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1. The Silver Sword (1971– )
Adventure
During World War II, three Polish children have to survive travelling around Europe hoping to be reunited with their lost parents.
Stars: Joanna Shelley, Rufus Frampton, Cherrald Butterfield, Simon Fisher-Turner
Votes: 13
2.
The Citadel (1983)
Episode:
Part 1
(1983)
Drama
Andrew Manson arrives in Drineffy to take up his first appointment as assistant to a doctor in a Welsh mining community.
Director: Peter Jefferies | Stars: Ben Cross, Clare Higgins, Gareth Thomas, Tenniel Evans
Votes: 13
3. Secret Army (1977–1979)
50 min | Drama, History, War
During World War II, a Belgian resistance movement called Lifeline, based in Brussels, organises the return of Allied airmen who have been shot down by the Luftwaffe to the United Kingdom.
Stars: Bernard Hepton, Angela Richards, Clifford Rose, Juliet Hammond
Votes: 1,616
4. Pennies from Heaven (1978–1979)
450 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A travelling sheet music salesman with an uptight wife throws everything away for the love of an innocent school teacher in the romantic spirit of the music he loves, that bursts into his life in full song-and-dance numbers.
Stars: Cheryl Campbell, Bob Hoskins, Gemma Craven, Kenneth Colley
Votes: 1,208
5. The Rat Catchers (1966–1967)
60 min | Drama, Thriller
A highly secret British Intelligence Unit is set up to deal with enemy menaces, staffed by three tough & capable operatives - the flamboyant Peregrine Smith, cold & logical Davidson, and ... See full summary »
Stars: Gerald Flood, Glyn Owen, Philip Stone, James Kerry
Votes: 18
6. The Citadel (1983)
500 min | Drama
A young idealistic doctor, Andrew Mason, tries to improve the abysmal health conditions in a small Welsh mining town in the 1930s, but his ambitions sidetrack him.
Stars: Ben Cross, Clare Higgins, Gareth Thomas, John Welsh
Votes: 238
7. ITV Television Playhouse (1955–1967)
60 min | Drama
Richard O. Sullivan as a child genius in the play "Honour Bright".
Stars: Campbell Singer, Thomas Heathcote, Richard Caldicot, June Brown
Votes: 66
8. Tottie: The Story of a Dolls' House (1984– )
Animation, Family
Based on the children's novel of the same name by Rumer Godden, this 10-part stop-motion animated mini-series tells the story of Tottie, a small wooden Dutch doll, and her "family of dolls"... See full summary »
Stars: Anna Calder-Marshall, Una Stubbs, Olwen Griffiths, Naomi Shaw
Votes: 43
9.
Secret Army (1977–1979)
Episode:
Lisa - Codename Yvette
(1977)
55 min | Drama, History, War
Lisa and Albert are suspicious when a former evader returns to the Candide. Meanwhile, Major Brandt, of the Luftwaffe Polizei, sizes up the newly arrived Ludwig Kessler.
Director: Kenneth Ives | Stars: Bernard Hepton, Jan Francis, Angela Richards, Christopher Neame
Votes: 85
10.
Pennies from Heaven (1978–1979)
Episode:
Better Think Twice
(1978)
77 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Director: Piers Haggard | Stars: Tony Caunter, Cheryl Campbell, Tudor Davies, Kenneth Colley
Votes: 30
11. Ivor the Engine (1959–1964)
10 min | Animation, Family
A black and white series about a small steam engine on an old-fashioned railway in Wales, and the characters he encounters.
Stars: Oliver Postgate, David Edwards, Anthony Jackson, Olwen Griffiths
Votes: 75
12. The Third Man (1959–1965)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Harry Lime makes money dealing art and solves crime to save his life.
Stars: Michael Rennie, Jonathan Harris, Naomi Chance, Rupert Davies
Votes: 218
13. W. Somerset Maugham (1969–1970)
50 min | Drama
An anthology series based on the varied stories by W. Somerset Maugham divided into three categories: "Rule Britannia" about colonial life, "Women of the World" which focus on female characters, and "Victims of Fate".
Stars: Kim Kee Lim, Ken Nazarin, Ahmad Jamal, Eileen Atkins
Votes: 19
14. Pogle's Wood (1965–1968)
14 min | Animation, Family
Animated series by Oliver Postgate about Mr and Mrs Pogle, their son Pippin and his friend Tog.
Stars: Olwen Griffiths, Oliver Postgate, Steve Woodman
Votes: 63
15. Further Up Pompeii! (1975 TV Movie)
43 min | Comedy
A one-off television special following on from the highly successful TV series, Up Pompeii.
Director: David Croft | Stars: Frankie Howerd, Mark Dignam, Elizabeth Larner, Kerry Gardner
Votes: 67
16. Maurice (1987)
R | 140 min | Drama, Romance
Two English school chums find themselves falling in love at Cambridge. To regain his place in society, Clive gives up Maurice and marries. While staying with Clive and his wife, Maurice discovers romance in the arms of the gamekeeper Alec.
Director: James Ivory | Stars: James Wilby, Rupert Graves, Hugh Grant, Denholm Elliott
Votes: 23,567 | Gross: $3.13M
17. Up Pompeii! (1969–1970)
30 min | Comedy, History
Lurcio is a much-put-upon slave in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii. More often than not, Lurcio finds himself keeping his owner's family members apart, in order to keep them together.
Stars: Frankie Howerd, Elizabeth Larner, Kerry Gardner, Jeanne Mockford
Votes: 374
18. A Man from the Sun (1956 TV Movie)
58 min | Drama
Groundbreaking docudrama from 1956 exploring the experiences of the then 75,000 West Indians who had newly settled in Britain, and the disparity they found between the mythical country and the real one.
Director: John Elliot | Stars: Errol John, Cy Grant, Colin Douglas, Sarah Morgan
Votes: 23
19. The Pingwings (1961– )
10 min | Animation, Family
Stories about a family of small, knitted, penguin-type creatures that live on Berrydown Farm.
Stars: Oliver Postgate, Olwen Griffiths
Votes: 24
20. The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
75 min | Drama
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: 131
21. Ivor the Engine (1976–1977)
5 min | Animation, Family
In the 'top, left hand corner of Wales' runs an archaic railway line staffed by such characters as Jones the Steam and Dai Station. Their pride is Ivor, the steam engine with a will of his ... See full summary »
Stars: Olwen Griffiths, Anthony Jackson, Oliver Postgate, David Edwards
Votes: 397
22. Rockliffe's Babies (1987– )
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama
Series featuring the tough and experienced Det. Sgt. Alan Rockcliffe, and his squad of young and enthusiastic plain-clothes PCs.
Stars: Ian Hogg, Joe McGann, Alphonsia Emmanuel, Bill Champion
Votes: 105
23. Doctor Snuggles (1979– )
25 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
The fantastic adventures of a friendly doctor and his friends.
Stars: Peter Ustinov, Lambert Hamel, Ulli Philipp, Walter Jokisch
Votes: 1,140
24. Moondial (1988)
158 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
A teenage girl discovers a portal through time, and tries to help two children of the past.
Stars: Siri Neal, Tony Sands, Valerie Lush, Arthur Hewlett
Votes: 256
25. Crime and Punishment (1979)
225 min | Drama
This mini-series is the ultimate psychological thriller with a powerful sense of guilt and retribution, set in St. Petersburg in the second half of the nineteenth century. Raskolnikov is a ... See full summary »
Stars: John Hurt, Anne Orwin, Siân Phillips, Fiona Glassbrook
Votes: 191
26. Canterbury Tales (1969)
50 min
Adaptation of Chaucer's tales, told by pilgrims on their journey from London to Canterbury.
Stars: Joss Ackland, William Squire, John Cater, Timothy Bateson
Votes: 7
27.
Up Pompeii! (1969–1970)
Episode:
The Actors
(1970)
34 min | Comedy, History
A travelling theatre company causes much excitement in the Senator's household, the behaviour of the leading actor creates an opening, and Lurcio has trouble choosing the right mask.
Stars: Frankie Howerd, Max Adrian, Elizabeth Larner, Kerry Gardner
Votes: 28
28. Z Cars (1962–1978)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
A gritty drama which follows the work of the police force in the fictional town of Newtown in the North of England.
Stars: James Ellis, John Slater, Douglas Fielding, Bernard Holley
Votes: 381
29. Up the Junction (1968)
R | 119 min | Drama
Addresses some of the major 60s social issues - a bored rich London-girl from Chelsea decides to go "slumming" in depressed Battersea, getting a flat and starts factory-work and makes friends... of which one has to get an illegal abortion.
Director: Peter Collinson | Stars: Suzy Kendall, Dennis Waterman, Maureen Lipman, Adrienne Posta
Votes: 1,009
30. Great Expectations (1981)
30 min | Drama
A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.
Stars: Gerry Sundquist, Tim Munro, Derek Francis, Colin Jeavons
Votes: 177
31.
Moondial (1988)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1988)
Drama, Family, Fantasy
Minty meets Sarah, a mysterious hooded child from the house, and sees for herself the miserable life that Tom leads as a kitchen boy.
Director: Colin Cant | Stars: Siri Neal, Tony Sands, Joe York, Martin Sadler
Votes: 11
32. The Rag Trade (1975–1978)
30 min | Comedy
Follows the humorous struggles of workers in a London clothing factory.
Stars: Peter Jones, Diane Langton, Miriam Karlin, Christopher Beeny
Votes: 64
33.
Great Expectations (1981)
Episode:
Episode Three
(1981)
30 min | Drama
Director: Julian Amyes | Stars: Gerry Sundquist, Tim Munro, Joan Hickson, Derek Francis
Votes: 9
34.
Crime and Punishment (1979)
Episode:
Part 1
(1979)
TV-14 | 76 min | Drama
Raskolnikov (John Hurt), a poor & isolated student, is sure of only one thing: all great men are above the law in all ways. Deeply in debt he puts his theory to the ultimate test: murder.
Director: Michael Darlow | Stars: John Hurt, Carinthia West, Beatrix Lehmann, Simon Rouse
Votes: 13
35. Torchy, the Battery Boy (1959–1961)
15 min | Family, Fantasy
A mechanical boy with a magical flashlight on his head has adventures on earth and in Topsy Turvy Land, which is located on a distant star.
Stars: Kenneth Connor, Olwen Griffiths, Jill Freud, Patricia Somerset
Votes: 56
36.
Torchy, the Battery Boy (1959–1961)
Episode:
Topsy Turvy Land
(1959)
Family, Fantasy
Torchy arrives in Topsy Turvy Land, where he learns the toys have sprung to life, and Pom-Pom, the poodle, can speak. He helps Flopsy the ragdoll by replacing some of her lost stuffing with the puppy's fur.
Director: Gerry Anderson | Stars: Kenneth Connor, Jill Freud, Olwen Griffiths, Patricia Somerset
Votes: 5
37.
Ivor the Engine (1976–1977)
Episode:
The Railway
(1976)
Animation, Family
In the 'top, left hand corner of Wales' runs an archaic railway line staffed by such characters as Jones the Steam and Dai Station. Their pride is Ivor, the steam engine with a will of his ... See full summary »
Stars: Olwen Griffiths, Anthony Jackson, Oliver Postgate
Votes: 6
38.
Ivor the Engine (1976–1977)
Episode:
Mrs Porty's Foxes
(1976)
Animation, Family
Some wear fancy hats in order to look beautiful. Some wear them to save their friends - but what else should an engine-driver do?
Stars: Olwen Griffiths, Anthony Jackson, Oliver Postgate
Votes: 5
39. Scrubbers (1982)
R | 93 min | Drama
A film in feminist reading of the vulgar genre of the 'women's prison film', which without voyeurism tells of violence among women and their relationships with each other.
Director: Mai Zetterling | Stars: Amanda York, Chrissie Cotterill, Elizabeth Edmonds, Kate Ingram
Votes: 567
40.
Ivor the Engine (1976–1977)
Episode:
Bluebell
(1976)
Animation, Family
A good donkey will always do what she is told, even though she has to run rather a long way to do it; luckily there are wheels for the return journey.
Stars: Olwen Griffiths, Anthony Jackson, Oliver Postgate
Votes: 5
41.
Ivor the Engine (1976–1977)
Episode:
Old Nell
(1976)
Animation, Family
Old nell is a sheep dog clever and wise she is used to catch sheep.and stops engines if theres trouble such as when a sheep had fallen down the mine.and she helped when ivor was stuck in the snow she is one of ivors friends.
Stars: Olwen Griffiths, Anthony Jackson, Oliver Postgate
Votes: 5
42.
Ivor the Engine (1976–1977)
Episode:
The Dragon
(1976)
Animation, Family
One morning Jones and Ivor spots some smoke beside the railway line. It turns out to be Idris the Dragon. They rescue him and he explains that Smoke Hill is now extinct.
Stars: Olwen Griffiths, Anthony Jackson, Oliver Postgate
Votes: 5
43.
Ivor the Engine (1976–1977)
Episode:
Chickens
(1976)
Animation, Family
Ivor has gone off on his own again. Dai gets quite cross about it, while Jones finds Ivor at Mr Pugh's farm along with some guests.
Stars: Olwen Griffiths, Anthony Jackson, Oliver Postgate
Votes: 5
44.
Ivor the Engine (1976–1977)
Episode:
The Lost Engine
(1976)
Animation, Family
Engines don't always do exactly what you would expect them to do, but luckily they are very rarely stolen by gangsters.
Stars: Olwen Griffiths, Anthony Jackson, Oliver Postgate
Votes: 5
45.
Ivor the Engine (1976–1977)
Episode:
Unidentified Objects
(1976)
Animation, Family
Jones and Dai are relaxing when they spot some strange objects in the sky. The source appears to be Mr Dinwiddy's goldmine.
Stars: Olwen Griffiths, Anthony Jackson, Oliver Postgate
Votes: 5
46.
Torchy, the Battery Boy (1959–1961)
Episode:
Pom-Pom and the Toys
(1959)
Family, Fantasy
After his poodle and the neighborhood kids' toys are blown into outer space on kites, Mr. Bumble-Drop builds a robotic boy and a rocket ship for the lad to retrieve the lost playthings and pooch from a distant star.
Director: Gerry Anderson | Stars: Kenneth Connor, Olwen Griffiths, Jill Freud, Patricia Somerset
Votes: 8
47. Not Tonight, Darling (1971)
90 min | Drama
A lonely 'Stay-at-Home' Housewife is being watched every night through the bathroom window by a 'Peeping Tom', who is being put up to it by his friend. She eventually finds out and gets her revenge on them.
Director: Anthony Sloman | Stars: Luan Peters, Vincent Ball, Jason Twelvetrees, James Hayter
Votes: 200
48. Merry-Go-Round (1963–1983)
20 min | Documentary, Family
An educational series aimed at primary school children, covering many diverse school topics.
Stars: Tom Gibbs, Richard Carpenter, Max Mason, Gabriel Woolf
49. Tottie: The Doll's Wish (1986)
Family
Stars: Anna Calder-Marshall, Nancy Gair, Olwen Griffiths, Naomi Shaw
50. A World of Comedy (1965– )
25 min | Comedy, Family
Stars: Michael Crawford, John Le Mesurier, Brian Murphy, Peggy Thorpe-Bates