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1. The John Thaw Story (2002 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary, Biography
Tribute to the much-missed actor John Thaw, featuring reminiscences from his family, friends and colleagues about both his private life and his public work.
Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Sally Alexander, Richard Attenborough, Richard Bates, Richard Briers
Votes: 55
2.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
Waters of the Moon
(1968)
90 min | Drama
Lonely people in a quiet hotel find their lives shaken up by the arrival of the glamorous, assertive Helen Lancaster.
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Margaret Leighton, Athene Seyler, Vivien Merchant, Kathleen Harrison
Votes: 11
3.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
Trelawny of the Wells
(1972)
Drama
A theatrical troupe from the west end of London loses its leading lady (Rose Trelawny) when she goes off to marry a rich young man from the other side of town (Arthur Gower).
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: John Alderton, Lally Bowers, Graham Crowden, Roland Culver
Votes: 12
4. Helen: A Woman of Today (1973)
60 min | Drama
Ahead of its time drama deals with the decision cheated wife Helen Tulley makes to move on even when remorseful husband Frank Tulley attempts to make things right. Each episide deals with ... See full summary »
Stars: Alison Fiske, Christopher Ballantyne, Diana Hutchinson, Martin Shaw
Votes: 21
5.
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
6. I, Claudius (1976)
Not Rated | 50 min | Biography, Drama, History
The personal and governmental affairs of the Julio-Claudian dynasty at the beginning of the Roman Empire, as recalled by one of its rulers.
Stars: Derek Jacobi, John Hurt, Siân Phillips, Brian Blessed
Votes: 19,345
7. 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
8.
I, Claudius (1976)
Episode:
Hail Who?
(1976)
Not Rated | 54 min | Biography, Drama, History
Caligula has not only made his horse a senator but has turned the palace into a brothel, selling off senators and their wives for sex. Although scared of him - and getting thrown into a ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Derek Jacobi, John Hurt, Jo Rowbottom, Sheila White
Votes: 383
9.
I, Claudius (1976)
Episode:
Poison Is Queen
(1976)
Not Rated | 51 min | Biography, Drama, History
Germanicus returns from Germania in triumph and he and Claudius catch up on family news - Claudius now has a son but is not enjoying married life. He tells Germanicus what Postumus had ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Siân Phillips, Brian Blessed, George Baker
Votes: 405
10.
I, Claudius (1976)
Episode:
Reign of Terror
(1976)
Not Rated | 52 min | Biography, Drama, History
Sejanus divorces his wife in order to marry Livilla but Tiberius refuses permission and suggests that he marries Livilla's daughter Helen instead, which so enrages Livilla that she poisons ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Derek Jacobi, George Baker, Margaret Tyzack, Patricia Quinn
Votes: 392
11. Elizabeth R (1971)
520 min | Biography, Drama, History
When Elizabeth Tudor comes to the throne, her (male) advisers know she has to marry. Doesn't she? Thus starts a decades-long political/matrimonial game, during an age of high passions and high achievement.
Stars: Glenda Jackson, Ronald Hines, Robert Hardy, Stephen Murray
Votes: 1,934
12.
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
13.
I, Claudius (1976)
Episode:
A God in Colchester
(1976)
Not Rated | 52 min | Biography, Drama, History
Whilst Claudius is invading Britain, Messalina is challenging the prostitute Scylla to see who can take the most partners, Messalina easily winning. She also takes the young senator Silius ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Sheila White, Bernard Hepton, John Cater
Votes: 352
14.
I, Claudius (1976)
Episode:
Old King Log
(1976)
Not Rated | 53 min | Biography, Drama, History
AD 54: Claudius feels that Rome should return to be a Republic but nonetheless marries his niece Agripinilla and makes her son Nero co-heir with his own, teen-aged son Britannicus. Aware of... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Bernard Hepton, John Cater, Barbara Young
Votes: 348
15.
I, Claudius (1976)
Episode:
Zeus, by Jove!
(1976)
Not Rated | 52 min | Biography, Drama, History
Tiberius summons Caligula and his cousin Gemellus to Capri, declaring them his joint successors. Soon afterwards Tiberius is smothered by Macro, on the orders of Caligula, and his death is ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Derek Jacobi, John Hurt, Margaret Tyzack, Beth Morris
Votes: 376
16. 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: 118
17. Number 10 (1983)
52 min | Biography, Drama, History
The private lives of seven British prime ministers who resided at 10 Downing Street between the 1780s-1920s, including Pitt the Younger, Wellesley, Disraeli, Gladstone, Lloyd George, Asquith and MacDonald.
Stars: Neville Barber, Bernard Archard, Jeremy Brett, Denis Quilley
Votes: 51
18.
I, Claudius (1976)
Episode:
Fool's Luck
(1976)
Not Rated | 52 min | Biography, Drama, History
Claudius accepts the crown and spares all the conspirators except Cassius for killing Caligula's wife and family. He also deifies Livia. Messalina, having borne him children, persuades him ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Sheila White, Bernard Hepton, John Cater
Votes: 356
19.
I, Claudius (1976)
Episode:
Queen of Heaven
(1976)
Not Rated | 52 min | Biography, Drama, History
Tiberius embarks on a series of acts of debauchery, having sex with anybody he pleases, with Caligula a willing participant. Livia is shocked and Tiberius arranges to give her a horoscope ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Siân Phillips, George Baker, Margaret Tyzack
Votes: 396
20. First Night (1963–1964)
Drama
Stars: Madge Ryan, Anthony Bate, James Maxwell, Michael Caine
Votes: 104
21.
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
22.
Elizabeth R (1971)
Episode:
The Marriage Game
(1971)
TV-14 | 90 min | Biography, Drama, History
The new Queen Elizabeth I is 25 years old - and unmarried. Her council - particularly the man she trusts most, Sir William Cecil - urges her to marry quickly (to ensure the succession, ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Glenda Jackson, Robert Hardy, Ronald Hines, Esmond Knight
Votes: 105
23. Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama
The lives and fortunes of the Bellamy family and their below-stairs servant staff at 165 Eaton Place play out against the social, political and historical backdrop of Edwardian London from 1903 to 1930.
Stars: Gordon Jackson, David Langton, Jean Marsh, Angela Baddeley
Votes: 3,561
24. Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Not Rated | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The cases of a portly and eccentric criminal law barrister.
Stars: Leo McKern, Jonathan Coy, Julian Curry, Marion Mathie
Votes: 1,719
25. The Sky at Night (1957– )
20 min | Documentary
Astronomy programme.
Stars: Patrick Moore, Chris Lintott, Pete Lawrence, Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Votes: 365
26.
I, Claudius (1976)
Episode:
Waiting in the Wings
(1976)
Not Rated | 52 min | Biography, Drama, History
Whilst Tiberius in exile derives some comfort from hearing of the mysterious death of Gaius, Antonia confesses to Julia her disappointment in Claudius. She chastises his siblings ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Siân Phillips, Brian Blessed, George Baker
Votes: 403
27.
I, Claudius (1976)
Episode:
What Shall We Do About Claudius?
(1976)
Not Rated | 52 min | Biography, Drama, History
Six years have passed. Germanicus has joined Tiberius in the Germanian campaign, to avenge the Roman legion slaughtered at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. Claudius remains at home, ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Siân Phillips, Brian Blessed, George Baker
Votes: 396
28. The 10th Kingdom (2000)
Not Rated | 42 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A father and daughter are caught in a parallel universe where the great Queens Snow White, Cinderella and Riding Hood III have had their kingdoms fragmented by warring trolls, giants and goblins.
Stars: Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Scott Cohen, Dianne Wiest, Daniel Lapaine
Votes: 20,231
29. Man of Straw (1972)
270 min | Drama
A politically ambitious man rises to power in a German provincial town at the end of the nineteenth century.
Stars: Derek Jacobi, John Phillips, Judy Cornwell, Denis Carey
Votes: 22
30. The Gamblers (1967–1968)
60 min | Drama
Anthology drama series of people who take a gamble (sometimes with their lives) in order to prove a point or better their position.
Stars: Richard Shaw, Leslie Anderson, Ronald Lacey, John Slavid
Votes: 10
31.
American Playhouse (1980–1994)
Episode:
Strange Interlude: Part 1
(1988)
253 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In this experimental play, first produced in 1928, Eugene O'Neill bares the inner souls of his characters by having them speak their thoughts as well as their dialog. Nins Leeds, the ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, David Dukes, Julie Eccles, José Ferrer
Votes: 50
32.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
Relatively Speaking
(1969)
Drama
Ginny plots to keep her affair with the much older (and married) Philip from her regular boyfriend Greg.
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Judy Cornwell, Celia Johnson, Donald Sinden, John Stride
Votes: 12
33.
I, Claudius (1976)
Episode:
A Touch of Murder
(1976)
Not Rated | 98 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 54 AD, Emperor Claudius - elderly and lame from birth - is writing his biography and the history of his family. He recalls an encounter with the Sibyl, who recognizes him from his ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Siân Phillips, Brian Blessed, George Baker
Votes: 510
34.
I, Claudius (1976)
Episode:
Some Justice
(1976)
Not Rated | 52 min | Biography, Drama, History
Tiberius, aided by Sejanus, is proving to be a harsh ruler with only Germanicus able to keep him under control. However, whilst he is in Syria Germannicus is mysteriously poisoned. His ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Siân Phillips, George Baker, Margaret Tyzack
Votes: 382
35.
I, Claudius (1976)
Episode:
Family Affairs
(1976)
Not Rated | 50 min | Biography, Drama, History
It is now 9 BC. Livia has poisoned Agrippa and Tiberius is being forced to divorce his wife Vipsania to marry Julia. Neither Tiberius nor Julia are happy with this arrangement and Julia ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Siân Phillips, Brian Blessed, George Baker
Votes: 377
36. Inspector Morse (1987–2000)
TV-14 | 3,431 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Chief Inspector Morse has an ear for Western classical music, a taste for beer, and a nose for crime. He and Detective Sergeant Robert Lewis solve intriguing cases in and around the Oxford area.
Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, James Grout, Peter Woodthorpe
Votes: 14,329
37. Shades of Greene (1975– )
60 min | Drama
A collection of odd stories from the writer Graham Greene.
Stars: Denholm Elliott, Shane Briant, Neville Phillips, Ian Hendry
Votes: 31
38. Thursday Theatre (1964–1965)
Drama
Stars: John Sharp, Paul Rogers, Robert Flemyng, Rachel Gurney
Votes: 11
39.
A Touch of Frost (1992–2010)
Episode:
Appropriate Adults
(1995)
TV-14 | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When an 8 year old girl disappears near the local woods, foul play is suspected as circumstances point to a seemingly harmless 20 year old with Down's Syndrome.
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: David Jason, Bruce Alexander, Matthew Marsh, Rupert Holliday-Evans
Votes: 363
40.
Van der Valk (1972–1992)
Episode:
Still Waters
(1992)
Crime, Drama
Van der Valk is called back from the start of his holiday to help his boss 'smooth over' a political embarrassment that may undermine a national project being pushed through by a senior ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Barry Foster, Meg Davies, Ronald Hines, Richard Huw
Votes: 34
41.
The 10th Kingdom (2000)
Episode:
Episode #1.9
(2000)
Not Rated | 88 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
The Trolls, now teamed up with the Huntsman, have captured Virginia, Tony and Prince. Meanwhile, The Evil Queen prepares the false Wendell's coronation. Tony and Virginia manage to escape, ... See full summary »
Directors: David Carson, Herbert Wise | Stars: Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Scott Cohen, John Larroquette, Dianne Wiest
Votes: 199
42. Mystery!: Cadfael (1994–1998)
TV-14 | 983 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The medieval era cases of a Crusader-turned-Monk who investigates mysteries in the Norman English town of Shrewsbury.
Stars: Derek Jacobi, Michael Culver, Julian Firth, Terrence Hardiman
Votes: 3,107
43. The 10th Kingdom: The Making of 'The 10th Kingdom' (2000 Video)
45 min | Documentary
A behind-the-scenes documentary on the creation of the television series The 10th Kingdom (2000).
Director: James Castle | Stars: Simon Moore, Herbert Wise, David Carson, John Larroquette
Votes: 25
44.
Masquerade (1974– )
Episode:
May We Come In?
(1974)
Drama
Director: Marc Miller | Stars: Ian Holm, Michael Gambon, Helen Lindsay, Philip Brack
Votes: 9
45.
Mystery!: Cadfael (1994–1998)
Episode:
The Devil's Novice
(1996)
TV-14 | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An elitist cleric is murdered, and Cadfael delves into the Ashby family dynamics to discern why its troublesome younger son joins the order then claims to own the deed.
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Terrence Hardiman, Michael Culver, Julian Firth
Votes: 254
46.
The 10th Kingdom (2000)
Episode:
Episode #1.8
(2000)
Not Rated | 88 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
On the back of the broken mirror Tony and Virginia find an inscription "Manufactured by the Dwarves of Dragon Mountain" so they decide to go to there hoping to find another mirror that ... See full summary »
Directors: David Carson, Herbert Wise | Stars: Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Scott Cohen, John Larroquette, Dianne Wiest
Votes: 180
47. 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
48. Stage 2 (1971–1973)
Drama
Stars: Tom Courtenay, Eileen Atkins, Colin Blakely, Coral Browne
Votes: 7
49.
The 10th Kingdom (2000)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(2000)
Not Rated | 88 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
The journey continues and the team now travels in a boat trying to find Acorn the Dwarf that has the Magic Traveling Mirror. When they reach River Town, Acorn the Dwarf has already left and... See full summary »
Directors: David Carson, Herbert Wise | Stars: Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Scott Cohen, John Larroquette, Dianne Wiest
Votes: 198
50.
The 10th Kingdom (2000)
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(2000)
Not Rated | 89 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
The Evil Queen's Huntsman has captured Virginia. The queen sends a letter to Prince Wendell's council explaining that The Prince had an injury and he is staying in his Hunting lodge to ... See full summary »
Directors: David Carson, Herbert Wise | Stars: Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Scott Cohen, John Larroquette, Dianne Wiest
Votes: 192