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1. Television Playwright (1958–1959)
Drama
Stars: Brian Peck, Peter Copley, Jack Allen, Helen Shingler
Votes: 14
2.
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955–1960)
Episode:
The Crusaders
(1958)
Approved | 25 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Robin, keeping a rendezvous with four Knights with whom he fought in the Crusades, does not know he's walking into a trap hatched by the Sheriff. Can his enemy win this time? Or has Robin an ace up his sleeve?
Director: Gerard Bryant | Stars: Richard Greene, Alexander Gauge, Alan Wheatley, Bryan Coleman
Votes: 26
3. Moonstrike (1963)
50 min | Drama, History, War
Anthology series of one-off thrillers about the covert activities of Allied agents and resistance operatives in occupied Europe during the Second World War.
Stars: Gary Hope, Michael Culver, Peter Tory, John Murray Scott
Votes: 20
4. Public Eye (1965–1975)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Cynical, dour and world-weary, private eye Frank Marker is frequently the unwitting stooge in bigger criminal wheels in his attempts to make a tenuous living on the outskirts of London.
Stars: Alfred Burke, Ray Smith, Pauline Delaney, Brenda Cavendish
Votes: 429
5. 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
6. Jack the Ripper (1973)
304 min | Crime, Drama, History
The highly popular detective pair from the series Softly, Softly, Barlow and Watt, try to solve the old mystery of Jack The Ripper in this documentary series.
Stars: Stratford Johns, Frank Windsor, Frank Duncan, Alan Cullen
Votes: 71
7.
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1955– )
Episode:
The Princess
(1955)
30 min | Adventure, Family
The Pimpernel goes back into danger to rescue a serving girl. Ginette is a lovely and spirited young woman and he finds himself falling for her and wondering what a different life would be like.
Director: David MacDonald | Stars: Marius Goring, Patrick Troughton, Anthony Newlands, Stanley Van Beers
Votes: 11
8. 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: 8,903
9. Tales of Mystery (1961–1963)
30 min | Fantasy
Supernatural drama series adapted from the short stories of Algernon Blackwood.
Stars: John Laurie, Ann Castle, Michael Aldridge, John Wood
Votes: 19
10.
Secret Agent (1964–1967)
Episode:
Sting in the Tail
(1965)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Noureddine assassinates the Shah of Assimi and Drake is brought in to get him to leave Beirut and travel to where he can be arrested. He does this by impersonating a struggling artist and befriending Noureddine's girlfriend.
Director: Peter Yates | Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Ronald Radd, Derren Nesbitt, John Standing
Votes: 110
11. Secret Agent (1964–1967)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
John Drake is a special operative for M9, specializing in security assignments against any subversive element that threatens world peace.
Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Peter Madden, Frank Maher, Peter Brayham
Votes: 1,542
12. Thursday Theatre (1964–1965)
Drama
Stars: John Sharp, Paul Rogers, Robert Flemyng, Rachel Gurney
Votes: 12
13. Macbeth (1949 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
The thane Macbeth plots to become king of Scotland, aided by his ambitious wife.
Director: George More O'Ferrall | Stars: Stephen Murray, Ruth Lodge, Mark Dignam, Patrick Macnee
Votes: 11
14. Gideon C.I.D. (1964–1966)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Follows Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard and his family life.
Stars: John Gregson, Alexander Davion, Daphne Anderson, Richard James
Votes: 314
15. The Plane Makers (1963–1965)
60 min | Drama
The day-to-day story of a multi-million pound aerospace company, its new jet plane, its test-pilot, its workers and its ruthless and hard-nosed managing director John Wilder, the embodiment of modern, unflinching capitalism.
Stars: Jack Watling, Patrick Wymark, Norma Ronald, Reginald Marsh
Votes: 44
16. Clochemerle (1972)
230 min | Comedy
A rural French town attempts to erect a public urinal.
Stars: Peter Ustinov, Roy Dotrice, Wendy Hiller, Larry Noble
Votes: 114
17. 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
18. The Snow Goose (1971 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
An aging artist who lives a solitary life as a lighthouse keeper in an Essex fishing village assists a young orphan girl in caring for a wounded snow goose.
Director: Patrick Garland | Stars: Richard Harris, Jenny Agutter, Graham Crowden, Freda Bamford
Votes: 449
19. 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
20. Men of Rochdale (1944)
42 min | Short, Drama, History
Drama-documentary celebrating 100 years of Co-operative shops
Director: Compton Bennett | Stars: Brefni O'Rorke, Julian Somers, Margaret Withers, Scott Harrold
Votes: 9
21.
Jack the Ripper (1973)
Episode:
Suspects
(1973)
51 min | Crime, Drama, History
Barlow and Watt attempt to go through a wide range of suspects for who Jack the Ripper. They go through each discover whether any of these could be the Ripper or whether they are just a conspiracy.
Director: Gilchrist Calder | Stars: Stratford Johns, Frank Windsor, Terry Bale, Alan Chuntz
Votes: 8
22. 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: 17,197
23. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
24.
The Invisible Man (1958–1960)
Episode:
Blind Justice
(1958)
24 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
When an airline pilot is framed for drug smuggling, a killer comes to his home to silence him... and the pilot's blind wife is the only witness.
Director: C.M. Pennington-Richards | Stars: Lisa Daniely, Philip Friend, Jack Watling, Julian Somers
Votes: 53
25. 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
26. 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: 142
27. The Flying Doctor (1959– )
30 min | Drama
Stars: Richard Denning, Jill Adams, Alan White, Peter Madden
Votes: 35
28. 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: 880
29. 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: 246
30. Pardon My Genie (1972–1973)
25 min | Fantasy, Comedy
Hal Adden works at Mr. Cobbledick's hardware store and spends his days dreaming of romance with his boss's daughter. Hal's mundane existence gets changed forever when he finds a watering can in the store that comes with its very own Genie.
Stars: Roy Barraclough, Ellis Jones, Lynette Erving, Arthur White
Votes: 37
31. Object Z (1965)
30 min | Sci-Fi
A mysterious object is sighted heading towards Earth and causes panic. But what is the nature & origin of the object, and how can it be stopped?
Stars: Margaret Neale, Denys Peek, Ralph Nossek, Trevor Bannister
Votes: 12
32.
Gideon C.I.D. (1964–1966)
Episode:
The Great Plane Robbery
(1965)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
A group of thieves successfully steal a £1 000 000 shipment of gold from a plane that has just landed from Moscow. It was very well organised and Gideon is in charge of finding the criminals.
Director: Leslie Norman | Stars: John Gregson, Alexander Davion, Daphne Anderson, George Baker
Votes: 51
33. Room at the Top (1958)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Romance
An ambitious young accountant plots to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter despite falling in love with a married older woman.
Director: Jack Clayton | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Simone Signoret, Heather Sears, Donald Wolfit
Votes: 7,342
34. The Count of Monte Cristo (1956)
30 min | Adventure, Family
A TV series adaptated from the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the ... See full summary »
Stars: George Dolenz, Nick Cravat, Robert Cawdron, Henry Corden
Votes: 67
35. Dial 999 (1958–1959)
30 min | Crime
Robert Beatty stars as Detective Inspector Mike Maguire, a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman posted to New Scotland Yard, in this popular 1950s series depicting London's fight against crime.
Stars: Robert Beatty, John Howlett, Richard Bebb, Hugh Moxey
Votes: 109
36. The Further Adventures of the Musketeers (1967)
25 min | Adventure
Based on the Alexandre Dumas novel 'Twenty Years After', the series follows Athos, Porthos and Aramis, along with their new recruit d'Artagnan, as they continue to protect the name and throne of the king.
Stars: Brian Blessed, Joss Ackland, John Woodvine, Jeremy Young
Votes: 22
37.
Van der Valk (1972–1992)
Episode:
Rich Man, Poor Man
(1973)
50 min | Crime, Drama
An explosion almost kills a worker at a tractor factory, and a poor immigrant barber is bludgeoned to death in a luxury apartment that he shouldn't have been able to afford. Van der Valk ... See full summary »
Director: Douglas Camfield | Stars: Barry Foster, Michael Latimer, Susan Travers, Roy Boyd
Votes: 29
38. Crown Court (1972–2007)
TV-14 | 25 min | Drama
A courtroom drama in which each case is usually presented in three episodes. At the end of the third episode, a jury of "ordinary people" comes to a verdict on the evidence presented.
Stars: Peter Wheeler, Joseph Berry, Richard Colson, Derek Hockridge
Votes: 348
39. Interpol Calling (1959– )
30 min | Crime, Drama
Follows inspector Paul Duval as he tracks his targets and risks his life in a global race against time.
Stars: Charles Korvin, Edwin Richfield, Roland Bartrop, George Pastell
Votes: 125
40. Mogul (1965–1972)
50 min | Drama
Adventure drama series based around the fictitious Mogul Oil Company and the exploits of its chief "troubleshooter", Peter Thornton (Ray Barrett).
Stars: Geoffrey Keen, Philip Latham, Ray Barrett, Robert Hardy
Votes: 92
41. The Stranger in Between (1952)
Approved | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A violent fugitive and a mistreated small boy team up to flee from authority.
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Jon Whiteley, Elizabeth Sellars, Kay Walsh
Votes: 1,421
42. Sailor of Fortune (1955– )
30 min | Adventure, Drama
Captain of 'The Shipwreck' Grant Mitchell runs a cargo business, but finds himself often called on for help against problems, intrigue, and villainy on the choppy waters of his trade.
Stars: Lorne Greene, Jack MacGowran, Rupert Davies, Paul Carpenter
Votes: 35
43. Hamlet Part 1 (1947 TV Movie)
88 min | Drama
A live, early television version of the play
Director: Basil Adams | Stars: John Byron, Sebastian Shaw, Margaret Rawlings, W.E. Holloway
Votes: 12
44.
Public Eye (1965–1975)
Episode:
The Windsor Royal
(1973)
Crime, Drama
Clement Lawrence is justifiably proud of The Windsor Royal - a new breed of rose - so when his rose bushes disappear he hires Marker to investigate.
Director: Douglas Camfield | Stars: Alfred Burke, Raymond Francis, Stephanie Bidmead, Nina Thomas
Votes: 31
45.
No Hiding Place (1959–1967)
Episode:
A Pocketful of Bones
(1963)
Crime, Drama
The discovery of human bones down a well leads Scotland Yard to uncover a tragic story of sexual assault and murder ten years previously.
Directors: Peter Croft, Richard Sidwell | Stars: Raymond Francis, Eric Lander, Jean Kent, Julian Somers
Votes: 16
46. Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
GP | 168 min | Drama, History, Romance
Bathsheba Everdene, a willful, flirtatious young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and is romantically pursued by three very different men.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Julie Christie, Peter Finch, Alan Bates, Terence Stamp
Votes: 6,227
47. Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
Approved | 97 min | Action, Drama, History
The World War II story of the Royal Navy's effort to defeat Nazi Germany's most powerful warship.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Kenneth More, Dana Wynter, Carl Möhner, Laurence Naismith
Votes: 8,324 | Gross: $6.54M
48. William Tell (1958–1959)
30 min | Adventure, Family, History
Depicts the legend of William Tell, who, as the stories say, shot an apple off of his son's head and lead the rebellion to free Switzerland.
Stars: Conrad Phillips, Willoughby Goddard, Jennifer Jayne, Richard Rogers
Votes: 212
49. 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
50. Fatal Journey (1954)
30 min | Crime, Short
A Scotland Yard detective investigates the connection between a man who suffers from amnesia, a blackmailer and murder.
Director: Paul Dickson | Stars: Edgar Lustgarten, Gordon Bell, Edward Forsyth, Jack Melford
Votes: 56