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1.
Men, Women and Clothes (1957)
Episode:
Sense and Nonsense in Fashion
(1957)
20 min
Director: Harry Kerwin | Stars: Doris Langley Moore, Basil Bartlett, Lady Rose Bligh, Dora Bryan
Votes: 67
2.
The Guardians (1971)
Episode:
Quarmby
(1971)
Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The search continues for a sniper and the Prime Minister has had enough. He decides to disband the Guardians but does he have the power?
Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Cyril Luckham, David Burke, Derek Smith, Edward Petherbridge
Votes: 8
3. Hancock's Half Hour (1956–1960)
30 min | Comedy
TV version of the popular BBC radio show of the same name, with Tony Hancock as the modern man of the world (in his own eyes). Sid James is there to bring him back to earth.
Stars: Tony Hancock, Sidney James, Johnny Vyvyan, Alec Bregonzi
Votes: 591
4. Men, Women and Clothes (1957)
15 min
Stars: Doris Langley Moore, Irene Worth, Jeremy Hawk, Elizabeth Cruft
Votes: 60
5. The Guardians (1971)
60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In a declining England of the 1980s, the UK has broken up and England is ruled by a fascist military force called "The Guardians."
Stars: Gwyneth Powell, Cyril Luckham, David Burke, Derek Smith
Votes: 92
6.
Hancock's Half Hour (1956–1960)
Episode:
Sid in Love
(1960)
TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy
Sid has fallen in love with a bus conductress and asks Hancock for advice. Hancock and Sid take a ride on the number 93 but the course of true love never did run smooth.
Director: Duncan Wood | Stars: Tony Hancock, Sidney James, Joan Heal, Vi Stevens
Votes: 23
7. Detective (1964–1969)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Anthology series featuring adaptations of detective stories.
Stars: Rupert Davies, Ralph Michael, Barbara Couper, Esmond Knight
Votes: 27
8. It's a Square World (1960–1964)
30 min | Comedy
Michael Bentine's comedy sketch show which included news from the 'eight corners of the world'.
Stars: Michael Bentine, Leon Thau, Frank Thornton, Joe Gibbons
Votes: 20
9.
The Bill (1984–2010)
Episode:
Well Out of Order
(1992)
TV-14 | 25 min | Crime, Drama
DCI Meadows and DI Burnside want to go in force to the Tankeray estate to root out the criminal element, but Ch Supt Brownlow is committed to a softer approach.
Director: Peter Smith | Stars: Nick Stringer, Christopher Ellison, Kevin Lloyd, Ben Roberts
Votes: 43
10. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
11.
Mystery!: Campion (1989–1990)
Episode:
Sweet Danger: Part 1
(1990)
TV-14 | 56 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
When oil is discovered in an obscure Balkan country creating a valuable harbor, Campion is tasked in proving it is legally under charter to a British citizen.
Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Peter Davison, Brian Glover, Iain Cuthbertson, Richard Pearson
Votes: 105
12.
Jemima Shore Investigates (1983– )
Episode:
The Crime of the Dancing Duchess
(1983)
Crime, Drama
The Duchess has killed a man - a burglar, she says, whom she slew in self-defense. And that's that, case closed. But Jemima gradually traces an unlikely connection between duchess and felon.
Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Patricia Hodge, Constance Cummings, Hugh Burden, Brian Oulton
Votes: 9
13.
The Guardians (1971)
Episode:
Appearances
(1971)
Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Having killed a detective in cold blood, the state psychiatrist and Quarmby activist Benedict returns to the routine of causing chaos for the Guardians and the government. Is it time for action to be taken?
Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Dinsdale Landen, John Collin, Edward Petherbridge, Gwyneth Powell
Votes: 7
14.
Mystery!: Campion (1989–1990)
Episode:
Sweet Danger: Part 2
(1990)
TV-14 | 55 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
When Savanake's henchmen arrive in Pontisbright posing as archaeologists, Campion goes undercover.
Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Peter Davison, Brian Glover, Iain Cuthbertson, Richard Pearson
Votes: 83
15. Mystery!: Campion (1989–1990)
TV-14 | 50 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
In 1930s England, a man from an aristocratic family takes up the pseudonym Albert Campion and, with the help of his ex-burglar manservant, solves mysteries.
Stars: Peter Davison, Brian Glover, Andrew Burt, Moray Watson
Votes: 1,011
16. Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1955–1967)
60 min | Comedy, Music
A revival of the British variety show Tonight at the London Palladium, it ran from 28 October 1973 to 28 October 1974.
Stars: Bruce Forsyth, Tommy Trinder, Norman Vaughan, Don Arroll
Votes: 48
17. Juke Box Jury (1959–1990)
30 min | Music
A panel of notable personalities rate the latest pop records.
Stars: David Jacobs, Pete Murray, Alan Freeman, Katie Boyle
Votes: 58
18. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1972 TV Movie)
45 min | Musical
Director: Peter Plummer | Stars: Peter Reeves, Barbara Courtney, Alison Groves, Joanna Wake
Votes: 19
19. Let Him Have It (1991)
R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, History
This drama reveals the controversial postwar 1950's London murder trial that sent an intellectually challenged young man to the gallows for a murder he did not commit.
Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Tom Courtenay, Christopher Eccleston, Eileen Atkins, Rebecca Eccleston
Votes: 3,800
20. The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird (1952)
G | 63 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
A chimney sweep and his beloved shepherdess are aided by Wonderbird (Sir Peter Ustinov) in their escape from a ruthless dictator.
Director: Paul Grimault | Stars: Pierre Brasseur, Anouk Aimée, Serge Reggiani, Max Adrian
Votes: 294
21.
Screen One (1985–2002)
Episode:
Sweet Nothing
(1990)
Comedy, Crime, Drama
A youth abandoned by his family joins a group of homeless people.
Director: Tony Smith | Stars: Lee Ross, Malcolm Sinclair, Adam Searle, Bob Mason
Votes: 28
22. 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: 93
23. Jemima Shore Investigates (1983– )
60 min | Crime, Drama
Jemima Shore is a TV presenter and journalist but also an amateur sleuth solving crimes beyond the TV studio.
Stars: Patricia Hodge, Sally Watts, Ian Hendry, Norman Jones
Votes: 64
24. Make Mine Mink (1960)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy
A weird mix of social misfits and neighbors becomes a gang of thieves stealing mink coats in order to fund local charities.
Director: Robert Asher | Stars: Terry-Thomas, Athene Seyler, Hattie Jacques, Billie Whitelaw
Votes: 1,130
25. 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
26. The Pickwick Papers (1952)
Approved | 109 min | Comedy, Drama
The Pickwick Club sends Mr. Pickwick and a group of friends to travel across England and to report back on the interesting things they find. In the course of their travels, they repeatedly ... See full summary »
Director: Noel Langley | Stars: James Hayter, James Donald, Nigel Patrick, Joyce Grenfell
Votes: 620
27. The Bill (1984–2010)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
Police drama series following officers and detectives from Sun Hill Police Station in East London.
Stars: Graham Cole, Jeff Stewart, Trudie Goodwin, Simon Rouse
Votes: 4,096
28. The Good Die Young (1954)
Approved | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In London, three otherwise law-abiding good men and their unscrupulous leader are about to commit a serious crime, but for different reasons.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Gloria Grahame, Richard Basehart, Joan Collins
Votes: 1,504
29. Heavens Above! (1963)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy
A minister is accidentally appointed to a snobbish parish.
Directors: John Boulting, Roy Boulting | Stars: Peter Sellers, Cecil Parker, Isabel Jeans, Ian Carmichael
Votes: 1,671
30. Screen One (1985–2002)
120 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Anthology of unconnected movies of different genres.
Stars: Mark Chapman, Alfred Molina, Julie Walters, Geraldine James
Votes: 139
31. This Is Your Life (1955–2003)
30 min | Documentary, Biography
The UK version of the popular US show. Eamonn Andrews (later Michael Aspel) surprises celebrities by presenting them with the Big Red Book before taking them into the studio to tell viewers... See full summary »
Stars: Eamonn Andrews, Michael Aspel, Elizabeth Dawn, June Whitfield
Votes: 323
32.
Hold the Dream (1986–1987)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1987)
Drama, Romance
Emma steps down from running her vast financial empire, leaving her granddaughter Paula in charge of the department store.
Director: Don Sharp | Stars: Jenny Seagrove, Stephen Collins, Deborah Kerr, Claire Bloom
Votes: 13
33. Live Now - Pay Later (1962)
104 min | Comedy, Drama
Albert is a cheerful, unscrupulous "tally-man", a door-to-door salesman who cons housewives into buying things they don't need on the installment plan. He's happy - until he begins to fall in love.
Director: Jay Lewis | Stars: Ian Hendry, June Ritchie, John Gregson, Liz Fraser
Votes: 209
34. Happy Go Lovely (1951)
Approved | 97 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A chorus girl gets a ride from millionaire Bruno's driver. The cash-strapped theater director thinks, she's Bruno's girlfriend and makes her the lead. She meets Bruno, thinking he's a reporter. More confusion follows.
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: David Niven, Vera-Ellen, Cesar Romero, Bobby Howes
Votes: 876
35. Hold the Dream (1986–1987)
195 min | Drama, Romance
Four-part, four-hour follow-up to A Woman of Substance (1984) with Deborah Kerr, now playing Emma Harte at age eighty in the last winter of her life and dealing with her granddaughter Paula.
Stars: Jenny Seagrove, Deborah Kerr, Fiona Fullerton, Stephen Collins
Votes: 403
36. The Price of Silence (1960)
73 min | Crime, Drama
Roger Fenton has been released from prison and started to build a new life. But his past catches up when an elderly visitor is murdered in his office.
Director: Montgomery Tully | Stars: Gordon Jackson, June Thorburn, Maya Koumani, Terence Alexander
Votes: 160
37. Jekyll and Hyde (1990 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 96 min | Horror, Thriller
Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
Director: David Wickes | Stars: Michael Caine, Cheryl Ladd, Joss Ackland, Ronald Pickup
Votes: 1,292
38. In the Doghouse (1961)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
British comedy about the ups and downs of a London vet.
Director: Darcy Conyers | Stars: Leslie Phillips, Peggy Cummins, Hattie Jacques, James Booth
Votes: 214
39. Flesh and Blood (1951)
Unrated | 102 min | Drama
Three generations of a Scottish family suffer from the effects of heredity
Director: Anthony Kimmins | Stars: Richard Todd, Glynis Johns, Joan Greenwood, André Morell
Votes: 88
40. Cross-Up (1954)
80 min | Crime, Drama
On the first night of his London assignment, news agency reporter John Desmond becomes heavily involved with enigmatic Anna Ray. The affair ends when she is shot struggling for a gun she ... See full summary »
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Larry Parks, Constance Smith, Lisa Daniely, Cyril Chamberlain
Votes: 145
41. Dead Lucky (1960)
64 min | Crime, Drama
Mike Billings decides to give gambling a go and it happens he's good at it. His instant fortune attracts quite a number of characters including a con artist, a hired killer, and the requisite attractive woman.
Director: Montgomery Tully | Stars: Vincent Ball, Betty McDowall, John Le Mesurier, Michael Ripper
Votes: 57
42. Svengali (1954)
Approved | 82 min | Drama, Romance
The story of a genius who hypnotizes an artist's model into becoming a great concert singer, and how she escapes from his influence only by his death.
Director: Noel Langley | Stars: Hildegard Knef, Donald Wolfit, Terence Morgan, Derek Bond
Votes: 191
43. Sauce Tartare (1949 TV Movie)
75 min | Comedy, Music
Director: Audrey Cameron | Stars: Claude Hulbert, Jessie Matthews, Renee Houston, Muriel Smith
Votes: 30
44. The Wedding of Lilli Marlene (1953)
87 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
War time drama. Lili will not marry her true Love, an American reporter, until she becomes a star. Starring Lisa Daniely, Hugh McDermott and Sid James.
Director: Arthur Crabtree | Stars: Lisa Daniely, Hugh McDermott, Sidney James, Gabrielle Brune
Votes: 48
45. Vic Oliver Introduces (1949–1958)
60 min | Music
Stars: Vic Oliver, British Concert Orchestra, Douglas Argent, Michel De Lutry
46. Before the Fringe (1967)
30 min | Comedy
A series featuring some of the talent who were in vogue before the new broom of Beyond the Fringe swept through comedy.
Stars: Alan Melville, Joan Sims, Peter Reeves, Ronnie Barker
47. Saturday-Night Revue (1950– )
60 min | Comedy, Music
Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Harry Locke, Aud Johansen, Joan Heal
48. Follow That Man (1961)
84 min | Comedy
An unscrupulous fortune hunter pursues a much-older (and very rich) woman.
Director: Jerome Epstein | Stars: Sydney Chaplin, Dawn Addams, Elspeth March, Joan Heal
49. A Girl Called Jo (1956 TV Movie)
45 min | Drama, Musical
Director: Denis Carey | Stars: Noel Dyson, Marion Grimaldi, Joan Heal, Virginia Vernon
50. Variety (1936– )
30 min | Comedy, Music
The first ever programme broadcast when regular British television broadcasts commenced (excluding welcome broadcast).
Stars: Eric Robinson, Richard Hearne, Douglas Young, Nan Kenway