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1. BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960–1963)
60 min | Drama
BBC Sunday-Night Play is the anthology drama series which replaced Sunday Night Theatre in 1960.
Stars: Brian Rix, Joby Blanshard, Cyril Luckham, John Bennett
Votes: 131
2. The Big Pull (1962)
30 min | Sci-Fi
A deadly alien force is brought to Earth by a US astronaut after a space orbit through the Van Allen belt.
Stars: William Dexter, June Tobin, Ray Roberts, Frederick Treves
Votes: 20
3. 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
4. Point Counter Point (1968– )
Adaptation of Aldous Huxley's 'novel of ideas' in which the author Philip Quarles, withdrawn and uncomfortable with the world around him, considers his friends and family as models for the characters in his writing.
Stars: Lyndon Brook, Patricia English, Edward Judd, David Graham
Votes: 16
5. Public Eye (1965–1975)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Cynical, dour and world-weary, private eye Frank Marker is frequently the unwitting stooge in bigger criminal wheels in his attempts to make a tenuous living on the outskirts of London.
Stars: Alfred Burke, Ray Smith, Pauline Delaney, Brenda Cavendish
Votes: 427
6.
Public Eye (1965–1975)
Episode:
The Comedian's Graveyard
(1969)
51 min | Crime, Drama
A simple job, to find a missing girl, shines the limelight on an ageing seaside entertainer who may or may not have developed a conscience.
Director: Jonathan Alwyn | Stars: Alfred Burke, Joe Melia, Leslie Dwyer, Pauline Delaney
Votes: 39
7. Scotland Yard (1960– )
Drama
Each episode is based on a true-crime case with the names changed.
Stars: Geoffrey Matthews, Brian Vaughan, Ewan MacDuff, Humphrey Heathcote
Votes: 74
8.
Quatermass and the Pit (1958–1959)
Episode:
Hob
(1959)
35 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Horror
Chaos reigns in the pit and the long-dormant Martian inheritance begins to assert itself in many people in the area - including Quatermass himself - driving them to a new racial purge, The ... See full summary »
Director: Rudolph Cartier | Stars: André Morell, Cec Linder, Anthony Bushell, John Stratton
Votes: 77
9. The Expert (1968–1976)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Professor John Hardy is a forensic scientist who works not only for the police but also for other interested parties.
Stars: Marius Goring, Ann Morrish, Victor Winding, Michael Farnsworth
Votes: 42
10.
Quatermass and the Pit (1958–1959)
Episode:
The Enchanted
(1959)
33 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Horror
Roney and Quatermass develop their theory about the Martians' visit to Earth, instilling their essence into man's ancestors, Sladden, alone in the pit, flees in terror as strange forces are conjured up.
Director: Rudolph Cartier | Stars: André Morell, Cec Linder, Anthony Bushell, John Stratton
Votes: 76
11.
Quatermass and the Pit (1958–1959)
Episode:
The Wild Hunt
(1959)
36 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Horror
A brain scanner reveals alien pictures in Barbara Judd's mind of 'the Wild Hunt' -the frenetic purging of the Martian hives. In the pit, a technician is killed as the capsule starts to glow.
Director: Rudolph Cartier | Stars: André Morell, Cec Linder, Anthony Bushell, John Stratton
Votes: 73
12. Quatermass and the Pit (1958–1959)
30 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Horror
A team of scientists search for the origin and purpose of a mysterious capsule found on a building site.
Stars: André Morell, Cec Linder, Anthony Bushell, John Stratton
Votes: 1,204
13.
Softly Softly: Task Force (1969–1976)
Episode:
Trust a Woman
(1970)
Crime, Drama
While investigating the case of a missing Swedish au pair, WP/DC Betty Donald comes across some information about local criminal Christopher Connor who seems to be plotting a crime. As it ... See full summary »
Director: Ben Rea | Stars: Frank Windsor, Norman Bowler, David Allister, David Lloyd Meredith
Votes: 8
14. Maigret (1959–1963)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Televisations of the Maigret novels by Georges Simenon.
Stars: Rupert Davies, Ewen Solon, Helen Shingler, Neville Jason
Votes: 374
15. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
16.
Quatermass and the Pit (1958–1959)
Episode:
The Halfmen
(1958)
35 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Horror
A building site on Hobbs Lane in London unearths 5 million year old human skull. Quartermass investigates, but the investigation is merged with the military when a strange projectile is uncovered.
Director: Rudolph Cartier | Stars: André Morell, Cec Linder, Anthony Bushell, John Stratton
Votes: 95
17. Whack-O! (1956–1972)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Stars: Jimmy Edwards, Arthur Howard, Edwin Apps, John Stirling
Votes: 34
18. Theatre 625 (1964–1968)
90 min | Drama
Drama anthology series transmitted on BBC Two.
Stars: Michael Bryant, Judi Dench, Maurice Denham, Margery Mason
Votes: 48
19. World Theatre (1959)
Drama
In 1959, a group of aspiring actors and playwrights navigate love, ambition, and artistic challenges in the world of theater.
Stars: Olive McFarland, John Southworth, Dilys Hamlett, James Maxwell
Votes: 14
20. Softly Softly: Task Force (1969–1976)
50 min | Crime, Drama
1970s BBC police drama with experienced cops DCS Charlie Barlow and DS John Watt who lead a task force charged with tackling the toughest cases Thamesford has to offer.
Stars: Frank Windsor, Norman Bowler, David Lloyd Meredith, Terence Rigby
Votes: 114
21. Angel Pavement (1967– )
45 min | Drama
Stars: Anthony Bate, Murray Melvin, Cyril Luckham, Hilda Braid
Votes: 12
22.
Maigret (1959–1963)
Episode:
The White Hat
(1962)
50 min | Crime, Drama
A woman in the park persuades Madame Maigret to look after her baby for an hour. The Chief Inspector thinks the strange incident might be connected to his latest murder case.
Director: Gerard Glaister | Stars: Rupert Davies, Ewen Solon, Helen Shingler, John Carson
Votes: 43
23. 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
24.
World Theatre (1959)
Episode:
The School for Scandal
(1959)
105 min | Drama
Stars: Joan Plowright, Felix Aylmer, Fanny Rowe, Redmond Phillips
Votes: 6
25. The £1,000,000 Bank Note (1968– )
25 min | Drama
Stranded in London, a penniless American is given a banknote worth a million pounds - on condition that he doesn't use it.
Stars: Stuart Damon, Anton Diffring, John Bryans, Bonnie Hurren
Votes: 8
26. Dixon of Dock Green (1955–1976)
Crime, Drama
Constable George Dixon and his colleagues at the Dock Green police station in the East End of London deal with petty crime, successfully controlling it through common sense and human understanding.
Stars: Jack Warner, Peter Byrne, Geoffrey Adams, Arthur Rigby
Votes: 308
27. Suspense (1962–1963)
Thriller
Anthology series telling suspenseful tales.
Stars: Bill Meilen, Ray Handy, John Carson, Alex Scott
Votes: 22
29. Siwan: The King's Daughter (1960 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Stars: Siân Phillips, Peter O'Toole, Clifford Evans, Doria Noar
30. Saturday Playhouse (1958–1961)
60 min | Drama
An anthology series of dramatisations of plays.
Stars: Elvi Hale, Madoline Thomas, George A. Cooper, Emrys Jones
31. The Way We Live Now (1969– )
45 min | Drama
London in the 1870s is gripped in a fever of speculation. The latest figure to emerge at the centre of this scene is Augustus Melmotte, a man reputed to possess a large fortune.
Stars: Jeremy Clyde, Colin Blakely, Angharad Rees, Cavan Kendall
32. Solo for Canary (1958)
30 min | Thriller
Stars: Andrew Osborn, Lana Morris, David Davies, John Stone
33. The Men from Room 13 (1959–1961)
Crime, Drama
Stars: Brian Wilde, John Welsh, Kenneth MacKintosh, William Fox
34. Dancers in Mourning (1959– )
30 min | Crime, Drama
Dtetective Albert Campion investigates threats against stage star Jimmy Sutane.
Stars: Bernard Horsfall, Denis Quilley, Michael Gough, Sheila Shand Gibbs
35. Charlesworth (1959–1960)
30 min | Drama
Stars: Wensley Pithey, Tony Church, Neil Wilson, William Mervyn
36. The Venturers (1972 TV Movie)
50 min | Drama
Director: William Slater | Stars: Douglas Wilmer, James Kerry, Sebastian Breaks, Ray Armstrong
37. No Cloak - No Dagger (1963– )
30 min
Stars: William Franklyn, Lana Morris, Cyril Luckham, Caroline Blakiston
38. The Case Before You (1959)
Drama
Stars: Hamilton Dyce, Maurice Colbourne, Jack Stewart, Geoffrey Tyrrell
39. The Sky Larks (1958)
30 min | Comedy
The adventures and mis-adventures of a Naval Helicopter Crew.
Stars: Anton Rodgers, Roland Curram, John Southworth, William Mervyn
40. The Attorney-General (1961 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Director: Harold Clayton | Stars: John Clements, Andre Van Gyseghem, Olive McFarland, Anthony Bate
41. The Massingham Affair (1964– )
30 min | Drama
Stars: Lyndon Brook, Andrew Keir, Renny Lister, Eileen Atkins
42.
Dixon of Dock Green (1955–1976)
Episode:
The Paperhangers
(1969)
Crime, Drama
Director: Eric Fawcett | Stars: Geoffrey Adams, Robert Arnold, Ballard Berkeley, Stephen Bradley
43.
Dixon of Dock Green (1955–1976)
Episode:
The Woman from Kimberley
(1959)
Crime, Drama
Director: Douglas Moodie | Stars: Geoffrey Adams, Graham Ashley, Patricia Butt, Peter Byrne
44.
Suspense (1962–1963)
Episode:
Doctor Corbally and Certain Death
(1962)
Thriller
Director: Owen Leeming | Stars: Geoffrey Bayldon, Guy Deghy, James Cairncross, Frank Seton
45.
Suspense (1962–1963)
Episode:
The Men from the Bush
(1963)
Thriller
Director: Hugh Munro | Stars: Patrick Barr, Daphne Anderson, William Kendall, Howard Goorney
46.
Z Cars (1962–1978)
Episode:
Jail Break
(1962)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Keith Anderson, Norman Bird, Brian Blessed, Joseph Brady
47.
Z Cars (1962–1978)
Episode:
The Victim: Part 2
(1967)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
Director: Paddy Russell | Stars: Joseph Brady, Billy Cornelius, David Daker, James Ellis
48.
The Expert (1968–1976)
Episode:
Your Money for My Life
(1969)
Crime, Drama
Why should a businessman crash into a bridge support at 80 m.p.h.? When the post-mortem reveals him to have died as a result of the impact, and not from physical causes. What other reason could there be for the accident?
Director: Ben Rea | Stars: Marius Goring, Ann Morrish, Victor Winding, Michael Farnsworth
49.
Moonstrike (1963)
Episode:
Danger by Appointment
(1963)
Drama, History, War
Director: Eric Tayler | Stars: Trevor Bannister, Gary Bond, John Church, Caroline Denzil
50.
Moonstrike (1963)
Episode:
The Expert
(1963)
Drama, History, War
Director: David Benedictus | Stars: Andrew Armour, Vic Davies, Reed De Rouen, Jonathan Fryer