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1.
Z Cars (1962–1978)
Episode:
Pressure
(1978)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
Todays theme is Pressure.
Director: John McGrath | Stars: James Ellis, Douglas Fielding, Paul Stewart, Allan O'Keefe
Votes: 8
2.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
The Spongers
(1978)
104 min | Comedy, Drama
Set against the backdrop of the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II, the play depicts a single mother's struggles in this highly polemical and unremittingly bleak diatribe against government welfare cuts from the poor and disabled.
Director: Roland Joffé | Stars: Christine Hargreaves, Bernard Hill, Peter Kerrigan, Paula McDonagh
Votes: 70
3. Inheritance (1967– )
60 min | Drama
Plot follows a family as a man starts a small weaving business and then builds a mill and buys more mills until he is rich but has various family and financial troubles as the textile industry booms and busts over the years.
Stars: John Thaw, James Bolam, David Burke, Michael Goodliffe
Votes: 17
4.
Spyship (1983)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1983)
49 min | Drama
A fishing vessel sets out and contact is lost. A search ensues, nothing is found and is called off. A relative of the crew thinks the search should go on and starts to organize an expedition to find the ship causing disquiet in London.
Director: Michael Custance | Stars: Jimmy Nail, Mandy Pickard, Christine Hargreaves, Joe Belcher
Votes: 6
5.
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV (1985–1987)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1985)
Comedy
Monologue: Radio and TV Stations / Bunbury Home Advert / Gossiping Family Planners / Announcer: Quality Programming / Tastes to Come / "Seasons of Love" Song / Acorn Antiques: Tiff with Ken... See full summary »
Director: Marcus Mortimer | Stars: Victoria Wood, Julie Walters, Celia Imrie, Duncan Preston
Votes: 24
6.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Bavarian Night
(1981)
79 min | Comedy, Drama
When the dynamic young head-master of St Peter's Primary School decides to liven up a parents' fund-raising social by hiring a Bavarian band, he little suspects the hidden passions that are about to be unleashed.
Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Bob Peck, Sarah Badel, Malcolm Terris, Arwen Holm
Votes: 8
7.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Angels Are So Few
(1970)
63 min | Comedy, Drama
For the BBC's WEDNESDAY PLAY series, Dennis Potter offered one of his "visitation dramas": Housewife Cynthia Nicholls is married to prudish Richard Nicholls. One day, her mundane household ... See full summary »
Director: Gareth Davies | Stars: Tom Bell, Christine Hargreaves, Susan Richards, Erik Chitty
Votes: 45
8. Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
R | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Music
A confined but troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Bob Geldof, Christine Hargreaves, James Laurenson, Eleanor David
Votes: 85,152 | Gross: $22.24M
9. Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV (1985–1987)
30 min | Comedy
Sketch-based show starring Victoria Wood, Dame Julie Walters, and many others. Included regular items such as "Acorn Antiques" with Julie as Mrs. Overall and a regular advice slot from Agony Aunt Kitty (Patricia Routledge).
Stars: Victoria Wood, Julie Walters, Celia Imrie, Duncan Preston
Votes: 422
10.
Juliet Bravo (1980–1985)
Episode:
John the Lad
(1983)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Inspector Longton inquires after John Morton, a dangerous young man who has returned to Hartley.
Director: Leonard Lewis | Stars: Anna Carteret, David Ellison, Noel Collins, Mark Botham
Votes: 10
11.
A Horseman Riding By (1978)
Episode:
1915: Death of a Hero
(1978)
Drama
Who is sending white feathers? And who is putting flowers on Germans' graves? Will Codsall, back on leave, causes a lot of anxiety, and Claire and Rose both have emotional decisions to make.
Director: Paul Ciappessoni | Stars: Nigel Havers, Prunella Ransome, Gillian McCutcheon, Valerie Phillips
Votes: 9
12. Shabby Tiger (1973– )
350 min | Drama
Nick Faunt, a Manchester millionaire's son, leaves home at the height of the Depression to become an artist. When he meets an Irish serving girl, a strange love story begins.
Stars: John Nolan, Prunella Gee, Sharon Maughan, Howard Southern
Votes: 20
13. Play for Today (1970–1984)
75 min | Comedy, Drama
A British television anthology drama series that aired on BBC1 between 1970 and 1984.
Stars: Alison Steadman, Nigel Hawthorne, Tony Caunter, David Daker
Votes: 391
14. Pardon the Expression (1965–1966)
30 min | Comedy
Sitcom spin-off from Coronation Street following Leonard Swindley (Arthur Lowe) and his misadventures as a department store deputy manager.
Stars: Arthur Lowe, Betty Driver, Joy Stewart, Robert Dorning
Votes: 30
15. Spyship (1983)
330 min | Drama
Suspicions are aroused when a British trawler goes missing... Tom Wilkinson leads the astonishing BBC Cold War drama inspired by real events. Enter a nightmarish world of political ... See full summary »
Stars: Tom Wilkinson, Peter Eyre, Lesley Nightingale, Michael Aldridge
Votes: 85
16. Arena (1975– )
60 min | Documentary
Wide-ranging arts program.
Stars: Gavin Millar, Kenneth Tynan, John Walters, Jonathan Miller
Votes: 317
17. The First Lady (1968–1969)
50 min | Drama
Stories of a local councillor and her various projects
Stars: Thora Hird, Henry Knowles, Bob Keegan, James Grout
Votes: 10
18.
Z Cars (1962–1978)
Episode:
Damage
(1972)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama
A failed attempt at housebreaking leads Slater to investigate who could have injured the burglar. No one is living in the house, so who is the assailant?
Director: Tina Wakerell | Stars: John Slater, James Ellis, Ian Cullen, Geoffrey Hayes
Votes: 8
19. Softly Softly: Task Force (1969–1976)
50 min | Crime, Drama
1970s BBC police drama with experienced cops DCS Charlie Barlow and DS John Watt who lead a task force charged with tackling the toughest cases Thamesford has to offer.
Stars: Frank Windsor, Norman Bowler, David Lloyd Meredith, Terence Rigby
Votes: 112
20. An American Werewolf in London (1981)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Horror
Two American college students on a walking tour of Britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.
Director: John Landis | Stars: David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Joe Belcher, Griffin Dunne
Votes: 119,896 | Gross: $30.57M
21. Out of the Unknown (1965–1971)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A classic anthology science fiction series which features adaptations of stories by famous authors including Isaac Asimov, J.G. Ballard, Frederik Pohl and John Wyndham.
Stars: John Gabriel, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Erik Chitty, Peter Copley
Votes: 172
22. A Horseman Riding By (1978)
50 min | Drama
Having been invalided out of the Boer War, Paul Craddock buys Shallowford, a manor house and estate in Devon, with money from his late father's scrap-yard business. He soon becomes a ... See full summary »
Stars: Nigel Havers, Glyn Houston, Prunella Ransome, Wendy Holloway
Votes: 155
23. 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
24. Mitch (1984)
60 min | Drama
Mitch is a newspaper reporter with a difference, he cares about the people he reports.
Stars: John Thaw, David Calder, Clare Higgins, Gawn Grainger
Votes: 31
25. Horace (1972 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Diabetic Horace is mentally impaired and works in a joke shop. He befriends loner schoolboy, Gordon Blackett who retreats from his loveless home into an imaginary world.
Director: Alan Clarke | Stars: Barry Jackson, Stephen Tantum, Talfryn Thomas, Christine Hargreaves
Votes: 58
26.
Coronation Street (1960– )
Episode:
Episode 9
(1961)
TV-PG | 22 min | Drama, Romance
Ena objects to the police commandeering the Mission. Swindley and Miss Nugent prepare the hall. The residents of Coronation Street camp down together for the night.
Director: Michael Scott | Stars: Betty Alberge, Christine Hargreaves, Patricia Phoenix, Philip Lowrie
Votes: 9
27. 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: 339
28. Love Story (1963–1974)
60 min | Drama
British anthology series of short plays on the theme of romance.
Stars: T.P. McKenna, Frances Cuka, Keith Barron, Patrick Macnee
Votes: 136
29. Walter & June (1983 TV Movie)
63 min | Drama
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Ian McKellen, Sarah Miles, John Gordon Sinclair, Tony Doyle
Votes: 165
30.
The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
Episode:
In Two Minds
(1967)
73 min | Drama
In a series of small vignettes, we follow the course of a manic-depressive girl through high and low instances, slowly following her disintegration as she deals with her doctors and family,... See full summary »
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Anna Cropper, Brian Phelan, George A. Cooper, Helen Booth
Votes: 68
31.
A Horseman Riding By (1978)
Episode:
1917: The Bad Season
(1978)
Drama
Paul has joined up. Shallowford is now a convalescent home and very crowded. John Rudd suggests that Claire should move out. Elinor Codsall has a German POW to help at Periwinkle, a decision which she has reason to regret.
Director: Paul Ciappessoni | Stars: Glyn Houston, Prunella Ransome, Gillian McCutcheon, Sarah Porter
Votes: 9
32. 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: 292
33.
The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
Episode:
Season of the Witch
(1970)
70 min | Drama
A young woman quits her dull job in the typing pool, and goes off on a search for personal freedom.
Director: Desmond McCarthy | Stars: Julie Driscoll, Paul Nicholas, Robert Powell, Glynn Edwards
Votes: 13
34.
Juliet Bravo (1980–1985)
Episode:
A Breach of the Peace
(1982)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
A gypsy is released from prison, reawakening a long-standing family feud.
Director: Paul Ciappessoni | Stars: Stephanie Turner, David Ellison, Noel Collins, David Gillies
Votes: 10
35. 1984 (1984)
R | 113 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In a totalitarian future society, a man, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.
Director: Michael Radford | Stars: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack
Votes: 78,657 | Gross: $8.40M
36. ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
An anthology series from the U.K., from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television.
Stars: Derek Francis, Alfred Burke, Arthur Hewlett, Esther Lawrence
Votes: 91
37. Drama 61-67 (1961–1967)
60 min | Drama
Stars: Brian Haines, Robert Cartland, Alister Williamson, Joe Ritchie
Votes: 30
38. 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: 377
39. Softly Softly (1966–1969)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Thie West Country police force solving local crime. its a spin-off from another BBC drama series, Z Cars (1962).
Stars: Stratford Johns, Frank Windsor, Norman Bowler, John Barron
Votes: 121
40. In Loving Memory (1969–1986)
25 min | Comedy
1920s set sitcom following the misadventures of the accident-prone Billy Henshaw and his auntie Ivy as they try to run the family firm of undertakers.
Stars: Christopher Beeny, Thora Hird, Colin Farrell, Avis Bunnage
Votes: 141
41. The Doctors (1969–1972)
30 min | Drama
The series was set around a general practice in north London and leading cast members included: Justine Lord, Nigel Stock, Barry Justice, Richard Leech, Isla Blair and Lynda La Plante (... See full summary »
Stars: Richard Leech, Justine Lord, Pamela Duncan, John Barrie
Votes: 21
42.
Coronation Street (1960– )
Episode:
Episode #1.9
(1961)
TV-PG | 22 min | Drama, Romance
Harry packs Lucille's items for her to return to the orphanage after the Christmas holidays.
Director: Michael Scott | Stars: Betty Alberge, Christine Hargreaves, Patricia Phoenix, Anne Cunningham
Votes: 13
43.
Mitch (1984)
Episode:
Something Private
(1984)
Drama
The unusually caring reporter goes to a village where a 10-year old boy has been murdered, but the locals are not very sociable - even with each other.
Director: Peter Cregeen | Stars: John Thaw, Clare Higgins, Alan Bodenham, Niven Boyd
Votes: 13
44.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
Chester Mystery Cycle
(1976)
Drama
Director: Piers Haggard | Stars: Tom Courtenay, Michael Hordern, Alun Armstrong, Hilda Braid
Votes: 12
45. 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: 176
46. ITV Playhouse (1967–1982)
Comedy, Drama
Anthology series of dramatic works.
Stars: Michael Bryant, William Simons, Katherine Barker, Geoffrey Palmer
Votes: 86
47. The Reckoning (1970)
R | 111 min | Drama
Michael Marler, a successful business man in London, is about to make his way to the top. The death of his father brings him - after five years - back to his hometown Liverpool, where he is... See full summary »
Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Nicol Williamson, Rachel Roberts, Ann Bell, Zena Walker
Votes: 627
48. Juliet Bravo (1980–1985)
50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Inspector Jean Darblay is assigned to Hartley, Lancashire. Initially facing scepticism from sergeants Joe Beck and George Parrish, she gradually earns their respect and admiration as their new female boss at the police station.
Stars: David Ellison, Noel Collins, Stephanie Turner, Anna Carteret
Votes: 279
49. BBC2 Playhouse (1973–1983)
60 min | Drama
BBC2 Playhouse was a British one-hour episode anthology television series produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Stars: Ralph G. Morse, Gawn Grainger, John Bluthal, Trevor Laird
Votes: 136
50.
Coronation Street (1960– )
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1960)
TV-PG | 22 min | Drama, Romance
Florrie gets herself into trouble with the police on her first day. Ivan Cheveski arrives at the Rovers in search of Linda. Christine Hardman berates Ena for spreading gossip about her ... See full summary »
Director: Derek Bennett | Stars: Patricia Phoenix, Anne Cunningham, Ernst Walder, Frank Pemberton
Votes: 26