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1. The Storyteller (1987–1989)
TV-Y7 | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
An old storyteller tells European folk tales to his sarcastic dog.
Stars: John Hurt, Brian Henson, Frederick Warder, David Greenaway
Votes: 5,007
2.
Belgravia: The Next Chapter (2024– )
Episode:
Episode #1.8
(2024)
TV-14 | Drama, Romance
As Frederick grieves the loss of Clara, Enright receives a letter that pushes Frederick to confront his past. Meanwhile, Clara and Davison adapt to life in the North, as Clara grapples with happy memories of home.
Director: Roger Goldby | Stars: Gerard Horan, Tom Christian, Adam James, Toby Regbo
Votes: 79
3. Poirot (1989–2013)
TV-14 | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Hercule Poirot, a famous Belgian detective, who has an impeccable knack for getting embroiled in a mystery, solves crimes along with Captain Hastings and Scotland Yard Chief Inspector James Japp.
Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran
Votes: 52,143
4. Masterpiece (1971– )
Drama, History, Mystery
An anthology drama series featuring primarily British productions.
Stars: Alistair Cooke, Laura Linney, David Bamber, Russell Baker
Votes: 578
5. Seaforth (1994)
500 min | Drama, Romance
An epic love story in nine parts, following the progress of handsome rogue Bob Longman , an ambitious working-class Yorkshire lad. The series begins with a feature-length episode by ... See full summary »
Stars: Linus Roache, Lia Williams, Raymond Pickard, Gary Lydon
Votes: 52
6. Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993)
TV-PG | 55 min | Comedy
Bertram Wooster, a well-intentioned, wealthy layabout, has a habit of getting himself into trouble and it's up to his brilliant valet, Jeeves, to get him out.
Stars: Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Richard Dixon, Robert Daws
Votes: 13,152
7.
Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993)
Episode:
Chuffy (or, Jeeves in the Country)
(1991)
TV-PG | 51 min | Comedy
Jeeves gives notice when Bertie plans to continue his less-than-inspired horn playing during a country vacation. Chuffy rents Bertie a country cottage and hires Jeeves as his new ... See full summary »
Director: Simon Langton | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Matthew Solon, Sharon Holm
Votes: 283
8.
The Bill (1984–2010)
Episode:
We Could Be Heroes
(1991)
TV-14 | 25 min | Crime, Drama
Quinnan and Stamp are in trouble when, under pressure at the aftermath of a hit-and-run, they make the snap decision to transport the injured victim to hospital - rather than waiting for the ambulance to arrive.
Director: John Strickland | Stars: Eric Richard, Graham Cole, Andrew Paul, Colin Tarrant
Votes: 44
9. A Sense of Guilt (1990– )
50 min | Drama
Family tensions are unearthed when a middle-aged writer has an affair with his friend's teenage daughter.
Stars: Lisa Harrow, Jim Carter, Trevor Eve, Rudi Davies
Votes: 65
10. To Play the King (1993)
55 min | Drama
Francis Urquhart, the unscrupulous but cunning Conservative Prime Minister, has his survival threatened by a liberal monarch and an upcoming General Election.
Stars: Ian Richardson, Michael Kitchen, Kitty Aldridge, Colin Jeavons
Votes: 4,451
11.
Harry Enfield's Television Programme (1990–1992)
Episode:
Episode #2.6
(1992)
30 min | Comedy
Director: Geoff Posner | Stars: Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse, Kathy Burke, Jon Glover
Votes: 15
12.
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye (1985)
Episode:
Part Two
(1985)
Not Rated | Crime, Drama, Mystery
To Miss Marple the connection with the nursery rhyme is all too clear, as is who the next victim will be. She sets off at once for Yew Tree Lodge.
Director: Guy Slater | Stars: Joan Hickson, Fabia Drake, Stacy Dorning, Martyn Stanbridge
Votes: 31
13. A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery (1987)
52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A gentleman sleuth solves mysteries and falls in love with a detective novelist.
Stars: Harriet Walter, Edward Petherbridge, Richard Morant, Rowena Cooper
Votes: 331
14. Between the Lines (1992–1994)
50 min | Crime, Drama
British police drama following the team at the Complaints Investigation Bureau - the unit that polices the police.
Stars: Neil Pearson, Tom Georgeson, Siobhan Redmond, Tony Doyle
Votes: 632
15. Nanny (1981–1983)
50 min | Drama
A divorced woman decides to train as a Nanny in 1930s England. The series is unique as, not only, is she a more mature person but she is also modern with 'progressive' ideas.
Stars: Wendy Craig, Natalie Forbes, John Quayle, Jane Booker
Votes: 106
16. Everyman (1977– )
50 min | Documentary
Long-running BBC documentary series, often focussing on issues of a religious nature.
Stars: Peter France, Vanya Kewley, Jenni Murray, David Jessel
Votes: 33
17. Eustace and Hilda (1977– )
Drama
Set in 1907, Part 1, The Shrimp and the Anemone, is a study of two youngsters whose fortunes change after their meeting with the formidable old invalid, Miss Fothergill (Dame Flora Robson).
Stars: Dorothy Alison, Christopher Strauli, Susan Fleetwood, Billie Whitelaw
Votes: 10
18.
The Darling Buds of May (1991–1993)
Episode:
Stranger at the Gates: Part 1
(1992)
TV-PG | 50 min | Comedy, Drama
Whilst Pop buys the adjacent quarry to stock as a trout farm and Charley considers buying a hop farm to supply the local brewery the main news in the village is the arrival of Pieter, a ... See full summary »
Director: Steve Goldie | Stars: David Jason, Pam Ferris, Philip Franks, Catherine Zeta-Jones
Votes: 74
19.
The Storyteller (1987–1989)
Episode:
The Luck Child
(1988)
TV-G | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Seeking to avert a prophecy which foretells of a seventh son someday supplanting the current king, the unscrupulous monarch seeks out this luck child and attempts to do away with him. But those blessed with luck cannot be undone.
Director: Jon Amiel | Stars: John Hurt, Steven Mackintosh, Philip Jackson, Anthony O'Donnell
Votes: 248
20. Jane Eyre (1983)
TV-PG | 28 min | Drama, Romance
A young governess falls in love with her mysterious employer, but a terrible secret puts their happiness at risk.
Stars: Zelah Clarke, Timothy Dalton, Carol Gillies, James Marcus
Votes: 3,688
21. Clouds of Witness (1972)
Drama, Mystery
Lord Peter's brother, the Duke of Denver is accused of murdering their sister Mary's fiancé. It's up to Lord Peter and his faithful man Bunter to untangle all the clues and the ... See full summary »
Stars: Ian Carmichael, Glyn Houston, Mark Eden, Rachel Herbert
Votes: 382
22. The Third Part of Henry the Sixth (1983 TV Movie)
211 min | Drama, History
Following his father's early death and the loss of possessions in France young Henry VI comes to the throne, under the protection of the duke of Gloucester. He is unaware that there are ... See full summary »
Director: Jane Howell | Stars: John Benfield, Peter Benson, Gerald Blackmore, Antony Brown
Votes: 115
23. Marie Curie (1977)
50 min | Biography, Drama
Based on Robert Reid's biography of the famed Polish scientist Marie Curie this 5-part mini-series shows essential key moments from the life of of Marie Curie: How she discovered radium and polonium and received the Nobel prize.
Stars: Jane Lapotaire, Nigel Hawthorne, Penelope Lee, James Berwick
Votes: 59
24.
Peak Practice (1993–2002)
Episode:
Losing Out
(1995)
TV-14 | 50 min | Drama
During Beth's hour of need, Jack is called out to a case which leaves his future in Cardale, and with Beth, very uncertain.
Director: John Woods | Stars: Amanda Burton, Kevin Whately, Margery Mason, Hazel Ellerby
Votes: 12
25.
A Touch of Frost (1992–2010)
Episode:
Not with Kindness
(1992)
TV-14 | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Frost investigates churchyard vandalism, a missing paper girl, and a harassed woman as copes with his sister-in-law's visit after his wife's death.
Director: David Reynolds | Stars: David Jason, Bruce Alexander, Tony Haygarth, Diane Bull
Votes: 434
26.
To Play the King (1993)
Episode:
Chapter Seven
(1993)
TV-Y | 55 min | Drama
Despite his pleas to the King to avoid a constitutional crisis and not publicly express his personal views, the King refuses and Urquhart decides to destroy him. As planned, the King goes ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Seed | Stars: Ian Richardson, Michael Kitchen, Kitty Aldridge, Colin Jeavons
Votes: 257
27.
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery (1987)
Episode:
Gaudy Night: Episode Three
(1987)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
The prowler evades Harriet but leaves hairpin. Peter is asked to look over the evidence but Harriet is left flat when he follows an inquiry without her. Miss Devine's tale of an academic faking his thesis points to someone with a grudge.
Director: Michael Simpson | Stars: Edward Petherbridge, Harriet Walter, Richard Morant, Sheila Burrell
Votes: 67
28.
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye (1985)
Episode:
Part One
(1985)
Not Rated | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When the poison which killed Rex is identified as deriving from yew, it is on the household and staff at Yew Tree Lodge that suspicion falls.
Director: Guy Slater | Stars: Joan Hickson, Timothy West, Fabia Drake, Stacy Dorning
Votes: 34
29. 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: 39,488
30. A Touch of Frost (1992–2010)
TV-MA | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
DI Jack Frost is an unconventional policeman with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice. Sloppy, disorganized, and disrespectful, he attracts trouble like a magnet.
Stars: David Jason, Bruce Alexander, John Lyons, Arthur White
Votes: 8,758
31. Berkeley Square (1998)
50 min | Drama, History, Romance
Three young women from very different backgrounds meet, become friends and share experiences when they all gain positions as nannies in the wealthy households of London's exclusive Berkeley Square.
Stars: Victoria Smurfit, Clare Wilkie, Tabitha Wady, Hermione Norris
Votes: 1,216
32. Valentine Park (1987–1988)
Comedy
An ITV British Sitcom set in a public park, in which Tom (Ken Jones) the head gardener works along with Max (David Threnod) , Bodie (Daniel Peacock) and Doyle (Bernard Padden)
Stars: Ken Jones, Liz Smith, David Thewlis, Katy Newell
Votes: 16
33.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
(1990)
TV-14 | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Hastings renews his friendship with Poirot and involves him in the mysterious poisoning of the mistress of a manor house married to a man twenty years her junior.
Director: Ross Devenish | Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Beatie Edney
Votes: 2,314
34.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Edna The Inebriate Woman
(1971)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Edna is a drunk, and a homeless one. The play follows her through the streets, the police station, the psychiatric ward and a hostel, which for a while looks like it may become somewhere she can stay.
Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Patricia Hayes, Barbara Jefford, Geraldine Sherman, Cheryl Hall
Votes: 165
35.
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery (1987)
Episode:
Gaudy Night: Episode One
(1987)
154 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While Peter is on a governmental mission, Harriet attends a reunion at Oxford and is recruited to find the author of a rash of vicious poison pen letters there.
Directors: Michael Simpson, Michael Simpson | Stars: Harriet Walter, Edward Petherbridge, Richard Morant, Sheila Burrell
Votes: 224
36.
Between the Lines (1992–1994)
Episode:
The Fifth Estate
(1993)
Crime, Drama
After a visit from Special Branch the tape of 'a certain Royal Conversation' goes missing from a journalist's desk. He police and/or MI5 are accused of the theft.
Director: Peter Smith | Stars: Neil Pearson, Tom Georgeson, Siobhan Redmond, Robin McCallum
Votes: 18
37.
Casualty (1986– )
Episode:
Results
(1990)
TV-PG | Drama
A couple of addicts hijack Keith & Jane's ambulance and get stoned on various substances. Some students overdo their exam result celebrations; a lorry has brake failure and Jimmy tries his luck with Jane.
Director: Andrew Morgan | Stars: Derek Thompson, Brenda Fricker, Catherine Shipton, Mamta Kaash
Votes: 14
38.
Clouds of Witness (1972)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1972)
44 min | Drama, Mystery
Winsey's search for his future brother-in-law;s murder leads him to a misanthropic farmer who's pathologically jealous of his younger wife.
Director: Hugh David | Stars: Ian Carmichael, Glyn Houston, Mark Eden, Rachel Herbert
Votes: 39
39.
To Play the King (1993)
Episode:
Chapter Five
(1993)
TV-Y | 54 min | Drama
Frances Urquhart is now Prime Minister and is somewhat haunted by what he has done in the past. A newly crowned King presents him with more of a challenge that he may have expected. The ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Seed | Stars: Ian Richardson, Michael Kitchen, Kitty Aldridge, Colin Jeavons
Votes: 272
40. Minder (1979–1994)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley. Can his ex-boxer bodyguard Terry stay level-headed whilst working for the King of Dodgy Deals?
Stars: George Cole, Glynn Edwards, Dennis Waterman, Gary Webster
Votes: 2,833
41. The Darling Buds of May (1991–1993)
TV-PG | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
The life of the Larkins, a farm family in Kent.
Stars: David Jason, Pam Ferris, Stephanie Ralph, Philip Franks
Votes: 2,475
42. 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: 392
43. Maigret (1992–1993)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
From Montmartre to the remote French countryside, Maigret encounters the dark side of the human psyche. Yet, he manages to maintain both compassion and a sense of humor as he explores the complex motives that lie behind every crime.
Stars: Michael Gambon, Geoffrey Hutchings, Jack Galloway, James Larkin
Votes: 1,100
44. Goodnight Mr Tom (1998 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Family, War
A shy and quiet World War II evacuee is housed by a disgruntled old man, and they soon develop a close bond.
Director: Jack Gold | Stars: John Thaw, Nick Robinson, Annabelle Apsion, Thomas Orange
Votes: 4,918
45. Lloyds Bank Channel 4 Film Challenge (1994–1997)
10 min | Drama
A series of short films made by winners of the Lloyds Bank Film Challenge competition.
Stars: Clare Williams, Kathy Burke, Michelle Butterly, Mark Benton
Votes: 10
46.
Shades of Darkness (1983–1986)
Episode:
Afterward
(1983)
60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A skeptical family moves into their new home despite warnings of a resident ghost. They soon become believers.
Director: Simon Langton | Stars: Kate Harper, Michael Shannon, Penelope Lee, John Grillo
Votes: 244
47.
Berkeley Square (1998)
Episode:
A Pocket Full of Posies
(1998)
Drama, History, Romance
Stars: Tabitha Wady, Rosemary Leach, Merelina Kendall, Clare Wilkie
Votes: 27
48.
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery (1987)
Episode:
Gaudy Night: Episode Two
(1987)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Harriet Vane continues her research into the odd goings on her old college. She is attacked and knocked unconscious while investigating someone playing the organ in the college chapel in the middle of the night.
Director: Michael Simpson | Stars: Harriet Walter, Edward Petherbridge, Richard Morant, Sheila Burrell
Votes: 66
49. Billy Elliot (2000)
R | 110 min | Drama, Music
A talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.
Director: Stephen Daldry | Stars: Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Jean Heywood, Jamie Draven
Votes: 142,878 | Gross: $22.00M
50. Shades of Darkness (1983–1986)
60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
"Shades of Darkness" was an anthology of short mysterious dramas, each with a supernatural twist.
Stars: Norma West, Annette Wilkie-Miller, Francesca Annis, Eileen Atkins
Votes: 332