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1. Theatre Night (1957–1961)
45 min | Drama
A BBC television series of forty-five-minute excerpts from stage plays running in London.
Stars: Cicely Courtneidge, Evelyn Laye, Dora Bryan, Hugh Williams
Votes: 69
2. Somerset Maugham Hour (1960–1963)
60 min
Stars: Hugh Williams, Daniel Farson, Ian Hunter, Jill Bennett
Votes: 19
3. 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
4. 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
5. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
6. The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Not Rated | 96 min | Mystery, Thriller
While travelling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, May Whitty
Votes: 57,105
7. 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: 245
8. Dead of Night (1945)
Approved | 77 min | Drama, Horror
Guests invited to a weekend in the country share their supernatural stories, beginning with Walter Craig, who senses impending doom as his half-remembered recurring dream turns into reality.
Directors: Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer | Stars: Mervyn Johns, Michael Redgrave, Roland Culver, Mary Merrall
Votes: 14,200
9. The Hidden Room (1949)
Approved | 96 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
Clive Riordan plans a devilish revenge against his wife's lover.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Robert Newton, Sally Gray, Phil Brown, Naunton Wayne
Votes: 2,672
10. Quartet (1948)
Approved | 120 min | Drama, Romance
Four of W. Somerset Maugham's short stories are brought to the screen with each introduced by the author. In "The Facts of Life", a young man with great potential on the tennis courts goes ... See full summary »
Directors: Ken Annakin, Arthur Crabtree, Harold French, Ralph Smart | Stars: Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Ian Fleming, Jack Raine
Votes: 986
11. Night Train to Munich (1940)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
After Germany invades Czechoslovakia, the German and the British intelligence services try to capture Czech scientist Dr. Axel Bomasch (James Harcourt), inventor of a new type of armor-plating.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Rex Harrison, Paul Henreid, Basil Radford
Votes: 5,567
12. Passport to Pimlico (1949)
Approved | 84 min | Comedy
Residents of a part of London declare independence after they discover an old treaty, which leads to the need for a "Passport to Pimlico".
Director: Henry Cornelius | Stars: Stanley Holloway, Betty Warren, Barbara Murray, Paul Dupuis
Votes: 5,283
13. Trio (1950)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Romance
Three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham, "The Verger", "Mr. Know-All", and "The Sanatorium" are introduced by the author.
Directors: Ken Annakin, Harold French | Stars: James Hayter, Kathleen Harrison, Felix Aylmer, Lana Morris
Votes: 904
14. The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy
Volunteers take over their local passenger train service (against bus company resistance) when the government announces its closure.
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Stanley Holloway, George Relph, Naunton Wayne, John Gregson
Votes: 3,308
15. ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
An anthology series from the U.K., from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television.
Stars: Derek Francis, Alfred Burke, Arthur Hewlett, Esther Lawrence
Votes: 93
16. Probation Officer (1959–1962)
60 min | Drama
An early hit for ATV, this absorbing, rigorously researched and very human drama series centres on the work of a team of probation officers based in London, and the lives of the men and ... See full summary »
Stars: John Paul, John Scott, Jessica Spencer, David Davies
Votes: 30
17. Alfred Marks Time (1956–1961)
60 min | Comedy
Stars: Alfred Marks, Paddie O'Neil, Ray Ellington, Steve Race
Votes: 8
18. Information Please (1944)
35 min | Short, War
Instructional military film that shows the many deceptive ways that Germans might extract valuable information from British prisoners-of-war.
Stars: Hugh Dempster, Halliwell Hobbes, Emrys Jones, Sydney King
Votes: 10
19. Millions Like Us (1943)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, War
A young woman called into service at a factory during World War II falls in love with a member of the RAF.
Directors: Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder | Stars: Patricia Roc, Eric Portman, Gordon Jackson, Anne Crawford
Votes: 1,104
20. The Next of Kin (1942)
Approved | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Wartime propaganda piece giving the warning "Be like Dad, Keep Mum". A gossipy housewife is overheard talking about what her son is doing by a Nazi spy.
Director: Thorold Dickinson | Stars: Mervyn Johns, John Chandos, Nova Pilbeam, Reginald Tate
Votes: 301
21. The Dickie Henderson Show (1960–1968)
30 min | Comedy
A weekly TV comedy series of a British household with Dickie Henderson as the head of the family. Every week would feature a guest star
Stars: Dickie Henderson, June Laverick, Lionel Murton, Danny Grover
Votes: 25
22. The Arthur Haynes Show (1956–1966)
30 min | Comedy
Hobo Haynes and a series of other working class characters fight back against the authorities and anybody else who might look down on them. Many musical acts of the time also appear to add a little variety to proceedings.
Stars: Arthur Haynes, Nicholas Parsons, Leslie Noyes, Jack Parnell Orchestra
Votes: 43
23. A Girl Must Live (1939)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
A runaway schoolgirl falls amongst chorus girls planning to marry into nobility.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Renee Houston, Lilli Palmer, George Robey
Votes: 238
24. Mr. Lord Says No (1952)
86 min | Comedy
After the Government decides to build a Festival of Britain exhibition site, everything goes to plan, all except the fact that the main road and the pedestrian subway into the site, are ... See full summary »
Director: Muriel Box | Stars: Stanley Holloway, Kathleen Harrison, Naunton Wayne, Dandy Nichols
Votes: 129
25. Circle of Danger (1951)
Approved | 86 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
In the 1950s, an American comes to Britain to investigate the murky circumstances of his brother's death that occurred during a WW2 commando raid in Nazi-occupied France.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Ray Milland, Patricia Roc, Marius Goring, Hugh Sinclair
Votes: 987
26. A Girl in a Million (1946)
Approved | 86 min | Comedy
A young scientist freed by divorce from a nagging wife, isolates himself from women. His peace is broken by a lovely young girl to whom he is forced to give shelter. He marries her and finds that his dumb wife is not so dumb.
Director: Francis Searle | Stars: Hugh Williams, Joan Greenwood, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne
Votes: 68
27. Double Confession (1950)
80 min | Crime, Drama
After his wife is murdered, the husband tries to divert suspicion from himself to someone else. Unfortunately, his scheme winds up getting him mixed up with some real murderers.
Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Derek Farr, Joan Hopkins, Peter Lorre, William Hartnell
Votes: 422
28. Something Always Happens (1934)
TV-G | 69 min | Comedy, Romance
Unemployed car salesman Peter is encouraged by his girlfriend Cynthia to approach the head of a petrol company with his plan for making petrol stations more attractive to customers. When ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Powell | Stars: Ian Hunter, Nancy O'Neil, Peter Gawthorne, John Singer
Votes: 354
29. Double Bunk (1961)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy
When newlyweds Jack and Peggy face eviction, they are tricked into buying a rundown houseboat. After rebuilding the engine, they take their friends Sid and Sandra on a trip down the river ... See full summary »
Director: C.M. Pennington-Richards | Stars: Ian Carmichael, Janette Scott, Sidney James, Liz Fraser
Votes: 399
30. Stop Press Girl (1949)
78 min | Comedy, Fantasy
An attractive young girl has the power to stop all kinds of machinery.
Director: Michael Barry | Stars: Sally Ann Howes, Gordon Jackson, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne
Votes: 174
31. Stars on Parade (1948)
10 min | Documentary, Short
A gala day of stars at Morden Hall Park. Silent short, but with swing music and frequent intertitles.
Director: J.S. Frieze | Stars: Anne Crawford, John Mills, Mary Hayley Bell, Petula Clark
Votes: 10
32. Highly Dangerous (1950)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Thriller
A British lady entomologist travels to a Balkan country to look into germ warfare trials using various bugs as carriers.
Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Dane Clark, Marius Goring, Naunton Wayne
Votes: 619
33. It's Not Cricket (1949)
Approved | 77 min | Adventure, Comedy
Kicked out of Army Intelligence, a pair of upper class twits set up as private detectives. The result is refined English chaos.
Directors: Roy Rich, Alfred Roome | Stars: Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Susan Shaw, Maurice Denham
Votes: 183
34. The Frightened Bride (1952)
Not Rated | 75 min | Drama
A family struggles to try to put their life back together after the eldest son is convicted of, and then executed for, murder.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Mai Zetterling, Michael Denison, Flora Robson, Dennis Price
Votes: 75
35. For Love of You (1933)
77 min | Comedy, Musical
The second of two "Jack and Jim" musicals.
Director: Carmine Gallone | Stars: Arthur Riscoe, Naunton Wayne, Franco Foresta, Diana Napier
Votes: 22
36. Crook's Tour (1940)
80 min | Comedy, Mystery
Charters and Caldicott, touring in the Near East, are mistaken for German agents and handed in error a gramophone record which contains vital information for Britain's enemies.
Director: John Baxter | Stars: Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Greta Gynt, Charles Oliver
Votes: 410
37. Operation Bullshine (1959)
Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy, Romance, War
The fun starts when a group of A.T.S. girls are posted to a light ack-ack command post on a remote part of the English coast.
Director: Gilbert Gunn | Stars: Donald Sinden, Barbara Murray, Carole Lesley, Ronald Shiner
Votes: 201
38. You Know What Sailors Are (1954)
Approved | 89 min | Comedy
A fun frolic involving a fake secret weapon (accidentally created during a drinking bout), Naval bureaucracy, political maneuvering, and the hareem and palace of the exotic eastern country of Agraria.
Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Akim Tamiroff, Donald Sinden, Sarah Lawson, Naunton Wayne
Votes: 99
39. Helter Skelter (1949)
Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
A radio 'detective' gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping due to the machinations of a ghostly cupid who works his magic to cause mayhem and laughter throughout the film.
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Carol Marsh, David Tomlinson, Mervyn Johns, Peter Hammond
Votes: 216
40. Nothing Barred (1961)
83 min | Comedy
Lord Whitebait's plan to save his sinking fortunes is to open stately Whitebait Manor to the public
Director: Darcy Conyers | Stars: Brian Rix, Leo Franklyn, Naunton Wayne, Charles Heslop
Votes: 77
41. Treasure Hunt (1952)
79 min | Comedy
Short of money the owners of Ballyroden Hall must attempt to run it as a guest house, but not everyone is happy about the plan.
Director: John Paddy Carstairs | Stars: Jimmy Edwards, Martita Hunt, Naunton Wayne, Athene Seyler
Votes: 167
42. Kiss Me Goodbye (1933)
62 min | Musical
Two Englishmen in Germany fall for a lady singer and try and make her a star.
Director: Carmine Gallone | Stars: Arthur Riscoe, Naunton Wayne, Magda Schneider, Ruth Maitland
Votes: 41
43. Cabaret (1936– )
25 min | Music, Comedy
Televised Cabaret featuring different guests from music, comedy and novelty acts every week.
Stars: Walsh and Barker, Eric Cardi, Charles Harrison, Edward Cooper
44. Chelsea at Nine (1957–1960)
60 min | Music
Weekly international cabaret from a London theatre.
Stars: Peter Knight, Bernard Braden, Frank Shuster, Johnny Wayne
45. John Browne's Body (1969– )
30 min | Comedy
Stars: Peggy Mount, Naunton Wayne, Kevin Stoney, Eric Kent
46. Autumn Laughter (1938 TV Movie)
30 min
Director: Cecil Madden | Stars: Naunton Wayne, Nick Long Jr., Vera Haal, Danny Kaye
47. The First Mrs. Fraser (1932)
95 min | Romance, Musical
A rich man returns to his first wife on finding that his second wife loves a younger man.
Directors: Thorold Dickinson, Sinclair Hill | Stars: Henry Ainley, Joan Barry, Dorothy Dix, Harold Huth
48. Trial and Error (1953 TV Movie)
45 min | Comedy, Drama
A special performance of excerpts before an invited audience from the Vaudeville Theatre in London.
Director: Roy Rich | Stars: Constance Cummings, Derek Farr, Nan Munro, Nora Nicholson
49. The Reluctant Peer (1964 TV Movie)
45 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Charles Hickman | Stars: Sybil Thorndike, Naunton Wayne, Frank Pettingell, Helen Horton
50.
Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
Episode:
The Rose Affair
(1961)
58 min | Drama
A modern take on the old story of Beauty and the Beast.
Director: Charles Jarrott | Stars: Dudley Foster, Gary Hope, Noel Howlett, Harold Lang