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1. Die Ballade von Peckham Rye (1966 TV Movie)
115 min | Drama
Is Dougal Douglas the Devil? He says he is; and certainly he causes chaos wherever he goes.
Director: Jan Biczycki | Stars: Heinz Reincke, Waltraut Schmahl, Eduard Marks, Helga Roloff
Votes: 14
2.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1978)
Episode:
Giulia
(1978)
53 min | Drama
An admirer of all thing Italian, including Mussolini and fascism, Miss Brodie develops a special interest in an Italian student. When the girl's father explains the real reason for the ... See full summary »
Director: John Bruce | Stars: Geraldine McEwan, Lynsey Baxter, Georgine Anderson, Tim Barlow
Votes: 10
3.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1978)
Episode:
Mary MacGregor
(1978)
51 min | Drama
Graceless, unkempt Mary is the opposite of the well-groomed, confident girls Miss Brodie cultivates in her class. Nevertheless, when Miss Brodie learns more about Mary, she decides to taker her under her wing.
Director: John Bruce | Stars: Geraldine McEwan, Lynsey Baxter, Penelope Allsopp, Julie Brennan
Votes: 11
4.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1978)
Episode:
Edinburgh
(1978)
52 min | Drama
Newly arrived in Edinburgh, Miss Brodie gives a dramatic speech, meets her students, offends the conservative Miss Gaunt, and draws the attention of handsome and married art teacher Teddy Lloyd.
Director: Mark Cullingham | Stars: Geraldine McEwan, Lynsey Baxter, Georgine Anderson, Julie Brennan
Votes: 10
5.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1978)
Episode:
Sandy and Jenny
(1978)
55 min | Drama
Having fallen under the spell of their passionate, charismatic teacher, students Sandy and Jenny fuel their romantic fantasies with made-up stories and try to convince Miss Brodie to tell them the facts of life.
Director: Mark Cullingham | Stars: Geraldine McEwan, Lynsey Baxter, Joan Alcorn, Nell Brennan
Votes: 10
6.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1978)
Episode:
Dorothy and Juliet
(1978)
54 min | Drama
The famous ballerina Anna Pavlova is coming to Edinburgh. Miss Brodie insists that her girls experience this important cultural event, and enthusiastically predicts the future stardom of one of her students.
Director: Mark Cullingham | Stars: Geraldine McEwan, Lynsey Baxter, Penelope Allsopp, Dave Anderson
Votes: 10
7.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1978)
Episode:
Newcastle
(1978)
50 min | Drama
Frustrated by students she perceives as provincial and unwilling to marry her wealthy suitor, George Jenkins, Miss Brodie seeks an appointment at the elite Marcia Blaine School for Girls in Edinburgh.
Director: Tina Wakerell | Stars: Geraldine McEwan, Ann Mitchell, Robert Urquhart, John Castle
Votes: 10
8.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1978)
Episode:
Rose
(1978)
51 min | Drama
After Miss Brodie mistakenly concludes that one of her students, the beautiful young Rose, is a poor, neglected orphan, she lavishes her with attention, causing jealousy and resentment among the other girls.
Director: Tina Wakerell | Stars: Geraldine McEwan, Lynsey Baxter, Georgine Anderson, Louise Breslin
Votes: 10
9.
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: 208
10. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
M/PG | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An eccentric Scottish schoolteacher's extravagantly romantic ideas about life--and love--overly impress her young pupils and bring her into conflict with her school's conservative headmistress.
Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Maggie Smith, Gordon Jackson, Robert Stephens, Pamela Franklin
Votes: 9,860
11. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1978)
60 min | Drama
The series tells the story of an educator's effect on impressionable young ladies at the Marcia Blaine School for Girls in Edinburgh, revealing the challenges they face growing up in 1930s Scotland.
Stars: Geraldine McEwan, Lynsey Baxter, Amanda Kirby, Vivienne Ross
Votes: 138
12. The Girls of Slender Means (1975)
50 min | Drama
When their friend Nicholas is killed in 1960, several women think back to the time when they knew him, in 1945 "when all the best people were poor".
Stars: Miriam Margolyes, Patricia Hodge, Marion Bailey, Mary Tamm
Votes: 26
13. Acting in the Sixties (1967– )
Documentary
Stars: Clive Goodwin, Ronald Bryden, Kenneth Tynan, Maggie Smith
Votes: 13
14. 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
15. BBC2 Playhouse (1973–1983)
60 min | Drama
BBC2 Playhouse was a British one-hour episode anthology television series produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Stars: Ralph G. Morse, Gawn Grainger, John Bluthal, Trevor Laird
Votes: 137
16. Ruby (1997–2000)
Talk-Show
Stars: Ruby Wax, Carrie Fisher, John Diamond, Frances Barber
Votes: 28
17. 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: 244
18. Nasty Habits (1977)
PG | 96 min | Comedy
In a Philadelphia convent, two nuns battle it out to be elected to the position of head abbess, and neither is about to let anything stand in the way of getting what she wants.
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Stars: Glenda Jackson, Melina Mercouri, Geraldine Page, Sandy Dennis
Votes: 406
19. The Driver's Seat (1974)
R | 102 min | Drama, Mystery
A mentally-disturbed spinster experiences a series of bizarre encounters in Rome as she searches for someone she feels she'll know--when she finds him.
Director: Giuseppe Patroni Griffi | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Ian Bannen, Guido Mannari, Mona Washbourne
Votes: 1,007
21. Review (1969–1972)
40 min | Documentary
Weekly arts magazine.
Stars: James Mossman, David Hugh Jones, Keith Dewhurst, Jim Douglas Henry
22. Memento Mori (1975 TV Movie)
Drama, Mystery
The writer Charmain Colson entertains a circle of old friends. When they receive an anonymous message saying Memento Mori/Remember you must die, they all panic in fear and angst.
Director: Ludwig Cremer | Stars: Paul Hoffmann, Lil Dagover, Ernst Fritz Fürbringer, Friedrich Joloff
24. Teletale (1963–1964)
30 min | Drama
Stars: Ann Lynn, Edmond Warwick, Arthur Pentelow, Nicol Williamson
25. Saturday Review (1986–1990)
Documentary
Stars: Russell Davies, Minette Marrin, Eric Griffiths, Jonathan Meades
27. Hans Werner Henze: Summer of 1966 (1967)
78 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Hans Werner Henze: Summer of 1966 follows the acclaimed German composer to Salzburg and Berlin, documenting his rehearsals for his now famous opera, "The Bassarids". Based on a fragment of ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Blackwood | Stars: W.H. Auden, Stephen Burton, Loren Driscoll, Ingeborg Hallstein
28. Frank Delaney (1982–1984)
Family
Stars: Frank Delaney, Elkie Brooks, Adam Mars-Jones, Bernard Levin
29. Cover to Cover (1986–1988)
Talk-Show
Book review programme.
Stars: Jill Neville, Nicholas Shakespeare, Colin MacCabe, A.N. Wilson
30. The Interview (1967 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Domien De Gruyter | Stars: Erik Maes, Hilde Sacré, Cara Van Wersch
31.
Ruby (1997–2000)
Episode:
Episode #1.9
(1997)
Talk-Show
Stars: Ruby Wax, Jeremy Hardy, Jonathan Miller, Muriel Spark
32.
Studio 4 (1962)
Episode:
The Ballad of Peckham Rye
(1962)
Drama
Could it be that Dougal Douglas is really the Devil? He certainly brings chaos wherever he goes, even a suburb as placid as Peckham Rye.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Julian D'Albie, Michael Robbins, David Spenser, Susan Burnet
33.
BBC2 Playhouse (1973–1983)
Episode:
The Black Madonna
(1980)
Drama
Director: Michael Simpson | Stars: Helen Fraser, Al Matthews, Edward Peel, Trevor Thomas
34.
Frank Delaney (1982–1984)
Episode:
Episode #2.6
(1983)
Family
Director: Phil Chilvers | Stars: Frank Delaney, Muriel Spark, Harriet Waugh, A.N. Wilson
35.
Teletale (1963–1964)
Episode:
The Black Madonna
(1963)
Drama
Director: Peter Duguid | Stars: Dennis Chinnery, John Meillon, Jane Wenham, Clifton Jones
36.
Cover to Cover (1986–1988)
Episode:
Episode #4.9
(1988)
Talk-Show
Stars: Jill Neville, A.J. Ayer, Ruth Dudley Edwards, Sebastian Faulks
37.
Saturday Review (1986–1990)
Episode:
Episode #10.4
(1988)
Documentary
Directors: Ellen Fraser, Daisy Goodwin, Nicola Roberts | Stars: Harold Acton, Russell Davies, John Mortimer, Mary Ann Sieghart
38.
The Girls of Slender Means (1975)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1975)
49 min | Drama
In 1960, a missionary is killed in Haiti. What was his connection to the May of Teck Club, a hostel for unmarried women which burned down in 1945?
Director: Moira Armstrong | Stars: Kate Atkinson, Marion Bailey, Janet Burnell, Madeleine Christie
39.
The Girls of Slender Means (1975)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1975)
Drama
Now at the beginnings of middle-age, the "girls of slender means" think back on their friendship with Nicholas and wonder how he ended up as a missionary.
Director: Moira Armstrong | Stars: Kate Atkinson, Marion Bailey, Christopher Biggins, Ed Bishop
40.
The Girls of Slender Means (1975)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1975)
Drama
Celebrating the end of World War II in central London, Nicholas saw something which changed his entire life - but what was it?
Director: Moira Armstrong | Stars: James Appleby, Kate Atkinson, Marion Bailey, Ed Bishop
41.
Story Parade (1964–1965)
Episode:
The Bachelors
(1965)
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: John Le Mesurier, Lyndon Brook, T.P. McKenna, Anne Blake
42.
Acting in the Sixties (1967– )
Episode:
Vanessa Redgrave
(1967)
Documentary
Stars: Allison Blair, Ronald Bryden, Jane Carr, Clive Goodwin
43.
Release (1967–1969)
Episode:
A Theatre for the People/Muriel Spark
(1969)
Documentary
Directors: Gavin Millar, Colin Nears | Stars: Roger Planchon, Muriel Spark
44.
Review (1969–1972)
Episode:
Sculptures That Move/Visconti at Work/Muriel Spark
(1970)
Documentary
Stars: James Mossman, Dirk Bogarde, Muriel Spark, Luchino Visconti