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1. The Lovecraft Investigations (2018 Podcast Series)
Horror, Sci-Fi
An investigation into witchcraft, the occult and secret government operations. From H.P. Lovecraft.
Stars: Barnaby Kay, Jana Carpenter, Mark Bazeley, Nicola Walker
Votes: 125
2.
Doctor Who (2005–2022)
Episode:
Day of the Moon
(2011)
TV-PG | 47 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
The Doctor and his allies mount a rebellion against invaders who have been controlling humanity from the very beginning.
Directors: Toby Haynes, Julian Simpson | Stars: Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill, Alex Kingston
Votes: 7,670
3.
New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode:
Last Man Standing: Part Two
(2015)
TV-14 | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
With evidence suggesting that his cosh was the murder weapon and a trumped-up assault claim from Sainsbury things look bleak for Gerry but DAC Strickland is sure of his innocence and lets ... See full summary »
Director: Julian Simpson | Stars: Denis Lawson, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Tamzin Outhwaite, Dennis Waterman
Votes: 238
4. Doctor Who (2005–2022)
TV-PG | 45 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
The further adventures in time and space of the alien adventurer known as the Doctor and his companions from planet Earth.
Stars: Jodie Whittaker, Peter Capaldi, Pearl Mackie, Matt Smith
Votes: 246,442
5. Who is Aldrich Kemp? (2022 Podcast Series)
30 min | Drama
With a stellar cast, headed by Phoebe Fox, alongside Nicola Walker, Tim McInnery, Ferdinand Kingsley and Kyle Soller, we are back in Julian Simpson's imagination - this time trying to find ... See full summary »
Stars: Nicola Walker, Kyle Soller, Ferdinand Kingsley, Phoebe Fox
Votes: 22
6.
New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode:
A Death in the Family
(2012)
TV-14 | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The team is less than pleased when arrogant civil servant Stephen Fisher coerces them into investigating the murder - in 1851 - of Abigail Padua, a mathematical expert whose death led to ... See full summary »
Director: Julian Simpson | Stars: Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman
Votes: 310
7.
New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode:
The One That Got Away
(2013)
TV-14 | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Seventeen years earlier Sandra's first case involved the disappearance, never resolved, of music student Lesley Hewitt and now Lesley's sister Emma has been sent a photo of Lesley walking ... See full summary »
Director: Andy Hay | Stars: James Bolam, Denis Lawson, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Amanda Redman
Votes: 237
8.
New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode:
Last Man Standing: Part One
(2015)
TV-14 | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Gerry is personally involved when the body of Martin Ackroyd, his first inspector when he joined CID, is discovered having been missing for thirty years. Prime suspects are former officers ... See full summary »
Director: Julian Simpson | Stars: Denis Lawson, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Tamzin Outhwaite, Dennis Waterman
Votes: 208
9. MI-5 (2002–2011)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The missions of MI-5, the UK's domestic intelligence organization.
Stars: Peter Firth, Hugh Simon, Nicola Walker, Rupert Penry-Jones
Votes: 18,370
10.
MI-5 (2002–2011)
Episode:
Diana
(2005)
TV-14 | 52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Ruth is visited by his partner Angela, an ex-MI5 officer, who asks Ruth for help in proving that MI5 killed Lady Diana. When Ruth refuses to help her, Angela takes matters into her own hands, visiting the Grid with a deadly proposition.
Director: Julian Simpson | Stars: Anna Chancellor, Lindsay Duncan, Peter Firth, Raza Jaffrey
Votes: 261
11.
Hustle (2004–2012)
Episode:
Lest Ye Be Judged
(2009)
TV-PG | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Albert is due for parole and a key member of the parole board is Judge Kent. Years earlier he was alleged to have been involved in a gold bullion robbery but,after the main robber died, the... See full summary »
Director: Julian Simpson | Stars: Adrian Lester, Robert Glenister, Matt Di Angelo, Kelly Adams
Votes: 175
12.
New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode:
The Fourth Man
(2010)
TV-14 | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Detective inspector Frank Paterson joins the team to reopen a thirty year old bullion robbery after he has tracked down the getaway car. Two guards died, allegedly at the hands of vicious ... See full summary »
Director: Julian Simpson | Stars: Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman
Votes: 214
13.
New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode:
The Little Brother
(2013)
TV-14 | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Now dismissed from UCOS Brian is persuaded by Esther to help her friend Margaret Kirby find her brother Peter Sale, who disappeared six years earlier. In the mean time Brian is bothered by ... See full summary »
Director: Metin Hüseyin | Stars: Alun Armstrong, Denis Lawson, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman
Votes: 219
14. Hustle (2004–2012)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A motley group of London con artists pulls off a series of daring and intricate stings.
Stars: Robert Glenister, Robert Vaughn, Rob Jarvis, Adrian Lester
Votes: 23,548
15.
New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode:
The Gentleman Vanishes
(2011)
TV-14 | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In 2004 physics professor Philip MacKenna was apparently abducted from a Paris-bound train. His journey was last minute, after a colleague was robbed, and witnesses at the time proved to be... See full summary »
Director: Julian Simpson | Stars: Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman
Votes: 201
16.
Hustle (2004–2012)
Episode:
Diamond Seeker
(2009)
TV-PG | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Due to a mix-up jewellery fence Frank gives Mickey a valuable diamond necklace, rather than a fake ruby needed for a scam. Obsessive diamond collector Tony Baxter, anxious to acquire the ... See full summary »
Director: Julian Simpson | Stars: Adrian Lester, Robert Glenister, Matt Di Angelo, Kelly Adams
Votes: 160
17. New Tricks (2003–2015)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Three retired police officers are drafted in to solve cold cases, with a touch of comedy and drama
Stars: Dennis Waterman, Amanda Redman, Alun Armstrong, James Bolam
Votes: 8,776
18. Doctor Who Confidential (2005–2011)
TV-PG | 30 min | Documentary
Behind the scenes of the making of Doctor Who (2005) with the cast, crew and directors.
Stars: Russell T. Davies, David Tennant, Steven Moffat, Phil Collinson
Votes: 925
19.
MI-5 (2002–2011)
Episode:
The Sting
(2005)
TV-14 | 59 min | Action, Crime, Drama
As Britain teeters on the brink of war with Iran, Harry prevents an unofficial extradition of a terrorism suspect by the CIA, thinking he poses no serious threat to national security.
Director: Julian Simpson | Stars: Peter Firth, Anna Chancellor, Rupert Penry-Jones, Nicola Walker
Votes: 227
20.
New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode:
Body of Evidence
(2012)
TV-14 | 58 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Some months after his mysterious disappearance the corpse of young police computer operator Martin Longthorn is smuggled into the morgue at a London teaching hospital. Though he died of an ... See full summary »
Director: Robin Sheppard | Stars: Alun Armstrong, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman, Denis Lawson
Votes: 197
21.
New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode:
Where There's Smoke
(2010)
TV-14 | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The team is asked by Dawn Abbott to reopen a fourteen year old case of a fire at the Union drinking club, which killed gangster Mark Johnson and three staff members. It was thought to be an... See full summary »
Director: Julian Simpson | Stars: Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman
Votes: 185
22.
New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode:
Part of a Whole
(2012)
TV-14 | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Following an attempt to kill Stephen Fisher, Strickland summons the team to a secret meeting. He tells them that thirty years earlier he and Fisher were part of an intelligence group ... See full summary »
Director: Julian Simpson | Stars: Alun Armstrong, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman, Denis Lawson
Votes: 214
23.
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001–2007)
Episode:
In Divine Proportion
(2005)
Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The unusual shotgun murder of an interior decorator is linked to the rape and subsequent suicide of her sister fifteen years earlier.
Director: Brian Stirner | Stars: Louise Hickson, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Craig Parkinson, Nathaniel Parker
Votes: 379
24.
Murder Prevention (2004– )
Episode:
Last Man Out: Part 1
(2004)
Crime, Drama
Director: Julian Simpson | Stars: Conor Mullen, Mark Lewis Jones, Sean Gallagher, Michael Smiley
Votes: 7
25.
MI-5 (2002–2011)
Episode:
The Cell
(2006)
TV-14 | 58 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Intelligence suggests that a thermobaric bomb is being sold to terrorists. Using Zaf as an insider, section D look to intercept the bomb before it does irreparable damage to London, but things don't go exactly to plan.
Director: Julian Simpson | Stars: Aaron Neil, Peter Watts, Ofo Uhiara, Adhir Kalyan
Votes: 225
26.
Hotel Babylon (2006–2009)
Episode:
Episode #3.1
(2008)
TV-MA | 65 min | Comedy, Drama
Anna thinks all her Christmases have arrived at once, when highly successful clothing company De Rigeur holds a fashion show at Hotel Babylon to launch their new collection. Anna's a big ... See full summary »
Director: Julian Simpson | Stars: Max Beesley, Dexter Fletcher, Emma Pierson, Natalie Mendoza
Votes: 37
27.
New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode:
Dead Man Talking
(2010)
TV-14 | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Some years after her wealthy father died of a heart attack confronting an intruder - who fled empty-handed - Vicky Anderson asks Sandra and the team to intervene, since clairvoyant ... See full summary »
Director: Julian Simpson | Stars: Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman
Votes: 207
28.
New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode:
Only the Brave
(2011)
TV-14 | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Stephanie Parr tells the team that her biker boyfriend Reese Chapman, as a rite of passage, must kill a rival gang leader who supposedly murdered his father Eddie, founder of the violent ... See full summary »
Director: Julian Simpson | Stars: Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman
Votes: 183
29.
New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode:
London Underground
(2014)
TV-14 | 62 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When film critic Oliver Houghton's corpse is found in a sewer Sasha is reluctantly forced to work with Ned as Oliver had been a witness in the unsolved case of gay artist David Straka two ... See full summary »
Director: Julian Simpson | Stars: Denis Lawson, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Tamzin Outhwaite, Dennis Waterman
Votes: 187
30. Hotel Babylon (2006–2009)
TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Drama
At a posh urban hotel, the love lives and whims of its wealthy guests are attended to by hard-working staff who have their own troubles with love.
Stars: Dexter Fletcher, Martin Marquez, Michael Obiora, Raymond Coulthard
Votes: 4,682
31.
Murder Prevention (2004– )
Episode:
Last Man Out: Part 2
(2004)
Crime, Drama
Director: Julian Simpson | Stars: Conor Mullen, Mark Lewis Jones, Sean Gallagher, Michael Smiley
Votes: 8
32.
Hotel Babylon (2006–2009)
Episode:
Episode #3.2
(2008)
TV-MA | 65 min | Comedy, Drama
Love is in the air as Valentine's night approaches, but the restaurant has received a damning review from restaurant critic Alexander Crawfield. New PR Emily rises to the challenge and ... See full summary »
Director: Julian Simpson | Stars: Max Beesley, Dexter Fletcher, Emma Pierson, Natalie Mendoza
Votes: 36
33.
Hotel Babylon (2006–2009)
Episode:
Episode #3.3
(2008)
TV-MA | 55 min | Comedy, Drama
Hotel tycoon, Donald Stern's daughter Naomi is getting married to wealthy American, Earl Archer, and he wants her to have the best wedding possible. However with the wedding planner away, ... See full summary »
Director: Julian Simpson | Stars: Max Beesley, Dexter Fletcher, Emma Pierson, Natalie Mendoza
Votes: 35
34.
New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode:
Final Curtain
(2008)
TV-14 | 58 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
With Jack Halford away following the acquittal of Ricky Hanson, Sandra, Gerry and Brian investigate the death of actor Michael Austin, who was shot dead during the performance of a play. ... See full summary »
Director: Julian Simpson | Stars: Alun Armstrong, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman, Anthony Calf
Votes: 211
35.
New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode:
The Truth Is Out There
(2009)
TV-14 | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Jack attends the funeral of ex-cop Derek Brooker who went to his grave trying to prove that journalist Peter Edelmann was killed by the American Air Force to stop him exposing an alleged ... See full summary »
Director: Julian Simpson | Stars: Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman
Votes: 245
36.
New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode:
Shadow Show
(2009)
TV-14 | 58 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Ex-actress Gloria Gransford draws the team's attention to a clip, posted on the Internet, from a film she made in 1990 called 'Shadow Show', after which the producer Max Stone was stabbed ... See full summary »
Director: Julian Simpson | Stars: Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman
Votes: 213
37.
New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode:
Fashion Victim
(2010)
TV-14 | 58 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Eight years previously clothes designer Ritchie Levene was murdered, stabbed in the neck with a pair of his scissors. For years his ex-wife Sarah has wanted the case reopened and sees her ... See full summary »
Director: Julian Simpson | Stars: Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman
Votes: 196
38.
New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode:
Old School Ties
(2012)
TV-14 | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Still missing Jack, the team reopens the disappearance five years earlier of PE teacher Jason Bowe when human remains are found at Peregrine Manor school, where he taught. Of the staff only... See full summary »
Director: Julian Simpson | Stars: Alun Armstrong, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman, Susan Jameson
Votes: 219
39. The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001–2007)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
British crime investigation series based around aristocratic, Oxford-educated Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and his working-class assistant Sergeant Barbara Havers.
Stars: Nathaniel Parker, Sharon Small, Lesley Vickerage, Paul Hickey
Votes: 5,745
40.
MI-5 (2002–2011)
Episode:
Agenda
(2006)
TV-14 | 58 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Harry Pearce is less than pleased when he learns that MI-5 video surveillance of a suspected terrorist, Khalid Mansour, has been ruled inadmissible and that Mansour will be set free. On the... See full summary »
Director: Julian Simpson | Stars: Matthew Blackmore, James Dicker, Shaun Dingwall, Peter Firth
Votes: 210
41.
Doctor Who (2005–2022)
Episode:
The Almost People
(2011)
TV-PG | 46 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
The gangers and humans battle for their lives as the factory crumbles and the Doctor tries to keep the peace - can everyone make it off the island alive?
Director: Julian Simpson | Stars: Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill, Mark Bonnar
Votes: 6,078
42.
New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode:
Romans Ruined
(2014)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In 2008 body-builder Mark Rix died of a heart attack, seemingly caused by a surfeit of steroids. Now a sword is found in his old lock-up, which decapitated an unknown man just before Mark ... See full summary »
Director: Julian Simpson | Stars: Denis Lawson, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Tamzin Outhwaite, Dennis Waterman
Votes: 171
43. Genghis Khan (2005 TV Movie)
58 min | Biography, Drama
Genghis Khan, ruthless leader of the Mongols and sovereign over the vastest empire ever ruled by a single man, was both god and devil - not just in the Middle Ages, but for centuries to come.
Director: Edward Bazalgette | Stars: Orgil Makhaan, Unubold Batbayar, Unurjargal Jigjidsuren, Erdenetsetseg Bazarragchaa
Votes: 655
44.
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001–2007)
Episode:
Word of God
(2005)
Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An illegal Jordanian immigrant is found strangled in a meat locker with a page from the priceless "Golden Koran" is found on his person.
Director: Julian Simpson | Stars: Maggy Sherif, Khalid Laith, Sharon Small, Nathaniel Parker
Votes: 292
45.
New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode:
Magic Majestic
(2008)
TV-14 | 58 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
At Brian's insistence, the UCOS team investigates a bizarre case from ten years before where a hypnotized woman subsequently killed her husband. Although the woman, Katie Briers, was found ... See full summary »
Director: Julian Simpson | Stars: Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman
Votes: 216
46. Murder Prevention (2004– )
48 min | Crime, Drama
Tense drama series about a police unit which aims to prevent murders before they are committed, using modern scientific methods combined with old-fashioned police instinct.
Stars: Conor Mullen, Mark Lewis Jones, Sean Gallagher, Michael Smiley
Votes: 55
47. Without You (2003 TV Movie)
28 min | Crime, Drama
After murdering his girlfriend and putting her corpse in the boot of his car, James foolishly allows his car to be stolen. On his way home on the bus James sees his car outside a pub and ... See full summary »
Director: Julian Simpson | Stars: Lennie James, Nicola Stephenson, Stephen Graham, Vanessa Rosenthal
Votes: 12
48.
Doctor Who (2005–2022)
Episode:
The Rebel Flesh
(2011)
TV-PG | 43 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
A solar tsunami sends the TARDIS crew to an acid mining factory in the 22nd century, where a small team of workers come under attack from their doppelgangers.
Director: Julian Simpson | Stars: Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill, Mark Bonnar
Votes: 6,136
49. Cutting Edge (1990–2017)
Documentary
Weekly documentary series focussing on political and social issues.
Stars: John Simm, Mark Halliley, Steven Mackintosh, Jim Carter
Votes: 122
50. Hannibal (2006 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 89 min | Action, Biography, Drama
It is 200 years before the birth of Christ and Rome is the new superpower of the ancient world. She believes she is invincible - but one man is destined to change that. He is a man bound by... See full summary »
Director: Edward Bazalgette | Stars: Alexander Siddig, Emilio Doorgasingh, Bashar Rahal, Mido Hamada
Votes: 1,792