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1. First Night (1963–1964)
Drama
Stars: Madge Ryan, Anthony Bate, James Maxwell, Michael Caine
Votes: 104
2. Knight Errant Limited (1959–1961)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Adam Knight's agency is there to help people in all kinds of ways.
Stars: Kay Callard, John Turner, Richard Carpenter, Hugh David
Votes: 14
3. The Big Pull (1962)
30 min | Sci-Fi
A deadly alien force is brought to Earth by a US astronaut after a space orbit through the Van Allen belt.
Stars: William Dexter, June Tobin, Ray Roberts, Frederick Treves
Votes: 21
4. The Avengers (1961–1969)
TV-14 | 50 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners.
Stars: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Honor Blackman, Linda Thorson
Votes: 8,900
5. Boyd Q.C. (1956–1964)
30 min | Drama
A barrister named Richard Boyd Q.C. is involved in a variety of cases in London.
Stars: Michael Denison, Charles Leno, Owen Berry, Weyman Mackay
Votes: 23
6. 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: 377
7. The Remains of the Day (1993)
PG | 134 min | Drama, Romance
A butler who sacrificed body and soul to service in the years leading up to World War II realizes too late how misguided his loyalty was to his lordly employer.
Director: James Ivory | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, John Haycraft, Christopher Reeve
Votes: 84,560 | Gross: $22.95M
8. No Hiding Place (1959–1967)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Tales of Scotland Yard centering on a detective team. A sort of halfway house between "Dixon of Dock Green" and "'Z' Cars." The detectives are still 1950s-style with good elocution and ... See full summary »
Stars: Raymond Francis, Eric Lander, Johnny Briggs, Michael McStay
Votes: 97
9. Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962–1971)
50 min | Drama
Dr. Finlay is a member of a medical practice in the Scottish town of Tannochbrae during the late 1920s.
Stars: Bill Simpson, Andrew Cruickshank, Barbara Mullen, Eric Woodburn
Votes: 143
10.
The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
Episode:
Alice
(1965)
72 min | Drama
Written for THE WEDNESDAY PLAY (1964-70), which the BBC retitled PLAY FOR TODAY in 1970, ALICE has the earliest airdate (10/13/65) of the Potter productions to survive on tape. After THE ... See full summary »
Director: Gareth Davies | Stars: George Baker, Deborah Watling, Rosalie Crutchley, David Langton
Votes: 48
11.
Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode:
Memento Mori
(1992)
TV-14 | Drama
A group of old people is being frightened by mysterious phone calls.
Director: Jack Clayton | Stars: Stephanie Cole, Jacqueline Leonard, Renée Asherson, Michael Hordern
Votes: 209
12. 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
13. 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
14. Little Dorrit (1987)
G | 357 min | Drama, Romance
Arthur returns to London after working abroad for many years with his now deceased father. Almost at once he becomes involved in the problems of his mother's seamstress Amy and of her father residing in the Marshalsea debtors' prison.
Director: Christine Edzard | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Max Wall
Votes: 1,239 | Gross: $1.03M
15.
Maigret (1959–1963)
Episode:
The White Hat
(1962)
50 min | Crime, Drama
A woman in the park persuades Madame Maigret to look after her baby for an hour. The Chief Inspector thinks the strange incident might be connected to his latest murder case.
Director: Gerard Glaister | Stars: Rupert Davies, Ewen Solon, Helen Shingler, John Carson
Votes: 43
16. Darling (1965)
TV-MA | 128 min | Drama, Romance
Beautiful but amoral model Diana Scott sleeps her way to the top of the London fashion scene at the height of the Swinging Sixties.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Julie Christie, Dirk Bogarde, Laurence Harvey, José Luis de Vilallonga
Votes: 7,912
17. 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: 94
18. ITV Playhouse (1967–1982)
Comedy, Drama
Anthology series of dramatic works.
Stars: Michael Bryant, William Simons, Katherine Barker, Geoffrey Palmer
Votes: 88
19.
The Avengers (1961–1969)
Episode:
School for Traitors
(1963)
TV-14 | 52 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Steed investigates the alleged suicide of a college instructor and discovers that the weapon the man used to kill himself was a pistol with a silencer attached.
Director: Jonathan Alwyn | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Julie Stevens, Melissa Stribling, Anthony Nicholls
Votes: 119
20. Emergency-Ward 10 (1957–1967)
30 min | Drama
Set in Oxbridge General Hospital, this soap opera focused equally on the lives and loves of its medical staff and the pressure of their work.
Stars: Jill Browne, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Frederick Bartman, Desmond Carrington
Votes: 70
21. Screen Two (1985–1998)
TV-14 | 120 min | Drama
In 1984 Kenith Trodd joined BBC team responding to Channel 4 releases, leading to transition from BBC studio plays to Screen One/Two anthology series. Trodd oversaw first group of titles in these series in 1985.
Stars: Jude North, Roger Brierley, Geoffrey Chater, Norman Jones
Votes: 247
22. A Matter of Choice (1963)
Not Rated | 79 min | Drama
Two youths accidentally cause a man's death, and inadvertently reveal his liaison with a married woman.
Director: Vernon Sewell | Stars: Anthony Steel, Jeanne Moody, Ballard Berkeley, Malcolm Gerard
Votes: 109
23. Follow You Follow Me (1979)
35 min | Drama, Short
The film explores the development in the friendship of two teenage boys. Joseph who is introspective and shy and Peter, more confident and whose father is an employee at the factory owned ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Lambert | Stars: Francis Gilson, Stephen Bratt, Sonia Woolley, Gilbert Wynne
Votes: 56
25. Killer Force (1976)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A five-man team of professionals undertake a daring robbery at a diamond mine.
Director: Val Guest | Stars: Telly Savalas, Peter Fonda, Hugh O'Brian, Christopher Lee
Votes: 758
26. Harpers West One (1961–1963)
60 min | Drama
The life and loves of a big department store in the West End of London.
Stars: Jan Holden, Jane Muir, Philip Latham, Vivian Pickles
27. The Secret Garden (1960)
30 min | Drama
A young British girl born and raised in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's estate. Her uncle is very distant due to the ... See full summary »
Stars: Gillian Ferguson, Hilary Mason, Prunella Scales, Stuart Hutchison
28. The Brothers Karamazov (1964– )
45 min | Drama
Stars: Ray Barrett, Alan Rowe, Judith Stott, Ann Castle
29. The Idiot (1966– )
Drama
Dramatization of Dostoyevsky's novel about a naive and unworldly young man who finds himself entangled in a corrupt and greedy society.
Stars: David Buck, Adrienne Corri, Anthony Bate, Patrick Newell
30. Sunday Night Thriller (1981)
60 min | Thriller
This thriller was shot in the most beautiful location by a lake in the Cotswolds, England.
Stars: Judy Loe, Edward Woodward, Martin Jarvis, John Carson
31. The Men from Room 13 (1959–1961)
Crime, Drama
Stars: Brian Wilde, John Welsh, Kenneth MacKintosh, William Fox
32. Paul of Tarsus (1960)
30 min | Drama, History
The story of St. Paul, and of the spread of Christianity.
Stars: Patrick Troughton, Philip Latham, David Spenser, John Graham
33. Crime Sheet (1959– )
30 min | Drama, Mystery
Stars: Raymond Francis, Gerald Case, Reginald Marsh, Charles Gray
34. You Can't Win (1961)
45 min | Crime
Anthology series of plays based around the theme that "crime does not pay."
Stars: Raymond Hodge, Robert Weeden, Gillian Raine, Michael Aldridge
35. Airey Neave: A Will of Steel (1980 TV Movie)
75 min | Biography, Drama
Stars: Ludovic Kennedy, Clive Francis, Julian Fellowes, David Purcell
36. Destination Downing Street (1957)
30 min | Adventure
The adventures of super-spy Mike Anson and his team of experts.
Stars: John Stone, Donald Morley, Sylva Langova, Graham Crowden
37. As I Die (1958 TV Movie)
Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Marcia Ashton, Dorothy Brewster, Heather Chasen, Michael Corcoran
38. A Chance to Live (1960 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
Director: Gerard Glaister | Stars: Jean Anderson, Lisa Barnett, Kathleen Boutall, Patrick Cargill
39. Much Ado About Nothing (1977 TV Movie)
94 min | Comedy, Romance
Director: Douglas Bristow | Stars: Richard Haines, Ken Leach, Errol Ross, George Jackson
40. The Sky Larks (1958)
30 min | Comedy
The adventures and mis-adventures of a Naval Helicopter Crew.
Stars: Anton Rodgers, Roland Curram, John Southworth, William Mervyn
41. Yorky (1960–1961)
30 min | Drama
Plays of village life by Bill Naughton and Allan Prior.
Stars: Wilfred Pickles, Edna Morris, Margaret Diamond, Nan Braunton
42. The Hill (1959 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
Stars: Gwen Ffrangcon Davies, Rosalie Crutchley, Mike Murray, Andrew Crawford
43. Call Back Yesterday (1956 TV Movie)
26 min | Drama
Director: Derick Williams | Stars: Trevor Davis, Catherine Feller, Eileen Forbes, Garard Green
44. Romano the Peasant (1960– )
30 min | Drama, Family
In an Italian fishing village, Romano becomes the breadwinner of his family when his father is taken ill after an accident.The serial follows how he makes a living.
Stars: John Barrard, Malya Nappi, Joseph Levine, Kenneth Collins
45.
Sunday Night Thriller (1981)
Episode:
Blunt Instrument: Part 1
(1981)
Thriller
Director: Peter Cregeen | Stars: John Abbott, Katharine Blake, John Carson, Steve Emerson
46.
You Can't Win (1961)
Episode:
The One That Got Away
(1961)
Crime
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Virginia Maskell, Frank Finlay, Glyn Owen, Leonard Rossiter
47.
Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962–1971)
Episode:
The Vision
(1965)
Drama
Director: Prudence Fitzgerald | Stars: Bill Simpson, Andrew Cruickshank, Barbara Mullen, Heather Bell
48.
Knight Errant Limited (1959–1961)
Episode:
The King of Kandoga
(1960)
Crime, Drama
Director: Graham Evans | Stars: John Turner, Kay Callard, Richard Carpenter, William Fox
49.
No Hiding Place (1959–1967)
Episode:
Accessories After the Fact
(1962)
Crime, Drama
A handbag, some money and a diamond ring are the missing clues in a murder.
Directors: Douglas Hurn, Richard Sidwell | Stars: Raymond Francis, Eric Lander, Eric Phillips, Robert Hunter
50.
Crime Sheet (1959– )
Episode:
Lockhart Rings the Bell
(1959)
Drama, Mystery
Director: Roger Jenkins | Stars: Raymond Francis, Alfred Burke, Harriette Johns, Stratford Johns