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1. My Friend Charles (1956)
30 min | Thriller
Stars: Stephen Murray, John Arnatt, Anne Ridler, Francis Matthews
Votes: 8
2. The World of Tim Frazer (1960–1961)
30 min | Drama
An engineer is drawn into the world of espionage.
Stars: Jack Hedley, Ralph Michael, Francis Matthews, Patricia Haines
Votes: 19
3. The Scarf (1959)
180 min | Thriller
The police investigate the strangling of a young woman and find a small town filled with dark secrets.
Stars: Stephen Murray, Donald Pleasence, Bryan Coleman, Peter Halliday
Votes: 14
4. Television Playwright (1958–1959)
Drama
Stars: Brian Peck, Peter Copley, Jack Allen, Helen Shingler
Votes: 14
5. 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
6.
BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960–1963)
Episode:
The Prisoner
(1963)
Drama
Not to be confused with the 1967 TV series of the same name (also starring Patrick McGoohan), this adaptation of Bridget Boland's 1954 stage play depicts the conflict between a Cardinal (... See full summary »
Director: Alan Cooke | Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Alan Badel, Warren Mitchell, Gary Hope
Votes: 155
7. Moonstrike (1963)
50 min | Drama, History, War
Anthology series of one-off thrillers about the covert activities of Allied agents and resistance operatives in occupied Europe during the Second World War.
Stars: Gary Hope, Michael Culver, John Murray Scott, Clive Russell
Votes: 20
8. First Night (1963–1964)
Drama
Stars: Madge Ryan, Anthony Bate, James Maxwell, Michael Caine
Votes: 104
9. Melissa (1964)
30 min | Thriller
Guy Foster's world falls apart when his beloved wife Melissa is murdered. Unfortunately for Guy, all the evidence points to him as the murderer.
Stars: Tony Britton, Helen Christie, Brian McDermott, Brian Wilde
Votes: 16
10.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
The Devil's Eggshell
(1966)
90 min | Drama
The discovery of mysterious egg-shaped objects at the sites of a series of disasters lead people to believe that we are being attacked by alien beings, but it is revealed to be a conspiracy... See full summary »
Director: Gareth Davies | Stars: Leonard Rossiter, Keith Barron, David Langton, John Phillips
Votes: 14
11. Hancock's Half Hour (1956–1960)
30 min | Comedy
TV version of the popular BBC radio show of the same name, with Tony Hancock as the modern man of the world (in his own eyes). Sid James is there to bring him back to earth.
Stars: Tony Hancock, Sidney James, Johnny Vyvyan, Alec Bregonzi
Votes: 591
12.
A Game of Murder (1966)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1966)
Thriller
D.I. Jack Kerry is on holiday, from Scotland Yard, when his private eye father is dies, hit by the golf ball of Rupert Delaney. Kerry's father had previously jotted down a car registration number which he discovers is owned by Delaney.
Director: Alan Bromly | Stars: Gerald Harper, Conrad Phillips, David Burke, June Barry
Votes: 6
13. Scotland Yard (1960– )
Drama
Each episode is based on a true-crime case with the names changed.
Stars: Geoffrey Matthews, Brian Vaughan, Ewan MacDuff, Humphrey Heathcote
Votes: 75
14.
Hancock's Half Hour (1956–1960)
Episode:
The Set That Failed
(1959)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Hancock's TV set breaks down and he faces a night without television. Thinking he may go mad with boredom he sets off on a quest with Sid to find a working set.
Director: Duncan Wood | Stars: Tony Hancock, Sidney James, John Vere, Hugh Lloyd
Votes: 28
15.
A Game of Murder (1966)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1966)
Thriller
Kerry discovers that Charles Bannister, on the orders of Mel Harris, turned up at Rupert Delaney's home and was told to him Bob Kerry would be at the golf club. Mrs Lincoln's nephew visits Kerry and wants the dog collar returned.
Director: Alan Bromly | Stars: Gerald Harper, Conrad Phillips, David Burke, June Barry
Votes: 5
16. Under Milk Wood (1957 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Director: David J. Thomas | Stars: Donald Houston, William Squire, Marion Grimaldi, T.H. Evans
Votes: 8
17.
Bat Out of Hell (1966)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1966)
Thriller
Local shopkeeper Miss Tracey contacts Mark, explaining that she knows everything. Mark and Diana hatch another plan. Thelma contradicts Diana's account of the phonecall.
Director: Alan Bromly | Stars: Sylvia Syms, John Thaw, Dudley Foster, June Ellis
Votes: 6
18. The Expert (1968–1976)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Professor John Hardy is a forensic scientist who works not only for the police but also for other interested parties.
Stars: Marius Goring, Ann Morrish, Victor Winding, Michael Farnsworth
Votes: 42
19.
Out of the Unknown (1965–1971)
Episode:
The Yellow Pill
(1969)
50 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A murderer is examined by psychiatrist John Frame who is surprised to find the criminal knows many details of his private life.
Director: Michael Ferguson | Stars: Stephen Bradley, Angela Browne, Carl Conway, Glynn Edwards
Votes: 12
20.
Softly Softly: Task Force (1969–1976)
Episode:
Standing Orders
(1970)
Crime, Drama
While on the lookout for an escaped prisoner, PC Snow gets involved in a strike at a local factory. As the strike becomes more aggressive, task force members move in and try to de-escalate.... See full summary »
Director: Brian Parker | Stars: Stratford Johns, Frank Windsor, Norman Bowler, Susan Tebbs
Votes: 10
21.
A Game of Murder (1966)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1966)
Thriller
Kerry receives a letter, posted by Delaney before he was murdered, linking his father's murder to a stolen dog collar. The Bannister's, who found the collar, contradict their story. Carol White contacts Kerry asking for help.
Director: Alan Bromly | Stars: Gerald Harper, Conrad Phillips, David Burke, June Barry
Votes: 5
22. A Game of Murder (1966)
30 min | Thriller
The once famous athlete Bob Kerry dies mysteriously on a golf course. His son Jack, a detective, suspects murder and decides to investigate the case. He gets caught up in a web of intrigue ... See full summary »
Stars: Gerald Harper, David Burke, June Barry, John Harvey
Votes: 28
23.
Out of the Unknown (1965–1971)
Episode:
Random Quest
(1969)
50 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Following an explosion in a laboratory accident, physicist Colin Trafford is sent to a parallel universe where he enters into the body of his counterpart, a popular writer married to an attractive woman who hates him.
Director: Christopher Barry | Stars: Keith Barron, Tracy Reed, Noel Howlett, Bernard Brown
Votes: 9
24.
Sherlock Holmes (1964–1968)
Episode:
The Red-Headed League
(1965)
TV-PG | 51 min | Crime, Drama, History
Red-headed shop-keeper Jabez Wilson comes to Holmes with a puzzle. Goaded on by his young assistant Spaulding, he answered an advert for men with his hair colouring to join the Red-Headed ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Duguid | Stars: Douglas Wilmer, Nigel Stock, Toke Townley, David Andrews
Votes: 33
25.
Softly Softly: Task Force (1969–1976)
Episode:
Like Any Other Friday...
(1970)
Crime, Drama
The Thursday Man, a notorious burglar, has kept Thamesford task force busy for quite some time. But the team is hard on his trail when he strikes again at the home of a former war hero. ... See full summary »
Director: Vere Lorrimer | Stars: Stratford Johns, Frank Windsor, Norman Bowler, David Allister
Votes: 9
26.
Bat Out of Hell (1966)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1966)
Thriller
On the surface Geoffrey and Diana live a happy life, but one of them has a lover, and plans the death of the other, after murder occurs, the body vanishes, and phone calls from the deceased start.
Director: Alan Bromly | Stars: Sylvia Syms, John Thaw, Dudley Foster, Noel Johnson
Votes: 7
27.
Bat Out of Hell (1966)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(1966)
Thriller
It seems Geoffrey was also having an affair, with a young Italian woman, he'd even changed his will to leave her the bulk of his fortune.
Director: Alan Bromly | Stars: Sylvia Syms, John Thaw, Dudley Foster, June Ellis
Votes: 6
28. The Desperate People (1963)
25 min | Thriller
The famous photographer Larry Martin is visited by his brother Philip, on leave of absence from his military service in West Germany. Philip is trying to find the wife of a diseased friend ... See full summary »
Stars: Denis Quilley, Hugh Cross, Renny Lister, Garard Green
Votes: 15
29. Walk a Crooked Mile (1961– )
180 min | Thriller
The police are called in to investigate a murder on a movie set.
Stars: Raymond Huntley, Philip Bond, Doreen Aris, Victor Baring
Votes: 10
30.
Bat Out of Hell (1966)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1966)
Thriller
A cigarette case appears in Diana's coat 'Diana, who came like a bat out of Hell' trouble is she's never seen it. The Police also know the body isn't Geoffrey.
Director: Alan Bromly | Stars: Sylvia Syms, John Thaw, Dudley Foster, June Ellis
Votes: 7
31. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
32.
Out of the Unknown (1965–1971)
Episode:
The Naked Sun
(1969)
50 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Earth police detective Lije Baley and his robot associate, R. Daneel Olivaw, investigate an impossible murder on a planet where physical proximity is taboo but nudity is not.
Director: Rudolph Cartier | Stars: Paul Maxwell, Trisha Noble, David Collings, Frederick Jaeger
Votes: 20
33.
Hancock's Half Hour (1956–1960)
Episode:
The Alpine Holiday
(1957)
Comedy
Hancock flies to Switzerland for a skiing holiday.
Director: Duncan Wood | Stars: Tony Hancock, Richard Wattis, Kenneth Williams, June Whitfield
Votes: 39
34.
Bat Out of Hell (1966)
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(1966)
Thriller
The net tightens around the killer, and a tragic event takes place between Mark and Diana.
Director: Alan Bromly | Stars: Sylvia Syms, John Thaw, Dudley Foster, June Ellis
Votes: 6
35.
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Episode:
Nineteen Eighty-Four
(1954)
114 min | Drama
In a totalitarian future society, Winston Smith, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.
Director: Rudolph Cartier | Stars: Peter Cushing, André Morell, Yvonne Mitchell, Donald Pleasence
Votes: 680
36.
Hancock's Half Hour (1956–1960)
Episode:
Ericson the Viking
(1958)
Comedy
The pilot episode of Hancock's new historical drama series (written, directed and produced by Sid) airs tonight.
Director: Duncan Wood | Stars: Tony Hancock, Sidney James, John Vere, Pat Coombs
Votes: 25
37.
Sherlock Holmes (1964–1968)
Episode:
Charles Augustus Milverton
(1965)
Crime, Drama, History
Charles Augustus Milverton, 'the most dangerous man in London' is a loathesome blackmailer, preying on the weaknesses of his victims. Lady Eva Blackwell asks Holmes to broker a deal with ... See full summary »
Director: Philip Dudley | Stars: Douglas Wilmer, Nigel Stock, Barry Jones, Penelope Horner
Votes: 38
38.
Sherlock Holmes (1964–1968)
Episode:
The Man with the Twisted Lip
(1965)
Crime, Drama, History
Mrs. St. Clair is convinced that she momentarily saw her husband, a respectable journalist who commutes to London from their country home, looking out of the window of an opium den in a ... See full summary »
Director: Eric Tayler | Stars: Douglas Wilmer, Nigel Stock, Anton Rodgers, Anna Cropper
Votes: 39
39.
Softly Softly: Task Force (1969–1976)
Episode:
Exercise
(1969)
Crime, Drama
Detective Chief Superitendent Barlow is in for a surprise as Chief Constable Cullen has some considerable staff changes in mind for Thamesford CID. Cullen wants to provide Charlie Barlow ... See full summary »
Director: Ben Rea | Stars: Stratford Johns, Frank Windsor, Norman Bowler, Walter Gotell
Votes: 12
40. Out of the Unknown (1965–1971)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A classic anthology science fiction series which features adaptations of stories by famous authors including Isaac Asimov, J.G. Ballard, Frederik Pohl and John Wyndham.
Stars: John Gabriel, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Erik Chitty, Peter Copley
Votes: 175
41. Witch Hunt (1967– )
25 min | Drama
A man buys a farmhouse in a small country village and becomes convinced that the locals are practicing the black arts.
Stars: Patrick Kavanagh, Anna Palk, John Paul, Peter Blythe
Votes: 6
42.
Sherlock Holmes (1964–1968)
Episode:
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
(1965)
Crime, Drama, History
Lady Frances Carfax, an independent aristocratic young woman, goes missing on holiday having dismissed her maid. Watson, later joined by Holmes, investigate a burly follower of the lady but... See full summary »
Director: Shaun Sutton | Stars: Douglas Wilmer, Nigel Stock, Enid Lindsey, Peter Madden
Votes: 31
43.
The Portrait of a Lady (1968– )
Episode:
Revelations
(1968)
Drama
Director: James Cellan Jones | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Suzanne Neve, Beatrix Lehmann, Rachel Gurney
Votes: 6
44. Sherlock Holmes (1964–1968)
50 min | Crime, Drama, History
A series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations, based on the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Stars: Nigel Stock, Peter Cushing, Douglas Wilmer, Peter Madden
Votes: 590
45. The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
75 min | Drama
Series of one-off plays made by BBC television, which gave breaks to a wide range of writers and directors in the late 1960s, such as Dennis Potter, Ken Loach, David Mercer, and John ... See full summary »
Stars: Edwin Brown, Neville Smith, Tony Selby, Ken Jones
Votes: 132
46. Paul Temple (1969–1971)
50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Crime-novelist Paul Temple solves mysteries with the help of his wife Steve.
Stars: Francis Matthews, Ros Drinkwater, June Ellis, George Sewell
Votes: 95
47. 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
48. The Jazz Age (1968– )
50 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Anthology series of plays set during the 1920's.
Stars: Kevin McHugh, David Garfield, Arthur Hewlett, Shirley Knight
Votes: 12
49.
Z Cars (1962–1978)
Episode:
Handle with Care
(1962)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
The two PCs expect a dreary night until they come across a van abandoned in a field filled with stock from a ransacked toy shop. The thief is a nasty old man in a crook family, with his ... See full summary »
Director: Shaun Sutton | Stars: Brian Blessed, Joseph Brady, Jeremy Kemp, James Ellis
Votes: 9
50. Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965–1973)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television.
Stars: Robin Chadwick, Donald Sinden, Helen Lindsay, Paul Moriarty
Votes: 57