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1. I, Claudius (1976)
Not Rated | 50 min | Biography, Drama, History
The personal and governmental affairs of the Julio-Claudian dynasty at the beginning of the Roman Empire, as recalled by one of its rulers.
Stars: Derek Jacobi, John Hurt, Siân Phillips, Brian Blessed
Votes: 19,340
2. 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
3.
I, Claudius (1976)
Episode:
Hail Who?
(1976)
Not Rated | 54 min | Biography, Drama, History
Caligula has not only made his horse a senator but has turned the palace into a brothel, selling off senators and their wives for sex. Although scared of him - and getting thrown into a ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Derek Jacobi, John Hurt, Jo Rowbottom, Sheila White
Votes: 383
4.
The Roads to Freedom (1970)
Episode:
Episode #1.13
(1970)
Drama, War
17th June 1940 Night. Mathieu and his friend have decided to join the Chasseurs and fight. Brunet arrives tired and ready to surrender after a week of fighting. In the morning the Germans arrive.
Director: James Cellan Jones | Stars: Michael Bryant, Donald Burton, Norman Rossington, Clare Sutcliffe
Votes: 8
5. Sharpe (1993–2008)
TV-14 | 1,673 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A series of stories starring Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars as he fights both Napoleon's forces and the strong prejudice of British aristocracy.
Stars: Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, John Tams, Jason Salkey
Votes: 2,334
6. Not Only... But Also (1965–1970)
45 min | Comedy
Not Only...But Also, most famously showcased Peter Cook and Dudley Moore in there so-called 'Dagenham dialogues' in which Pete (a nasal know-all who has utter confidence in his surreal and ... See full summary »
Stars: Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Chris Karan, Peter McGuirk
Votes: 216
7. The Search for the Nile (1971– )
60 min | Adventure, Drama
The Nile's source was the last great mystery for European explorers in the 19th century. The story of its discovery is one of heroism in the service of faith, greed, and obsession.
Stars: James Mason, Kenneth Haigh, John Quentin, Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Votes: 142
8. The Winter's Tale (1962 TV Movie)
140 min | Drama
King Leontes of Bohemia suspects his wife, Hermione, and his friend, Polixenes, of betraying him. When he forces Polixenes to flee for his life, Leontes sets in motion a chain of events ... See full summary »
Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Robert Shaw, Rosalie Crutchley, Patrick Macnee, Brenda Bruce
Votes: 11
9. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Approved | 218 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins
Votes: 313,944 | Gross: $44.82M
10. The Roads to Freedom (1970)
559 min | Drama, War
Dramatisation of Jean-Paul Sartre's trilogy.
Stars: Michael Bryant, Daniel Massey, Alison Fiske, Georgia Brown
Votes: 170
11. Big Jim and the Figaro Club (1979–1981)
30 min | Comedy
1950's set sitcom about Big Jim and his gang of builders, the Figaro Club, who are looking to enjoy life in their seaside town while avoiding work at all costs.
Stars: Norman Rossington, Bob Hoskins, David Beckett, Sylvester McCoy
Votes: 39
12. The Gamblers (1967–1968)
60 min | Drama
Anthology drama series of people who take a gamble (sometimes with their lives) in order to prove a point or better their position.
Stars: Richard Shaw, Leslie Anderson, Ronald Lacey, John Slavid
Votes: 10
13.
Village Hall (1974–1975)
Episode:
There'll Almost Always Be an England
(1974)
Comedy, Drama
After a gas leak, a whole street is evacuated into the village hall for the night.
Director: Quentin Lawrence | Stars: Bernard Hepton, Reginald Barratt, Liz Smith, Anne Kristen
Votes: 16
14. Festival (1960–1969)
60 min | Drama
Festival is a Canadian entertainment anthology television series which aired on CBC Television
Stars: Gillie Fenwick, Gerard Parkes, Eric House, Douglas Rain
Votes: 19
15.
Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010)
Episode:
Beware of the Elbow
(1995)
TV-14 | Comedy
Foggy and Norman think that Compo has lost his mind because he sees a floating fat lady. Glenda tries to convince her mother, Edie, to get new glasses.
Director: Alan J.W. Bell | Stars: Bill Owen, Peter Sallis, Brian Wilde, Jean Alexander
Votes: 43
16. Hunters Walk (1973–1976)
60 min | Crime
Police drama series, created by Ted Willis, set in a small town in Northamptonshire.
Stars: Ewan Hooper, Davyd Harries, Duncan Preston, Charles Rea
Votes: 21
17. Crime of Passion (1970–1973)
60 min | Drama
British courtroom drama set in France, concerning the trials of murderers who commit crimes of passion.
Stars: Anthony Newlands, Daniel Moynihan, John Phillips, Peter Evans
Votes: 29
18. ITV Television Playhouse (1955–1967)
60 min | Drama
Richard O. Sullivan as a child genius in the play "Honour Bright".
Stars: Campbell Singer, Thomas Heathcote, Richard Caldicot, June Brown
Votes: 67
19. The Borderers (1968–1970)
50 min | Adventure, Drama
Drama series dealing with life for a family living on the frontier between Scotland and England during the sixteenth century.
Stars: Michael Gambon, Iain Cuthbertson, Edith MacArthur, Russell Waters
Votes: 33
20. A Night to Remember (1958)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama, History
On her maiden voyage in April 1912, the supposedly unsinkable RMS Titanic strikes an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean.
Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Kenneth More, Ronald Allen, Robert Ayres, Honor Blackman
Votes: 17,134
21.
ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969–1974)
Episode:
Hamlet
(1970)
85 min | Drama
Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.
Director: Peter Wood | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Michael Redgrave, Margaret Leighton, Richard Johnson
Votes: 75
22. 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
23. Masada (1981)
394 min | Action, Drama, History
After the destruction of the Second Temple, nine hundred Jewish zealots hold out against a five thousand man Roman legion on the mountaintop fortress of Masada.
Stars: Peter O'Toole, Peter Strauss, Barbara Carrera, Alan Feinstein
Votes: 2,435
24. It's a Knockout (1966–1988)
Game-Show
It featured teams representing a town or city competing tasks in absurd games, generally dressed in large foam rubber suits.
Stars: Stuart Hall, Eddie Waring, Arthur Ellis, MacDonald Hobley
Votes: 110
25. The Adventures of Portland Bill (1983–1986)
5 min | Animation, Family
About a man who lives in a lighthouse.
Star: Norman Rossington
Votes: 73
26. Now, Take My Wife (1971– )
30 min | Comedy
Clare and Harry love (Donald Houston and Sheila Hancock) going through the ups and downs of dealing with their adolescent daughter.
Stars: Sheila Hancock, Donald Houston, Liz Edmiston, Ruth Kettlewell
Votes: 8
27.
Sharpe (1993–2008)
Episode:
Sharpe's Regiment
(1996)
TV-14 | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The South Essex is to be disbanded due to dwindling personnel. This doesn't make sense as the entire 2nd Battalion is in England and taking new recruits. Sharpe and Harper head to England to work out what is going on and save the regiment.
Director: Tom Clegg | Stars: Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, Abigail Cruttenden, Michael Cochrane
Votes: 2,252
28.
In Sickness and in Health (1985–1992)
Episode:
Christmas Special
(1987)
Comedy
Alf is spending Christmas in hospital for a hip replacement but his visitors' scare stories of what could go wrong propel him into fleeing from the ward dressed as a woman - which incurs a ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Boden | Stars: Warren Mitchell, Carmel McSharry, Arthur English, Eamonn Walker
Votes: 21
29. The Longest Day (1962)
G | 178 min | Action, Drama, History
The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.
Directors: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Gerd Oswald, Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck | Stars: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda
Votes: 59,024 | Gross: $39.10M
30. Man in a Suitcase (1967–1968)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
McGill (known as "Mac") is a former U.S. intelligence agent based in London. After being thrown out of the agency for something he did not do, he finds his infamous reputation has preceded ... See full summary »
Stars: Richard Bradford, Ricardo Montez, Warren Stanhope, Frank Forsyth
Votes: 459
31. On the Move (1975– )
10 min
Educational program aimed at adults with reading and writing problems.
Stars: Donald Gee, Bob Hoskins, Martin Shaw, Patricia Hayes
Votes: 25
32. 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: 9
33.
Heartbeat (1992–2010)
Episode:
The Championship
(1996)
TV-PG | 51 min | Drama, Comedy, Crime
It is time for the annual match for the quoits championship between Aidensfield and Holinsby. Jack Abbott is playing for the Holinsby team and at the same time having an affair with his ... See full summary »
Director: Gerry Mill | Stars: Nick Berry, Bill Maynard, Derek Fowlds, William Simons
Votes: 35
34.
Man in a Suitcase (1967–1968)
Episode:
Variation on a Million Bucks: Part 2
(1967)
52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
McGill sets sail to Lisbon on a tramp steamer but he is attacked by sailors out to get the key to the deposit box. In Lisbon he meets a woman called Lucia,who helps nurse him back to health... See full summary »
Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Richard Bradford, Ron Randell, Yôko Tani, Anton Rodgers
Votes: 42
35.
The Roads to Freedom (1970)
Episode:
Episode #1.10
(1970)
Drama, War
15th June 1940. The Germans have occupied Paris, Mathieu is in the army waiting for the surrender, Gomez is in America looking for a job and Daniel is in Paris alone with his cats.
Director: James Cellan Jones | Stars: Michael Bryant, Daniel Massey, Norman Rossington, Andrew Faulds
Votes: 9
36. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955–1960)
Approved | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Robin of Loxley, otherwise known as Robin Hood, and his band of Merry Men protect England from the evil machinations of Prince John while King Richard the Lionheart is away fighting in the Crusades.
Stars: Richard Greene, Victor Woolf, Archie Duncan, Alexander Gauge
Votes: 877
37. Budgie (1971–1972)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama
Chirpy Cockney petty crook Ronald "Budgie" Bird is the main character in this British television series.
Stars: Adam Faith, Iain Cuthbertson, Lynn Dalby, June Lewis
Votes: 271
38. Daylight Robbery (1964)
57 min | Comedy
Three children enter a big store and steal a battery. The three had intended to replace the battery but forget when they realize that they've been locked in. Eventually they get out through a skylight.
Director: Michael Truman | Stars: Trudy Moors, Janet Hannington, Kirk Martin, Darryl Read
Votes: 32
39. 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: 244
40. Village Hall (1974–1975)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
Anthology series with each episode a different story set in a village hall.
Stars: Reginald Barratt, Priscilla Morgan, Frank Crompton, Stella Moray
Votes: 31
41. Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1955–1967)
60 min | Comedy, Music
A revival of the British variety show Tonight at the London Palladium, it ran from 28 October 1973 to 28 October 1974.
Stars: Bruce Forsyth, Tommy Trinder, Norman Vaughan, Don Arroll
Votes: 48
42. A Hard Day's Night (1964)
G | 87 min | Comedy, Musical
Over two "typical" days in the life of The Beatles, the boys struggle to keep themselves and Sir Paul McCartney's mischievous grandfather in check while preparing for a live TV performance.
Director: Richard Lester | Stars: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr
Votes: 48,042 | Gross: $13.78M
43. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, Romance
A rebellious, hard-living factory worker juggles relationships with two women, one of whom is married to another man but pregnant with his child.
Director: Karel Reisz | Stars: Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, Rachel Roberts, Hylda Baker
Votes: 9,277
44. The Army Game (1957–1961)
30 min | Comedy
The exploits of a bunch of army conscripts.
Stars: Harry Fowler, Frank Williams, Ted Lune, Alfie Bass
Votes: 96
45. Casanova (1971)
50 min | Drama, History, Romance
While he is in prison, Giacomo Casanova recalls many of his past romances and adventures.
Stars: Frank Finlay, Norman Rossington, Zienia Merton, Christine Noonan
Votes: 124
46. Assignment Foreign Legion (1956–1957)
30 min | Adventure
Stars: Merle Oberon, Martin Benson, Lionel Jeffries, Peter Arne
Votes: 32
47. The Upchat Connection (1978)
30 min | Comedy
A new man wins the locker, life and lascivious lust of lovable Lothario Mike Upchat.
Stars: Robin Nedwell, Susan Jameson, Bernadette Milnes, Ray Marioni
Votes: 13
48.
The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
Episode:
The Big Flame
(1969)
85 min | Drama
Dock workers under the threat of redundancy, work day and night in an attempt to keep employed by running the workforce themselves.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Norman Rossington, Godfrey Quigley, Peter Kerrigan, Ken Jones
Votes: 74
49.
That's My Boy (1981–1986)
Episode:
Go Jump in the Fountain
(1983)
24 min | Comedy
When Angie insists that Robert go out for "an evening with the boys," she and Ida have no idea just how far out of his rut he will get!
Director: Graeme Muir | Stars: Mollie Sugden, Christopher Blake, Jennifer Lonsdale, Clare Richards
Votes: 14
50. 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: 131