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1. The Silver Sword (1957–1958)
30 min | Drama
On a cold, dark night in Warsaw in 1942, the Balicki children watch in horror as Nazi stormtroopers arrest their mother. Now they are lone. With the war raging around them, food and shelter... See full summary »
Stars: Melvyn Hayes, Ingrid Sylvester, Pat Pleasance, Frazer Hines
Votes: 34
2. 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, John Murray Scott, Clive Russell
Votes: 20
3. Absurd Person Singular (1985 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 115 min | Comedy
A movie in three acts following three couples who, over three years, each host a Christmas party. The camera stays in the kitchen and we are treated to Ayckbourn's beautifully detailed look at middle class life.
Director: Michael A. Simpson | Stars: Cheryl Campbell, Michael Gambon, Nicky Henson, Maureen Lipman
Votes: 63
4.
Theatre Night (1985–1990)
Episode:
The Miser
(1988)
110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Moliere's great 1668 comedy is relocated to a provincial backwater in Victorian England. Harpagon, a miserable old skinflint, contracts with the matchmaker Frosine for the hand of the ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Simpson | Stars: Nigel Hawthorne, Peter Chelsom, Kate Buffery, John Hudson
Votes: 15
5. When We Are Married (1987 TV Movie)
Comedy, Drama
Three couples celebrating their 25th Anniversaries have quite a surprise waiting for them.
Director: Barry Davis | Stars: Patricia Routledge, Peter Vaughan, Prunella Scales, Timothy West
Votes: 63
6.
Theatre Night (1985–1990)
Episode:
The Winslow Boy
(1989)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.
Director: Michael Darlow | Stars: Christopher Haley, Rosemary Leach, Gwen Watford, Gordon Jackson
Votes: 81
7. Richard III (1983 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 239 min | Drama
Richard of Gloucester uses murder and manipulation to claim England's throne.
Director: Jane Howell | Stars: Peter Benson, Antony Brown, David Burke, Michael Byrne
Votes: 231
8. Relatively Speaking (1989 TV Movie)
120 min | Comedy
It's the sixties. Gregory loves Ginny, and Ginny loves Gregory. But unfortunately Ginny also loves Philip, or at least she used to, and Philip loves her. Does Philip love his wife too? ... See full summary »
Director: Michael A. Simpson | Stars: Michael Maloney, Imogen Stubbs, Nigel Hawthorne, Gwen Watford
Votes: 28
9. The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978–1985)
BBC adaptations of all 37 plays wholly and authoritatively credited to William Shakespeare.
Stars: Brenda Bruce, Jon Finch, David Gwillim, Rob Edwards
Votes: 52
10. Much Ado About Nothing (1984 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 148 min | Comedy, Romance
Benedick and Beatrice fight their merry war of words. But when Beatrice's friend, Hero, is humiliatingly jilted by Benedick's best friend, Claudio, Benedick has to choose which side he's on... See full summary »
Director: Stuart Burge | Stars: Lee Montague, Tim Faulkner, Cherie Lunghi, Katharine Levy
Votes: 275
11. Detective (1964–1969)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Anthology series featuring adaptations of detective stories.
Stars: Rupert Davies, Ralph Michael, Barbara Couper, Esmond Knight
Votes: 27
12. The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1982 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 162 min | Drama
Jane Lapotaire and Joss Ackland star in this adaptation of Rudolph Besier's play. Elizabeth Barrett is kept a virtual prisoner by her father. Then the poet Robert Browning bursts into her life.
Director: Michael Darlow | Stars: Jane Lapotaire, Joss Ackland, Jeremy Brett, Nigel Stock
Votes: 44
13. Season's Greetings (1986 TV Movie)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
Eight people attend a christmas party in hope of having a pleasant celebration, however it takes various awkward turns and ends with one of the guests leaving sooner than they thought.
Director: Michael A. Simpson | Stars: Peter Vaughan, Geoffrey Palmer, Barbara Flynn, Lesley Dunlop
Votes: 126
14.
Theatre Night (1985–1990)
Episode:
The Master Builder
(1988)
138 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Ibsen's play is the story of Halvard Solness, Master Builder of a town in Norway. Solness is a successful architect but he's afraid of the being surpassed by those younger than himself. The... See full summary »
Director: Michael Darlow | Stars: Leo McKern, Jane Lapotaire, Miranda Richardson, Donald Churchill
Votes: 24
15. Titus Andronicus (1985 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 168 min | Drama, Horror
Roman warrior Titus Andronicus finds himself trapped in a nightmarish cycle of vengeance, misery, and bloodshed.
Director: Jane Howell | Stars: Paul Davies Prowles, Edward Hardwicke, Walter Brown, Brian Protheroe
Votes: 193
16. King Lear (1982 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 180 min | Drama
King Lear (Sir Michael Hordern), old and tired, divides his kingdom amongst his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia (Brenda Blethyn), ... See full summary »
Director: Jonathan Miller | Stars: John Shrapnel, Norman Rodway, Michael Kitchen, Michael Hordern
Votes: 280
17. The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling (1963– )
Drama
Stars: Joss Ackland, Kenneth Fortescue, Patrick Westwood, Barry Letts
Votes: 36
18. The Cabin in the Clearing (1954–1959)
30 min | Drama, Western
Stars: Thomas Heathcote, Brenda Dunrich, Ann Hanslip, Joseph Layode
Votes: 15
19.
Sherlock Holmes (1964–1968)
Episode:
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
(1965)
Crime, Drama, History
Lady Frances Carfax, an independent aristocratic young woman, goes missing on holiday having dismissed her maid. Watson, later joined by Holmes, investigate a burly follower of the lady but... See full summary »
Director: Shaun Sutton | Stars: Douglas Wilmer, Nigel Stock, Enid Lindsey, Peter Madden
Votes: 30
20. Sherlock Holmes (1964–1968)
50 min | Crime, Drama, History
A series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations, based on the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Stars: Nigel Stock, Peter Cushing, Douglas Wilmer, Peter Madden
Votes: 588
21. The Browning Version (1985 TV Movie)
75 min | Drama
Forced to retire from an English public school, a disliked professor must confront his utter failures as a teacher, a husband, and a man.
Director: Michael A. Simpson | Stars: Ian Holm, Judi Dench, Michael Kitchen, John Woodvine
Votes: 122
22.
Theatre Night (1985–1990)
Episode:
What the Butler Saw
(1987)
85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Dr. Prentice, a psychiatrist is attempting to interview an attractive secretary, Geraldine. Unwittingly surprised by his wife, he hides the girl. The affairs multiply as Mrs. Prentice, ... See full summary »
Director: Barry Davis | Stars: Dinsdale Landen, Tessa Peake-Jones, Prunella Scales, Tyler Butterworth
Votes: 60
23.
Z Cars (1962–1978)
Episode:
Handle with Care
(1962)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
The two PCs expect a dreary night until they come across a van abandoned in a field filled with stock from a ransacked toy shop. The thief is a nasty old man in a crook family, with his ... See full summary »
Director: Shaun Sutton | Stars: Brian Blessed, Joseph Brady, Jeremy Kemp, James Ellis
Votes: 9
24.
Theatre Night (1985–1990)
Episode:
Miss Julie
(1987)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Complex battle of the sexes and classes as a neurotic rich woman has an affair with her father's calculating valet.
Director: Michael Simpson | Stars: Janet McTeer, Patrick Malahide, Sarah Porter, Glyn Baker
Votes: 19
25.
Theatre Night (1985–1990)
Episode:
Arms and the Man
(1989)
104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
1865: Swiss captain Bluntschli fights as mercenary in the war between Bulgaria and Serbia. When his group's attacked by a few Bulgarian troopers, he learns that he's got the wrong ... See full summary »
Director: James Cellan Jones | Stars: Helena Bonham Carter, Kika Markham, Patsy Kensit, Pip Torrens
Votes: 126
26. The Tragedy of Coriolanus (1984 TV Movie)
145 min | Drama, History
A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.
Director: Elijah Moshinsky | Stars: Paul Jesson, Ray Roberts, Leon Lissek, Jon Rumney
Votes: 137
27. Journey's End (1988 TV Movie)
Drama, War
A British Company in the WWI trenches await an inevitable German attack
Director: Michael Simpson | Stars: Edward Petherbridge, Mark Payton, Timothy Spall, Gary Cady
Votes: 86
28. Re:Joyce! - A Celebration of the Work of Joyce Grenfell (1991 TV Movie)
100 min | Biography
Directors: John Reardon, Alan Strachan | Stars: Maureen Lipman, Denis King
Votes: 12
29.
Theatre Night (1985–1990)
Episode:
Absent Friends
(1985)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Michael Simpson | Stars: Hywel Bennett, Tom Courtenay, Dinsdale Landen, Maureen Lipman
Votes: 21
30.
Theatre Night (1985–1990)
Episode:
The Rivals
(1988)
117 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Elijah Moshinsky | Stars: Donald Sinden, Sheila Hancock, Patrick Ryecart, Suzanne Burden
Votes: 11
31. 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
32. Whirligig (I) (1950– )
Family
Childrens variety show live from Lime Grove studios.
Stars: Peter Hawkins, Humphrey Lestocq, Francis Coudrill, Geoffrey Robinson
Votes: 11
33.
Theatre Night (1985–1990)
Episode:
Benefactors
(1989)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
David wants to sweep away acres of crumbling south London houses and replace them with a perfect low-rise set of homes. But he has reckoned without the opposition of his oldest friend.
Director: Barry Davis | Stars: Barbara Flynn, Michael Kitchen, Alan Rickman, Harriet Walter
Votes: 11
34. Adventure Weekly (1968–1969)
20 min | Family, Adventure
Five budding junior journalists run their own newspaper, the Adventure Weekly.
Stars: Len Jones, Bartlett Mullins, Ian Ellis, Frank Barry
Votes: 10
35.
Theatre Night (1985–1990)
Episode:
The Importance of Being Earnest
(1988)
110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Algernon "Algy" Moncrieff (Rupert Frazer) and Jack Worthing (Paul McGann) discover that they have been "Bunberrying", that is, assuming different identities in order to enjoy themselves in ... See full summary »
Director: Stuart Burge | Stars: John Woodnutt, Rupert Frazer, Paul McGann, Joan Plowright
Votes: 281
36. Softly Softly (1966–1969)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Thie West Country police force solving local crime. its a spin-off from another BBC drama series, Z Cars (1962).
Stars: Stratford Johns, Frank Windsor, Norman Bowler, John Barron
Votes: 123
37. Theatre Night (1985–1990)
180 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Adaptations of classic and contemporary stage plays.
Stars: Kenneth Cranham, Robert Lang, Natalie Ogle, Dinsdale Landen
Votes: 58
38. The Life and Death of King John (1984 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 155 min | Drama
King John does whatever it takes to keep himself on the throne of England, making enemies of the pope, France, and his nephew along the way.
Director: David Giles | Stars: Leonard Rossiter, William Whymper, Mary Morris, Robert Brown
Votes: 144
39. 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: 381
40. Cymbeline (1982 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 175 min | Drama, Comedy
Cymbeline (Richard Johnson), the King of Britain, is angry that his daughter Imogen (Dame Helen Mirren) has chosen a poor (but worthy) man for her husband. So he banishes Posthumus (Michael... See full summary »
Director: Elijah Moshinsky | Stars: Richard Johnson, Michael Pennington, Claire Bloom, Robert Lindsay
Votes: 198
41. Bonehead (1957–1962)
30 min | Comedy, Family
In each weekly episode the boss masterminds a new criminal escapade, but the inept trio (comprising the obese Boss, the stupid Bonehead, and the melancholy Happy) fail in their attempts.
Stars: Colin Douglas, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Douglas Blackwell, Hope Jackman
Votes: 11
42. Macbeth (1983 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 148 min | Drama
Macbeth and his wife murder Duncan in order to gain his crown, but the bloodbath doesn't stop there, and things supernatural combine to bring the Macbeths down.
Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Brenda Bruce, Eileen Way, Anne Dyson, Mark Dignam
Votes: 389
43. Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School (1952–1961)
30 min | Comedy
Bunter is up to his usual pranks; falling asleep in class, stealing jam and cakes from other boys' lockers, chalking rude things on the blackboard, failing to turn up for cricket, and even being threatened with expulsion.
Stars: Gerald Campion, Jack Melford, Julian Yardley, Kynaston Reeves
Votes: 49
44. Merlin of the Crystal Cave (1991– )
164 min | Drama
A star-studded TV production of the classic tale by Mary Stewart which follows Merlin down through history to the days of King Arthur.
Stars: George Winter, Trevor Peacock, Roger Alborough, Robert Powell
Votes: 73
45. The Merry Wives of Windsor (1982 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 170 min | Comedy, Romance
When Sir John Falstaff decides that he wants to have a little fun he writes two letters to a pair of Windsor wives: Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. When they put their heads together and ... See full summary »
Director: David Hugh Jones | Stars: Alan Bennett, Richard O'Callaghan, Tenniel Evans, Bryan Marshall
Votes: 167
46. The Comedy of Errors (1983 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 109 min | Comedy
Aegeon of Syracuse has come to Ephesus to seek his son, who went in search of his missing twin and mother months ago. Unfortunately, Ephesus has just declared war on Syracuse, and will ... See full summary »
Director: James Cellan Jones | Stars: Cyril Cusack, Charles Gray, Nicolas Chagrin, Nick Burnell
Votes: 223
47. Pericles, Prince of Tyre (1984 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 177 min | Drama
When Pericles discovers the dread answer to Antioch's riddle, he flees for his life straight into famine, shipwreck, love, fatherhood, and another shipwreck; he loses his wife and daughter,... See full summary »
Director: David Hugh Jones | Stars: Edward Petherbridge, John Woodvine, Edita Brychta, Mike Gwilym
Votes: 118
48.
Sherlock Holmes (1964–1968)
Episode:
The Bruce-Partington Plans
(1965)
Crime, Drama, History
Holmes' brother Mycroft joins him to investigate the murder of Arthur Cadogan West, a clerk in a government defence office found dead by railway lines with pages from a secret submarine ... See full summary »
Director: Shaun Sutton | Stars: Douglas Wilmer, Nigel Stock, Peter Madden, Derek Francis
Votes: 18
49.
Theatre Night (1985–1990)
Episode:
Make and Break
(1987)
130 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Lots of pent up business people struggle to balance business with pleasure.
Director: Michael Darlow | Stars: Robert Hardy, Judi Dench, Ahmed El Shenawi, Jon Finch
Votes: 18
50. Love's Labour's Lost (1985 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 120 min | Comedy, Romance
A scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to have a diplomatic visit from a French princess and her three ladies-in-waiting thwart their intentions.
Director: Elijah Moshinsky | Stars: Jonathan Kent, Christopher Blake, Geoffrey Burridge, Mike Gwilym
Votes: 126