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1. First Night (1963–1964)
Drama
Stars: Madge Ryan, Anthony Bate, James Maxwell, Michael Caine
Votes: 104
2.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Pyramids of Mars: Part One
(1975)
TV-Y | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor and Sarah are drawn off course and, instead of UNIT HQ, they arrive on the same site in 1911.
Director: Paddy Russell | Stars: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Bernard Archard, Michael Sheard
Votes: 844
3.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Pyramids of Mars: Part Four
(1975)
TV-Y | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Sutekh forces the Doctor to transport Scarman and a mummy to Mars, where the Doctor and Sarah try to stop them destroying the Eye of Horus.
Director: Paddy Russell | Stars: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Bernard Archard, Gabriel Woolf
Votes: 736
4. Doctor Who (1963–1989)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The adventures in time and space of the Doctor, a Time Lord who changes appearance and personality by regenerating when near death, and is joined by companions in battles against aliens and other megalomaniacs.
Stars: William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker
Votes: 39,587
5.
Late Night Horror (1968)
Episode:
The Corpse Can't Play
(1968)
25 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A strange little boy who is disliked by all crashes a children's party and introduces some weird variations to some traditional children's party games.
Director: Paddy Russell | Stars: Clare Austin, Frank Barry, Samuel Burleigh, Mark Colleano
Votes: 9
6.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Pyramids of Mars: Part Two
(1975)
TV-Y | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor, Sarah and Laurence try to find a way to sever Sutekh's link to the mummies while poacher Ernie Clements finds the priory surrounded by a forcefield.
Director: Paddy Russell | Stars: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Bernard Archard, Michael Sheard
Votes: 720
7.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Pyramids of Mars: Part Three
(1975)
TV-Y | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor and Sarah try to destroy Sutekh's rocket but the Osiran's mental powers prove too great for them.
Director: Paddy Russell | Stars: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Bernard Archard, Michael Sheard
Votes: 712
8.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Horror of Fang Rock: Part One
(1977)
TV-Y | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The TARDIS lands near an isolated rocky island lighthouse just after a comet strikes the nearby sea and a sudden chilling fog rolls in. Soon after, electrical problems take hold of the generator and one of the keepers dies mysteriously.
Director: Paddy Russell | Stars: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Colin Douglas, John Abbott
Votes: 666
9.
Z Cars (1962–1978)
Episode:
Loyalties: Part 2
(1972)
TV-14 | 24 min | Crime, Drama
Bert Lynch believes Cotes has been set up but Sgt Stone disagrees. Cotes thinks his daughter's estranged husband Jack is to blame. Lynch spots stolen cigarettes sold at the pub he drinks and wants Cotes to pick Hargreaves out his mates.
Director: Paddy Russell | Stars: John Slater, James Ellis, Geoffrey Hayes, Douglas Fielding
Votes: 15
10.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Horror of Fang Rock: Part Three
(1977)
TV-Y | 23 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A death scream is heard, yet all are accounted for. Eventually the Doctor finds a body stashed away but hours old, with rigor mortis already settling in, which means there's a chameleon in ... See full summary »
Director: Paddy Russell | Stars: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Colin Douglas, John Abbott
Votes: 574
11.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Horror of Fang Rock: Part Four
(1977)
TV-Y | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
With little to fear, and its mother ship about to land and turn Earth into an alien attack base, the electrically charged Rutan scout drops its human guise and attacks openly.
Director: Paddy Russell | Stars: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Colin Douglas, Alan Rowe
Votes: 579
12.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Horror of Fang Rock: Part Two
(1977)
TV-Y | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
With inexplicable electrical problems keeping the lighthouse from maintaining a steady beam, a foolhardy ship crashes against the island rocks. Four shaken and discontent survivors join the... See full summary »
Director: Paddy Russell | Stars: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Colin Douglas, John Abbott
Votes: 573
13. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
14.
Z Cars (1962–1978)
Episode:
Loyalties: Part 1
(1972)
TV-14 | 24 min | Crime, Drama
Charlie Cotes turns down 5,000 cigarettes from to yobbo's. He confides to Bert Lynch and reports to the station. The yobbo's drop two cases to his home and then ring the police. Sgt. Stone knows Cotes has a record and believes he guilty.
Director: Paddy Russell | Stars: John Slater, James Ellis, Geoffrey Hayes, Douglas Fielding
Votes: 16
15.
The Moonstone (1972)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1972)
43 min | Drama
The Moonstone has been stolen from Rachel's cabinet. Famous police Sergeant Cuff takes on the investigation. Even though second maid Rosanna Spearman is acting very suspicious, the inspector suspects the case to be more complicated.
Director: Paddy Russell | Stars: Vivien Heilbron, Robin Ellis, Kathleen Byron, Basil Dignam
Votes: 6
16. Within These Walls (1974–1978)
60 min | Drama
Drama inside a women's prison.
Stars: Jerome Willis, Mona Bruce, Denys Hawthorne, Beth Harris
Votes: 100
17.
Softly Softly: Task Force (1969–1976)
Episode:
Conspiracy
(1973)
Crime, Drama
Dawes runs a small gang of safe breakers but when he takes his new girlfriend on holiday to Spain, Det. Supt. Adler decides to play mind games with old flame Lucy.
Director: Paddy Russell | Stars: John Franklyn-Robbins, David Lloyd Meredith, Grahame Mallard, Thomas Ellice
Votes: 10
18. 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: 177
19.
The Moonstone (1972)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1972)
45 min | Drama
Franklin Blake is tasked by his uncle to present the fabled Moonstone diamond to Rachel Verinder on her birthday. But the diamond is said to be cursed and three Indian conjurers are lurking... See full summary »
Director: Paddy Russell | Stars: Vivien Heilbron, Robin Ellis, Kathleen Byron, Basil Dignam
Votes: 8
20.
The Moonstone (1972)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1972)
45 min | Drama
Limping Lucy has a letter from Rosanna Spearman to be delivered personally to Franklin Blake. But unfortunately Blake has left the country. Godfrey Ablewhite is assaulted and searched by ... See full summary »
Director: Paddy Russell | Stars: Vivien Heilbron, Robin Ellis, Kathleen Byron, Basil Dignam
Votes: 6
21.
The Moonstone (1972)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(1972)
45 min | Drama
Rosanna's letter offers explanation but also more mystery concerning the theft of the Moonstone. Franklin Blake sets out to prove his innocence and win back the love of Rachel Verinder. ... See full summary »
Director: Paddy Russell | Stars: Vivien Heilbron, Robin Ellis, Basil Dignam, Anna Cropper
Votes: 6
22.
The Moonstone (1972)
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(1972)
46 min | Drama
Ezra Jennings conducts an unusual experiment to prove Franklin Blake's innocence. In order to do so, the exact conditions of the night the Moonstone was stolen have to be duplicated.
Director: Paddy Russell | Stars: Vivien Heilbron, Robin Ellis, Basil Dignam, Martin Jarvis
Votes: 6
23. The Moonstone (1972)
225 min | Drama
A priceless jewel, originally plundered from a Hindu shrine, is presented to Rachel Verinder on her 18th birthday. The jewel goes missing and suspicion falls over the household, threatening to destroy someone close to Rachel's heart.
Stars: Vivien Heilbron, Robin Ellis, Basil Dignam, Martin Jarvis
Votes: 97
24. World Theatre (1959)
Drama
In 1959, a group of aspiring actors and playwrights navigate love, ambition, and artistic challenges in the world of theater.
Stars: Olive McFarland, John Southworth, Dilys Hamlett, James Maxwell
Votes: 14
25.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Invasion: Part One
(1974)
TV-PG | 26 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor and Sarah return to London in the present day only to find the city strangely deserted, while nearby UNIT are dealing with a series of monster appearances.
Director: Paddy Russell | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen, Nicholas Courtney, John Bennett
Votes: 501
26.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Bell of Doom
(1966)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Steven rejoins the Doctor and they leave Paris just ahead of the massacre, leaving Anne behind.
Director: Paddy Russell | Stars: William Hartnell, Peter Purves, André Morell, Leonard Sachs
Votes: 364
27. The Omega Factor (1979)
50 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A covert branch of British Intelligence is assigned to investigate the strange, the supernatural, the...'Omega Factor'.
Stars: James Hazeldine, Louise Jameson, John Carlisle, Brown Derby
Votes: 220
28. 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
29. 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
30. Osirian Gothic (2004 Video)
22 min | Documentary, Short
For the special features of the official DVD release of the story, cast and crew look back at the making of Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars: Part One (1975).
Stars: Philip Hinchcliffe, Paddy Russell, Bernard Archard, Elisabeth Sladen
Votes: 29
31.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Invasion of the Dinosaurs: Part Six
(1974)
TV-PG | 26 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor is rescued from Finch by the Brigadier and Benton and tries to persuade them to stop Grover before millions of people are erased from history.
Director: Paddy Russell | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen, Nicholas Courtney, John Bennett
Votes: 452
32. Late Night Horror (1968)
Drama, Horror, Mystery
"Late Night Horror" was a short lived horror play anthology that aired in the United Kingdom weekly in 1968 from 11 April 1968 until 16 May 1968 on the BBC. It comprised 6 x 30 minutes horror stories.
Stars: Claire Bloom, Diane Cilento, Roy Dotrice, Michele Dotrice
Votes: 18
33. Studio 4 (1962)
60 min | Drama
Anthology series of plays filmed at the BBC TV centre's newly constructed Studio Four.
Stars: Marjorie Wilde, Frederick Farley, David Spenser, Dallas Cavell
Votes: 25
34.
The Omega Factor (1979)
Episode:
The Undiscovered Country
(1979)
50 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Journalist Tom Crane is fascinated with the occult. He challenges the dangerous Drexil to prove how good he is, with tragic results. Tom then joins the mysterious Government Department 7.
Director: Paddy Russell | Stars: James Hazeldine, Louise Jameson, John Carlisle, Brown Derby
Votes: 35
35.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Invasion of the Dinosaurs: Part Two
(1974)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor and Sarah returns to present-day Earth, where they find London has been evacuated, and Dinosaurs are on the loose and they are mistaken for looters. Assisting U.N.I.T in the ... See full summary »
Director: Paddy Russell | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen, Nicholas Courtney, John Bennett
Votes: 459
36.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Invasion of the Dinosaurs: Part Three
(1974)
TV-PG | 23 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Yates sabotages the Doctor's equipment to stop him finding the location of Whitaker's base but then the tyrannosaur escapes, placing Sarah in danger.
Director: Paddy Russell | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen, Nicholas Courtney, John Bennett
Votes: 449
37.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Invasion of the Dinosaurs: Part Four
(1974)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Sarah attempts to find a way off the spaceship while the Doctor tries to track down the source of the time displacements.
Director: Paddy Russell | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen, Nicholas Courtney, John Bennett
Votes: 451
38.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Invasion of the Dinosaurs: Part Five
(1974)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor has been framed as the monster maker by Finch and is on the run from the army, while Sarah attempts to alert UNIT to what Grover is up to.
Director: Paddy Russell | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen, Nicholas Courtney, John Bennett
Votes: 447
39.
The Quatermass Experiment (1953)
Episode:
Persons Reported Missing
(1953)
35 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Horror
Victor Carroon is subjected to various tests which indicate that he has taken on the identities of the other two men. Quatermass and Paterson find a gelatinous substance spread around the capsule's interior.
Director: Rudolph Cartier | Stars: Reginald Tate, Isabel Dean, Duncan Lamont, Hugh Kelly
Votes: 42
40. The Quatermass Experiment (1953)
30 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Horror
Follows the first manned space flight from Australia. In its return to Earth, from the crew of 3, only Victor Carroon, is still aboard. Examinations reveal that something attacked the crew as they were on course back to Earth.
Stars: Reginald Tate, Isabel Dean, Hugh Kelly, Paul Whitsun-Jones
Votes: 440
41. Softly Softly: Task Force (1969–1976)
50 min | Crime, Drama
1970s BBC police drama with experienced cops DCS Charlie Barlow and DS John Watt who lead a task force charged with tackling the toughest cases Thamesford has to offer.
Stars: Frank Windsor, Norman Bowler, David Lloyd Meredith, Terence Rigby
Votes: 115
42. The Newcomers (1965–1969)
30 min | Drama
Ellis Cooper, wife Vivienne, grandmother and their three children are relocated from London to a rural town Angleton by his employer. Helping them adjust to country living are the Harkers whose father also works for Eden Brothers.
Stars: Gladys Henson, Maggie Fitzgibbon, Gerald Cross, Michael Collins
Votes: 41
43. Quick Before They Catch Us (1966– )
Adventure
The adventures of a group of teenagers becoming embroiled in various cases.
Stars: Teddy Green, Pamela Franklin, David Griffin, Colin Bell
Votes: 7
44.
The Quatermass Experiment (1953)
Episode:
Contact Has Been Established
(1953)
32 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Horror
A British experimental rocket orbits the Earth. After being out of contact for 57 hours, the capsule crashes back to Earth in Wimbledon, London. When the capsule is opened, only one member of the three-man crew emerges, Victor Carroon.
Director: Rudolph Cartier | Stars: Reginald Tate, Isabel Dean, Duncan Lamont, Hugh Kelly
Votes: 45
45. My Old Man (1974–1975)
30 min | Comedy
Sam Cobbett's home is to be demolished and he is forced to stay with his daughter and son-in-law, with hilarious results. Somehow, he can't pull himself into the 1970's much to his son-in-law's dismay.
Stars: Clive Dunn, Priscilla Morgan, Edward Hardwicke, George Tovey
Votes: 19
46. The Man Outside (1972)
50 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Baker (Rupert Davies) introduces extraordinary stories about life's loners. The people who live on the outside of society but have story to tell.
Stars: Rupert Davies, Anthony Hopkins, Siân Phillips, Donald Pleasence
Votes: 20
47. Angel Pavement (1967– )
45 min | Drama
BBC adaptation of J.B. Priestley's tale of a mouldering city firm, and the effect on it of a fast-talking newcomer.
Stars: Anthony Bate, Murray Melvin, Cyril Luckham, Hilda Braid
Votes: 12
48.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
War of God
(1966)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The TARDIS lands in sixteenth century Paris and Steven becomes involved with a group of Huguenots.
Director: Paddy Russell | Stars: William Hartnell, Peter Purves, David Weston, Annette Robertson
Votes: 375
49.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Priest of Death
(1966)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Steven has discovered the identity of the Sea Beggar, but can he warn the Huguenots in time?
Director: Paddy Russell | Stars: William Hartnell, Peter Purves, André Morell, Leonard Sachs
Votes: 361
50. 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: 382