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1. If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-Day (2014 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Marion Milne | Stars: Charlotte Hamblin, Tom Rhys Harries, Ben Lamb, Matthew Macfadyen
Votes: 8
2.
All Creatures Great and Small (2020– )
Episode:
Home Truths
(2021)
TV-PG | 52 min | Comedy, Drama
As Chamberlain heads to meet with Hitler in Munich, James prepares to face his parents and give them some difficult news. Meanwhile, the prospect of a return to war acts as a timely ... See full summary »
Director: Andy Hay | Stars: Nicholas Ralph, Rachel Shenton, Mike Harding, Anna Madeley
Votes: 504
3. Great Canal Journeys (2014– )
Documentary
Timothy West and Prunella Scales travel across canals in both Britain and Europe.
Stars: Timothy West, Prunella Scales, Samuel West, Sheila Hancock
Votes: 418
4.
The Private Life of a Masterpiece (2001–2011)
Episode:
Edgar Degas: Little Dancer Aged Fourteen
(2004)
Documentary
Director: Mick Gold | Stars: Samuel West, Laurence Anholt, Daphne Barbour, Patrice Bart
Votes: 8
5.
The Private Life of a Masterpiece (2001–2011)
Episode:
Vincent van Gogh: Sunflowers
(2004)
Documentary
Director: Lucie Donahue | Stars: Samuel West, David Bomford, Anne Clergue, Richard Cork
Votes: 9
6.
The Private Life of a Masterpiece (2001–2011)
Episode:
Renoir: Dance at the Moulin de la Galette, Montmart
(2004)
49 min | Documentary
'Dance at the Moulin de la Galette' brims over with joie de vivre and the pleasures of a Sunday afternoon. This 1876 painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) and its lesser-known twin are celebrated by art aficionados and historians.
Director: Judith Winnan | Stars: Samuel West, Colin Bailey, John Collins, Anne Distel
Votes: 8
7.
All Creatures Great and Small (2020– )
Episode:
The Perfect Christmas
(2021)
TV-PG | 52 min | Comedy, Drama
James and Helen spend their first Christmas together, but must agree on where to spend it. Despite all seeming idyllic, the vets are troubled as Tricki Woo is sick.
Director: Andy Hay | Stars: Nicholas Ralph, James Burrows, Anna Madeley, Callum Woodhouse
Votes: 503
8. Nova (1974– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Science documentaries about various topics.
Stars: Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, Stacy Keach, Eric Meyers
Votes: 3,099
9. The Nazis: A Warning from History (1997)
292 min | Documentary, History, War
An examination of how a cultured people could have allowed Adolf Hitler's rise to power.
Stars: Samuel West, Adolf Buchner, Jutta Rüdiger, Günther Ruschin
Votes: 1,722
10. All Creatures Great & Small: Touring the Dales (2024 TV Special)
75 min | Documentary
The cast and crew, plus local residents, talk about the Yorkshire Dales filming locations for All Creatures Great and Small (2020), which is actually set there. They speak of the the ... See full summary »
Director: Jim Hoppin | Stars: Colin Callender, Rachel Shenton, Nicholas Ralph, Samuel West
Votes: 10
11. Great West End Theatres (2012– )
65 min | Documentary, History
Directed by Marc Sinden and produced by Jo Gilbert, Great West End Theatres is an enjoyable, informed and informative stroll around London's famed Theatreland in the company of the ... See full summary »
Stars: Donald Sinden, Marc Sinden, Steven Berkoff, Martin Shaw
Votes: 18
12.
The Private Life of a Masterpiece (2001–2011)
Episode:
Katsushika Hokusai: The Great Wave
(2004)
49 min | Documentary
Created as "disposable art" circa 1830, the woodblock print of "The Great Wave" by 70-year-old Katsushika Hokusai has earned acclaim and a place of honor in the art world. Scholars and ... See full summary »
Director: Bob Bentley | Stars: Samuel West, Tim Clark, Richard Cork, Matthi Forrer
Votes: 11
13.
Garrow's Law (2009–2011)
Episode:
Episode #2.4
(2010)
59 min | Biography, Drama, History
Garrow, despite Sarah's assurances, in a deeply depressed mood having failed to save Thomas Whiley, a twelve-year old-mute boy, from the gallows, enters the civil court to hear Hill's ... See full summary »
Director: Ashley Pearce | Stars: Andrew Buchan, Alun Armstrong, Lyndsey Marshal, Rupert Graves
Votes: 54
14.
In Love With... (2011–2012)
Episode:
In Love with Shakespeare
(2011)
Drama
Director: Joe Stephenson | Stars: Simon Callow, Anthony Head, Emily Head, Robert Lindsay
Votes: 11
15.
Slow Horses (2022– )
Episode:
Negotiating with Tigers
(2023)
TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Thriller
Marcus and Shirley face Lamb's wrath. River discovers revenge is a dish best served cold.
Director: Saul Metzstein | Stars: Gary Oldman, Jack Lowden, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sophie Okonedo
Votes: 1,377
16. The Crown (2016–2023)
TV-MA | 60 min | Biography, Drama, History
Follows the political rivalries and romances of Queen Elizabeth II's reign and the events that shaped Britain for the second half of the 20th century.
Stars: Claire Foy, Olivia Colman, Imelda Staunton, Matt Smith
Votes: 257,106
17. 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: 52,192
18. All Creatures Great and Small (2020– )
TV-PG | Comedy, Drama
The numerous adventures of a countryside veterinarian practice in 1930s to 1940s Yorkshire, England.
Stars: Anna Madeley, Samuel West, Nicholas Ralph, Rachel Shenton
Votes: 16,918
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: 18,305
20. Horizon (I) (1964– )
50 min | Documentary
British documentary series that covers a variety of subjects in science and philosophy.
Stars: Paul Vaughan, Jack Fortune, Dilly Barlow, Colin Riach
Votes: 1,149
21. Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)
48 min | Documentary, History, War
The history of the Final Solution phase of the Nazi Holocaust, particularly with the most infamous of the death camps.
Stars: Linda Hunt, Samuel West, Gert Heidenreich, Horst Günter Marx
Votes: 4,657
22. The Private Life of a Masterpiece (2001–2011)
50 min | Documentary
Stars: Samuel West, Richard Cork, Jonathan Jones, John House
Votes: 243
23.
Horizon (1964– )
Episode:
Miracle in Orbit
(2000)
Documentary
Stars: Samuel West, Chris Burrows, Terry Facey, Wendy Freeman
Votes: 6
24.
All Creatures Great and Small (2020– )
Episode:
A Cure for All Ills
(2020)
TV-PG | 44 min | Comedy, Drama
James celebrates his birthday, but personal and professional worries put a damper on the event. James and Tristan ignore Siegfried's advice and operate on a prized cow.
Director: Andy Hay | Stars: Nicholas Ralph, Rachel Shenton, Imogen Clawson, Tony Pitts
Votes: 596
25.
Slow Horses (2022– )
Episode:
Old Scores
(2022)
TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Thriller
Lamb and Katinsky go head to head. Ho finds himself trapped on a train with a Russian assassin.
Director: Jeremy Lovering | Stars: Gary Oldman, Jack Lowden, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jonathan Pryce
Votes: 1,547
26.
Slow Horses (2022– )
Episode:
Boardroom Politics
(2022)
TV-MA | 41 min | Drama, Thriller
Lamb orders his Slow Horses to walk into traps. River believes something alarming is heading toward London.
Director: Jeremy Lovering | Stars: Gary Oldman, Jack Lowden, Kristin Scott Thomas, Marek Vasut
Votes: 1,441
27.
All Creatures Great and Small (2020– )
Episode:
Merry Bloody Christmas
(2022)
TV-PG | 52 min | Comedy, Drama
As Christmastime is overshadowed by war, the Farnons have taken in a refugee child. Siegfried must choose between the well being of a racehorse and safeguarding Tristan's future. Mrs. Hall also grapples with upsetting news.
Director: Stewart Svaasand | Stars: Ella Bernstein, Nicholas Ralph, Callum Woodhouse, Samuel West
Votes: 418
28.
The Nazis: A Warning from History (1997)
Episode:
Chaos and Consent
(1997)
TV-PG | Documentary, History, War
If the Germans are famous for one quality, it is efficiency. Yet the Nazi administration of Germany during the 1930s was characterized by radical chaos.
Director: Laurence Rees | Stars: Fritz Arlt, Rudi Bamber, Gerda Bernhardt, Uwe Bitzel
Votes: 58
29.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2015)
Episode:
Chapter Seven: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
(2015)
TV-14 | 60 min | Fantasy, War
With magic long since lost to England, two men are destined to bring it back; the reclusive Mr Norrell and daring novice Jonathan Strange. So begins a dangerous battle between two great minds.
Director: Toby Haynes | Stars: Bertie Carvel, Eddie Marsan, Marc Warren, Charlotte Riley
Votes: 421
30.
Great Canal Journeys (2014– )
Episode:
The Rochdale
(2014)
49 min | Documentary
Prunella and Tim travel the Rochdale canal, past once mighty mills, the epic beauty of the Pennines and the longest and highest canal tunnel in Britain.
Director: Mike Taylor | Stars: Timothy West, Prunella Scales, Nick Wilding, Fred Carter
Votes: 17
31. Westworld (2016–2022)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
At the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, waits a world in which every human appetite can be indulged without consequence.
Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Jeffrey Wright, Ed Harris, Thandiwe Newton
Votes: 533,465
32. In Love With... (2011–2012)
Drama
Celebrities perform their favourite passages from the work of English playwright Noel Coward.
Stars: Simon Callow, Richard Madden, Samuel West, Jonathan Pryce
Votes: 35
33.
The Private Life of a Masterpiece (2001–2011)
Episode:
Édouard Manet: Le déjeuner sur l'herbe
(2002)
50 min | Documentary
Art critics and historians appreciate and analyze Edouard Manet's "Luncheon on the Grass," which was famously rejected by the Salon of 1863. The work sparked a scandal, but won admirers such as Zola and Picasso.
Director: Judith Winnan | Stars: Samuel West, Juliet Wilson-Bareau, Anthea Callen, Renee Cox
Votes: 9
34.
All Creatures Great and Small (2020– )
Episode:
The Night Before Christmas
(2020)
TV-PG | 63 min | Comedy, Drama
James still has feelings for Helen and is struggling to cope as she prepares to get married to Hugh. On Christmas Eve James is called out to help a dog struggling to give birth and Helen ... See full summary »
Director: Andy Hay | Stars: Nicholas Ralph, Dave Hill, Cleo Sylvestre, Samuel West
Votes: 615
35.
The Nazis: A Warning from History (1997)
Episode:
The Road to Treblinka
(1997)
TV-PG | Documentary, History, War
With access to extraordinary new material from Lithuania, including an interview with a member of the Nazi killing squads, this program examines how the Nazi could commit acts that have altered forever of the depths of human cruelty.
Director: Laurence Rees | Stars: Samuel West, Adolf Buchner, Christine Von Amsberg, Wilhelm Gunsilius
Votes: 53
36.
Mr Selfridge (2013–2016)
Episode:
Episode #2.10
(2014)
TV-PG | 48 min | Drama, History
Josie Mardle tells Florian she believes she is too old for him and that she has arranged an audition with the Halle Orchestra in Manchester. The young man is heart-broken but surprisingly ... See full summary »
Director: Rob Evans | Stars: Jeremy Piven, Frances O'Connor, Katherine Kelly, Kika Markham
Votes: 182
37.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2015)
Episode:
Chapter Six: The Black Tower
(2015)
TV-14 | 60 min | Fantasy, War
Having fled England to Venice, Strange attempts to drive himself insane as a way of gaining access to the fairy magic that he believes can help him resurrect his wife. In so doing, he ... See full summary »
Director: Toby Haynes | Stars: Bertie Carvel, Eddie Marsan, Marc Warren, Charlotte Riley
Votes: 409
38.
Great Canal Journeys (2014– )
Episode:
Birmingham to Braunston
(2015)
47 min | Documentary
Timothy West and Prunella Scales travel from Birmingham to Braunston, Northamptonshire, for a festival of canal boats and to unveil a plaque to a late friend and canal campaigner.
Director: Mike Taylor | Stars: Timothy West, Prunella Scales, Samuel West, Sarah Henshaw
Votes: 14
39.
Great Canal Journeys (2014– )
Episode:
Manchester
(2018)
Documentary
Tim and Pru embark on a voyage through canal history, as they explore the waterways of north west England - heading from the suburbs of Manchester to the great canal port at Ellesmere.
Stars: Timothy West, Prunella Scales, Samuel West
Votes: 13
40. Executed (2014 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Documentary telling the stories of those executed in Britain, with testimony from the relatives they left behind and from people who witnessed the final days of capital punishment.
Director: Chris Malone | Stars: Samuel West, Maria Bentley Dingwall, Benedict Birnberg, George Donaldson
Votes: 6
41.
The Private Life of a Masterpiece (2001–2011)
Episode:
Sandro Botticelli: La Primavera
(2004)
49 min | Documentary
Sandro Botticelli's 'La Primavera' is one of art history's most hotly debated paintings. Created in the 1480s and rediscovered only in the 19th century, historians and critics weigh in on the enigmatic painting's origin and meaning.
Director: Ian Michael Jones | Stars: Samuel West, Philippa Berry, Peter Bogdanovich, Suzanne Fagence Cooper
Votes: 14
42.
Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)
Episode:
Liberation & Revenge
(2005)
TV-14 | 48 min | Documentary, History, War
In 1945, Red Army soldiers liberate Auschwitz-Birkenau. As other liberations occur in the following months, the world is appalled. Surviving Jews face horrors as they try to return to their lives, and few SS-men are found and put on trial.
Directors: Laurence Rees, Catherine Tatge | Stars: Gert Heidenreich, Linda Hunt, Samuel West, Vasily Gromadsky
Votes: 168
43.
Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)
Episode:
Frenzied Killing
(2005)
TV-14 | 48 min | Documentary, History, War
More people are killed in 1944 than ever before at Auschwitz. The Nazis try to sow seeds of confusion amongst the Allies in the East and Western Allies make decisions about negotiating with the Nazis about the Jews and bombing the camp.
Directors: Laurence Rees, Catherine Tatge | Stars: Gert Heidenreich, Linda Hunt, Samuel West, Peretz Revesz
Votes: 166
44.
All Creatures Great and Small (2020– )
Episode:
Surviving Siegfried
(2022)
TV-PG | 52 min | Comedy, Drama
Siegfried receives some difficult news and becomes even more irascible than usual. The perfect distraction comes along in the form of Major Sebright Saunders, who asks Siegfried to look at a difficult young racehorse called River.
Director: Brian Percival | Stars: Andy Sellers, Sam Heron, Declan O'Connor, Samuel West
Votes: 426
45.
All Creatures Great and Small (2020– )
Episode:
Edward
(2022)
TV-PG | 53 min | Comedy, Drama
When Mrs Hall takes time off to meet up with an important person from her past, Siegfried immediately puts Tristan in charge of housekeeping duties, while he focuses on running the practice and educating a visiting work experience boy.
Director: Andy Hay | Stars: Anna Madeley, Lara Steward, Callum Woodhouse, Samuel West
Votes: 434
46.
All Creatures Great and Small (2020– )
Episode:
Papers
(2023)
TV-PG | 52 min | Comedy, Drama
The day that James and Helen have been dreading arrives. Mrs Hall takes a step forward with Gerald. Carmody finds his place at Skeldale, assisted by a surprising mentor.
Director: Jordan Hogg | Stars: Nicholas Ralph, James Anthony-Rose, Rachel Shenton, Anna Madeley
Votes: 306
47.
Slow Horses (2022– )
Episode:
Uninvited Guests
(2023)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Thriller
Tearney makes a bold decision. Unaware of their hidden agenda, the Slow Horses assists the tiger team. Meanwhile, Lamb and Ho go on a road trip.
Director: Saul Metzstein | Stars: Gary Oldman, Jack Lowden, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sophie Okonedo
Votes: 1,193
48. As Time Goes By (1992–2005)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Romance
The Korean War, and a long lost letter, separate the lives of young lovers Jean Pargetter and Lionel Hardcastle, whose paths cross again by happenstance.
Stars: Judi Dench, Geoffrey Palmer, Moira Brooker, Philip Bretherton
Votes: 4,967
49. Garrow's Law (2009–2011)
60 min | Biography, Drama, History
Garrow's Law is the true tale of William Garrow, who acted as counsel for the accused, introducing the concept of 'innocent until proved guilty' at London's Old Bailey.
Stars: Andrew Buchan, Lyndsey Marshal, Rupert Graves, Aidan McArdle
Votes: 1,248
50. A History of Britain (2000–2002)
60 min | Documentary, History
A comprehensive historical survey of the British Isles.
Stars: Simon Schama, Michael Kitchen, Samuel West, Lindsay Duncan
Votes: 945