Sort by IMDb Rating - Highest Rated Movies and TV Shows With David Troughton

1. Doctor Who: The Fifth Doctor Adventures (2003– )

Sci-Fi

All new adventures with The Fifth Doctor.

Stars: Peter Davison, Sarah Sutton, Janet Fielding, Matthew Waterhouse

Votes: 14

2. Doctor Who (2005–2022)
Episode: Midnight (2008)

TV-PG | 45 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

As part of a well-deserved holiday, the Doctor takes a tour on a planet called Midnight. Little does he know that something is knocking on the walls, although the planet shouldn't be inhabited. Soon the passengers begin to panic when one of them is possessed.

Director: Alice Troughton | Stars: David Tennant, Catherine Tate, Billie Piper, Rakie Ayola

Votes: 10,081

3. A Very Peculiar Practice (1986–1988)
Episode: Wives of Great Men (1986)

Comedy, Drama

Professor Furie demands Stephen give him dexedrine so he can work harder.

Director: David Tucker | Stars: Peter Davison, Graham Crowden, Barbara Flynn, David Troughton

Votes: 30

4. Rab C. Nesbitt (1988–2014)
Episode: Drink (1990)

Comedy

Rab is informed by his GP that he must give up alcohol or he will only have less than a year to live.

Stars: Gregor Fisher, Elaine C. Smith, Tony Roper, Eric Cullen

Votes: 39

5. The Love School (1975– )
Episode: The Brotherhood (1975)

Drama

Story of Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood of Victorian artists.

Director: Robert Knights | Stars: Ben Kingsley, Peter Egan, Bernard Lloyd, David Collings

Votes: 11

6. The Norman Conquests (1977)
Episode: Round and Round the Garden (1977)

120 min | Comedy

Annie has second thoughts about spending the weekend with brother-in-law Norman as the dysfunctional family tries to come to terms with itself.

Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Richard Briers, Penelope Keith, Tom Conti, David Troughton

Votes: 144

7. Microbes and Men (1974– )

60 min | Drama

Dramatised documentary series charting the development of vaccines by Pasteur, Koch and others in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Stars: Frank Gillard, Arthur Lowe, James Grout, Patricia Heneghan

Votes: 39

8. Kavanagh QC (1995–2001)
Episode: Time of Need (1999)

TV-14 | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A new government minister is charged by a young felon with having molested him while he was in her care over a decade before.

Director: David Thacker | Stars: John Thaw, Anne Carroll, Martin Chamberlain, Kenneth Cope

Votes: 78

9. A Very Peculiar Practice (1986–1988)
Episode: The Hit List (1986)

Comedy, Drama

The Vice-Chancellor wants to close a women's residence so it can be used by Japanese investors but first he needs to discredit the warden.

Director: David Tucker | Stars: Peter Davison, Graham Crowden, Barbara Flynn, David Troughton

Votes: 28

10. Napoleon and Love (1974)
Episode: Pauline (1974)

52 min | Biography, Drama, History

Campaigning in Egypt, Napoleon hears of Josephine's infidelity. Heartbroken, he embarks on an affair of his own with Pauline, the wife of a French lieutenant, and promises to marry her after divorcing Josephine.

Director: Derek Bennett | Stars: Ian Holm, Billie Whitelaw, Edward de Souza, Peter Jeffrey

Votes: 8

11. Fingersmith (2005)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2005)

Not Rated | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Sue knows she cannot tell Maud the truth - that she loves her or that Rivers is planning to send her to a madhouse.

Director: Aisling Walsh | Stars: Elaine Cassidy, Sally Hawkins, Imelda Staunton, Rupert Evans

Votes: 99

12. Underworld (1997)

50 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller

William Smith, a middle-class school teacher from a suburb in London, returns home one day to find his wife Gilda has run off with her boyfriend and taken all his possessions with her. With... See full summary »

Stars: James Fleet, Susan Wooldridge, Mike Reid, Camilla Power

Votes: 109

13. The Norman Conquests (1977)
Episode: Living Together (1977)

93 min | Comedy

A dysfunctional family gets together at the house of their cantankerous mother and old resentments, jealousies, and rivalries are reignited.

Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Richard Briers, Penelope Keith, Tom Conti, David Troughton

Votes: 185

14. Wings (1977–1978)
Episode: Wings (1976)

50 min | Drama, War

Period drama series. Stories of a group of pilots in the Royal Flying Corps during World War One.

Stars: Tim Woodward, Michael Cochrane, David Troughton, Nicholas Jones

Votes: 60

15. A Very Peculiar Practice (1986–1988)
Episode: Contact Tracer (1986)

Comedy, Drama

Nongonococcal urethritis breaks out at Lowlands, which leads to some embarrassing conversations.

Director: David Tucker | Stars: Peter Davison, Graham Crowden, Barbara Flynn, David Troughton

Votes: 27

16. Fingersmith (2005)
Episode: Episode #1.3 (2005)

Not Rated | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

While Sue is imprisoned in the madhouse Maud finds out the truth. Sue manages to escape but wants revenge on Maud.

Director: Aisling Walsh | Stars: Elaine Cassidy, Sally Hawkins, Imelda Staunton, Rupert Evans

Votes: 93

17. 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: 246,471

18. Poirot (1989–2013)

TV-14 | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Hercule Poirot, a famous Belgian detective, who has an impeccable knack for getting embroiled in a mystery, solves crimes along with Captain Hastings and Scotland Yard Chief Inspector James Japp.

Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran

Votes: 52,059

19. Foyle's War (2002–2015)

TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

As WWII rages, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front; investigating crime on the south coast of England. Later series, see the retired detective working as an MI5 agent in the aftermath of the war.

Stars: Michael Kitchen, Honeysuckle Weeks, Anthony Howell, Ellie Haddington

Votes: 18,259

20. Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures (1999 Podcast Series)

Sci-Fi

Full-cast audio drama series based on "Doctor Who (1963)" chronicling the further adventures of the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Doctors.

Stars: Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Sarah Sutton

Votes: 43

21. The Norman Conquests (1977)

321 min | Comedy

The trilogy presents a comically fraught weekend from three different perspectives, as family and in-laws gather at the decaying country house of their bedridden mother; the drink flows, ... See full summary »

Stars: Richard Briers, Penelope Keith, Tom Conti, David Troughton

Votes: 119

22. A Very Peculiar Practice (1986–1988)
Episode: Bad Vibrations (1988)

Comedy, Drama

Students in the department of electro-acoustics are coming down with strange maladies.

Director: David Tucker | Stars: Peter Davison, Graham Crowden, David Troughton, Barbara Flynn

Votes: 20

23. The Archers (2007 Podcast Series)

Drama, Family, Romance

Enduring drama serial that began on radio in 1950 following the lives of the Archer family, their friends and neighbours in the fictional farming village of Ambridge.

Stars: Tim Bentinck, Felicity Finch, Louiza Patikas, Charles Collingwood

Votes: 60

24. The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (2013 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

With the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who (1963) approaching, former Doctors Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy try to sneak onto the set of the anniversary special.

Director: Peter Davison | Stars: Sean Pertwee, Olivia Colman, Peter Davison, Louis Davison

Votes: 2,063

25. Casualty 1909 (2009)

Drama, History

Available records and diaries of nurses, doctors, and patients of the London hospital are put to life in this compelling series about the historic London Hospital.

Stars: Cherie Lunghi, Sarah Smart, William Houston, Nicholas Farrell

Votes: 463

26. Who's Round (2013 Podcast Series)

Toby Hadoke interviews people who were involved in making Doctor Who (1963).

Stars: Toby Hadoke, Russell T. Davies, Paul Joyce, Andrew Cartmel

Votes: 7

27. The Norman Conquests (1977)
Episode: Table Manners (1977)

120 min | Comedy

A dysfunctional family gathering for the weekend reunites three siblings and significant others in a small country cottage with farcical consequences.

Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Richard Briers, Penelope Keith, Tom Conti, David Troughton

Votes: 184

28. A Very Peculiar Practice (1986–1988)
Episode: Death of a University (1988)

Comedy, Drama

Rioting breaks out on campus, which brings an old friend back into Stephen's life.

Director: David Tucker | Stars: Peter Davison, Graham Crowden, David Troughton, Barbara Flynn

Votes: 17

29. Fingersmith (2005)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2005)

Not Rated | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Conman Richard Rivers enlists the help of petty thief Sue Trinder in his plot to rob a wealthy heiress.

Director: Aisling Walsh | Stars: Elaine Cassidy, Sally Hawkins, Imelda Staunton, Rupert Evans

Votes: 108

30. Unforgotten (2015– )

TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

London detectives investigate crimes from the past, unravelling secrets left buried for years.

Stars: Sanjeev Bhaskar, Jordan Long, Carolina Main, Nicola Walker

Votes: 30,462

31. Doctor Who (1963–1989)

TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

The adventures in time and space of the Doctor, a Time Lord who changes appearance and personality by regenerating when near death, and is joined by companions in battles against aliens and other megalomaniacs.

Stars: William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker

Votes: 39,516

32. Sharpe (1993–2008)

TV-14 | 1,673 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A series of stories starring Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars as he fights both Napoleon's forces and the strong prejudice of British aristocracy.

Stars: Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, John Tams, Jason Salkey

Votes: 2,344

33. A Very Peculiar Practice (1986–1988)

50 min | Comedy, Drama

The various misadventures of Stephen Daker, a young doctor who works for the health centre of a modern British university.

Stars: Peter Davison, Graham Crowden, Barbara Flynn, David Troughton

Votes: 552

34. Warship (1973–1977)

50 min | Action, Drama

Life in the Royal Navy aboard the fictional HMS Hero.

Stars: David Savile, Andrew Burt, James Cosmo, Donald Burton

Votes: 112

35. The Life and Times of David Lloyd George (1981)

60 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of the brilliant but immensely controversial David Lloyd George, who was the final Liberal Party Prime Minister of the UK.

Stars: Philip Madoc, Lisabeth Miles, William Thomas, Kika Markham

Votes: 44

36. Undercover Heart (1998– )

50 min | Crime, Drama

Whilst investigating the murder of a prostitute, vice squad detective Tom Howarth disappears without trace. With the help of Tom's wife Lois, his best friend, Matt Lomas, a fellow vice squad detective, sets out to find him.

Stars: David Troughton, Buffy Davis, Leonie Elliott, Nimmy March

Votes: 70

37. Wessex Tales (1973– )
Episode: A Tragedy of Two Ambitions (1973)

49 min | Drama

This is the first of Dennis Potter's adaptations from Thomas Hardy (1840-1928). It aired on WESSEX TALES, a BBC2 series devoted to Hardy dramatizations. Hardy was born in Dorsetshire, an ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Tuchner | Stars: John Hurt, David Troughton, Paul Rogers, Lynne Frederick

Votes: 34

38. Foyle's War (2002–2015)
Episode: Among the Few (2003)

TV-14 | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Sam volunteers to go undercover to discover how rationed gasoline is being stolen from a fuel depot, and Andrew becomes a suspect in a murder case.

Director: Jeremy Silberston | Stars: Mark Umbers, Julian Ovenden, Michael Kitchen, Honeysuckle Weeks

Votes: 733

39. A Very Peculiar Practice (1986–1988)
Episode: Values of the Family (1988)

Comedy, Drama

Professor Bunn is opposing the Vice-Chancellor's policies. Bob Buzzard becomes friends with a famous athlete.

Director: David Tucker | Stars: Peter Davison, Graham Crowden, David Troughton, Barbara Flynn

Votes: 16

40. A Very Peculiar Practice (1986–1988)
Episode: We Love You, That's Why We're Here (1986)

Comedy, Drama

Stephen gives a disastrous speech at the welcome for new students and soon has to start dealing with their sex lives.

Director: David Tucker | Stars: Peter Davison, Graham Crowden, Barbara Flynn, David Troughton

Votes: 33

41. New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode: Casualty (2007)

TV-14 | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Jack's finally discovered the identity of the hit-and-run driver who murdered his wife and he is now prepared to risk everything to kill the man responsible: crook Ricky Hanson. Determined ... See full summary »

Director: Rob Evans | Stars: Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman

Votes: 303

42. The Cafe (2011–2013)
Episode: Reap What You Sow (2013)

20 min | Comedy

Misunderstandings abound. Sarah feels guilty and jealous, but makes peace with her father. Stan finally makes an unusual proposal to Carol. Richard gets his Polish words mixed up. Yet there may be hope on the horizon.

Director: Robin Sheppard | Stars: Seeta Indrani, Ellie Haddington, Robert Glenister, David Troughton

Votes: 27

43. 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

44. A Very Peculiar Practice (1986–1988)
Episode: A Very Long Way from Anywhere (1986)

Comedy, Drama

Stephen Daker, a fresh-faced young GP, joins the medical practice at Lowlands University. He is soon disillusioned by his new colleagues, but is fortunate to be rescued from drowning by a nice research student named Lyn Turtle.

Director: David Tucker | Stars: Peter Davison, Graham Crowden, Barbara Flynn, David Troughton

Votes: 40

45. A Very Peculiar Practice (1986–1988)
Episode: Art and Illusion (1988)

Comedy, Drama

The Vice-Chancellor's wife wants an art gallery.

Director: David Tucker | Stars: Peter Davison, Graham Crowden, David Troughton, Barbara Flynn

Votes: 20

46. A Very Peculiar Practice (1986–1988)
Episode: May the Force Be with You (1988)

Comedy, Drama

Bob tries to turn the clinic into a massage parlour, Grete's boyfriend wants to kill her, Rose Marie starts a male sexuality group and the campus is invaded by animal rights activists.

Director: David Tucker | Stars: Peter Davison, Graham Crowden, David Troughton, Barbara Flynn

Votes: 16

47. A Very Peculiar Practice (1986–1988)
Episode: The Big Squeeze (1988)

Comedy, Drama

Students are suffering from malnutrition owing to high rents. Professor Bunn is accused of exposing himself to two students.

Director: David Tucker | Stars: Peter Davison, Graham Crowden, David Troughton, Barbara Flynn

Votes: 15

48. Wings (1977–1978)
Episode: Heroes (1978)

Drama, War

The unit have to patrol the lines, and soon their losses mount. Triggers is shot down and crash lands in No Man's Land.

Director: Peter Jefferies | Stars: Tim Woodward, Nicholas Jones, Michael Cochrane, David Troughton

Votes: 7

49. New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode: Congratulations (2006)

TV-14 | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Luke Hanson has recently been released from jail after serving 8 years for setting a fire at his local school in which the caretaker had been severely injured. He was across the country ... See full summary »

Director: Rob Evans | Stars: Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman

Votes: 282

50. New Tricks (2003–2015)
Episode: The Last Laugh (2009)

TV-14 | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

The team meets a girl called Jo, who is heckling Right Wing comedian Ray Harris. Her aunt Sarah Jones and Sarah's partner Daniel disappeared twenty-five years earlier whilst engaged in a ... See full summary »

Director: Robin Sheppard | Stars: Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman

Votes: 238