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1.
A Farewell to Arms (1966– )
Episode:
That Summer There Were Many Victories
(1966)
45 min | Drama
An American, Lt. Henry, has volunteered to fight for the Italian army in World War One. He meets an English nurse, Catherine, and begins to fall in love with her.
Director: Rex Tucker | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, George Hamilton, Susan Engel, Laurence Payne
Votes: 66
2.
A Farewell to Arms (1966– )
Episode:
We Knew the Summer Was Gone
(1966)
45 min | Drama
Director: Rex Tucker | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, George Hamilton, Erik Chitty, Maureen Lane
Votes: 66
3. A Farewell to Arms (1966– )
45 min | Drama
The story of a doomed love affair in World War One, between an English nurse and an American lieutenant.
Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, George Hamilton, Susan Engel, Ann Rye
Votes: 131
4. Rheingold Theatre (1953–1957)
23 min | Drama
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. narrated, produced, and frequently starred in this anthology series, which presented everything from drama to mystery to farce.
Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Christopher Lee, Ron Randell, Barbara Mullen
Votes: 74
5. World's End (1981)
30 min | Drama
Stars: Neville Smith, Pam Scotcher, Primi Townsend, Tom Marshall
Votes: 6
6. The Forsyte Saga (1967)
50 min | Drama, Romance
The extended Forsyte family lives a more-than-pleasant upper-middle-class life in Victorian and later Edwardian England. The two central characters are Soames Forsyte and his cousin Jolyon ... See full summary »
Stars: Eric Porter, Margaret Tyzack, Nyree Dawn Porter, Kenneth More
Votes: 1,116
7. The Old Men at the Zoo (1983– )
275 min | Comedy
Satirical piece set in a zoo, which is plunged into a crisis when a giraffe escapes.
Stars: Stuart Wilson, Marius Goring, Andrew Cruickshank, Barry Stanton
Votes: 23
8.
The Forsyte Saga (1967)
Episode:
Birth of a Forsyte
(1967)
Drama, Romance
Irene and Jolyon are named as co-respondents by Soames in divorce proceedings but the suit only serves to draw them closer together. When the divorce is finalized, Jolyon and Irene marry ... See full summary »
Director: David Giles | Stars: Kenneth More, Eric Porter, Nyree Dawn Porter, Bridget Turner
Votes: 28
9.
The Forsyte Saga (1967)
Episode:
Swan Song
(1967)
Drama, Romance
Fleur makes a point of seeing Jon at Harold Blade's studio and invites him to visit the rest house she's opened for working girls. She pours her heart out to him and breaks into tears but ... See full summary »
Stars: Kenneth More, Eric Porter, Nyree Dawn Porter, Susan Hampshire
Votes: 27
10. The Pallisers (1974–1975)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Romance
Beginning with the forced marriage of Glencora (Susan Hampshire), the lives of the friends and children of this couple are the subject of study. The backdrop is the House of Commons in ... See full summary »
Stars: Susan Hampshire, Philip Latham, Barbara Murray, Moray Watson
Votes: 538
11.
Cousin Bette (1971)
Episode:
Family Angel
(1971)
Comedy, Drama
Director: Gareth Davies | Stars: Margaret Tyzack, Thorley Walters, Helen Mirren, Ursula Howells
Votes: 14
12.
The Forsyte Saga (1967)
Episode:
In the Web
(1967)
Drama, Romance
Jolyan returns hurriedly from Paris, sad at leaving Irene for whom he has developed deep affection, but feeling it is important to be home now that Jolly has enlisted in the Imperial ... See full summary »
Director: David Giles | Stars: Kenneth More, Michael York, John Welsh, Fanny Rowe
Votes: 27
13.
Maigret (1959–1963)
Episode:
High Politics
(1962)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Someone is trying to destroy the reputation and career of a government minister. Maigret must find out who - and why.
Director: Andrew Osborn | Stars: Rupert Davies, Ewen Solon, Noel Johnson, William Devlin
Votes: 33
14.
The Forsyte Saga (1967)
Episode:
In Chancery
(1967)
Drama, Romance
It's a time of change in the for many in the Forsyte clan. Jolyon has inherited the bulk of his father's estate, with June and Irene also inheriting substantial amounts. June, now 23 ... See full summary »
Director: David Giles | Stars: Kenneth More, Lana Morris, June Barry, Nyree Dawn Porter
Votes: 29
15. Maigret (1959–1963)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Televisations of the Maigret novels by Georges Simenon.
Stars: Rupert Davies, Ewen Solon, Helen Shingler, Neville Jason
Votes: 374
16. Cousin Bette (1971)
250 min | Comedy, Drama
A poor and homely spinster, who feels she's been walked on all her life, teams up with a scheming courtesan to wreak elaborate revenge on her rich and handsome relatives.
Stars: Margaret Tyzack, Thorley Walters, Helen Mirren, Ursula Howells
Votes: 205
17. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
18. Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width (1967–1971)
30 min | Comedy
Sitcom about two tailors, one Catholic and the other Jewish.
Stars: John Bluthal, Joe Lynch, Bernard Spear, Cyril Shaps
Votes: 49
19. Richard the Lionheart (1962–1963)
30 min | Adventure, Family, History
Richard the First, king, soldier, poet and political intriguer - and one of the most romantic figures in history - was the hero of 'Richard the Lionheart', a series that first aired in ... See full summary »
Stars: Dermot Walsh, Robin Hunter, Alan Haywood, Trader Faulkner
Votes: 41
20. Cheri (1973)
45 min | Drama
Stars: Scott Antony, Yvonne Mitchell, Brenda Bruce, Lorna Heilbron
Votes: 10
21.
The Pallisers (1974–1975)
Episode:
Part Ten
(1974)
TV-PG | Drama, Romance
Phineas Finn survives his duel with Lord Chiltern and refuses to renounce his interest in Miss Effingham. He convinces Laura Kennedy to help him win her affections but Miss Effingham ... See full summary »
Director: Ronald Wilson | Stars: Susan Hampshire, Philip Latham, Donal McCann, Roland Culver
Votes: 14
22. Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
60 min | Drama
This show was a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and from mid-1968 by Thames Television.
Stars: Harry H. Corbett, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Billie Whitelaw, Neil McCallum
Votes: 245
23. Ooh La La! (1968–1973)
60 min | Comedy
BBC2 sitcom featuring a series of adaptations of French farces.
Stars: Patrick Cargill, Amanda Barrie, Fenella Fielding, Alec Bregonzi
Votes: 15
24.
The Forsyte Saga (1967)
Episode:
The Challenge
(1967)
Drama, Romance
Jolyon and Holly visit Jolly at Oxford and he's invited Val to dinner, even though he doesn't think very highly of his cousin. Holly however is still quite attracted to Val. Soames ... See full summary »
Director: David Giles | Stars: Kenneth More, James Wardroper, Eric Porter, Mischa De La Motte
Votes: 26
25. 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
26. Armchair Cinema (1973–1975)
90 min | Drama
British television drama anthology series of single plays.
Stars: John Thaw, Tom Bell, James Laurenson, Edward Woodward
Votes: 34
27. Compact (1962–1965)
30 min | Drama
BBC series set in the offices of a glossy women's magazine.
Stars: Frances Bennett, Robert Desmond, Ronald Allen, Louise Dunn
Votes: 21
28. The Vise (1954–1961)
30 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
This British production featured lesser-known actors in filmed plays showing people caught in "the vise" of fate created by their own deeds.
Stars: Donald Gray, Colin Tapley, Ron Randell, Robert Arden
Votes: 75
29. Rapture (1965)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama
Agnes, a lonely teenage girl, and her father befriend an escaped convict, named Joseph, who arrives at their farm in Brittany, France. When Joseph develops an attraction to Agnes, her father threatens to break up the union.
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Gozzi, Dean Stockwell, Gunnel Lindblom
Votes: 1,125
30. Let's Love and Laugh (1931)
85 min | Comedy
A young bachelor gets drunk on the eve of his wedding - and marries a dancer.
Director: Richard Eichberg | Stars: Gene Gerrard, Muriel Angelus, Margaret Yarde, Frank Stanmore
Votes: 10
31. Mister Cinders (1935)
72 min | Musical
Bill is an all-day-worker at his rich uncle's estate, where he is wanted everywhere and by everyone, even by the local theatre group. He manages his two dull stepbrothers and his altive ... See full summary »
Director: Frederic Zelnik | Stars: Clifford Mollison, Zelma O'Neal, W.H. Berry, George Western
Votes: 36
32.
Father, Dear Father (1968–1973)
Episode:
Publish and Be Damned
(1968)
23 min | Comedy
Karen has written a fictional adult book about the family with the "added colour" being provided by her sister Anna, which has embarassed their father Patrick because the girls have sent it... See full summary »
Director: William G. Stewart | Stars: Patrick Cargill, Natasha Pyne, Ann Holloway, Sally Bazely
Votes: 8
33. Piccadilly (1929)
Passed | 92 min | Crime, Drama
A young Chinese woman working in the kitchen at a London dance club is given the chance to become the club's main act, which leads to a plot of betrayal, forbidden love, and murder.
Director: Ewald André Dupont | Stars: Gilda Gray, Anna May Wong, Jameson Thomas, Charles Laughton
Votes: 1,839
34. 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: 93
35. Florence Nightingale (1985 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 140 min | Biography, Drama, Family
The fact-based story of the pioneer of nursing, known as "the Lady with the Lamp".
Director: Daryl Duke | Stars: Jaclyn Smith, Claire Bloom, Timothy Dalton, Timothy West
Votes: 366
36. The Informer (1929)
83 min | Drama
In 1920s Ireland, an IRA man betrays his best friend to the police, mistakenly believing him to be his mistress's lover.
Director: Arthur Robison | Stars: Lya De Putti, Lars Hanson, Warwick Ward, Carl Harbord
Votes: 288
37. Regal Cavalcade (1935)
104 min | Biography, Drama, History
Through the use of newsreel footage and re-enacted sequences, this B.I.P. production, modelled along the lines "The March of Time" shorts, presents a record of the highlights of the ... See full summary »
Directors: Herbert Brenon, W.P. Kellino, Norman Lee, Walter Summers, Thomas Bentley, Marcel Varnel | Stars: Marie Lohr, Hermione Baddeley, Robert Hale, J.H. Roberts
Votes: 27
38. Z Cars (1962–1978)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
A gritty drama which follows the work of the police force in the fictional town of Newtown in the North of England.
Stars: James Ellis, John Slater, Douglas Fielding, Bernard Holley
Votes: 381
39. White Hunter (1957–1959)
30 min | Adventure
Stars: Rhodes Reason, Harry Baird, Hugh Moxey, Tim Turner
Votes: 21
40. Suspense (1962–1963)
Thriller
Anthology series telling suspenseful tales.
Stars: Bill Meilen, Ray Handy, John Carson, Alex Scott
Votes: 22
41. Who Killed the Cat? (1966)
76 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A scheming widow tries to persecute three old ladies, but fate takes its revenge on her.
Director: Montgomery Tully | Stars: Vanda Godsell, Mervyn Johns, Natasha Pyne, Ellen Pollock
Votes: 226
43. This Is Your Life (1955–2003)
30 min | Documentary, Biography
The UK version of the popular US show. Eamonn Andrews (later Michael Aspel) surprises celebrities by presenting them with the Big Red Book before taking them into the studio to tell viewers... See full summary »
Stars: Eamonn Andrews, Michael Aspel, Elizabeth Dawn, June Whitfield
Votes: 323
44. Bedelia (1946)
Approved | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Bedelia, a newly remarried beautiful widow, is on honeymoon in Monte Carlo. A painter approaches her inquiring about her past. When she and her husband go back to England the artist will soon be there. Danger, crime and truth will follow.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Ian Hunter, Barry K. Barnes, Anne Crawford
Votes: 448
45. Non-Stop New York (1937)
69 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A young woman finds herself as the intended victim of a murder plot on a transatlantic flight from London to New York.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: John Loder, Anna Lee, Francis L. Sullivan, Frank Cellier
Votes: 435
46. Moulin Rouge (1928)
Not Rated | 137 min | Drama
Parysia is the rage of Paris. She has a daughter, secretly engaged to Andre, and the boy's aristocratic father objects to the alliance because of Margaret's mother being a revue artist. ... See full summary »
Director: Ewald André Dupont | Stars: Olga Tschechowa, Eve Gray, Jean Bradin, Georges Tréville
Votes: 279
47. Father, Dear Father (1968–1973)
30 min | Comedy
A comedy of the life of a divorced father and his two daughters.
Stars: Patrick Cargill, Natasha Pyne, Ann Holloway, Noel Dyson
Votes: 195
48. Too Many Crooks (1930)
38 min | Short, Comedy, Crime
One of the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted", this currently lost movie is about a man who tries to burgle his safe the same night as a group of professionals plan to do the same.
Director: George King | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Dorothy Boyd, A. Bromley Davenport, Arthur Stratton
Votes: 22
49. The Charming Deceiver (1933)
Passed | 86 min | Comedy, Music, Mystery
A model inherits a great deal of money and pretends to be a movie star.
Director: Monty Banks | Stars: Constance Cummings, Frank Lawton, Binnie Barnes, Gus McNaughton
Votes: 41
50. It's a Bet (1935)
69 min | Comedy
A young English reporter makes a bet with a wealthy publisher that he can disappear for a month. In his absence the publisher makes much of the mysterious disappearance in an attempt to boost the circulation of his newspaper.
Director: Alexander Esway | Stars: Gene Gerrard, Helen Chandler, Judy Kelly, Allen Vincent
Votes: 44