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1. Planet Earth (2006)
TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary, Family
A documentary series on the wildlife found on Earth. Each episode covers a different habitat: deserts, mountains, deep oceans, shallow seas, forests, caves, polar regions, fresh water, plains and jungles. Narrated by David Attenborough.
Stars: Sigourney Weaver, David Attenborough, Nikolay Drozdov, Thomas Anguti Johnston
Votes: 220,435
2.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
Trilby
(1976)
Drama
Trilby, a young Irish girl in Paris, falls under the influence of the sinister hypnotist Svengali.
Director: Piers Haggard | Stars: Alan Badel, Sinéad Cusack, Stuart Fox, Michael Anthony
Votes: 12
3.
Dad's Army (1968–1977)
Episode:
The Deadly Attachment
(1973)
TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy, War
Mainwaring and the platoon must keep their wits primed whilst guarding some captured U-Boat crew.
Director: David Croft | Stars: Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie
Votes: 253
4. The Rape of Lucretia (1987 TV Movie)
108 min | Drama, Music
Director: Michael Simpson | Stars: Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Kathryn Harries, Jean Rigby, Russell Smythe
Votes: 10
5.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The War Games: Episode Ten
(1969)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The TARDIS is drawn to the planet of the Time Lords where both the Doctor and the War Lord are placed on trial.
Director: David Maloney | Stars: Patrick Troughton, Wendy Padbury, Frazer Hines, Bernard Horsfall
Votes: 680
6. Prometheus: The Life of Balzac (1975)
300 min | Drama
Honore Balzac , ablaze with vitality, determined to embrace greatness as a writer, embraces instead the first great love of his life.
Stars: Nicky Henson, Helen Ryan, Rosemary McHale, Elizabeth Spriggs
Votes: 8
7.
Planet Earth (2006)
Episode:
Shallow Seas
(2006)
TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary, Family
Shallow seas cover only 8% of earth's surface, but contain the richest, most varied maritime life: from plankton and coral (literally vital for the very existence of reefs) to birds and ... See full summary »
Director: Alastair Fothergill | Stars: David Attenborough, Sigourney Weaver, Nikolay Drozdov, Thomas Anguti Johnston
Votes: 2,788
8.
Dad's Army (1968–1977)
Episode:
Branded
(1969)
TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy, War
It is revealed that Private Godfrey was a Conscientious Objector in the First World War, leading Mainwaring and some of the platoon to brand him as a coward. However, during an exercise in ... See full summary »
Director: Harold Snoad | Stars: Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie
Votes: 205
9.
Dad's Army (1968–1977)
Episode:
Never Too Old
(1977)
TV-PG | 35 min | Comedy, War
Corporal Jones marries Mrs Fox in this, the final episode, whilst the platoon are ever watchful in case of invasion.
Director: David Croft | Stars: Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie
Votes: 164
10.
Dad's Army (1968–1977)
Episode:
Time on My Hands
(1972)
28 min | Comedy, War
The platoon is called to seize a German pilot whose parachute is caught on the church steeple clock. Getting him down is hard enough, given the language barrier. Then Jones manages to drop ... See full summary »
Director: David Croft | Stars: Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie
Votes: 139
11.
Thérèse Raquin (1980– )
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1980)
Not Rated | Drama
Director: Simon Langton | Stars: Kate Nelligan, Mona Washbourne, Brian Cox, Richard Pearson
Votes: 10
12. Doctor Who (1963–1989)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The adventures in time and space of the Doctor, a Time Lord who changes appearance and personality by regenerating when near death, and is joined by companions in battles against aliens and other megalomaniacs.
Stars: William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker
Votes: 39,544
13.
Dad's Army (1968–1977)
Episode:
Menace from the Deep
(1969)
29 min | Comedy, War
Mainwaring and his platoon get into a pickle when they're put in charge manning an observation post on a derelict pier.
Director: David Croft | Stars: Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie
Votes: 172
14.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The War Games: Episode One
(1969)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe realise they have arrived in the trenches of the First World War, where the sinister General Smythe accuses them of espionage.
Director: David Maloney | Stars: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Jane Sherwin
Votes: 644
15.
Dad's Army (1968–1977)
Episode:
Asleep in the Deep
(1972)
TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy, War
Walker and Godfrey become trapped in the gasworks they are guarding. Mainwaring and his men come to the rescue with watery consequences.
Director: David Croft | Stars: Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie
Votes: 156
16.
Dad's Army (1968–1977)
Episode:
Ring Dem Bells
(1975)
TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy, War
The platoon is selected to act as Nazis in an army film. With Wilson and Pike playing officers mayhem is inevitable.
Director: David Croft | Stars: Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie
Votes: 145
17.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Flashpoint
(1964)
TV-PG | 26 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Daleks' plan to transform Earth into a giant spaceship and wipe out its inhabitants is nearing completion and the Doctor and his friends face a race against time to prevent them from destroying the planet's core.
Director: Richard Martin | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford
Votes: 817
18.
Thérèse Raquin (1980– )
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1980)
Not Rated | Drama
Director: Simon Langton | Stars: Kate Nelligan, Mona Washbourne, Brian Cox, Kenneth Cranham
Votes: 10
19. Menace (1970–1973)
75 min | Thriller
This is a series of thrillers designed to keep the audience on the edge of their seats.
Stars: David Wood, John Wentworth, Sheila Hancock, Anne Kristen
Votes: 23
20.
1990 (1977–1978)
Episode:
Ordeal by Small Brown Envelope
(1978)
Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
"Authorised Systematic Harassment has enormous potential. The slow and noiseless steamroller of the State. The daily brown envelope dropping on the mat". The Public Control Department, in ... See full summary »
Director: Kenneth Ives | Stars: Edward Woodward, Lisa Harrow, Robert Lang, David McKail
Votes: 9
21.
Dad's Army (1968–1977)
Episode:
Battle of the Giants!
(1971)
60 min | Comedy, War
Captain Square continues to vex Captain Mainwaring, leading to an inter-platoon competition.
Director: David Croft | Stars: Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie
Votes: 151
22.
Thérèse Raquin (1980– )
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1980)
Not Rated | 56 min | Drama
Therese Raquin is reserved and withdrawn Parisian woman forced to marry the sickly Camille. A meeting with Laurent, her husband's childhood friend, draws her out of her shell, and the pair ... See full summary »
Director: Simon Langton | Stars: Kate Nelligan, Mona Washbourne, Kenneth Cranham, Brian Cox
Votes: 13
23.
Fall of Eagles (1974)
Episode:
Absolute Beginners
(1974)
Drama, History, War
In Russia in 1903, Nicholas II has been Tsar for nine years and nobody no longer doubts that revolution soon will come. The important questions at the moment are how, when, and led by whom.... See full summary »
Director: Gareth Davies | Stars: Charles Kay, Bruce Purchase, Patrick Stewart, Lynn Farleigh
Votes: 43
24. Dad's Army (1968–1977)
30 min | Comedy, War
A ragtag group of Home Guard volunteers prepare for an imminent German invasion during World War II.
Stars: Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie
Votes: 7,239
25. The Barchester Chronicles (1982)
385 min | Drama
When a crusade against the Church of England's practice of self-enrichment misfires, scandal taints the cozy community of Barchester when their local church becomes the object of a scathing, investigative report.
Stars: Donald Pleasence, Janet Maw, Nigel Hawthorne, Angela Pleasence
Votes: 1,220
26. Fall of Eagles (1974)
50 min | Drama, History, War
The collapse of three great European dynasties: the Romanovs, the Habsburgs, and the Hohenzollerns.
Stars: Michael Hordern, Charles Kay, Barry Foster, Gayle Hunnicutt
Votes: 667
27. The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978–1985)
BBC adaptations of all 37 plays wholly and authoritatively credited to William Shakespeare.
Stars: Brenda Bruce, Jon Finch, David Gwillim, Rob Edwards
Votes: 52
28. Nancy Astor (1982)
55 min | Biography, Drama
Virginia-born Lady Astor is the first woman to sit in the Westminster Parliament. Her outspokenness in unpopular causes leaves her open to heartbreak, both public and private.
Stars: Lisa Harrow, Lise Hilboldt, James Fox, Dan O'Herlihy
Votes: 75
29. Suez 1956 (1979 TV Movie)
180 min | Drama
In 1956, the British Prime Minister Anthony Eden grapples with the Suez Crisis, which brings an end to his political career.
Director: Michael Darlow | Stars: Michael Gough, Robert Stephens, Richard Vernon, Wensley Pithey
Votes: 9
30.
Dad's Army (1968–1977)
Episode:
Something Nasty in the Vault
(1969)
TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy, War
Mainwaring and Wilson are trapped in the bank with an unexploded bomb.
Director: David Croft | Stars: Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie
Votes: 161
31.
Dad's Army (1968–1977)
Episode:
Sons of the Sea
(1969)
TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy, War
The platoon buys a canoe, and intends to create a river-based defense system, but get lost and drift into the ocean.
Director: David Croft | Stars: Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie
Votes: 148
32.
Dad's Army (1968–1977)
Episode:
The Day the Balloon Went Up
(1969)
TV-PG | 27 min | Comedy, War
Mainwaring's men practice saluting and take control of a runaway barrage balloon.
Director: David Croft | Stars: Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie
Votes: 161
33.
Survivors (1975–1977)
Episode:
Lights of London: Part 2
(1976)
50 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Greg and Charles find Ruth, but will their plan to take her back be successful - and does she want them to?
Director: Pennant Roberts | Stars: Ian McCulloch, Denis Lill, Celia Gregory, Sydney Tafler
Votes: 53
34.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Tenth Planet: Episode 4
(1966)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Cybermen take over the base again, apparently to stop the humans using the Z-Bomb, but then the Doctor realises they intend to use it themselves to destroy Earth.
Director: Derek Martinus | Stars: William Hartnell, Anneke Wills, Michael Craze, Robert Beatty
Votes: 592
35.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Enemy of the World: Episode 6
(1968)
TV-G | 22 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor discovers the true link between Salamander and Kent while Astrid tries to convince the shelter inhabitants they have been lied to.
Director: Barry Letts | Stars: Patrick Troughton, Mary Peach, Christopher Burgess, Frazer Hines
Votes: 529
36.
Wings (1977–1978)
Episode:
Over the Top
(1977)
Drama, War
Gaylion gets a taste of the horrors of life in the trenches when his plane is forced down and he must wait overnight for the arrival of a replacement propeller.
Director: Peter Cregeen | Stars: Tim Woodward, Anne Kristen, John Hallam, Michael Cochrane
Votes: 11
37.
Fall of Eagles (1974)
Episode:
The English Princess
(1974)
53 min | Drama, History, War
On a cold winter's day in London in 1858, the Princess Victoria of England, the daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, marries Prince Frederick William, the heir to the Prussian ... See full summary »
Director: David Cunliffe | Stars: Curd Jürgens, Gemma Jones, Maurice Denham, Denis Lill
Votes: 48
38. Survivors (1975–1977)
50 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A community of survivors struggle to stay alive in the wake of a global pandemic known as the Death that wiped out 99.98% of humanity.
Stars: Lucy Fleming, Ian McCulloch, Denis Lill, Stephen Dudley
Votes: 1,440
39. Detective (1964–1969)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Anthology series featuring adaptations of detective stories.
Stars: Rupert Davies, Ralph Michael, Barbara Couper, Esmond Knight
Votes: 27
40. Season's Greetings (1986 TV Movie)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
Eight people attend a christmas party in hope of having a pleasant celebration, however it takes various awkward turns and ends with one of the guests leaving sooner than they thought.
Director: Michael A. Simpson | Stars: Peter Vaughan, Geoffrey Palmer, Barbara Flynn, Lesley Dunlop
Votes: 126
41.
Dad's Army (1968–1977)
Episode:
Don't Forget the Diver
(1970)
TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy, War
The Walmington platoon have to defeat the Eastgate Platoon in an exercise. Mainwaring has a plan utilizing a diver and revolving around Jones.
Director: Harold Snoad | Stars: Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie
Votes: 138
42.
Dad's Army (1968–1977)
Episode:
Is There Honey Still for Tea?
(1975)
29 min | Comedy, War
Whilst Mainwaring has to endure a replacement office door made of paper, Godfrey's cottage will need demolishing to make way for a new airfield. Members in the platoon each help out in ways reflecting their unique characters.
Director: David Croft | Stars: Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie
Votes: 122
43.
Dad's Army (1968–1977)
Episode:
Keep Young and Beautiful
(1972)
29 min | Comedy, War
The War Office plans a review of both the Home Guard and the ARP in order to decide which less fit soldiers of the first and less fit of the second should be transferred to the other corps.... See full summary »
Director: David Croft | Stars: Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie
Votes: 143
44.
Dad's Army (1968–1977)
Episode:
My Brother and I
(1975)
TV-PG | 39 min | Comedy, War
Captain Mainwaring's home truths are revealed when his brother pays a visit.
Director: David Croft | Stars: Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie
Votes: 155
45.
Dad's Army (1968–1977)
Episode:
When Did You Last See Your Money?
(1972)
29 min | Comedy, War
Jones has been entrusted with five hundred pounds by local shopkeepers but when he brings it to the bank he finds he has a pound of sausages instead. Frazer hypnotizes him into recalling ... See full summary »
Director: David Croft | Stars: Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, John Laurie
Votes: 133
46.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
World's End
(1964)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Ian and Barbara believe the TARDIS has finally returned to their contemporary London, but soon discover signs of plague and warfare. Their old enemies, the Daleks, have invaded the Earth of... See full summary »
Director: Richard Martin | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford
Votes: 873
47.
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981)
Episode:
The Inspector Calls
(1974)
29 min | Comedy, War
Williams, as ever, is annoyed that the men do not act like 'real' soldiers but the colonel explains that, as a holding unit, they are not obliged to wear identical uniforms. Williams tricks... See full summary »
Director: David Croft | Stars: Michael Bates, George Layton, Windsor Davies, Melvyn Hayes
Votes: 40
48.
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981)
Episode:
The Jungle Patrol
(1974)
29 min | Comedy, War
Williams, who disapproves of soldiers as entertainers, thinks the men need toughening up and leads them on a survival course in the jungle. Whilst he is surviving on berries and jungle ... See full summary »
Director: David Croft | Stars: Michael Bates, George Layton, Windsor Davies, Melvyn Hayes
Votes: 46
49.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Daleks
(1964)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor and Ian are taken to the Dalek saucer while Susan and Barbara join the rebels in planning an attack.
Director: Richard Martin | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford
Votes: 856
50.
Theatre Night (1985–1990)
Episode:
The Master Builder
(1988)
138 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Ibsen's play is the story of Halvard Solness, Master Builder of a town in Norway. Solness is a successful architect but he's afraid of the being surpassed by those younger than himself. The... See full summary »
Director: Michael Darlow | Stars: Leo McKern, Jane Lapotaire, Miranda Richardson, Donald Churchill
Votes: 24