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1. Cloud Howe (1982)
55 min | Drama
Dramatisation of the second part of Lewis Grassic Gibbon's 'Scots Quair' trilogy, in which Chris is now married to the minister of a small industrial town.
Stars: Vivien Heilbron, Hugh Fraser, Celia Imrie, Jon Morrison
Votes: 9
2.
Colditz (1972–1974)
Episode:
Chameleon
(1974)
Drama, History, War
Mohn is in command in the absence of the Kommandant. He learns from friends in the town that the war is going badly for the Germans and, if he is captured his high profile connections with ... See full summary »
Director: Philip Dudley | Stars: David McCallum, Dan O'Herlihy, Jack Hedley, Bernard Hepton
Votes: 39
3. Who's Round (2013 Podcast Series)
Toby Hadoke interviews people who were involved in making Doctor Who (1963).
Stars: Toby Hadoke, Russell T. Davies, Paul Joyce, Andrew Cartmel
Votes: 7
4.
Colditz (1972–1974)
Episode:
Liberation
(1974)
Drama, History, War
The Allies advance on Colditz and the inmates take shelter in the cellars as the castle is bombed by pilots unaware of its nature. The S.S. put up a spirited rearguard action on the ground ... See full summary »
Director: Viktors Ritelis | Stars: David McCallum, Robert Wagner, Dan O'Herlihy, Jack Hedley
Votes: 39
5. Doctor Who (1963–1989)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The adventures in time and space of the Doctor, a Time Lord who changes appearance and personality by regenerating when near death, and is joined by companions in battles against aliens and other megalomaniacs.
Stars: William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker
Votes: 39,507
6. All Creatures Great and Small (1978–1990)
TV-PG | 50 min | Comedy, Drama
The trials and misadventures of the staff of a country veterinary office in Yorkshire from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Stars: Christopher Timothy, Robert Hardy, Peter Davison, Lynda Bellingham
Votes: 4,394
7. Colditz (1972–1974)
50 min | Drama, History, War
The series deals with Allied prisoners of war imprisoned at Colditz Castle and their many attempts to escape captivity, as well as the relationships formed between the various nationalities and their German captors.
Stars: David McCallum, Richard Heffer, Paul Chapman, Jack Hedley
Votes: 1,021
8. Warship (1973–1977)
50 min | Action, Drama
Life in the Royal Navy aboard the fictional HMS Hero.
Stars: David Savile, Andrew Burt, James Cosmo, Donald Burton
Votes: 112
9. 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
10.
All Creatures Great and Small (1978–1990)
Episode:
Golden Lads and Girls
(1978)
TV-PG | 51 min | Comedy, Drama
James offers his condolences to Mrs. Dalby whose husband recently died. He's a bit doubtful when she tells him that she'll be running the farm on her own. Things go from bad to worse when ... See full summary »
Director: Terence Dudley | Stars: Christopher Timothy, Robert Hardy, Peter Davison, Carol Drinkwater
Votes: 108
11.
Love in a Cold Climate (1980)
Episode:
Coming Out
(1980)
51 min | Drama
As Louisa's coming out ball approaches, Fanny and Linda grow impatient for their own.
Director: Donald McWhinnie | Stars: Judi Dench, Michael Aldridge, Michael Williams, Diana Fairfax
Votes: 11
12.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
The Flipside of Dominick Hide
(1980)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Dominick Hide has a mission to study and report on the transport systems of the past, but only as an observer. Yet when his Great Aunt Mavis talks about one of his ancestors, Dominick begins to bend the rules and become involved.
Director: Alan Gibson | Stars: Peter Firth, Caroline Langrishe, Pippa Guard, Patrick Magee
Votes: 343
13.
Colditz (1972–1974)
Episode:
Very Important Person
(1974)
Drama, History, War
The war is almost over with Hitler holed up in the bunker in Berlin. SS officer Berger comes to Colditz, looking for high profile prisoners or Prominente, who can be used as hostages to be ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Cregeen | Stars: David McCallum, Robert Wagner, Dan O'Herlihy, Jack Hedley
Votes: 38
14.
The Howerd Confessions (1976)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1976)
Comedy
Frankie is in hospital to have his tonsils out. A chirpy doc decides to help him out with his innuendo. Meanwhile, the nurses have their own ideas what needs removing - 'No dear, it's me tonsils....I said TONSILS.'
Director: Michael Mills | Stars: Frankie Howerd, Joan Sims, Madeline Smith, Nicholas McArdle
Votes: 14
15.
Warship (1973–1977)
Episode:
Hot Pursuit
(1973)
Action, Drama
HMS Hero, a Royal Navy frigate, has lost her captain to mental illness and her first lieutenant to the bottle. While in the middle of an overhaul, she gets a new first lieutenant, ... See full summary »
Director: Lennie Mayne | Stars: Donald Burton, David Savile, Don Henderson, Norman Eshley
Votes: 9
16. The Sweeney (1975–1978)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Jack Regan and George Carter are hard-edged detectives in the Flying Squad of London's Metropolitan Police. They pursue villains by methods which are underhanded and often illegal, frequently violent and - more often than not - successful.
Stars: John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Garfield Morgan, John Alkin
Votes: 2,644
17. Heidi (1974)
30 min | Drama, Family
Left in the care of her gruff grandfather in the Swiss mountains, young Heidi wants to make the best of things.
Stars: Emma Blake, Hans Meyer, Flora Robson, Nicholas Lyndhurst
Votes: 98
18. The Gnomes of Dulwich (1969)
30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Big, Small and Old would appear to the world to be just three stone gnomes but, when darkness falls, they take on a life of their own.
Stars: Hugh Lloyd, Terry Scott, John Clive, Leon Thau
Votes: 19
19. The Campbells (1986–1990)
Adventure, Drama, Family
Doctor James Campbell, a widower, moves to Upper Canada with his three children. Taking place during the 1830s, the family and their community deal with both adventure and misfortune.
Stars: Malcolm Stoddard, Amber Lea Weston, Eric Richards, Cedric Smith
Votes: 91
20. Late Starter (1985– )
50 min
When his wife walks out leaving him penniless, a retired university professor finds himself having to start again and having to live in a run down bedsit in North London.
Stars: Peter Barkworth, Rowena Cooper, Akosua Busia, Julia Foster
Votes: 21
21.
The Sweeney (1975–1978)
Episode:
Thou Shalt Not Kill!
(1975)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The day before the start of a new term, the university branch of the National Mercian bank is robbed. Regan and his squad arrive and catch or shoot most of the gang but known killer Wands ... See full summary »
Director: Douglas Camfield | Stars: John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Garfield Morgan, Ronald Lacey
Votes: 136
22. Are You Being Served? (1972–1985)
TV-PG | 28 min | Comedy
The misadventures of the staff of a retail floor of a major department store.
Stars: Mollie Sugden, John Inman, Frank Thornton, Wendy Richard
Votes: 9,224
23. Wodehouse Playhouse (1974–1978)
30 min | Comedy, Romance
A series of dramatisations of some of P. G. Wodehouse's comic short stories - in which P. G. Wodehouse, himself, introduced some of the early episodes.
Stars: John Alderton, Pauline Collins, P.G. Wodehouse, Paul McDowell
Votes: 147
24. Mr. Big (1974– )
30 min | Crime
Eddie likes to see himself as a mastermind of the criminal world but one thing holds him back - his family.
Stars: Peter Jones, Prunella Scales, Ian Lavender, Carol Hawkins
Votes: 10
25. Menace (1970–1973)
75 min | Thriller
This is a series of thrillers designed to keep the audience on the edge of their seats.
Stars: David Wood, John Wentworth, Sheila Hancock, Anne Kristen
Votes: 23
26. Chelworth (1989– )
50 min | Drama
A new Earl, Michael Anstey, returns to England from Hong Kong to restore his family's estate.
Stars: Peter Jeffrey, Gemma Jones, Jon Croft, Angela Browne
Votes: 8
27.
All Creatures Great and Small (1978–1990)
Episode:
Out of Practice
(1978)
TV-PG | 50 min | Comedy, Drama
Having finally worked up the courage to ask Helen out on a date, James is not quite sure where to take her. Tristan convinces him that the first date is always the most important so he ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Moffatt | Stars: Christopher Timothy, Robert Hardy, Peter Davison, Carol Drinkwater
Votes: 113
28.
Citizen Smith (1977–1980)
Episode:
The Glorious Day
(1979)
Comedy
After a night's heavy drinking Wolfie, Ken, Tucker and Speed wake up on Salisbury Plain to fins a tank that has been left behind from an army exercise, so Wolfie decides that they should ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Butt | Stars: Robert Lindsay, Mike Grady, Tony Millan, George Sweeney
Votes: 19
29.
May to December (1989–1994)
Episode:
Until It's Time for You to Go
(1994)
Comedy
To celebrate the fact that she has worked at the office for thirty years Jamie throws a surprise 'This Is Your Life' style party for Vera. Zoe is late in turning up and Alec begins to fear ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Harrison | Stars: Anton Rodgers, Lesley Dunlop, Frances White, Paul Venables
Votes: 13
30. 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
31. ABC Weekend Specials (1977–1995)
TV-Y | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A youth anthology series focusing primarily on adaptations of children's literature.
Stars: Willie Tyler, Frank Welker, Hal Smith, Janet Waldo
Votes: 350
32.
To the Manor Born (1979–2007)
Episode:
The New Farm Manager
(1980)
TV-PG | 28 min | Comedy, Romance
Richard brings Spalding, his farm manager, down from London to run the estate more efficiently. Old Ned, one of the tenants, fears that he will be made homeless and, as her butler is gone, ... See full summary »
Director: Gareth Gwenlan | Stars: Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles, Angela Thorne, Gerald Sim
Votes: 64
33.
Crown Court (1972–2007)
Episode:
In the Heat of the Moment: Part 1
(1978)
TV-14 | Drama
Tessa Blackley, a Fulchester journalist, is accused of setting fire to the house of her married lover.
Director: Laurence Moody | Stars: John Horsley, Richard Wilson, Caroline Blakiston, Cherie Lunghi
Votes: 8
34. The Goodies (1970–1982)
30 min | Comedy
The adventures of a crazy trio whose motto is "we do anything, anytime, anywhere."
Stars: Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Corbet Woodall
Votes: 1,885
35. Love in a Cold Climate (1980)
420 min | Drama
Two cousins come of age in the early twentieth century, but fate leads them down very different paths.
Stars: Judi Dench, Michael Aldridge, Michael Williams, Lucy Gutteridge
Votes: 188
36. Carrott Confidential (1987–1989)
35 min | Comedy
Jasper Carrott takes a comedic look at the week's news and ponders the absurdities of life in general, with topical sketch comedy from Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis.
Stars: Jasper Carrott, Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis, Loudon Wainwright III
Votes: 39
37.
Bergerac (1981–1991)
Episode:
Fires in the Fall
(1986)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jim investigates when Charlie expresses concern at the influence supposed medium Raoul Barnaby has over elderly Mrs. Jardine with his story that he was contacted by the spirit of a little ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Clegg | Stars: John Nettles, Terence Alexander, Amanda Redman, Barrie Ingham
Votes: 51
38.
Colditz (1972–1974)
Episode:
French Leave
(1974)
Drama, History, War
It is 1944 and technically the French and Germans are no longer at war with each other, meaning that the French captives will lose their prisoner-of-war status and be liable for ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Cregeen | Stars: David McCallum, Jack Hedley, Bernard Hepton, Anthony Valentine
Votes: 36
39.
Colditz (1972–1974)
Episode:
Senior American Officer
(1974)
Drama, History, War
Three American prisoners - including Carrington - are brought in to join lone countryman Phipps. However they are given preferential treatment and access to American newspapers, a ... See full summary »
Director: Philip Dudley | Stars: David McCallum, Robert Wagner, Dan O'Herlihy, Jack Hedley
Votes: 37
40.
To the Manor Born (1979–2007)
Episode:
The Summer Hunt Ball
(1979)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Romance
To prove a point, Audrey refuses to organize the manor hunt ball as she has always done, hoping Richard will beg her to reconsider. Instead he gets Marjory to run it and escorts her to the ... See full summary »
Director: Gareth Gwenlan | Stars: Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles, Angela Thorne, John Rudling
Votes: 77
41.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Stones of Blood: Part Two
(1978)
TV-G | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Rumford arrives just in time to save the Doctor from being sacrificed, allowing him and K9 to rescue Romana from the cliff face but he is confused when she claims that she was pushed by someone who looked just like him.
Director: Darrol Blake | Stars: Tom Baker, Mary Tamm, Beatrix Lehmann, Susan Engel
Votes: 477
42. The Onedin Line (1971–1980)
TV-PG | 50 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
James Onedin marries Anne Webster in order to get his hands on a ship. However the marriage turns out to be one of true love. James is ruthless in his attempt to get a shipping line started in Liverpool of the 1860s.
Stars: Peter Gilmore, Jessica Benton, Howard Lang, Mary Webster
Votes: 1,112
43. Intimate Contact (1987)
60 min | Drama
A self-satisfied, upper-middle-class husband discovers that his marital infidelities have caused him to contract AIDS.
Stars: Claire Bloom, Daniel Massey, David Phelan, Abigail Cruttenden
Votes: 45
44. The House on the Hill (1981– )
60 min | Drama
A series of six plays centred on a house in Glasgow, from 1878 to the 1980s.
Stars: John Shedden, James Cosmo, Annette Crosbie, Jennie Linden
Votes: 8
45. Late Call (1975– )
54 min
Angus Wilson (1913-1991) wrote his novel "Late Call" in 1964, and 20 years later, Anthony Burgess ranked it as one of the 99 best novels written since 1939. This led to its inclusion in the... See full summary »
Stars: Dandy Nichols, Michael Bryant, Leslie Dwyer, Timothy Morand
Votes: 24
46. In the Forest (1978)
80 min | Drama
Director: Phil Mulloy | Stars: Barrie Houghton, Anthony O'Donnell, Ellen Sheean, Joby Blanshard
Votes: 14
47.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Stones of Blood: Part One
(1978)
TV-G | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor and Romana's search for the third piece of the Key to Time leads them to a stone circle in Cornwall where they find signs of strange activity and meet the inquisitive Professor Rumford who tells them of a nearby sect of druids.
Director: Darrol Blake | Stars: Tom Baker, Mary Tamm, Beatrix Lehmann, Susan Engel
Votes: 535
48.
The Goodies (1970–1982)
Episode:
Politics
(1980)
Comedy
Graeme is into advertising again, this time "selling" both Tim and Bill as politicians.
Director: Jim Franklin | Stars: Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, David Dimbleby
Votes: 28
49.
To the Manor Born (1979–2007)
Episode:
The Honours List
(1980)
TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy, Romance
Richard decides to clear some of the trees and hedgerows from the estate to create extra farming land; appalled, Audrey leads the local conservationists in protest. Then she learns that ... See full summary »
Director: Gareth Gwenlan | Stars: Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles, Angela Thorne, Anthony Sharp
Votes: 64
50. Target (1977–1978)
50 min | Action, Crime
A small team of detectives solve crimes of a varied nature in Southampton.
Stars: Patrick Mower, Philip Madoc, Brendan Price, Vivien Heilbron
Votes: 64