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1.
Two Fat Ladies (1996–1999)
Episode:
Lock Keepers
(1998)
30 min | Documentary
Soused herrings, Burnetts woodcock, hoppin' John, and Quercyan apple cake for the lock keepers at Grindley Brook Canal, Shropshire.
Director: Spike Geilinger | Stars: Clarissa Dickson Wright, Jennifer Paterson
Votes: 10
2.
Two Fat Ladies (1996–1999)
Episode:
Afternoon Tea
(1997)
30 min | Documentary
Gentlemen's savory shortcrust, Rigo Jancsi chocolate slices, fresh fruit tartlets, and Queen Alexandra's sandwiches at a cricket tea in Warborough, Oxfordshire.
Director: Patricia Llewellyn | Stars: Clarissa Dickson Wright, Jennifer Paterson
Votes: 10
3.
Two Fat Ladies (1996–1999)
Episode:
Christmas
(1997)
Documentary
Christmas dinner for some ravishing choristers.
Director: Patricia Llewellyn | Stars: Clarissa Dickson Wright, Jennifer Paterson
Votes: 9
4.
Two Fat Ladies (1996–1999)
Episode:
The Cambridge Eight
(1998)
30 min | Documentary
Asturian bean and sausage soup, rabbit Isabel, peas with lettuce, and cheese and honey pie for the oarsmen at Cambridge University.
Director: Spike Geilinger | Stars: Clarissa Dickson Wright, Jennifer Paterson
Votes: 10
5. The Great British Baking Show (2010– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Game-Show, Reality-TV
Bakers attempt three challenges each week trying to impress the judges enough to go through to the next round and eventually are crowned Britain's best amateur baker.
Stars: Paul Hollywood, Prue Leith, Noel Fielding, Mary Berry
Votes: 12,842
6. The Private Life of a Masterpiece (2001–2011)
50 min | Documentary
Stars: Samuel West, Richard Cork, Jonathan Jones, John House
Votes: 243
7.
Two Fat Ladies (1996–1999)
Episode:
The Air Race
(1998)
30 min | Documentary
Roasted salmon with scallops in mustard butter, venison pasty, red peppers stuffed with aubergines, and chocolate egg snowballs for the air race at East Fortune Airfield, Scotland.
Director: Spike Geilinger | Stars: Clarissa Dickson Wright, Jennifer Paterson
Votes: 8
8. Time Team (1994– )
Not Rated | 55 min | Documentary, History
A group of archaeologists have 3 days to discover historical artifacts in different sites around Britain.
Stars: Tony Robinson, Phil Harding, John Gater, Stewart Ainsworth
Votes: 1,756
9. Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends (1998–2000)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary
Louis Theroux documents some of the US's most bizarre happenings, events and rituals, by getting involved himself.
Stars: Louis Theroux, David Paul, J.J. Michaels, Randy James
Votes: 3,328
10. Two Fat Ladies (1996–1999)
30 min | Documentary
Clarissa and Jennifer are two long-time friends who enjoy driving on their motorcycle and cooking ethnic foods according to where they live.
Stars: Jennifer Paterson, Clarissa Dickson Wright, Myrtle, David Ross
Votes: 432
11.
Two Fat Ladies (1996–1999)
Episode:
Meat
(1996)
29 min | Documentary
Chicken breasts with walnut l'aillade, roast meat loaf (or "hedgehog"), Beef a la Will Moreland, and A.N.'s Slow Shoulder of Lamb for the Westonbirt School lacrosse team in the Duchy of Cornwall.
Director: Patricia Llewellyn | Stars: Clarissa Dickson Wright, Jennifer Paterson
Votes: 9
12.
Two Fat Ladies (1996–1999)
Episode:
Barristers at Lincoln's Inn
(1998)
29 min | Documentary
Salmon mousse with cucumber sauce, beef in pastry, Swiss chard with garlic and anchovies, and strawberry breasts for the barristers at Lincoln's Inn, London.
Director: Alison Field | Stars: Clarissa Dickson Wright, Jennifer Paterson
Votes: 9
13.
The Story of the Guitar (2008– )
Episode:
In the Beginning...
(2008)
Documentary
Director: Roger Parsons | Stars: Alan Yentob, Tobias Beer, Annika Caswell, Esther McMahon
Votes: 5
14. The Story of the Guitar (2008– )
178 min | Documentary
Stars: Alan Yentob, Pete Townshend, Iggy Pop, David Gilmour
Votes: 21
15.
Two Fat Ladies (1996–1999)
Episode:
Fruits & Vegetables
(1996)
29 min | Documentary
Tomato summer pudding, bubble and squeak, beanz meanz Fitz, stuffed artichokes, and peaches Cardinal Hume for the clerics at Westminster Cathedral, London.
Director: Patricia Llewellyn | Stars: Clarissa Dickson Wright, Jennifer Paterson
Votes: 9
16. Digging for Britain (2010– )
TV-14 | 59 min | Documentary
Dr Alice Roberts visits archaeological excavations around the UK, linking together the results of digs and investigations the length and breadth of the country to build up a picture of the year in British archaeology.
Stars: Alice Roberts, Stuart Prior, Cat Jarman, Onyeka Nubia
Votes: 225
17. Balderdash & Piffle (2006– )
50 min | Documentary
Finding the orgin of words
Stars: Victoria Coren Mitchell, John Simpson, Tania Styles, Peter Gilliver
Votes: 39
18.
The Private Life of a Masterpiece (2001–2011)
Episode:
The Kiss
(2005)
Documentary
Director: John Bush | Stars: Samuel West, Russell Bradley, Nathalie Cuzner, Valeska Fleming
Votes: 14
19.
Time Team (1994– )
Episode:
Launceston, Cornwall
(1997)
Not Rated | Documentary, History
The history of a female skeleton found in Cornwall. Was she a leper from a 13th century colony, a casualty of the Civil War, a plague victim or put to death after being tried at the ... See full summary »
Director: Graham Dixon | Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Carenza Lewis, Phil Harding
Votes: 26
20. Who Do You Think You Are? (2004– )
60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Celebrities study their lineages and family trees, usually learning surprising secrets they never knew about their families.
Stars: Mark Strong, Phil Davis, Cherie Lunghi, David Morrissey
Votes: 1,224
21. Britain's Lost Masterpieces (2016– )
Documentary, Biography, History
Art experts track down the work of of some of the biggest names in art that are lying hidden away in museums, art galleries and country houses around the UK.
Stars: Bendor Grosvenor, Emma Dabiri, Simon Gillespie, Simon Gillespie
Votes: 59
22.
The Private Life of a Masterpiece (2001–2011)
Episode:
Pablo Picasso: Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
(2004)
Documentary
Director: Judith Winnan | Stars: Samuel West, Anne Baldassari, Mike Bidlo, James Coddington
Votes: 9
23.
Leonardo (2003)
Episode:
Dangerous Liaisons
(2003)
Documentary, History
The year is 1500. Leonardo da Vinci is 48 years old and has been forced to leave Milan - his home for the past 18 years. He travels east, towards Venice, a city under threat of invasion ... See full summary »
Directors: Sarah Aspinall, Tim Dunn | Stars: Mark Rylance, Che Cartwright, James Frain, Adam Croasdell
Votes: 6
24.
Britain's Lost Masterpieces (2016– )
Episode:
Devon
(2018)
Documentary, Biography, History
Dr Bendor Grosvenor and social historian Emma Dabiri travel to Tiverton in Devon to investigate a portrait of Rembrandt in the collection of Knightshayes Court.
Director: Spike Geilinger | Stars: Emma Dabiri, Bendor Grosvenor
Votes: 10
25. Leonardo (2003)
180 min | Documentary, History
An exploration of the life of Leonardo da Vinci.
Stars: Mark Rylance, Che Cartwright, Sherwin Nuland, Evelyn Welch
Votes: 176
26. Treblinka's Last Witness (2012 TV Movie)
Documentary
Samuel Willenberg and Kalman Taigman, the last two survivors of the Nazi extermination camp Treblinka, recount the horrors they experienced during the war and talk about their lives after ... See full summary »
Directors: Dollan Cannell, Spike Geilinger | Stars: Richard Lintern, Kalman Teigman, David Cesarani, Samuel Willenberg
Votes: 102
27. Love and Betrayal in India: The White Mughal (2015 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Historian William Dalrymple travels to Hyderabad in India to explore the remarkable 18th-century love affair between a British diplomat and the Muslim princess he married.
Director: Spike Geilinger | Star: William Dalrymple
Votes: 11
28. Windscale: Britain's Biggest Nuclear Disaster (2007 TV Movie)
Documentary
On the night of 10 October 1957, Great Britain was on the brink of an unprecedented nuclear tragedy. A fire ripped through the radioactive materials in the core of Windscale, Britain's first nuclear reactor.
Director: Sarah Aspinall | Stars: Caroline Catz, Lorna Arnold, John Baylis, Brian Cathcart
Votes: 34
29. Constable: A Country Rebel (2014 TV Movie)
58 min | Documentary
John Constable is the Nation's favourite landscape painter. From The Haywain to The White Horse his pictures of rural life seem comforting, traditional and perhaps just a bit... boring. Or,... See full summary »
Director: Spike Geilinger | Star: Alastair Sooke
Votes: 11
31.
Time Team (1994– )
Episode:
Navan, County Armagh
(1996)
Not Rated | 50 min | Documentary, History
The team travel to Northern Ireland to the site of the Navan fort, a series of complex earth works dating back to the earliest human occupation. They are looking to confirm a persistent ... See full summary »
Director: Graham Dixon | Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Carenza Lewis, Phil Harding
Votes: 32
32.
Voyages of Discovery (2006)
Episode:
The Making of Captain Cook
(2006)
Documentary
Director: Robin Dashwood | Stars: Paul Rose, Tim Berrington, Eddie Elks, Doug Benson
Votes: 11
33. Voyages of Discovery (2006)
60 min | Documentary
Paul Rose presents this 60-minute documentary about Captain Cook's first voyage on the Endeavour, via Tahiti, New Zealand and Australia.
Stars: Paul Rose, Tim Berrington, Tom Godwin, Qarie Marshall
Votes: 60
34. Rod Hull: A Bird in the Hand (2003 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Director: Alicia Kerr | Stars: Rod Hull, Jo Unwin, James Badger, Vivian Brogden
Votes: 9
35. Tales of Winter: The Art of Snow and Ice (2013 TV Movie)
89 min | Documentary
Director: Spike Geilinger | Stars: James Fox, Geraldine James, Don McCullin, Grayson Perry
Votes: 12
36. Suez: A Very British Crisis (2006 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary, Drama
The story of the Suez Crisis, how Britian invaded Egypt 50 years ago, making President Nasser a national hero and British prime Minister Anthony Eden a national disgrace.
Director: Louise Hooper | Stars: Andrew Bicknell, Trevor Bishop, Crispin Bonham-Carter, Chris Buckingham
Votes: 27
37. Peter Ackroyd's London (2004– )
150 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Docudrama about the history of London as well as its restless townsfolk, macabre legends and important water structures.
Stars: Peter Ackroyd, Julian French, Danielle Rees, Richard Stockwell
Votes: 58
38.
Who Do You Think You Are? (2004– )
Episode:
Jeremy Clarkson
(2004)
Documentary, Biography, History
Clarkson learns the history of his maternal side the Kilners. The Kilners were made famous for their glass products including the kilner jar. The family was your traditional rags to riches and then rags again.
Director: Matthew Thompson | Stars: Jeremy Clarkson, Nick Barratt, Adrian Chiles, David Morrissey
Votes: 71
39.
Digging for Britain (2010– )
Episode:
Britannia
(2011)
TV-14 | 51 min | Documentary
Roman Britain gives up some of its mysteries as Professor Roberts investigates the remains of 97 babies found near the Thames River, visits a newly discovered town in rural Devon, and ... See full summary »
Director: Tim Robinson | Stars: Alice Roberts, Rob Collins, Jill Eyers, Peter Guest
Votes: 7
40.
The Great British Baking Show (2010– )
Episode:
Biscuits
(2010)
TV-PG | 58 min | Game-Show, Reality-TV
The tent comes to Scone Palace in Perthshire, and the bakers must deliver signature biscuits, Paul's recipe for scones, and a showstopping selection of petit fours.
Directors: Madeline Eaton, Lucy McDowell, Bec Smith, Andy Devonshire | Stars: Mel Giedroyc, Sue Perkins, Mary Berry, Paul Hollywood
Votes: 64
41.
Britain's Lost Masterpieces (2016– )
Episode:
Petworth
(2018)
Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Spike Geilinger | Stars: Emma Dabiri, Bendor Grosvenor
Votes: 9
42. Imagine (2003– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Biography, History
Wide-ranging BBC arts programme.
Stars: Alan Yentob, Tracey Emin, Chuck Close, Richard Rogers
Votes: 146
43. The World's Most Beautiful Eggs: The Genius of Carl Faberge (2013 TV Movie)
Documentary, Biography
Otherwise known as "The Genius of Carl Faberge". Exploring the extraordinary life and work of Carl Faberge.
Director: Spike Geilinger
Votes: 22
44. Life in the Ring (2005)
2 min | Short, Comedy
Rocco has devoted himself to the hardest of live... one in the ring. But all is not what it seems...
Director: David Andrew Ward | Stars: Brett Fancy, Zoe Charles, Keith How, Dan van Husen
Votes: 15
45. This Green and Pleasant Land: The Story of British Landscape Painting (2011 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
Documentary which takes an eclectic group, including artists, critics and academics, into the countryside to look at how we have depicted our landscape in art, discovering how the genre ... See full summary »
Director: Spike Geilinger | Stars: Simon Callow, Wayne Hemingway, Nicolas Roeg, Will Self
Votes: 9
46.
Martina Cole's Lady Killers (2008– )
Episode:
Amelia Dyer
(2008)
Documentary, Crime
As a young girl, Bristol-born Amelia Dyer watched her mother die in pain and it is assumed this had a traumatising effect on her. She qualified as a nurse and became a baby-farmer, looking ... See full summary »
Directors: Sharon Walker, Rebecca Cody | Stars: Martina Cole, Allan Beveridge, Hilary Derrett, David Holmes
Votes: 8
47.
Britain's Lost Masterpieces (2016– )
Episode:
Manchester
(2018)
59 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Bendor believes a painting has been misattributed to Nathaniel Dance but was painted by the German painter Johann Zoffany. Emma investigates Manchester's support for the abolition of slavery and suffragette attacks on artworks.
Director: Spike Geilinger | Stars: Emma Dabiri, Bendor Grosvenor
Votes: 13
48. Martina Cole's Lady Killers (2008– )
48 min | Documentary, Crime
British crime writer, Martina Cole, examines the life and times of six of the most notorious female serial killers across history and asks: why do women kill and why are we surprised when ... See full summary »
Stars: Martina Cole, Hilary Derrett, Russ Booth, Polly Lister
Votes: 44
49. The Art of Cornwall (2010 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
The Art of Cornwall - Writer and lecturer James Fox tells the remarkable story of Cornwall's unique contribution to British art. For a period in the 20th century, Cornwall was the home of ... See full summary »
Director: Spike Geilinger | Star: James Fox
Votes: 9
50. The Man Who Forged America (2003 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary
A documentary about Mark Hofmann - the Mormon document dealer who turned out to be one of the most accomplished forgers in history.
Director: Matthew Thompson
Votes: 16