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1.
Downton Abbey (2010–2015)
Episode:
Christmas Special
(2015)
TV-PG | 93 min | Drama, Romance
Mary endeavors to build bridges with her sister while Edith's secret continues to pose a threat. As Henry settles into the role of husband and stepfather, finding his place at Downton proves more difficult.
Director: Michael Engler | Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Raquel Cassidy
Votes: 2,502
2.
After Life (2019–2022)
Episode:
Episode #3.6
(2022)
TV-MA | 36 min | Comedy, Drama
An interview with a sick child hits Tony hard. Later, he makes a decision about Lisa's insurance money and joins his friends at the town fair.
Director: Ricky Gervais | Stars: Ricky Gervais, Tom Basden, Tony Way, Diane Morgan
Votes: 4,255
3.
Ever Decreasing Circles (1984–1989)
Episode:
Housework
(1984)
Comedy, Drama
Ann is in hospital leaving martin to manage at home by himself. He plans everything down to the finest detail, but the best laid plans.
Director: Sydney Lotterby | Stars: Richard Briers, Penelope Wilton, Peter Egan, Stanley Lebor
Votes: 88
4.
Doctor Who (2005–2022)
Episode:
The Stolen Earth
(2008)
TV-PG | 45 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
The return of an old enemy leaves Earth along with 26 other planets stolen from their places. As the Doctor and Donna look for the whereabouts of Earth, former companions of the Doctor assemble a resistance against the new Dalek Empire.
Director: Graeme Harper | Stars: David Tennant, Catherine Tate, Billie Piper, Freema Agyeman
Votes: 8,454
5.
Ever Decreasing Circles (1984–1989)
Episode:
Manure
(1986)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Martin agrees to take delivery of some manure for Paul's garden. Things don't quite go according to plan. Paul clears everything up in record time when he gets home.
Director: Harold Snoad | Stars: Richard Briers, Penelope Wilton, Peter Egan, Stanley Lebor
Votes: 79
6.
Ever Decreasing Circles (1984–1989)
Episode:
Moving On
(1989)
80 min | Comedy, Drama
Everything looks rosy, despite the big changes.
Director: Harold Snoad | Stars: Richard Briers, Penelope Wilton, Peter Egan, Stanley Lebor
Votes: 87
7.
Ever Decreasing Circles (1984–1989)
Episode:
Stuck in a Loft
(1987)
Comedy, Drama
The friends rent a country cottage. Martin shines with his practical knowledge. But then he gets a bit stuck.
Director: Harold Snoad | Stars: Richard Briers, Penelope Wilton, Peter Egan, Stanley Lebor
Votes: 88
8.
Downton Abbey (2010–2015)
Episode:
Christmas at Downton Abbey
(2011)
TV-14 | 93 min | Drama, Romance
Christmas 1919. Downton Abbey is hosting a lavish Christmas party, yet despite being the season of goodwill, tensions are rife and Bates' arrest has cast a shadow over the festivities.
Director: Brian Percival | Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle
Votes: 2,884
9.
Downton Abbey (2010–2015)
Episode:
Episode #3.5
(2012)
TV-14 | 50 min | Drama, Romance
The Crawleys excitedly await as the new addition to the family is soon to come. Meanwhile, Anna attempts to uncover evidence for Bates's innocence. But then, when tragedy strikes, will things ever be the same again?
Director: Jeremy Webb | Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Brown Findlay, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter
Votes: 2,295
10.
Dead Hot (2024– )
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(2024)
Thriller
Director: Sam Arbor | Stars: Bilal Hasna, Vivian Oparah, Stephen Donald, Dru Jones
Votes: 34
11.
Downton Abbey (2010–2015)
Episode:
A Moorland Holiday
(2014)
TV-PG | 93 min | Drama, Romance
Autumn of 1924. It's grouse shooting season and Rose's father-in-law invites the Crawley family to a shooting party in Northumberland.
Director: Minkie Spiro | Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Raquel Cassidy
Votes: 2,068
12.
Downton Abbey (2010–2015)
Episode:
Episode #6.8
(2015)
TV-PG | 72 min | Drama, Romance
Romance blossoms but a betrayal of trust threatens the chance of lasting happiness. Thomas considers desperate measures.
Director: David Evans | Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Raquel Cassidy
Votes: 1,827
13.
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
14.
Ever Decreasing Circles (1984–1989)
Episode:
The Cricket Match
(1984)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
It's the annual cricket match. Paul saves the day, but is he a gentleman?
Director: Sydney Lotterby | Stars: Richard Briers, Penelope Wilton, Peter Egan, Stanley Lebor
Votes: 90
15.
Ever Decreasing Circles (1984–1989)
Episode:
The Party
(1984)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Christmas is a bit different this year. Paul has a few extra house guests and Ann volunteers to look after the overflow.
Director: Sydney Lotterby | Stars: Richard Briers, Penelope Wilton, Peter Egan, Stanley Lebor
Votes: 81
16.
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
17.
Ever Decreasing Circles (1984–1989)
Episode:
Goodbye, Paul?
(1987)
Comedy, Drama
Martin is overjoyed when Paul talks about leaving the area. He will only stay if he can find a new premises for his business. Then Martin finds the ideal location, but should he tell Paul?
Director: Harold Snoad | Stars: Richard Briers, Penelope Wilton, Peter Egan, Stanley Lebor
Votes: 78
18.
After Life (2019–2022)
Episode:
Episode #2.6
(2020)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
Grieving over another loss, Tony asks his friends and co-workers for space, not sympathy. Later, he wrestles with what it means to move on.
Director: Ricky Gervais | Stars: Ricky Gervais, Tom Basden, Tony Way, Diane Morgan
Votes: 3,366
19.
Talking Heads 2 (1998)
Episode:
Nights in the Gardens of Spain
(1998)
40 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Rosemary Horrocks is a lonely woman whose husband is intent on moving them both to Marbella. Unknown to him, Rosemary does not wish to go. She takes it upon herself to tend to a female ... See full summary »
Director: Tristram Powell | Star: Penelope Wilton
Votes: 25
20.
Downton Abbey (2010–2015)
Episode:
Episode #1.7
(2010)
TV-14 | 64 min | Drama, Romance
July 1914. Mary learns it was Edith who informed the ambassador know about Pamuk's death, Cora announces her pregnancy, and Thomas and O'Brien hatch new slanders against Bates as war clouds loom.
Director: Brian Percival | Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Brown Findlay, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter
Votes: 2,416
21.
Dead Hot (2024– )
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(2024)
Thriller
Director: David Sant | Stars: Bilal Hasna, Vivian Oparah, Rebekah Murrell, Yannisyn Sanches
Votes: 30
22. Downton Abbey (2010–2015)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance
A chronicle of the lives of the British aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the early twentieth century.
Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Phyllis Logan, Elizabeth McGovern, Brendan Coyle
Votes: 225,023
23. Fifty Years on Stage (2013 TV Movie)
151 min | Comedy, Drama
The Royal National Theatre celebrates 50 years of excellent theatre, with extracts of some of the best plays of the last five decades, peformed by the countries best performers.
Directors: Nicholas Hytner, Tim Van Someren, Howard Davies, Rufus Norris, Alex Sims | Stars: Roger Allam, Samuel Anderson, Alan Ayckbourn, Jonathan Bailey
Votes: 279
24.
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
25.
The Monocled Mutineer (1986)
Episode:
When the Hurly-Burly's Done
(1986)
Drama, History, War
Further events of the mutiny and its resolution.
Director: Jim O'Brien | Stars: Paul McGann, Timothy West, Ron Donachie, Anthony Calf
Votes: 10
26.
Downton Abbey (2010–2015)
Episode:
Episode #2.8
(2011)
TV-14 | 67 min | Drama, Romance
The Spanish Flu disrupts plans for Matthew's wedding when Cora, Lavinia, Carson, Molesley, and other staff members fall ill. Ethel has to decide the future for her son, and Jane resigns from Downton.
Director: James Strong | Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Brown Findlay, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter
Votes: 2,153
27.
Dead Hot (2024– )
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2024)
Thriller
Director: Sam Arbor | Stars: Bilal Hasna, Vivian Oparah, Peter Serafinowicz, Olisa Odele
Votes: 33
28.
Dead Hot (2024– )
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(2024)
Thriller
Director: David Sant | Stars: Bilal Hasna, Vivian Oparah, Marcus Hodson, Luke Anthony Jr.
Votes: 31
29.
Dead Hot (2024– )
Episode:
Episode #1.6
(2024)
Thriller
Director: David Sant | Stars: Bilal Hasna, Vivian Oparah, Olisa Odele, Penelope Wilton
Votes: 34
30. 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: 246,670
31. 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
32. Talking Heads 2 (1998)
230 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Six monologues: a lonely store clerk, a covetous antiques dealer, a reformed pedophile, a wife of a dangerous criminal, a murderer's friend, and a confused older woman.
Stars: Julie Walters, Penelope Wilton, Eileen Atkins, Patricia Routledge
Votes: 206
33.
Ever Decreasing Circles (1984–1989)
Episode:
Neighbourhood Watch
(1987)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Martin starts up a Neighbourhood Watch scheme. But will the power go to his head?
Director: Harold Snoad | Stars: Richard Briers, Penelope Wilton, Peter Egan, Stanley Lebor
Votes: 78
34.
Ever Decreasing Circles (1984–1989)
Episode:
Snooker
(1984)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
It's the annual snooker competition. Martin is desperate to win but he knows that Paul is very good at everything he tries.
Director: Sydney Lotterby | Stars: Richard Briers, Penelope Wilton, Peter Egan, Stanley Lebor
Votes: 86
35.
Ever Decreasing Circles (1984–1989)
Episode:
Jumping to Conclusions
(1987)
Comedy, Drama
Ann isn't doing well in her studies. Her choice of a secret study buddy leads to some misunderstanding.
Director: Harold Snoad | Stars: Richard Briers, Penelope Wilton, Peter Egan, Stanley Lebor
Votes: 79
36.
The Monocled Mutineer (1986)
Episode:
Before the Shambles
(1986)
Drama, History, War
The events leading to mutiny in the British Army during World War I.
Director: Jim O'Brien | Stars: Paul McGann, Bill Fellows, Penelope Wilton, Ron Donachie
Votes: 12
37.
Downton Abbey (2010–2015)
Episode:
Episode #5.8
(2014)
TV-PG | 67 min | Drama, Romance
Kuragin tells Violet he wants to live with her, someone tries to break up the Atticus Rose wedding, Daisy wants to live in London, and Anna is accused of Green's murder.
Director: Michael Engler | Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Raquel Cassidy
Votes: 1,588
38.
Downton Abbey (2010–2015)
Episode:
Episode #6.3
(2015)
TV-PG | 51 min | Drama, Romance
An old acquaintance comes to Edith's aid, while Mr Carson and Mrs Hughes' big day brings an unexpected arrival.
Director: Philip John | Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Raquel Cassidy
Votes: 1,560
39.
After Life (2019–2022)
Episode:
Episode #1.6
(2019)
TV-MA | 27 min | Comedy, Drama
Making an earnest attempt to be happy - or at least not miserable - Tony gives some long overdue recognition to those who have stood by him.
Director: Ricky Gervais | Stars: Ricky Gervais, Tom Basden, Tony Way, Diane Morgan
Votes: 3,717
40. Gooseberries Don't Dance (1999)
13 min | Short
Director: Andrew Kazamia | Stars: Kate Maberly, Ian Holm, Polly Maberly, Penelope Wilton
Votes: 22
41.
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
42.
Ever Decreasing Circles (1984–1989)
Episode:
Local Hero
(1986)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Martin performs an act of heroism. But how will he handle the fame and adulation?
Director: Harold Snoad | Stars: Richard Briers, Penelope Wilton, Peter Egan, Stanley Lebor
Votes: 75
43.
Ever Decreasing Circles (1984–1989)
Episode:
One Night Stand
(1986)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Martin is abroad on a business trip. He wakes up in a compromising position. What if word gets back to Ann?
Director: Harold Snoad | Stars: Richard Briers, Penelope Wilton, Peter Egan, Stanley Lebor
Votes: 89
44.
Ever Decreasing Circles (1984–1989)
Episode:
Holiday Plans
(1984)
Comedy, Drama
It's time for their annual holiday. Will everyone go to the Bavarian Alps as usual or will they listen to Paul's suggestion?
Director: Sydney Lotterby | Stars: Richard Briers, Penelope Wilton, Peter Egan, Stanley Lebor
Votes: 82
45.
Downton Abbey (2010–2015)
Episode:
Episode #1.6
(2010)
TV-14 | 48 min | Drama, Romance
O'Brien and Thomas continue their efforts to frame Bates, Mary falls in love with Matthew, and Sybil is injured in a political disturbance and Branson is blamed.
Director: Brian Percival | Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Brown Findlay, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter
Votes: 2,308
46.
Downton Abbey (2010–2015)
Episode:
Episode #2.1
(2011)
TV-14 | 67 min | Drama, Romance
After Bates' mother dies, he hopes his inheritance will buy him a divorce and allow him to marry Anna, Matthew announces his engagement to Lavinia Swire, and Sybil gets involved in the war effort.
Director: Ashley Pearce | Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Brown Findlay, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter
Votes: 2,356
47.
Downton Abbey (2010–2015)
Episode:
Episode #2.5
(2011)
TV-14 | 53 min | Drama, Romance
August 1918: Deserted by the baby's father, Ethel has been installed with her child in a cottage on the estate by a sympathetic Mrs. Hughes, who brings her food. Jane, a war widow, has ... See full summary »
Director: Brian Kelly | Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Brown Findlay, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter
Votes: 2,047
48.
Downton Abbey (2010–2015)
Episode:
Episode #3.1
(2012)
TV-14 | 68 min | Drama, Romance
Spring of 1920. Wedding guests descend on Downton Abbey, where disasters threaten. One of which is Cora's freewheeling American mother, who tries to loosen up her in-laws.
Director: Brian Percival | Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Brown Findlay, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter
Votes: 2,395
49.
Downton Abbey (2010–2015)
Episode:
Episode #6.5
(2015)
TV-PG | 47 min | Drama, Romance
Violet embroils the Minister of Health in the hospital row, but his visit ends in catastrophe. Mary's suspicions are aroused.
Director: Michael Engler | Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Raquel Cassidy
Votes: 1,493
50.
Downton Abbey (2010–2015)
Episode:
Episode #6.7
(2015)
TV-PG | 51 min | Drama, Romance
The family face a shocking turn of events at Brooklands racetrack while Molesley and Daisy are put to the test.
Director: David Evans | Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Raquel Cassidy
Votes: 1,467