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1.
BBC2 Playhouse (1973–1983)
Episode:
Speed King
(1979)
Drama
In 1935 Sir Malcolm Campbell's obsession is to win the World's Land Speed Record in his car Bluebird. Speed King is about the man, the car, and the ruthless, but irresistible, public ambition of a world hero.
Director: Ferdinand Fairfax | Stars: Jack Galloway, Robert Hardy, Jennifer Hilary, Sheila Ruskin
Votes: 12
2. The People's Passion (1999 TV Special)
50 min | Music, Musical
A dramatization of the events leading up to Christ's crucifixion. With the City of London Sinfonia and choir of St Paul's Cathedral.
Director: Tony Cash | Stars: Thomas Allen, Jonathan Cope, Robert Hardy, Patricia Hodge
Votes: 9
3. Daniel Deronda (1970– )
270 min | Drama
Brought up in ignorance of his origins, Daniel finds himself helping an unhappily married woman, a suicidal young singer and a consumptive Jewish man.
Stars: John Nolan, Martha Henry, Robert Hardy, Noel Davis
Votes: 9
4.
An Age of Kings (1960)
Episode:
Part Three: Rebellion from the North
(1960)
Drama, History
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: Michael Hayes | Stars: Tom Fleming, Julian Glover, Frank Windsor, Patrick Garland
Votes: 30
5. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.
Director: Peter Hall | Stars: Georgine Anderson, Stephanie Bidmead, Michael Blakemore, David Buck
Votes: 126
6.
An Age of Kings (1960)
Episode:
Part Four: The Road to Shrewsbury
(1960)
Drama, History
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: Michael Hayes | Stars: David Andrews, Sean Connery, William Squire, Geoffrey Bayldon
Votes: 27
7. Britain's Finest (2003– )
70 min | Documentary
Stars: Carenza Lewis, Loyd Grossman, Bill Paterson, Peter Hall
Votes: 74
8.
Raffles (1975–1977)
Episode:
To Catch a Thief
(1977)
52 min | Comedy, Crime
London's other gentleman thief has Raffles worried--the city isn't big enough for both of them. Raffles and Bunny track the man down to steal some of his booty. The crook is no pushover, ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Hodson | Stars: Anthony Valentine, Christopher Strauli, Robert Hardy, Victor Carin
Votes: 12
9.
All Creatures Great and Small (1978–1990)
Episode:
Big Steps and Little 'Uns
(1980)
TV-PG | 53 min | Comedy, Drama
England is at war and the time has come for James and Siegfried to join their military units. Their last day at the practice is a busy one and James is repeatedly called out when he had ... See full summary »
Director: Terence Dudley | Stars: Christopher Timothy, Robert Hardy, Peter Davison, Carol Drinkwater
Votes: 101
10.
War and Remembrance (1988–1989)
Episode:
Part XI
(1989)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, War
Natalie and Aaron spend four days traveling to Auschwitz; on arrival, one of them is sent directly to the gas chambers. In the Philippines Sea, Byron Henry, in command of a submarine, gets ... See full summary »
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Seymour, Hart Bochner, Victoria Tennant
Votes: 111
11.
Shackleton (2002)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2002)
103 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
This two-part drama begins in London in 1914. The epic adventure begins with the explorer attempting to raise funds for his expedition on the eve of the First World War - as well as ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Sturridge | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, John Grillo, Paul Humpoletz, Phoebe Nicholls
Votes: 37
12. The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991–1993)
616 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Holmes and Dr. Watson solve the mysteries of the Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax, Thor Bridge, Shoscombe Old Place, The Boscombe Valley Mystery, The Illustrious Client and The Creeping Man.
Stars: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Rosalie Williams, Colin Jeavons
Votes: 6,174
13. Elizabeth R (1971)
520 min | Biography, Drama, History
When Elizabeth Tudor comes to the throne, her (male) advisers know she has to marry. Doesn't she? Thus starts a decades-long political/matrimonial game, during an age of high passions and high achievement.
Stars: Glenda Jackson, Ronald Hines, Robert Hardy, Stephen Murray
Votes: 1,937
15. Elizabeth Taylor: A Tribute (2011 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
A tribute to Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor, featuring interviews with friends, family and colleagues.
Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth Taylor, Lucy Bolton, Pierce Brosnan
Votes: 14
16.
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981)
Episode:
The Long Tide of Surrender
(1981)
Biography, Drama, History
Churchill is completely marginalized following the election of Nevill Chamberlain as P.M. Chamberlain pursues a policy of appeasement and orders ministers to cut defense spending. He also ... See full summary »
Director: Ferdinand Fairfax | Stars: Robert Hardy, Siân Phillips, Nigel Havers, Katharine Levy
Votes: 16
17. Foyle's War (2002–2015)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
As WWII rages, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front; investigating crime on the south coast of England. Later series, see the retired detective working as an MI5 agent in the aftermath of the war.
Stars: Michael Kitchen, Honeysuckle Weeks, Anthony Howell, Ellie Haddington
Votes: 18,248
18. Somerset Maugham Hour (1960–1963)
60 min
Stars: Hugh Williams, Daniel Farson, Ian Hunter, Jill Bennett
Votes: 19
19. Big Brother (1970)
60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A series of plays which examine if 1970s society is heading towards the dystopian world predicted in the book '1984'.
Stars: Robert Hardy, Ronald Lacey, Michael Gwynn, Alfred Burke
Votes: 15
20. David Copperfield (1956)
30 min | Drama
A gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.
Stars: Robert Hardy, Sonia Dresdel, Edna Morris, Richard Goolden
Votes: 11
21.
All Creatures Great and Small (1978–1990)
Episode:
Brotherly Love
(1990)
TV-PG | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
Christmas 1953 is fast approaching but the vets are dealing with their usual assortment of diseased animals and entertaining locals. James is particularly impressed by Frank Gillard's farm.... See full summary »
Director: Michael Brayshaw | Stars: Christopher Timothy, Robert Hardy, Peter Davison, Lynda Bellingham
Votes: 121
22.
All Creatures Great and Small (1978–1990)
Episode:
Breath of Life
(1978)
TV-PG | 52 min | Comedy, Drama
It's a bad time for the vets and a local farmer when they discover a case of foot and mouth disease. The farmer's stock must be destroyed and a general quarantine is in place for thirty ... See full summary »
Director: Terence Dudley | Stars: Christopher Timothy, Robert Hardy, Peter Davison, Carol Drinkwater
Votes: 104
23.
All Creatures Great and Small (1978–1990)
Episode:
Merry Gentlemen
(1978)
TV-PG | 51 min | Comedy, Drama
James and Siegfried treat a gypsy family's ailing donkey. It's Christmas-time and Siegfried gets to visit the Hewison farm and a chance to taste Mrs. Hewison's Christmas cake, the best in ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Barry | Stars: Christopher Timothy, Robert Hardy, Peter Davison, Carol Drinkwater
Votes: 123
24.
All Creatures Great and Small (1978–1990)
Episode:
Promises to Keep
(1990)
TV-PG | 49 min | Comedy, Drama
Tristan is upset when Siegfried criticizes him for sleeping in. Siegfried assumed Tristan was out partying when in fact he had spent most of the night treating a sick cow. Tristan is ... See full summary »
Director: Steve Goldie | Stars: Christopher Timothy, Robert Hardy, Peter Davison, Lynda Bellingham
Votes: 62
25.
Elizabeth R (1971)
Episode:
Shadow in the Sun
(1971)
TV-14 | 88 min | Biography, Drama, History
Elizabeth meets her most eligible suitor yet: François, Duke of Alençon, the younger brother of the French king. A marriage will cement France's sought-for alliance with England. Despite ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Martin | Stars: Glenda Jackson, Robert Hardy, Ronald Hines, Stephen Murray
Votes: 97
26. Shoulder to Shoulder (1974)
75 min | Drama, History
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: 127
27. 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
28. Chronicle (1966–1991)
50 min | Documentary, History
Series tracing new developments in historical research.
Stars: Magnus Magnusson, John Julius Norwich, David Drew, Barry Cunliffe
Votes: 17
29. The Cult of... (2006–2008)
30 min | Documentary
A behind-the-scenes look at classic British cult television series.
Stars: Meera Syal, Steve O'Brien, Robert Llewellyn, Pennant Roberts
Votes: 15
30.
War and Remembrance (1988–1989)
Episode:
Part XII
(1989)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, War
In April 1945, FDR dies and several days later Hitler, along with several of his cronies, commits suicide. Pug Henry and Pamela Tudsbury are finally married. President Harry Truman asks him... See full summary »
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Seymour, Hart Bochner, Victoria Tennant
Votes: 95
31.
Elizabeth R (1971)
Episode:
The Enterprise of England
(1971)
TV-14 | 90 min | Biography, Drama, History
The infirm King Philip II of Spain is eager to avenge the death of Mary, Queen of Scots and incidentally, make good on his inheritance from Mary as the Catholic claimant to the English ... See full summary »
Director: Donald McWhinnie | Stars: Glenda Jackson, Robert Hardy, Ronald Hines, Stephen Murray
Votes: 85
32.
Elizabeth R (1971)
Episode:
The Marriage Game
(1971)
TV-14 | 90 min | Biography, Drama, History
The new Queen Elizabeth I is 25 years old - and unmarried. Her council - particularly the man she trusts most, Sir William Cecil - urges her to marry quickly (to ensure the succession, ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Glenda Jackson, Robert Hardy, Ronald Hines, Esmond Knight
Votes: 105
33. All Creatures Great and Small (1978–1990)
TV-PG | 50 min | Comedy, Drama
The trials and misadventures of the staff of a country veterinary office in Yorkshire from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Stars: Christopher Timothy, Robert Hardy, Peter Davison, Lynda Bellingham
Votes: 4,395
34. Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama
The lives and fortunes of the Bellamy family and their below-stairs servant staff at 165 Eaton Place play out against the social, political and historical backdrop of Edwardian London from 1903 to 1930.
Stars: Gordon Jackson, David Langton, Jean Marsh, Angela Baddeley
Votes: 3,562
35. An Age of Kings (1960)
60 min | Drama, History
A linking together of Shakespeare's history plays chronicling the rise and fall of monarchs over the eighty-six years between Richard II and Richard III.
Stars: John Murray Scott, Frank Windsor, David Andrews, John Ringham
Votes: 166
36.
All Creatures Great and Small (1978–1990)
Episode:
Old Dogs, New Tricks
(1990)
TV-PG | 49 min | Comedy, Drama
Siegfried's university friend, Henry Clintock, moves to the area and Siegfried tries to arrange for Ewan Ross, whose veterinary practice is still in decline, to be his regular vet. James ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Martin | Stars: Christopher Timothy, Robert Hardy, Lynda Bellingham, Margaretta Scott
Votes: 62
37.
War and Remembrance (1988–1989)
Episode:
Part II
(1988)
Not Rated | 146 min | Drama, War
It's early 1942 and Pug Henry is still in command of the USS Northampton. Pamela Tudsbury and her father find themselves in Singapore. The local administration, both civil and military, ... See full summary »
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Seymour, Hart Bochner, Victoria Tennant
Votes: 112
38.
War and Remembrance (1988–1989)
Episode:
Part VIII
(1989)
Not Rated | 145 min | Drama, War
Still in the camp at Theresienstadt, where prominent Jews have been interned, Natalie and Aaron have to deal with the fact that more and more of ghetto residents are being shipped to ... See full summary »
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Seymour, Hart Bochner, Victoria Tennant
Votes: 100
39.
War and Remembrance (1988–1989)
Episode:
Part X
(1989)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, War
In the so-called paradise ghetto of Theresienstadt, the Nazis prepare for a visit by neutral observers by cleaning up the village, distributing new clothes to the inhabitants and setting ... See full summary »
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Seymour, Hart Bochner, Victoria Tennant
Votes: 97
40.
War and Remembrance (1988–1989)
Episode:
Part IX
(1989)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, War
It's 1944 and the Allies are preparing for D-day. Pug Henry is now a Rear Admiral and he again meets Pamela Tudsbury at her fiancé's residence, but their meeting is brief as he must return ... See full summary »
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Seymour, Hart Bochner, Victoria Tennant
Votes: 96
41.
Nancherrow (1999)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1999)
100 min | Drama, Romance
Keeping Nancherrow begins to drain Loveday's energy and deplete the family fortune. It also jeopardizes her marriage to Walter, just as an old flame shows up.
Stars: Joanna Lumley, Katie Ryder Richardson, Lara-Joy Körner, George Asprey
Votes: 9
42. 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: 18,366
43. The 10th Kingdom (2000)
Not Rated | 42 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A father and daughter are caught in a parallel universe where the great Queens Snow White, Cinderella and Riding Hood III have had their kingdoms fragmented by warring trolls, giants and goblins.
Stars: Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Scott Cohen, Dianne Wiest, Daniel Lapaine
Votes: 20,241
44. War and Remembrance (1988–1989)
Not Rated | 135 min | Drama, War
The trials of the Henry and the Jastrow families amidst the events after the U.S.'s entry into World War II.
Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Seymour, Hart Bochner, Victoria Tennant
Votes: 3,124
45. The Duchess of Duke Street (1976–1977)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama
Louisa Trotter works her way up from being a skivvy to being the queen of cooks, cook to the King, and owner of the Bentinck Hotel. Her life and happenings among the guests and staff of the hotel make up the 31 episodes.
Stars: Gemma Jones, Victoria Plucknett, John Welsh, John Cater
Votes: 1,540
46. Strange Report (1969–1971)
60 min | Drama, Mystery
Retired Scotland Yard commissioner Adam Strange investigates bizarre mysteries in "Swinging Sixties" London.
Stars: Anthony Quayle, Kaz Garas, Anneke Wills, Charles Lloyd Pack
Votes: 175
47. Auntie's All-Time Greats (1996 TV Special)
125 min
Director: Stuart McDonald | Stars: Michael Parkinson, Victoria Wood, Julie Walters, Lenny Henry
Votes: 16
48.
All Creatures Great and Small (1978–1990)
Episode:
A New Chapter
(1988)
TV-PG | 49 min | Comedy, Drama
Helen is packing for the move to their new house and expresses concern when James and Calum must visit Granville Bennett with a sick dog requiring an urgent operation. James confidently ... See full summary »
Director: Jeremy Summers | Stars: Christopher Timothy, Robert Hardy, John McGlynn, Lynda Bellingham
Votes: 59
49.
All Creatures Great and Small (1978–1990)
Episode:
Advice & Consent
(1978)
TV-PG | 50 min | Comedy, Drama
Tristan and Siegfried have to treat Clancy, Mr. Mulligan's very large dog who is "womittin" again. Mrs. Hall advises James to get on with it vis-a-vis Helen and warns him that he risks ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Moffatt | Stars: Christopher Timothy, Robert Hardy, Peter Davison, Carol Drinkwater
Votes: 103
50.
All Creatures Great and Small (1978–1990)
Episode:
Golden Lads and Girls
(1978)
TV-PG | 51 min | Comedy, Drama
James offers his condolences to Mrs. Dalby whose husband recently died. He's a bit doubtful when she tells him that she'll be running the farm on her own. Things go from bad to worse when ... See full summary »
Director: Terence Dudley | Stars: Christopher Timothy, Robert Hardy, Peter Davison, Carol Drinkwater
Votes: 108