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1. Public Eye (1965–1975)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Cynical, dour and world-weary, private eye Frank Marker is frequently the unwitting stooge in bigger criminal wheels in his attempts to make a tenuous living on the outskirts of London.
Stars: Alfred Burke, Ray Smith, Pauline Delaney, Brenda Cavendish
Votes: 429
2.
The Main Chance (1969–1975)
Episode:
Acting for Self
(1972)
52 min | Drama
Main takes up his cudgels on behalf of a man buying a house from a developer operating a new homes scam.
Director: Marc Miller | Stars: John Stride, John Wentworth, Margaret Ashcroft, Estelle Kohler
Votes: 17
3. 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
4.
The Avengers (1961–1969)
Episode:
Murdersville
(1967)
TV-G | 51 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Mrs. Peel drives her childhood friend, Major Croft, to the picture postcard village of Little Storping, where he just purchased a country home. Unfortunately, the entire population are ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Asher | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Colin Blakely, John Ronane
Votes: 376
5.
Secret Agent (1964–1967)
Episode:
Sting in the Tail
(1965)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Noureddine assassinates the Shah of Assimi and Drake is brought in to get him to leave Beirut and travel to where he can be arrested. He does this by impersonating a struggling artist and befriending Noureddine's girlfriend.
Director: Peter Yates | Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Ronald Radd, Derren Nesbitt, John Standing
Votes: 110
6. Secret Agent (1964–1967)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
John Drake is a special operative for M9, specializing in security assignments against any subversive element that threatens world peace.
Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Peter Madden, Frank Maher, Peter Brayham
Votes: 1,542
7. War & Peace (1972–1973)
890 min | Drama, History, War
Napoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia including his disastrous 1812 invasion serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of five aristocratic Russian families.
Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Morag Hood, Alan Dobie, Rupert Davies
Votes: 740
8. Boyd Q.C. (1956–1964)
30 min | Drama
A barrister named Richard Boyd Q.C. is involved in a variety of cases in London.
Stars: Michael Denison, Charles Leno, Owen Berry, Weyman Mackay
Votes: 23
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.
Public Eye (1965–1975)
Episode:
Fit of Conscience
(1975)
52 min | Crime, Drama
Is there more than the eye can see behind Marker's latest assignment - an enquiry into a bribe of a public servant? Marker uncovers deeper issues - and finds himself without friends.
Director: Mike Vardy | Stars: Alfred Burke, Paul Kermack, Margaret Whiting, Griffith Jones
Votes: 35
11.
The Quatermass Experiment (1953)
Episode:
State of Emergency
(1953)
Drama, Sci-Fi, Horror
A state of emergency is declared and the army is brought in. Quatermass plays the creature the rocket tapes and appeals to the last vestiges of humanity left in Carroon to fight what he has... See full summary »
Director: Rudolph Cartier | Stars: Reginald Tate, Isabel Dean, John Glen, Hugh Kelly
Votes: 10
12. 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: 395
13. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
14. W. Somerset Maugham (1969–1970)
50 min | Drama
An anthology series based on the varied stories by W. Somerset Maugham divided into three categories: "Rule Britannia" about colonial life, "Women of the World" which focus on female characters, and "Victims of Fate".
Stars: Kim Kee Lim, Ken Nazarin, Ahmad Jamal, Eileen Atkins
Votes: 19
15. 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
16. Whack-O! (1956–1972)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Stars: Jimmy Edwards, Arthur Howard, Edwin Apps, John Stirling
Votes: 34
17. Justice (1971–1974)
60 min | Drama
Cases of a female barrister.
Stars: Margaret Lockwood, John Stone, John Bryans, Philip Stone
Votes: 119
18. The Main Chance (1969–1975)
60 min | Drama
Maverick lawyer David Main commutes between his twin bases in London and Leeds. His seemingly devil-may-care attitude is contrasted with the steady and cautious approach of his crusty Leeds partner Henry Castleton.
Stars: John Stride, Margaret Ashcroft, John Wentworth, Anna Palk
Votes: 135
19.
The Main Chance (1969–1975)
Episode:
A Time to Love, a Time to Die
(1970)
50 min | Drama
A Brazilian couple, friends of a girlfriend of Main's have an adoption problem. The case is filled with a variety of unexpected situations, which lead to a drama conclusion.
Director: Christopher Hodson | Stars: John Stride, John Wentworth, Margaret Ashcroft, Anna Palk
Votes: 15
20.
Justice (1971–1974)
Episode:
The Price of Innocence
(1974)
52 min | Drama
With news Sir John is moving on, the barristers vote on a new Head of Chambers. Meanwhile Harriet defends a feisty truck driver accused of killing a pedestrian, before an openly biased judge.
Director: Mark Cullingham | Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Anthony Valentine, John Stone, John Shrapnel
Votes: 18
21. Macbeth (1971)
R | 140 min | Drama, History
A ruthlessly ambitious Scottish lord seizes the throne with the help of his scheming wife and a trio of witches.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw, Terence Bayler
Votes: 14,992
22. Special Branch (1969–1974)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Groundbreaking British police drama series following the exploits of the Special Branch of the Metropolitan Police: an elite group of officers tasked with protecting London from spies, terrorists, and subversives.
Stars: Derren Nesbitt, George Sewell, Morris Perry, Fulton Mackay
Votes: 195
23.
Special Branch (1969–1974)
Episode:
Time Bomb
(1969)
51 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Sent to investigate the death of the son of a pro-British oil sheikh in a bomb plot, Superintendent Inman finds a hotbed of intrigue and a dangerous international situation about to explode in his face.
Director: Voytek | Stars: Derren Nesbitt, Fulton Mackay, Morris Perry, Keith Washington
Votes: 23
24. Mogul (1965–1972)
50 min | Drama
Adventure drama series based around the fictitious Mogul Oil Company and the exploits of its chief "troubleshooter", Peter Thornton (Ray Barrett).
Stars: Geoffrey Keen, Philip Latham, Ray Barrett, Robert Hardy
Votes: 92
25. Studio 4 (1962)
60 min | Drama
Anthology series of plays filmed at the BBC TV centre's newly constructed Studio Four.
Stars: Marjorie Wilde, Frederick Farley, David Spenser, Dallas Cavell
Votes: 25
26. The Quatermass Experiment (1953)
30 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Horror
Follows the first manned space flight from Australia. In its return to Earth, from the crew of 3, only Victor Carroon, is still aboard. Examinations reveal that something attacked the crew as they were on course back to Earth.
Stars: Reginald Tate, Isabel Dean, Hugh Kelly, Paul Whitsun-Jones
Votes: 440
27.
No Hiding Place (1959–1967)
Episode:
Contents Noted
(1962)
Crime, Drama
The Home Office wants answers as to why car thefts are on the increase in London's metropolitan area. Chief Detective Superintendent Tom Lockhart forms a task force to find out who is ... See full summary »
Directors: Ian Fordyce, Richard Sidwell | Stars: Raymond Francis, Eric Lander, Vanda Godsell, Peter Vaughan
Votes: 14
28.
War & Peace (1972–1973)
Episode:
Two Meetings
(1973)
Drama, History, War
Moscow has been occupied by the French, but is it really a victory? Domestically Nikolai Rostov has a change of heart which means backing down on a lifetime promise, while a related event ... See full summary »
Director: John Davies | Stars: Morag Hood, Alan Dobie, Angela Down, Sylvester Morand
Votes: 19
29. 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: 123
30. 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
31. 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
32.
The Avengers (1961–1969)
Episode:
You'll Catch Your Death
(1968)
TV-14 | 51 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The Avengers investigate the Anastasia Nursing Academy, whose matron and her partner Glover are developing the ultimate in germ warfare - a virus which causes the victim to literally sneeze... See full summary »
Director: Paul Dickson | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Linda Thorson, Roland Culver, Valentine Dyall
Votes: 195
33. A Stitch in Time (1963)
G | 89 min | Comedy
An accident in the butcher's shop leads Norman and Mr Grimsdale to the hospital where, after causing the normal amount of chaos, Norman finds Lindy, a little girl who hasn't spoken or ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Asher | Stars: Norman Wisdom, Edward Chapman, Jeanette Sterke, Jerry Desmonde
Votes: 1,270
34. Life at the Top (1965)
117 min | Drama
In this sequel to Room at the Top (1958), Joe Lampton (Laurence Harvey) thinks he has really made it by marrying the boss's daughter in his northern mill town. But he finds he is being sidelined at work and his private life manipulated by his father-in-law.
Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Jean Simmons, Honor Blackman, Michael Craig
Votes: 704
35. The Devil Inside (1961)
71 min | Crime
When Scotland Yard finds themselves up against a brick wall in tracking down a vicious gang of thieves and bank robbers, they call in Layton, a loner from MI5 to work his way into the gang and help bring them down.
Director: Cliff Owen | Stars: William Sylvester, Mai Zetterling, John Meillon, Anthony Dawson
Votes: 271
36. Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue (1953)
Approved | 81 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The wartime adventures of Scotish highland leader Rob Roy MacGregor during the reign of King George I in the 18th century.
Director: Harold French | Stars: Richard Todd, Glynis Johns, James Robertson Justice, Michael Gough
Votes: 661
37. Masters of Venus (1962)
112 min | Family, Sci-Fi
A spaceship from Earth lands on the planet Venus, and encounters a race of beings that the crew begins to suspect are descended from the lost city of Atlantis.
Director: Ernest Morris | Stars: Norman Wooland, Mandy Harper, Robin Stewart, Robin Hunter
Votes: 48
38. The Death Wheelers (1973)
PG | 85 min | Adventure, Horror
An amiable, psychopathic leader of a violent teen motorbike gang is spurred by his mother, a Satan-worshiping spiritual medium, into committing suicide and returning to life as an "undead".
Director: Don Sharp | Stars: George Sanders, Beryl Reid, Nicky Henson, Mary Larkin
Votes: 3,153
39. Strangler's Morgue (1946)
100 min | Drama, Horror
A young captain, after participating in a duel, becomes the suspect in a series of killings in Epping Forest.
Director: Victor M. Gover | Stars: Bruce Seton, Henry Caine, Pearl Cameron, Andrew Laurence
Votes: 165
40. Mysterious Mr. Nicholson (1947)
Not Rated | 78 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A change in a will, a murder and a mysterious letter. The police look to a former cat burglar to aid them in the investigation.
Director: Oswald Mitchell | Stars: Anthony Hulme, Lesley Osmond, Frank Hawkins, Andrew Laurence
Votes: 107
41. Crossroads (1964–1988)
30 min | Drama
The four-or-five-times-a-week adventures of a motel owner and her son, daughter and staff. Drama was never far away from the ringing of the reception bell.
Stars: Noele Gordon, Roger Tonge, Susan Hanson, Jane Rossington
Votes: 415
42. The Trouble with 2B (1972)
103 min | Drama, Family
It isn't really the fault of the children in 2B that their efforts to be helpful end in disaster.
Director: Peter Smith | Stars: Peggy Aitchison, John Barrow, John Blundell, Roger Booth
43. Television Club (1962–1978)
20 min | Drama, Family
Stars: James Lloyd, David Freeland, Brenda Cowling, Ian Gardiner
44. Smuggler's Bay (1964)
30 min | Adventure
Stars: Frazer Hines, John Phillips, Suzanne Neve, Robert Brown
45. The Root of All Evil? (1968–1969)
60 min | Drama
An anthology series of TV plays with a monetary theme.
Stars: George Cole, Susan George, Sylvia Syms, Ian Carmichael
46. They Made History (1959–1961)
Documentary, Drama
Stars: Richard Attenborough, Hamilton Dyce, John Barron, Gillian Maude
47. The Last of the Baskets (1971–1972)
Comedy
Factory worker Clifford Basket inherits a title of the Earl of Clogborough, a rundown mansion at Little Clogborough-in-the-Marsh and a faithful servant, Bodkin
Stars: Arthur Lowe, Ken Jones, Patricia Hayes, Graham Armitage
48. Ann Veronica (1964– )
45 min | Drama
Stars: Rosemary Nicols, Gay Cameron, Laurence Hardy, Gillian Lind
49. Home Tonight (1961– )
15 min | Drama
Stars: David Hemmings, Patricia Brake, Simon Prebble, Andrew Laurence
50. According to the Rules (1972 TV Movie)
75 min | Documentary
Reconstruction of a lawsuit for defamation brought by Dr. Wladislaw Dering against Leon Uris for naming him as a war criminal in one of his novels.
Director: David C. Rea | Stars: Kenneth Benda, Bruno Bettelheim, Jovey Douben, Frank Gillard