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1. BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960–1963)
60 min | Drama
BBC Sunday-Night Play is the anthology drama series which replaced Sunday Night Theatre in 1960.
Stars: Brian Rix, Joby Blanshard, Cyril Luckham, John Bennett
Votes: 131
2. Small World (1958–1960)
30 min | Talk-Show
Emmy nominated discussion series which presented a filmed, intercontinental conversation that linked moderator Edward R. Murrow in New York with three internationally known figures located ... See full summary »
Stars: Edward R. Murrow, Malcolm Muggeridge, Bertrand Russell, Norman Birkett
Votes: 17
3.
The Twentieth Century (1957–1968)
Episode:
Ireland: The Tear and the Smile, Part 2
(1961)
Documentary, History
Director: Willard Van Dyke | Stars: Elizabeth Bowen, Sybill Connolly, Walter Cronkite, Barbara Dickson
Votes: 7
4. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992)
TV-14 | 105 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
Host Johnny Carson performs comedy routines and chats with various celebrities.
Stars: Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Skitch Henderson
Votes: 4,241
5. Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Of the many anthology series, this is considered the most ambitious with outstanding talent in front of the camera. Attracting top ranked directors and scripts, it was often filmed live including the entire first season.
Stars: Richard Joy, Paul Lambert, Helen Kleeb, Charles Bickford
Votes: 419
6. Omnibus (1952–1961)
55 min | Drama, History, Music
Omnibus was a television program that sought to provide the best of what television could provide as the highest common denominator of intellectual curiosity and interest. This level of programing excellence has not been achieved again.
Stars: Alistair Cooke, Leonard Bernstein, Joseph N. Welch, Helen Hayes
Votes: 218
7. Don Juan in Hell (1960 TV Movie)
Comedy
In Hell, Don Juan debates with the Devil.
Director: Don Richardson | Stars: Siobhan McKenna, Dennis King, Hurd Hatfield, George C. Scott
Votes: 15
8. The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1957–1962)
105 min | Comedy, Family, Talk-Show
Originally airing during late-night, Tonight Starring Jack Paar was an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under the Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. After 1959, it was officially known as The Jack Paar Show.
Stars: Hugh Downs, Jose Melis, Jack Paar, Cliff Arquette
Votes: 324
9. The Twentieth Century (1957–1968)
30 min | Documentary, History
A long-running documentary series concerning the news and cultural events which shaped the 20th century. It also offered interpretations of the meaning of certain events, and placed wars ... See full summary »
Stars: Walter Cronkite, Daniel Schorr, Winston Burdett, Peter Kalischer
Votes: 85
10. Person to Person (1953–1961)
30 min | Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Interviews with figures from public life.
Stars: Edward R. Murrow, Charles Collingwood, Jayne Meadows, Jerry Lewis
Votes: 223
11.
Ford Star Jubilee (1955–1956)
Episode:
This Happy Breed
(1956)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Ten years in the life of A London family. Together they must deal with arguments, the ups and downs of romance, an infestation of raccoons and the approach of WW2.
Directors: Noël Coward, Ralph Nelson | Stars: Noël Coward, Norah Howard, Edna Best, Beulah Garrick
Votes: 13
12. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
PG-13 | 197 min | Drama, Romance, War
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger
Votes: 82,047 | Gross: $111.72M
13. The Christophers (1952– )
30 min | Drama
Stars: Jack Haley, Gigi Perreau, Dean Jagger, Barbara Stanwyck
Votes: 46
14. Dow Hour of Great Mysteries (1960– )
60 min | Mystery
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries, was a series of seven television specials from March to November 1960, hosted by Joseph Welch on NBC, and sponsored by Dow Chemical. Welch died on October 6, 1960, bringing the series to an end.
Stars: Joseph N. Welch, Robert Flemyng, Louis Edmonds, Helen Hayes
Votes: 23
15. The Eamonn Andrews Show (1964–1969)
Talk-Show
A 45-minute late-night chat and music program from ABC hosted by the genial Irishman in which a collection of guests, some daring, some downright boring, had Eamonn's forehead in an even greater lather than usual.
Stars: Eamonn Andrews, Spike Milligan, Sandie Shaw, Peter Cook
Votes: 57
16.
The Last Days of Pompeii (1984)
Episode:
Part 3
(1984)
94 min | Action, Drama, History
Director: Peter R. Hunt | Stars: Ned Beatty, Brian Blessed, Ernest Borgnine, Nicholas Clay
Votes: 29
17. Tales of the Unexpected (1979–1988)
TV-14 | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Short dramas each with a twist of some kind; across the first four seasons most of these are from short stories by Roald Dahl.
Stars: Roald Dahl, Andrew Ray, Forbes Collins, Richard Johnson
Votes: 2,498
18. Theatre 625 (1964–1968)
90 min | Drama
Drama anthology series transmitted on BBC Two.
Stars: Michael Bryant, Judi Dench, Maurice Denham, Margery Mason
Votes: 48
19.
The Last Days of Pompeii (1984)
Episode:
Part 1
(1984)
144 min | Action, Drama, History
Director: Peter R. Hunt | Stars: Ned Beatty, Brian Blessed, Ernest Borgnine, Nicholas Clay
Votes: 30
20.
The Last Days of Pompeii (1984)
Episode:
Part 2
(1984)
94 min | Action, Drama, History
Director: Peter R. Hunt | Stars: Ned Beatty, Brian Blessed, Ernest Borgnine, Nicholas Clay
Votes: 29
21. Producers' Showcase (1954–1957)
90 min | Drama, Musical, Comedy
This program aired once every fourth week, and was one of the most costly live shows of the 1950s. Many stars appeared on this show.
Stars: Cyril Ritchard, Claire Bloom, Mary Martin, David Wayne
Votes: 186
22. The David Frost Show (1969–1972)
90 min | Talk-Show
American show featuring the popular British talk show host.
Stars: David Frost, Gerri Granger, Tiny Tim, Dana Valery
Votes: 248
23. Play of the Week (1959–1961)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
This syndicated anthology series staged a different play every week covering all genres, dramas, comedies, musicals, fantasies, mysteries, et al, utilizing some of the best talent appearing on Broadway.
Stars: Myron McCormick, Cathleen Nesbitt, Frank Conroy, Tim O'Connor
Votes: 80
24.
Tales of the Unexpected (1979–1988)
Episode:
The Landlady
(1979)
TV-14 | 24 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Arriving in Bath to take up his first job away from home young Billy Weaver decides to take a room with a charmingly maternal if eccentric landlady. Her dog and cat are both stuffed and the... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Roald Dahl, Siobhan McKenna, Leonard Preston, Anthony Dawes
Votes: 473
25. Jackanory (1965–1996)
15 min | Family, Fantasy
A celebrity reads a story, enhancing it in ways that will entice the most restless of children.
Stars: Bernard Cribbins, Kenneth Williams, Martin Jarvis, John Grant
Votes: 421
26. Ford Star Jubilee (1955–1956)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Stars: Noël Coward, Bing Crosby, Barry Sullivan, Raymond Bailey
Votes: 86
27. The DuPont Show of the Month (1957–1961)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, History
The award winning bing play of Mary Chase came to television in 1958. It tells the story of Elwood P. Dowd (Art Carney), a personable chap who drinks a little, and befriends a "pookah", a ... See full summary »
Stars: Tim O'Connor, James Valentine, Hurd Hatfield, John Colicos
Votes: 104
28. King of Kings (1961)
PG-13 | 168 min | Biography, Drama
The temporary physical life of the Biblical Savior, Jesus Christ.
Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: Jeffrey Hunter, Siobhan McKenna, Hurd Hatfield, Ron Randell
Votes: 9,020 | Gross: $14.48M
29. The Last Days of Pompeii (1984)
310 min | Action, Drama, History
The different aspects of life in Pompeii, a coastal luxury resort near Naples catering for the very rich of imperial Rome, mainly before but culminating in the eruption of the Vesuvian ... See full summary »
Stars: Ned Beatty, Brian Blessed, Ernest Borgnine, Nicholas Clay
Votes: 624
30. BBC2 Playhouse (1973–1983)
60 min | Drama
BBC2 Playhouse was a British one-hour episode anthology television series produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Stars: Ralph G. Morse, Gawn Grainger, John Bluthal, Trevor Laird
Votes: 137
31.
The DuPont Show of the Month (1957–1961)
Episode:
The Winslow Boy
(1958)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, History
In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.
Director: Alex Segal | Stars: Peter Bathurst, Florence Eldridge, Denholm Elliott, Norah Howard
Votes: 11
32. Daughter of Darkness (1948)
91 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Emily, a pretty young Irish girl, gets a job on an English farm owned by the Tallent family. The local men take to her but the women don't, objecting to her flirtatious nature with their ... See full summary »
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Anne Crawford, Siobhan McKenna, Maxwell Reed, George Thorpe
Votes: 352
33. Philadelphia, Here I Come! (1974)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
Friel contrasts Gar's cloistered emotional life with his gregarious social persona by portraying him as two distinct characters, a public self (Donal McCann) and a private self (Des Cave).
Director: John Quested | Stars: Donal McCann, Des Cave, Siobhan McKenna, Eamon Kelly
Votes: 118
34. Of Human Bondage (1964)
Approved | 100 min | Drama
A medical student becomes obsessed with his faithless lover.
Directors: Ken Hughes, Henry Hathaway, Bryan Forbes | Stars: Kim Novak, Laurence Harvey, Robert Morley, Siobhan McKenna
Votes: 1,100 | Gross: $3.82M
35. Memed My Hawk (1984)
PG-13 | 110 min | Drama
In 1920s Turkey, young peasant Memed elopes with beautiful Hatche, who was promised in an arranged marriage to the local potentate Abdi Aga's son, and later joins a group of bandits.
Director: Peter Ustinov | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Herbert Lom, Denis Quilley, Michael Elphick
Votes: 205
36. The Lost People (1949)
89 min | Drama, War
Set in a German theatre after World War II, two British soldiers are holding a disparate and hostile band of refugees in this theatre, prior to returning them to their homelands. The ... See full summary »
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Dennis Price, Mai Zetterling, Richard Attenborough, Siobhan McKenna
Votes: 34
37. Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean (1965)
10 min | Documentary, Short
In this promotional short for the feature film Doctor Zhivago (1965), director David Lean explains why he chose the performers for the leading roles in the movie.
Director: Thomas Craven | Stars: David Lean, Robert Bolt, Omar Sharif, Geraldine Chaplin
Votes: 114
38. The Playboy of the Western World (1962)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy
A quiet little village, and especially a pretty young woman, fall under the spell of a charming, somewhat roguish stranger who suddenly appears one day, captivating everyone when he claims he murdered his father.
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst | Stars: Siobhan McKenna, Gary Raymond, Elspeth March, Niall MacGinnis
Votes: 140
39.
Tales of the Unexpected (1979–1988)
Episode:
Vicious Circle
(1981)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Young yob Rex Tobin gets caught in the act. Will he 'go straight' or will he get his comeuppance?
Director: Philip Dudley | Stars: Siobhan McKenna, Patrick Field, Forbes Collins, Graham Weston
Votes: 204
40. Look Up and Live (1954–1979)
30 min | Documentary, Drama, Musical
A non-denominational Sunday morning religious show that covered issues from multiple perspectives.
Stars: Ed Summerlin, Edward Mulhare, William Hamilton, Sorrell Booke
Votes: 36
41. Bing Crosby in Dublin (1967 TV Movie)
49 min | Documentary, Music
Bing Crosby returns to his Irish roots, visiting Dublin sights and crooning Irish ballads that he made famous. Popular Irish singers, actors, dancers and musicians perform contemporary and traditional songs and poems as well.
Director: John Robins | Stars: Bing Crosby, Milo O'Shea, The Ludlows, Siobhan McKenna
Votes: 22
42. Cradle of Genius (1961)
25 min | Documentary, Short
A short reminiscence about the 1904 Abbey Theatre, the national theatre founded by WB Yeats and Lady Gregory, as well as the actors and productions involved.
Director: Paul Rotha | Stars: Harry Brogan, Eileen Crowe, Maureen Delaney, Barry Fitzgerald
Votes: 20
43. Hungry Hill (1947)
92 min | Drama
Story of a feud that has gone on between two Irish families for more than 50 years.
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst | Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Dennis Price, Cecil Parker, Dermot Walsh
Votes: 595
44. Circasia (1976)
11 min | Short, Family
Happenings in a small Irish traveling circus.
Directors: Brian MacLochlainn, John McColgan | Stars: Niall Buggy, Eric Clapton, Sean Connery, Danny Cummins
Votes: 28
45.
Producers' Showcase (1954–1957)
Episode:
The Letter
(1956)
90 min | Drama, Musical, Comedy
The wife of a rubber plantation administrator shoots a man to death and claims it was self-defense; a letter in her own hand may prove her undoing.
Director: Kirk Browning | Stars: Siobhan McKenna, Michael Rennie, John Mills, Anna May Wong
Votes: 32
46. Fortune in Diamonds (1951)
Approved | 74 min | Adventure, Drama
Peter Brandt is a soldier journeying across the countryside of South Africa after the Boer War.
Director: David MacDonald | Stars: Dennis Price, Jack Hawkins, Siobhan McKenna, Peter Hammond
Votes: 175
47. Juno and the Paycock (1980 TV Movie)
Drama
During the Irish Civil War in 1922, a family earns a big inheritance. They start leading a rich life, forgetting what the most important values are.
Director: Roger Cheveley | Stars: Frances Tomelty, Dudley Sutton, Jim Norton, Siobhan McKenna
48. The Cradle Song (1956 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
In this drama, broadcast live from New York, a baby girl is left anonymously at a convent of Dominican nuns. The sisters decide to raise the child in accordance with the mother's wishes, as... See full summary »
Director: George Schaefer | Stars: Maurice Evans, Lee Vines, Judith Anderson, Val Avery
49. The Mourning Thief (1984 TV Movie)
50 min | Drama
James returns home for the first time in several years, accompanied by a wife and a male friend - his mother has suspicions.
Director: Christopher King | Stars: Siobhan McKenna, Dermot Crowley, Petra Markham, Hilton McRae
50. Probe and Night Beat (1956– )
60 min | Documentary, Talk-Show
Late night live show based in New York, the host interviewing politicians, social activists, writers, artists and scientists. The show changed its format from interviews to a panel of guests with the host as moderator.
Stars: Mike Wallace, John Wingate, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Jacob Javits