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1. Television Playwright (1958–1959)
Drama
Stars: Brian Peck, Peter Copley, Jack Allen, Helen Shingler
Votes: 14
2. Notorious Woman (1974)
350 min | Drama
The incredible life of novelist George Sand is explored, with a particular focus on her romance with famed musician Frédéric Chopin.
Stars: Rosemary Harris, Marina McConnell, Lewis Fiander, Jonathan Newth
Votes: 108
3.
Will Shakespeare (1978)
Episode:
Rebellion's Masterpiece
(1978)
49 min | Biography, Drama
In the wake of Essex's failure to tame the Irish rebels, the actors' brush with politics has catastrophic consequences.
Director: Robert Knights | Stars: Tim Curry, Patience Collier, Keith Baxter, Nicholas Clay
Votes: 10
4. Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Not Rated | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The cases of a portly and eccentric criminal law barrister.
Stars: Leo McKern, Jonathan Coy, Julian Curry, Marion Mathie
Votes: 1,729
5. The Avengers (1961–1969)
TV-14 | 50 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners.
Stars: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Honor Blackman, Linda Thorson
Votes: 8,902
6.
Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978)
Episode:
The Abdication
(1978)
Not Rated | 60 min | Drama, History, Romance
With all avenues now exhausted, King Edward VIII accepts his situation and proceeds with the abdication. In his broadcast to the nation, he appeals for understanding and tells his people ... See full summary »
Director: Waris Hussein | Stars: Edward Fox, Cynthia Harris, Peggy Ashcroft, Nigel Hawthorne
Votes: 18
7. The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978–1985)
BBC adaptations of all 37 plays wholly and authoritatively credited to William Shakespeare.
Stars: Brenda Bruce, Jon Finch, David Gwillim, Rob Edwards
Votes: 53
8. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
Not Rated | 163 min | Drama, Romance, War
From the Boer War through World War II, a soldier rises through the ranks in the British military.
Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook, James McKechnie
Votes: 16,374
9. 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: 67
10.
Q.E.D. (1982)
Episode:
Target: London
(1982)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Mystery
A wealthy, if abrasive, Harvard professor quits in the middle of a lecture and moves to London where he uses his scientific background to investigate a missing person from a yacht off the British Coast.
Director: Don Sharp | Stars: Sam Waterston, A.C. Weary, George Innes, Sarah Berger
Votes: 8
11. Q.E.D. (I) (1982)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Mystery
In 1912, Quentin E. Deverill, an eccentric expatriate American professor, uses his unique skills to solve mysteries in London.
Stars: Sam Waterston, A.C. Weary, George Innes, Caroline Langrishe
Votes: 169
12. Gazette (1968)
60 min | Drama
London millionaire playboy James Hadleigh returns to his Yorkshire birthplace and buys a local newspaper his father founded, intending to turn it into a relevant force for change against the wishes of its plodding editor, Frank Walters.
Stars: Jon Laurimore, Gillian Wray, Michael Blackham, Gerald Harper
Votes: 20
13. Don't Forget to Write! (1977–1979)
50 min | Comedy
The misadventures of an unsuccessful playwright, who is forced to make ends meet by writing screenplays which no-one ever seems to want to make into films (unless they're very bad).
Stars: George Cole, Gwen Watford, Francis Matthews, Clare Walker
Votes: 44
14. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
15. The Monsters (1962– )
50 min | Sci-Fi
A couple honeymooning in a small lakeside Northern England village, get involved in the mysterious death of a government agent, possibly caused by strange creatures that locals claim lurk in the lake - or maybe not?
Stars: William Greene, Elizabeth Weaver, Mark Dignam, Clifford Cox
Votes: 36
16.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
Separate Tables
(1970)
Drama
The stories of several people are told as they stay at a seaside hotel in Bournemouth which features dining at "Separate Tables."
Director: Alan Cooke | Stars: Geraldine McEwan, Eric Porter, Annette Crosbie, Robert Harris
Votes: 33
17.
The Avengers (1961–1969)
Episode:
Love All
(1969)
TV-14 | 52 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Responsible old government bureaucrats are suddenly falling madly in love with the homely office charwoman - and they can't wait to tell her all of their secrets.
Director: Peter Sykes | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Linda Thorson, Veronica Strong, Terence Alexander
Votes: 200
18.
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode:
Rumpole and the Alternative Society
(1978)
Not Rated | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rumpole defends a hippie-type schoolteacher on a narcotics charge and finds himself attracted to her and her lifestyle.
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Leo McKern, Jane Asher, Nigel Gregory, Peter Jeffrey
Votes: 154
19. No Hiding Place (1959–1967)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Tales of Scotland Yard centering on a detective team. A sort of halfway house between "Dixon of Dock Green" and "'Z' Cars." The detectives are still 1950s-style with good elocution and ... See full summary »
Stars: Raymond Francis, Eric Lander, Johnny Briggs, Michael McStay
Votes: 97
20. Love Among the Ruins (1975 TV Movie)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An aging actress is being sued for breach of promise. She hires as her lawyer a man who was an ex-lover, and is still in love with her, although she doesn't know it. She realizes that the ... See full summary »
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Laurence Olivier, Colin Blakely, Richard Pearson
Votes: 1,168
21. 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: 246
22. Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978)
Not Rated | 350 min | Drama, History, Romance
The events leading to the 1936 abdication of King Edward VIII, who gave up his throne to marry the twice-divorced American Wallis Simpson.
Stars: Edward Fox, Cynthia Harris, David Waller, Peggy Ashcroft
Votes: 459
23. Will Shakespeare (1978)
60 min | Biography, Drama
Biography of William Shakespeare.
Stars: Tim Curry, Paul Freeman, John Normington, Ron Cook
Votes: 125
24. Insight (I) (1960–1984)
30 min | Drama
This American Roman Catholic religious-themed anthology sheds light on the contemporary search for meaning, freedom, and love.
Stars: Ellwood Kieser, Pat McGeehan, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Brian Keith
Votes: 286
25. 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: 132
26. Seven Days from Now (1957)
100 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
A ship's officer finds himself in command of a lifeboat full of survivors of a sunken luxury liner.
Director: Richard Sale | Stars: Tyrone Power, Mai Zetterling, Lloyd Nolan, Stephen Boyd
Votes: 1,934
27. Somerset Maugham TV Theatre (1950–1951)
30 min | Drama
A short-lived attempt to adapt the works of the veteran British writer William Somerset Maugham for a television audience. Introductions and epilogues often depicted the writer himself, and... See full summary »
Stars: W. Somerset Maugham, Robert H. Harris, Ross Martin, Joan Chandler
Votes: 42
28. The Jazz Age (1968– )
50 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Anthology series of plays set during the 1920's.
Stars: Kevin McHugh, David Garfield, Arthur Hewlett, Shirley Knight
Votes: 12
29. Henry V (1979 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 170 min | Biography, Drama, War
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
Director: David Giles | Stars: John Abineri, Robert Ashby, Trevor Baxter, Rod Beacham
Votes: 160
30. 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
31.
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: 58
32. The Late Edwina Black (1949 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama, Thriller
When sickly Edwina Black, known for her cruelty dies, a post mortem reveals a fatal dose of arsenic.
Stars: Catherine Lacey, Beatrice Varley, Mary Merrall, Harcourt Williams
Votes: 69
33. 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: 94
34. The True Glory (1945)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary, War
A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly 1400 cameramen.
Directors: Garson Kanin, Carol Reed | Stars: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Leslie Banks, Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle
Votes: 631
35. 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
36. Martin Kane (1949–1954)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Private detective Martin Kane works in New York solving crimes. Depending on the year, Kane was either smooth and suave or hard bitten and the cooperation he received from the police ... See full summary »
Stars: Frank M. Thomas, Nicholas Saunders, William Gargan, Walter Kinsella
Votes: 79
37. Oscar Wilde (1960)
Not Rated | 96 min | Biography, Drama, History
Playwright Oscar Wilde's homosexuality is exposed when he brings a libel action against his lover's father, leading to his own prosecution.
Director: Gregory Ratoff | Stars: Robert Morley, Phyllis Calvert, Ralph Richardson, John Neville
Votes: 631
38. Young Winston (1972)
PG | 124 min | Biography, Drama, War
Complex family relationships, as well as a combat experience, form the personality of the future world-known politician.
Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Simon Ward, Robert Shaw, Peter Cellier, Ronald Hines
Votes: 2,984 | Gross: $4.69M
39. For Them That Trespass (1949)
Approved | 95 min | Crime, Drama
Christy Drew, an aspiring young writer trying to broaden his experience, gets involved with Frankie Ketchen and her two suitors, Herb Logan and Jim Heal. One night, Jim finds Frankie has ... See full summary »
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti | Stars: Stephen Murray, Richard Todd, Patricia Plunkett, Rosalyn Boulter
Votes: 140
40. Massacre in Rome (1973)
PG | 110 min | Drama, History, War
Rome, March 23, 1944: 33 German soldiers are killed by a bomb. Lt. Col. Herbert Kappler is ordered to execute ten times that many Italians.
Director: George P. Cosmatos | Stars: Richard Burton, Marcello Mastroianni, Leo McKern, John Steiner
Votes: 1,487
41. The Model Murder Case (1963)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a beautiful girl is murdered, Inspector Birkett finds that she had some famous friends who don't want publicity.
Director: Michael Truman | Stars: Ian Hendry, Ronald Fraser, Margaret Johnston, Natasha Parry
Votes: 343
42. The Tragedy of King Lear Part 1 (1948 TV Movie)
108 min | Drama
King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly ... See full summary »
Director: Royston Morley | Stars: Archie Angus, Michael Ashwin, John Baker, Nicolette Bernard
Votes: 13
43. Underground Guerrillas (1943)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, War
A World War II film made by Ealing Studios on the Yugoslav guerrilla resistance movement in German-occupied Yugoslavia.
Director: Sergei Nolbandov | Stars: John Clements, Tom Walls, Rachel Thomas, Stephen Murray
Votes: 176
44. Laughing Anne (1953)
Approved | 90 min | Adventure
Based on Conrad's short story of a red-headed beauty of the eighteen-eighties who was a singer in an elegant Parisian night-club, whose laugh gave her the title of "Laughing Anne". Her ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Wendell Corey, Margaret Lockwood, Forrest Tucker, Ronald Shiner
Votes: 81
45. The Terrorists (II) (1974)
PG | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In a Scandinavian country, national security chief Colonel Tahlvik is tasked to rescue the passengers of a hijacked British airliner while the British Ambassador is being held hostage at his residence by another terrorist team.
Director: Casper Wrede | Stars: Sean Connery, Ian McShane, Jeffry Wickham, Isabel Dean
Votes: 2,509
46. Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher (1968)
M | 113 min | Comedy
A naive young man, sent down from university, blunders through a series of bizarre adventures in which his participation is always innocent, although others don't think so.
Director: John Krish | Stars: Felix Aylmer, Colin Blakely, Robert Harris, Griffith Jones
Votes: 122
47. The W Plan (1930)
87 min | Action, Adventure, War
A British spy helps prisoners of war destroy Germans' secret tunnels.
Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Brian Aherne, George Merritt, C.M. Hallard, Frederick Lloyd
Votes: 42
48. La traviata (1955 TV Movie)
Music
Director: George R. Foa | Stars: Nigel Brooks, Terence Cooper, John Ford, Jean Grayston
Votes: 19
49. Lady Caroline Lamb (1972)
PG | 123 min | Drama, History, Romance
A noblewoman doomed to a loveless marriage falls into a scandalous affair with the dashing Lord Byron.
Director: Robert Bolt | Stars: Sarah Miles, Jon Finch, Richard Chamberlain, John Mills
Votes: 557
50. That Lady (1955)
Passed | 100 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In 1570, widowed Princess Ana de Mendoza becomes the love object of a deadly rivalry between her cousin Don Inigo, King Philip II of Spain and his secretary of state Antonio Perez.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Olivia de Havilland, Gilbert Roland, Paul Scofield, Françoise Rosay
Votes: 194