterworth
Votes: 38