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1.
Blackadder Goes Forth (1989)
Episode:
Goodbyeee
(1989)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, War
Blackadder pretends that he's insane to avoid certain death carrying out the General's order for the "big push".
Director: Richard Boden | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie
Votes: 1,824
2.
Odysseus the Greatest Hero of Them All (1986)
Episode:
The Golden Slagheap
(1986)
Family, Fantasy, History
Director: David Bell | Star: Tony Robinson
Votes: 23
3.
Horizon (1964– )
Episode:
Joey
(1974)
Documentary
Documentary with dramatic reconstructions about the life of Joey Deacon, a man whose severe Cerebral Palsy led him to be incarcerated in an asylum until people learned to understand him.
Director: Brian Gibson | Stars: Christopher Molesworth, John Prasher, Joey Deacon, Tony Robinson
Votes: 13
4.
The Richard Dimbleby Lecture (1972– )
Episode:
Shaking Hands with Death
(2010)
Documentary
Terry Pratchett's lecture "Shaking Hands with Death", about assisted death, was read by his friend Tony Robinson because his particular form of Alzheimer's disease means he has trouble reading.
Director: Claire Popplewell | Stars: Terry Pratchett, Tony Robinson, David Dimbleby, Jonathan Dimbleby
Votes: 18
5. Knight School (1997–1998)
23 min | Comedy, Family, Thriller
A young beggar is enrolled into medieval knight school at the behest of the principal, much to the disgust and embarrassment of certain underhanded plotters in the school, who would love to... See full summary »
Stars: Blake Ritson, Roger Lloyd Pack, Peter Jeffrey, Amy Phillips
Votes: 16
6.
The Young Ones (1982–1984)
Episode:
Bambi
(1984)
TV-PG | 35 min | Comedy
After realizing they haven't done the wash in almost three years, the boys take a trip to the launderette and then Neil remembers that they have been chosen to be on "University Challenge".
Director: Paul Jackson | Stars: Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Christopher Ryan
Votes: 736
7.
Time Team (1994– )
Episode:
Friars Wash, Hertfordshire
(2009)
Not Rated | 47 min | Documentary, History
Roman temples are found but why in this valley?
Director: Lucy McDowell | Stars: Tony Robinson, Francis Pryor, Phil Harding, Helen Geake
Votes: 17
8.
Time Team (1994– )
Episode:
Baliscate Chapel, Tobermory, Isle of Mull
(2010)
Not Rated | Documentary, History
The team travel to the Isle of Mull to investigate a series of strange structures found deep in a forest. There is suspicion the site may be a previously unknown Christian Church, or it could be a simple farmers dwelling.
Director: Michael Douglas | Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Phil Harding, Helen Geake
Votes: 27
9. Aeschylus' Oresteia (Tony Harrison Adaptation), the National Theatre (1983)
232 min | Drama
The murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra, the murder of Clytemnestra by Orestes, the trial of Orestes, the end of the curse on the House of Atreus and the pacification of the Furies.
Director: Peter Hall | Stars: Sean Baker, David Bamber, Nigel Bellairs, Mark Bond
Votes: 31
10. Comic Relief 2023 (2023 TV Special)
180 min | Comedy
Stars: Zoë Ball, Joel Dommett, Paddy McGuinness, A.J. Odudu
Votes: 7
11. Behind the Scenes at 'Time Team' (2001 TV Movie)
Documentary, History
A look behind the scenes of the award-winning archaeology series, which began in 1994.
Director: Michael Douglas | Stars: Tony Robinson, Victor Ambrus, Mick Aston, Margaret Cox
Votes: 8
12.
Time Team (1994– )
Episode:
Llygadwy, Wales
(2001)
Not Rated | 51 min | Documentary, History
In a secluded valley in Wales, what may be a medieval or even Roman trackway leads down to a natural spring. In the middle a megalith, a large standing stone, perhaps 3000 years older than the track and what appears to be a Neolithic tomb.
Director: Mel Morpeth | Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Phil Harding, Carenza Lewis
Votes: 34
13.
Egyptian Tomb Hunting (2018)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2018)
45 min | Documentary, History
Tony travels the length of the Nile - from Cairo to Aswan - to investigate tombs of all shapes and sizes, and also meets the archaeologists who are unearthing these extraordinary wonders. ... See full summary »
Directors: Owen Rodd, Duncan Singh | Stars: Tony Robinson, Maria Nilsson
Votes: 8
14. Time Team's Big Roman Dig (2005– )
Documentary
Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Steven Cockings, Guy de la Bédoyère
Votes: 19
15.
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (1989–1994)
Episode:
Keeping Mum
(1993)
24 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Marian is alarmed when her Mum comes to visit as she has led her to believe that she is a dental receptionist so the merry men dress as dentists and turn their den into a surgery. The ... See full summary »
Director: David Bell | Stars: Kate Lonergan, Adam Morris, Danny John-Jules, Howard Lew Lewis
Votes: 19
16.
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (1989–1994)
Episode:
Rotten Rose: Part 1
(1990)
24 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Marian is unsettled to see her sneaky ex-schoolmate 'Rotten' Rose Scargill cosying up to Robin and tells Rose the reality of their situation as outlaws. Rose then betrays both Marian and ... See full summary »
Director: David Bell | Stars: Kate Lonergan, Adam Morris, Danny John-Jules, Howard Lew Lewis
Votes: 21
17.
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (1989–1994)
Episode:
Rotten Rose: Part 2
(1990)
24 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Due to be executed with Marian, Robin realises that she did not betray him when Rose reveals that she wants his body stuffed for her Robin Hood Museum. Fortunately the other merry men ... See full summary »
Director: David Bell | Stars: Kate Lonergan, Adam Morris, Danny John-Jules, Howard Lew Lewis
Votes: 14
18.
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (1989–1994)
Episode:
Driving Ambition
(1993)
24 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
The sheriff needs money to bribe driving instructor Snooker to let John pass his driving test and sees his chance when Rose hi-jacks Marian's suggestion to hold a Eurovision-style song ... See full summary »
Director: David Bell | Stars: Kate Lonergan, Adam Morris, Danny John-Jules, Howard Lew Lewis
Votes: 19
19.
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (1989–1994)
Episode:
The Great Mud Harvest
(1993)
24 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Everyone is feeling the pinch and the sheriff sacks Gary to cut costs. The sheriff is almost sacked by the king but avoids it and,along with remaining guard Graeme, takes a trunk containing... See full summary »
Director: David Bell | Stars: Kate Lonergan, Adam Morris, Danny John-Jules, Howard Lew Lewis
Votes: 19
20.
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (1989–1994)
Episode:
The Nice Sumatran
(1994)
24 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
After the castle is attacked King John decides to abdicate in favour of Guy. He goes off to the outlaws' hideout where Robin, hoping the king will leave him money, entertains him. However ... See full summary »
Director: David Bell | Stars: Kate Lonergan, Adam Morris, Danny John-Jules, Howard Lew Lewis
Votes: 17
21.
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (1989–1994)
Episode:
Tunnel Vision
(1994)
24 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
King John aims to tunnel to Scunthorpe but the locals are horrified as Scunthorpe dwellers have two heads. Rose and Guy aim to raise cash with a phoney ransom by pretending that Marian has ... See full summary »
Director: David Bell | Stars: Kate Lonergan, Adam Morris, Danny John-Jules, Howard Lew Lewis
Votes: 19
22.
Time Team (1994– )
Episode:
Barrow Clump, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire
(2013)
Not Rated | 47 min | Documentary, History
An ancient site that yields burials dating back to 2000BC, along with some rare Saxon brooches, beads, spears and jewelry is discovered on the army training ground on Salisbury Plain.
Director: Siân Price | Stars: Tony Robinson, Phil Harding, Jackie McKinley, Wessex Archaeology
Votes: 18
23. Blackadder Goes Forth (1989)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, War
Stuck in the middle of World War I, Captain Edmund Blackadder does his best to escape the banality of the war.
Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie
Votes: 56,905
24.
Blackadder Goes Forth (1989)
Episode:
Corporal Punishment
(1989)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, War
Blackadder hatches a cunning plan to avoid starvation and ignore his orders by eating a carrier pigeon.
Director: Richard Boden | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie
Votes: 1,187
25.
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (1989–1994)
Episode:
Bouncy Sheriff
(1994)
24 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Fed up with the merry men's sexist attitudes Marian quits the gang and teams up with Rose, who is selling home improvements, including a flat pack extension for the castle in which John can... See full summary »
Director: David Bell | Stars: Kate Lonergan, Adam Morris, Danny John-Jules, Howard Lew Lewis
Votes: 18
26.
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (1989–1994)
Episode:
Raining Forks
(1994)
24 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
When the villagers catch colds the sheriff takes them to the seaside but, once there, forces them to build him and the king a holiday camp in time to celebrate High Forks Night. This ... See full summary »
Director: David Bell | Stars: Kate Lonergan, Adam Morris, Danny John-Jules, Howard Lew Lewis
Votes: 20
27.
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (1989–1994)
Episode:
Robin the Bad
(1994)
23 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
King John hires a man who is Robin's exact double to do bad things around Worksop, thereby discrediting him and the outlaws. However he is rumbled by Marian who persuades him to work with ... See full summary »
Director: David Bell | Stars: Kate Lonergan, Adam Morris, Danny John-Jules, Howard Lew Lewis
Votes: 20
28.
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (1989–1994)
Episode:
Voyage to the Bottom of the Forest
(1994)
24 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Rabies falls asleep, causing the outlaws to miss an ambush but, on waking, he sees a boat purchased by the king at a boat show. The merry men steal it and take it to Scarborough to push off... See full summary »
Director: David Bell | Stars: Kate Lonergan, Adam Morris, Danny John-Jules, Howard Lew Lewis
Votes: 18
29.
Time Team (1994– )
Episode:
Cheshunt, Hertfordshire
(2002)
Not Rated | Documentary, History
Back in the 1950s & 60s, 2 families of amateur archaeologists excavated some Roman remains in what is now a park in Cheshunt. They were asked to keep quiet about it because the British Museum believed this might be an important Roman site.
Director: Laurence Vulliamy | Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Phil Harding, Carenza Lewis
Votes: 19
30.
Time Team (1994– )
Episode:
The Mystery of Seahenge
(1999)
Not Rated | Documentary, History
A strange wooden structure was found protruding out of a beach, an urgent effort is made to save the monument from destruction by the sea. Archeologist must battle both atrocious conditions... See full summary »
Director: Graham Johnston | Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Damian Goodburn, Phil Harding
Votes: 12
31.
Time Team (1994– )
Episode:
Ancaster, Lincolnshire
(2002)
Not Rated | Documentary, History
The Lincolnshire town of Ancaster lies on Ermine Street, which is a major Roman road heading north from London. The only remains visible today are some earth banks and ditches, which have ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Douglas | Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Phil Harding, Carenza Lewis
Votes: 19
32.
Time Team (1994– )
Episode:
Breamore, Hampshire
(2002)
Not Rated | 49 min | Documentary, History
Return to the site of the previous season 3 day live dig. Double burials on the mound. Byzantine buckets, Anglo Saxon spear heads. An important site for the Dark Ages.
Directors: Mel Morpeth, Michael Douglas, Patrick McGrady, Laurence Vulliamy | Stars: Tony Robinson, Sandi Toksvig, Mick Aston, Robin Bush
Votes: 20
33.
Time Team (1994– )
Episode:
South Perrott, Dorset
(2005)
Not Rated | Documentary, History
Roman artifacts continue to be found at the Legg family farm.
Director: Nick Metcalfe | Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Phil Harding, Carenza Lewis
Votes: 21
34. Time Team Digs (2002– )
Documentary, History
Stars: Tony Robinson, Lindsay Allason-Jones, Joanna Story, Richard Bradley
Votes: 37
35.
Blackadder Goes Forth (1989)
Episode:
General Hospital
(1989)
TV-PG | 28 min | Comedy, War
The General asks Blackadder to find a spy in the hospital; one of the patients has a thick German accent and an interest in all things military.
Director: Richard Boden | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie
Votes: 1,096
36.
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (1989–1994)
Episode:
The Big Baby
(1993)
24 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
The sheriff has a giant jelly baby in the likeness of King John made to give him as a present but the merry men steal it. In order to cut his losses and find another gift for the king, the ... See full summary »
Director: David Bell | Stars: Kate Lonergan, Adam Morris, Danny John-Jules, Howard Lew Lewis
Votes: 21
37.
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (1989–1994)
Episode:
Robin and the Beansprout
(1993)
23 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Robin goes to Worksop to buy a Chinese takeaway but finds he has been given only one bean-sprout,which he throws away in disgust. Gary and Graeme have been sent to get a 'fur' to clothe Guy... See full summary »
Director: David Bell | Stars: Kate Lonergan, Adam Morris, Danny John-Jules, Howard Lew Lewis
Votes: 19
38.
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (1989–1994)
Episode:
They Came from Outer Space
(1993)
24 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Panic ensues when a comet appears over Worksop, causing Snooker to fall off a ladder and get covered in glue and leaves and King John to fear an alien invasion. He determines to build an ... See full summary »
Director: David Bell | Stars: Kate Lonergan, Adam Morris, Danny John-Jules, Howard Lew Lewis
Votes: 20
39.
Time Team (1994– )
Episode:
The Big Royal Dig
(2006)
Not Rated | Documentary, History
Director: Laurence Vulliamy | Stars: Tony Robinson, Stewart Ainsworth, Raysan Al-Kubaisi, Mick Aston
Votes: 12
40.
Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson (2019–2020)
Episode:
South America
(2020)
Documentary
Tony travels through the heart of South America, exploring Argentina and Peru. In Buenos Aires he meets up with charismatic local Viviana Parara. They go tango dancing, out for a lunch of ... See full summary »
Director: Chris Parkin | Star: Tony Robinson
Votes: 12
41.
Time Team (1994– )
Episode:
Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire
(2010)
Not Rated | Documentary, History
The Time to travel to Sutton Coutenay in Oxfordshire to excavate an old Saxon settlement. The area is known from photos of crop markings, and there is a suspicion the holy grail of archeology may be found, a royal Saxon Hall.
Director: Nick Gillam-Smith | Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Phil Harding, Helen Geake
Votes: 20
42.
Britain's Best Sitcom (2004– )
Episode:
Blackadder
(2004)
Comedy
Stars: Richard Curtis, Ben Elton, Stephen Fry, Miranda Richardson
Votes: 15
43. The Great British Baking Show (2010– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Game-Show, Reality-TV
Bakers attempt three challenges each week trying to impress the judges enough to go through to the next round and eventually are crowned Britain's best amateur baker.
Stars: Paul Hollywood, Prue Leith, Noel Fielding, Mary Berry
Votes: 12,862
44. Blackadder II (1986)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
In the Tudor court of Elizabeth I, Lord Edmund Blackadder strives to win Her Majesty's favour while attempting to avoid a grisly fate should he offend her.
Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny, Miranda Richardson
Votes: 49,918
45. Blackadder the Third (1987)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
In the Regency era, Mr E. Blackadder serves as butler to the foppish numskull Prince George amidst the fads and crazes of the time.
Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Hugh Laurie, Helen Atkinson Wood
Votes: 47,115
46. Natural World (1983– )
60 min | Documentary
Strand of documentaries on wildlife and the environment.
Stars: David Attenborough, Barry Paine, John Shrapnel, Andrew Sachs
Votes: 776
47. Horizon (I) (1964– )
50 min | Documentary
British documentary series that covers a variety of subjects in science and philosophy.
Stars: Paul Vaughan, Jack Fortune, Dilly Barlow, Colin Riach
Votes: 1,149
48. Round the Bend! (1988–1991)
30 min | Comedy
A satirical children's comedy show with puppet characters such as "Doc Croc" and "Vincent Vermin"
Stars: Jon Glover, Jonathan Kydd, Enn Reitel, Kate Robbins
Votes: 112
49. Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast (2012 Podcast Series)
Comedy, Talk-Show
Follows Richard Herring chatting with some of the biggest names in comedy and entertainment.
Stars: Richard Herring, John Robins, Adam Buxton, James Acaster
Votes: 176
50. Man on Earth (2009– )
Documentary
Stars: Tony Robinson, Jago Cooper, Joy Singarayer, Chris Turney
Votes: 21