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1.
Lloyds Bank Channel 4 Film Challenge (1994–1997)
Episode:
Never Mind
(1994)
Drama
Everyday drama of a teenager facing the terrors of a first date with the woman of his dreams. When they eventually meet, a male model Roberto also turns up.
Director: Dan Zeff | Stars: Geoffrey Bayldon, Lennie James, Charles Kay, Norman Lovett
Votes: 25
2. I, Claudius (1976)
Not Rated | 50 min | Biography, Drama, History
The personal and governmental affairs of the Julio-Claudian dynasty at the beginning of the Roman Empire, as recalled by one of its rulers.
Stars: Derek Jacobi, John Hurt, Siân Phillips, Brian Blessed
Votes: 19,384
3. Microbes and Men (1974– )
60 min | Drama
Dramatised documentary series charting the development of vaccines by Pasteur, Koch and others in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Stars: Frank Gillard, Arthur Lowe, James Grout, Patricia Heneghan
Votes: 39
4.
I, Claudius (1976)
Episode:
Reign of Terror
(1976)
Not Rated | 52 min | Biography, Drama, History
Sejanus divorces his wife in order to marry Livilla but Tiberius refuses permission and suggests that he marries Livilla's daughter Helen instead, which so enrages Livilla that she poisons ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Derek Jacobi, George Baker, Margaret Tyzack, Patricia Quinn
Votes: 394
5.
Fall of Eagles (1974)
Episode:
The Secret War
(1974)
Drama, History, War
In 1917, the Russian Revolution breaks out in earnest and Lenin and Krupskaya - now living in exile in Zurich - are both thrilled as the news finally reach them in Switzerland. They long to... See full summary »
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Lynn Farleigh, Gayle Hunnicutt, Charles Kay
Votes: 36
6. The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991–1993)
50 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: 6,182
7. Fifty Years on Stage (2013 TV Movie)
151 min | Comedy, Drama
The Royal National Theatre celebrates 50 years of excellent theatre, with extracts of some of the best plays of the last five decades, peformed by the countries best performers.
Directors: Nicholas Hytner, Tim Van Someren, Howard Davies, Rufus Norris, Alex Sims | Stars: Roger Allam, Samuel Anderson, Alan Ayckbourn, Jonathan Bailey
Votes: 279
8.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
The White Guard
(1982)
Drama
Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Michael Pennington, Nigel Havers, Laura Davenport, John Shrapnel
Votes: 12
9. Masterpiece (1971– )
Drama, History, Mystery
An anthology drama series featuring primarily British productions.
Stars: Alistair Cooke, Laura Linney, David Bamber, Russell Baker
Votes: 578
10. Horizon (I) (1964– )
50 min | Documentary
British documentary series that covers a variety of subjects in science and philosophy.
Stars: Paul Vaughan, Jack Fortune, Dilly Barlow, Colin Riach
Votes: 1,149
11. The Wars of the Roses (1965–1966)
Drama
A filmed theatre production of four of Shakespeare's historical plays condensed down into a trilogy.
Stars: David Warner, Peggy Ashcroft, Donald Burton, Alan Tucker
Votes: 83
12.
The Wars of the Roses (1965–1966)
Episode:
The Lord Protector
(1965)
Drama
The second half of Act 1, Scene 1 of 2 Henry VI (Gloucester unburdening his concerns to the court) and the rest of Act 1, Act 2 and Act 3, Scene 1 (York's revelation of his plans to use Jack Cade to instigate a popular rebellion).
Directors: John Barton, Peter Hall | Stars: David Warner, Peggy Ashcroft, Ian Holm, Katherine Barker
Votes: 7
13. To Serve Them All My Days (1980–1981)
673 min | Drama
David Powlett-Jones has just returned to England from the trenches of WWI. He was injured and shell-shocked and, after a spell in hospital he gets a job teaching in a boys boarding school ... See full summary »
Stars: John Duttine, Frank Middlemass, Alan MacNaughtan, Patricia Lawrence
Votes: 670
14. Amadeus (1984)
R | 160 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was deeply jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.
Director: Milos Forman | Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice
Votes: 428,328 | Gross: $51.97M
15. 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: 1,726
16.
Fall of Eagles (1974)
Episode:
Dearest Nicky
(1974)
Drama, History, War
The opposition against Tsarism is spreading throughout Russia, but Tsar Nicholas II prefers to disregard and stay blind to the rising discontent. The Tsar's mind is instead mainly consumed by the ill health of his firstborn son, Alexis.
Director: Bill Hays | Stars: Gayle Hunnicutt, Charles Kay, Barry Foster, Bruce Purchase
Votes: 33
17.
Fall of Eagles (1974)
Episode:
The Appointment
(1974)
Drama, History, War
The Grand Duke Serge is assassinated by terrorist in Moscow in 1905 and the Tsar sees the need to dismiss his Police Chief and appoint a new one in order to heighten security in St ... See full summary »
Director: David Cunliffe | Stars: Michael Bryant, Gayle Hunnicutt, Charles Kay, Freddie Jones
Votes: 34
18.
The Citadel (1983)
Episode:
Part 10
(1983)
Drama
Director: Mike Vardy | Stars: Ben Cross, Gareth Thomas, Michael Gough, David Gwillim
Votes: 7
19. Edge of Darkness (1985)
53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When his daughter Emma is murdered, cop Craven discovers that she was in a GAIA group of activists occupied with exposing Northmoor nuclear waste storage facility for illegal activities.
Stars: Bob Peck, Joe Don Baker, Charles Kay, Ian McNeice
Votes: 4,165
20. A Question of Guilt (1980)
30 min | Drama
A drama series which focused on the sad cases of three different women--Constance Kent, Mary Blandy, and Adelaide Bartlett--all 18th- and 19th-century murderesses.
Stars: Joss Ackland, Robert Stephens, Rosalind Lloyd, Mark Wing-Davey
Votes: 12
21.
Fall of Eagles (1974)
Episode:
The Last Tsar
(1974)
Drama, History, War
The young Tsarevich Nicholas of Russia finds the idea of succeeding his father an absolute nightmare and spends most of his time trying to forget the matter by amusing himself with his ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Hays | Stars: Gayle Hunnicutt, Charles Kay, Barry Foster, Patrick Stewart
Votes: 41
22.
Fall of Eagles (1974)
Episode:
Dress Rehearsal
(1974)
Drama, History, War
In 1908, the Russian Foreign Minister Isvolsky has his mind set on conquering the Dardanelles from the Turks, as the Dardanelles is the only way for the Russian fleet to pass from the Black... See full summary »
Director: Rudolph Cartier | Stars: Gayle Hunnicutt, Charles Kay, Laurence Naismith, Barry Foster
Votes: 33
23.
The Wars of the Roses (1965–1966)
Episode:
The Inheritance
(1965)
Drama
1 Henry VI Acts 1, 2, 3 and Act 4, Scene 1 (Henry choosing a red rose and inadvertently aligning himself with Somerset).
Directors: John Barton, Peter Hall | Stars: John Normington, David Warner, Peggy Ashcroft, Paul Hardwick
Votes: 8
24. 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
25. 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
26. A Quiet Conspiracy (1989)
240 min | Thriller
A retired journalist finds that his life is in danger when he uncovers details of a secret NATO project.
Stars: Joss Ackland, Hartmut Becker, Sarah Winman, Stuart Milligan
Votes: 11
27.
The Bill (1984–2010)
Episode:
Dial 'M' for Marmalade
(1997)
TV-14 | 25 min | Crime, Drama
DCI Meadows investigates a murder by strangulation and suspect the homeless schizophrenic man whom the victim had befriended.
Director: Sarah Harding | Stars: Simon Rouse, Kevin Lloyd, Kerry Peers, Lisa Geoghan
Votes: 43
28.
Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode:
Rumpole and the Bubble Reputation
(1988)
Not Rated | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A notorious tabloid hires Rumpole to defend it in a libel suit being brought by a puritanical novelist it has accused of sexual promiscuity.
Director: Mike Vardy | Stars: Leo McKern, Marion Mathie, Julian Curry, Peter Blythe
Votes: 84
29.
Edge of Darkness (1985)
Episode:
Breakthrough
(1985)
TV-14 | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Craven is back home, where Emma's killer comes for him. He tries to get him to tell, who's behind - to no avail. A radioactive body is found near Northmoor. He "gets" access to MI5's computer and info on Northmoor.
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Bob Peck, Joe Don Baker, Jack Watson, Zoë Wanamaker
Votes: 129
30.
Edge of Darkness (1985)
Episode:
Northmoor
(1985)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
3 men including Craven sneak into Northmoor "low grade" nuclear waste "storage" plant through mineshafts to investigate. Will they find evidence of murder of GAIA environmentalists and illegal plutonium?
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Bob Peck, Joe Don Baker, Jack Watson, Charles Kay
Votes: 130
31.
Fall of Eagles (1974)
Episode:
Absolute Beginners
(1974)
Drama, History, War
In Russia in 1903, Nicholas II has been Tsar for nine years and nobody no longer doubts that revolution soon will come. The important questions at the moment are how, when, and led by whom.... See full summary »
Director: Gareth Davies | Stars: Charles Kay, Bruce Purchase, Patrick Stewart, Lynn Farleigh
Votes: 43
32.
The Wars of the Roses (1965–1966)
Episode:
Margaret of Anjou
(1965)
Drama
Henry VI Act 4, Scene 2 (Lord Talbot confronting the French general at Harfleur), and the first half of Act 1, Scene 1 of 2 Henry VI (up to Henry and Margaret leaving the court).
Directors: John Barton, Peter Hall | Stars: David Warner, Peggy Ashcroft, Ian Holm, Donald Sinden
Votes: 7
33.
Crown Court (1972–2007)
Episode:
Embers: Part 1
(1981)
TV-14 | Drama
A fire in the Sycamore Grove nightclub resulted in the deaths of seventeen people and injuries to many others. However this was no accident in the view of the Prosecution. They allege that ... See full summary »
Director: Ken Grieve | Stars: John Nettleton, Caroline Blakiston, Charles Kay, Pamela Salem
Votes: 7
34. Jonathan Creek (1997–2016)
TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Jonathan Creek, a magician with a natural ability for solving puzzles, works from his home in a converted windmill. He uses his abilities to solve impossible crimes and mysterious murders.
Stars: Alan Davies, Caroline Quentin, Stuart Milligan, Julia Sawalha
Votes: 9,015
35. Fall of Eagles (1974)
50 min | Drama, History, War
The collapse of three great European dynasties: the Romanovs, the Habsburgs, and the Hohenzollerns.
Stars: Michael Hordern, Charles Kay, Barry Foster, Gayle Hunnicutt
Votes: 667
36. By the Sword Divided (1983–1985)
50 min | Drama, History, War
Story of the English Civil War as seen through the eyes of two families; the Laceys, loyal to King Charles I, and the Fletchers, loyal to Oliver Cromwell.
Stars: Sharon Maughan, Andrew MacLachlan, Rob Edwards, Lucy Aston
Votes: 236
37. The Devil's Crown (1978)
55 min | Biography, Drama, History
Henry Plantagenet (later King Henry II), sees his opportunity to seize the crown of England and create a kingdom of law and order.
Stars: Jane Lapotaire, John Duttine, Christopher Gable, Brian Cox
Votes: 106
38.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
Romeo and Juliet
(1967)
Drama
In Shakespeare's classic play, the Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy, have hated each other for years, but the son of one family and the daughter of the other fall desperately in love and secretly marry.
Director: Alan Cooke | Stars: Kika Markham, Hywel Bennett, John Gielgud, Thora Hird
Votes: 13
39.
Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode:
Vixen's Run
(2006)
TV-14 | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sir Freddy Butler collapses during a speech. The PM suggests the death is due to natural causes, however Barnaby is not convinced. Sir Freddy's will is stolen and his lawyer's house is burned down in an arson attack.
Director: Peter Smith | Stars: John Nettles, Jason Hughes, Jane Wymark, Laura Howard
Votes: 922
40.
By the Sword Divided (1983–1985)
Episode:
Ashes to Ashes
(1983)
Drama, History, War
June 1647 "Not Peace, But a Sword" The war ended. The king has lost and been detained. Lacey's rebellious daughter Anne stood out before her father, her brother, her family and sided with ... See full summary »
Director: Brian Farnham | Stars: Lucy Aston, Johanna Myers, Julian Glover, Malcolm Stoddard
Votes: 8
41.
The Shadow Line (2011)
Episode:
Episode #1.6
(2011)
TV-14 | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Glickman meets Gabriel, telling him that Gatehouse will give him the answers he needs but to beware that Gatehouse will use his 'secrets' to hurt him. Gabriel assumes that this means his ... See full summary »
Director: Hugo Blick | Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Simon Chandler, Clare Calbraith, Rachel Bavidge
Votes: 133
42. 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
43. Stage 2 (1971–1973)
Drama
Stars: Tom Courtenay, Eileen Atkins, Colin Blakely, Coral Browne
Votes: 7
44. Law and Disorder (1994– )
30 min | Comedy
A no-nonsense barrister continually but not continuously corrects the grammar and behaviour of others, whilst skating close to the edge of moral practise herself in order to win her cases.
Stars: Penelope Keith, Simon Williams, Charles Kay, Eamon Boland
Votes: 34
45.
The Darling Buds of May (1991–1993)
Episode:
A Breath of French Air: Part 1
(1991)
TV-PG | 50 min | Comedy, Drama
The whole family go on holiday to France, a holiday which gets off to a bad start. However, when the family car is seen to have a crest on it, it is assumed that they are titled nobility. ... See full summary »
Director: David Giles | Stars: David Jason, Pam Ferris, Philip Franks, Catherine Zeta-Jones
Votes: 91
46.
The Darling Buds of May (1991–1993)
Episode:
A Breath of French Air: Part 2
(1991)
TV-PG | 51 min | Comedy, Drama
A jealous Charley gets drunk when Mariette refuses to go on the local miniature railway, preferring to stay on the beach with the admiring local boys. Pop sobers him up and effects a ... See full summary »
Director: David Giles | Stars: David Jason, Pam Ferris, Philip Franks, Catherine Zeta-Jones
Votes: 79
47.
Fall of Eagles (1974)
Episode:
Tell the King the Sky Is Falling
(1974)
Drama, History, War
World War I reigns in Europe and in the Spring of 1915, Russia suffers terrible losses on the Eastern Front. At the Russian court, Tsar Nicholas and the Tsarina have become increasingly ... See full summary »
Director: David Sullivan Proudfoot | Stars: Charles Kay, Gayle Hunnicutt, Charles Gray, John Phillips
Votes: 31
48.
Edge of Darkness (1985)
Episode:
Compassionate Leave
(1985)
TV-14 | 54 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Yorkshire cop Craven returns home after picking his daughter Emma up at college, when a man fires a shotgun and kills Emma. Cop Craven has enemies but why'd Emma have a Geiger counter and a gun?
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Bob Peck, Joanne Whalley, Jack Watson, Charles Kay
Votes: 151
49.
Edge of Darkness (1985)
Episode:
Fusion
(1985)
TV-14 | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jedburgh heads to Scotland with the stolen plutonium while Craven awaits the inevitable end.
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Bob Peck, Joe Don Baker, Joanne Whalley, Ian McNeice
Votes: 125
50. Midsomer Murders (1997– )
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A veteran Detective Chief Inspector and his young Sergeant investigate murders around the regional community of Midsomer County.
Stars: John Nettles, Jane Wymark, Barry Jackson, Neil Dudgeon
Votes: 39,504