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1.
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (1986)
Episode:
Episode #1.3
(1986)
Drama
Looking increasingly more elegant and visiting Harley Street with a view to plastic surgery Ruth opens her secretarial agency Vista Rose with Nurse Hopkins. By chance Bobbo's firm requests ... See full summary »
Director: Philip Saville | Stars: Dennis Waterman, Patricia Hodge, Julie T. Wallace, Paul Herzberg
Votes: 15
2. 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
3. Northern Crescent (1992 TV Movie)
102 min
Peter West becomes the headmaster of a school where most of the pupils are Asian. Feelings turn sour when he refuses to allow halal meat to be served, as he believes the children should integrate fully with the English way of life.
Director: Faris Kermani | Stars: Sheila Allen, Ishan Bhabha, Paul Bhattacharjee, Kulvinder Ghir
Votes: 21
4.
Shoulder to Shoulder (1974)
Episode:
Lady Constance Lytton
(1974)
Drama, History
Through patronage of an arts movement for working class girls high-born Lady Constance Lytton meets members of the W.S.P.U. and, whilst sympathetic to the cause, opposes militant action. ... See full summary »
Director: Waris Hussein | Stars: Judy Parfitt, Georgia Brown, Siân Phillips, Patricia Quinn
Votes: 8
5. Poirot (1989–2013)
TV-14 | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Hercule Poirot, a famous Belgian detective, who has an impeccable knack for getting embroiled in a mystery, solves crimes along with Captain Hastings and Scotland Yard Chief Inspector James Japp.
Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran
Votes: 52,242
6. Shoulder to Shoulder (1974)
75 min | Drama, History
This series dramatizes the lives of the Pankhurst women and their role in the Suffragette Movement.
Stars: Siân Phillips, Patricia Quinn, Angela Down, Georgia Brown
Votes: 137
7. The Prisoner (1967–1968)
TV-PG | 1,010 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
After he resigns, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is actually a bizarre prison. He refuses to give his warders information while attempting to escape.
Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Angelo Muscat, Peter Swanwick, Peter Brace
Votes: 15,075
8. 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: 430
9. Knight Errant Limited (1959–1961)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Adam Knight's agency is there to help people in all kinds of ways.
Stars: Kay Callard, John Turner, Richard Carpenter, Hugh David
Votes: 14
10. The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
TV-G | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A Disney-produced anthology covering many different genres.
Stars: Walt Disney, Paul Frees, Clarence Nash, Slim Pickens
Votes: 2,295
11. Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Of the many anthology series, this is considered the most ambitious with outstanding talent in front of the camera. Attracting top ranked directors and scripts, it was often filmed live including the entire first season.
Stars: Richard Joy, Paul Lambert, Helen Kleeb, Charles Bickford
Votes: 419
12.
Wessex Tales (1973– )
Episode:
Barbara of the House of Grebe
(1973)
Drama
An naive young aristocrat flees an arranged marriage meant to restore her family fortune-- the young man she elopes with is poor but remarkably handsome. They land in Italy, where after brief happiness her lover is horribly burned.
Director: David Hugh Jones | Stars: Nick Brimble, Ben Kingsley, Joanna McCallum, Leslie Sands
Votes: 13
13. Secret Agent (1964–1967)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
John Drake is a special operative for M9, specializing in security assignments against any subversive element that threatens world peace.
Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Peter Madden, Frank Maher, Peter Brayham
Votes: 1,542
14. The Regiment (1972– )
50 min | Drama, History, War
Following the career of Richard Gaunt, (Christopher Cazenove), of the Cotswolds Regiment, from leaving the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst as a Lieutenant, through the Boer War to service as a Captain on the North West Frontier.
Stars: Christopher Cazenove, Denis Lill, Wendy Allnutt, Bernard Brown
Votes: 11
15.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
King Oedipus
(1972)
Drama
Resolving the riddle of the Sphinx makes Oedipus the king of Thebes, but he also resolves another mystery - and it destroys him.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Ian Holm, Sheila Allen, Alan Webb, Anthony Bate
Votes: 29
16.
The Prisoner (1967–1968)
Episode:
A. B. and C.
(1967)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Number Two believes that Number Six resigned because he was going to sell out. Using dream manipulation, Number Two tries to determine which one of three possible candidates Number Six was dealing with.
Director: Pat Jackson | Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Katherine Kath, Sheila Allen, Colin Gordon
Votes: 946
17.
Crown Court (1972–2007)
Episode:
Incorrigible Rogue: Part 1
(1976)
TV-14 | Drama
James William Kent is charged with assaulting two police officers. They say he punched and kicked them after they arrested him for trying the handles of parked vehicles. Kent denies the ... See full summary »
Director: Baz Taylor | Stars: Alan Rowe, Sheila Allen, Bernard Gallagher, George Tovey
Votes: 8
18. Gideon C.I.D. (1964–1966)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Follows Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard and his family life.
Stars: John Gregson, Alexander Davion, Daphne Anderson, Richard James
Votes: 314
19. The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (1986)
229 min | Drama
A woman who loses her husband to a romance novelist goes to extreme lengths to make their lives a misery.
Stars: Dennis Waterman, Patricia Hodge, Julie T. Wallace, Paul Herzberg
Votes: 694
20.
Secret Agent (1964–1967)
Episode:
Don't Nail Him Yet
(1964)
TV-PG | 52 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An agent is selling secrets to a foreign government. How he is doing this is unclear so Drake is brought in to find out, which he does by befriending him as a bumbling teacher on stress leave.
Director: Michael Truman | Stars: Patrick McGoohan, John Fraser, Sheila Allen, Anthony Dawson
Votes: 102
21.
Shoulder to Shoulder (1974)
Episode:
Annie Kenney
(1974)
Drama, History
Northern mill worker Annie Kenney, fifth of eleven children, is inspired by a speech given by Christabel, with whom she demands votes for women at a Liberal meeting, resulting in them both ... See full summary »
Director: Waris Hussein | Stars: Georgia Brown, Siân Phillips, Angela Down, Patricia Quinn
Votes: 10
22. Don't Knock Yourself Out (2007)
94 min | Documentary
This documentary about the classic TV series The Prisoner (1967) includes rare behind the scenes footage, archival interviews and newly recorded interviews with key cast and production personnel.
Directors: Tim Beddows, Thomas Cock | Stars: Neil Pearson, Robert Monks, Anton Rodgers, Peter Bowles
Votes: 33
23.
The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
Episode:
The Prince and the Pauper: Long Live the Rightful King
(1962)
Unrated | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Part 3 of 3. As Edward experiences the brutal life of a London pauper firsthand, he becomes aware of the stark class inequality in England.
Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: Guy Williams, Donald Houston, Sean Scully, Niall MacGinnis
Votes: 41
24.
Shoulder to Shoulder (1974)
Episode:
Christabel Pankhurst
(1974)
Drama, History
In 1910 composer Ethel Smyth joins the W.S.P.U., writing its anthem The March of the Women, though the Pankhursts are more concerned with Asquith's rejection of the Conciliation Bill, which... See full summary »
Director: Moira Armstrong | Stars: Siân Phillips, Angela Down, Patricia Quinn, Sheila Allen
Votes: 8
25. Play for Today (1970–1984)
75 min | Comedy, Drama
A British television anthology drama series that aired on BBC1 between 1970 and 1984.
Stars: Alison Steadman, Nigel Hawthorne, Tony Caunter, David Daker
Votes: 395
26. The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1959–1965)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mystery crime stories with sometimes different cops and many now-famous faces.
Stars: John Wilder, George Hilsdon, Bernard Lee, Stanley Morgan
Votes: 199
27. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
28. The Old Devils (1992– )
158 min | Comedy
Three part BBC series regarding four Welsh wife/husband couples, old university friends now tumultuosly reunited in (mostly) retirement. A dark comedy about aging, Welsh nationalism, & memory & friendship.
Stars: John Stride, Sheila Allen, Ray Smith, Elizabeth Morgan
Votes: 56
29.
The Four Just Men (1959–1960)
Episode:
The Man Who Wasn't There
(1960)
30 min | Drama
Manfred's investigates a possibly kidnapped scientist takes him to a reactivated, but top secret Royal Navy station on a small island off Scotland. Though an MP, he's refused entry. He sneaks in, locating the missing man, in an old shed.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Jack Hawkins, Lionel Jeffries, Gerard Heinz, Sheila Allen
Votes: 33
30.
Public Eye (1965–1975)
Episode:
Shades of White
(1971)
60 min | Crime, Drama
When Marker takes on an investigation he'd rather be without. He finds himself manipulated by several people - including DI Firbank.
Director: Piers Haggard | Stars: Alfred Burke, Sheila Allen, Ray Smith, John Collin
Votes: 44
31. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
PG-13 | 157 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Harry Potter finds himself competing in a hazardous tournament between rival schools of magic, but he is distracted by recurring nightmares.
Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Eric Sykes
Votes: 682,655 | Gross: $290.01M
32. The Flying Doctor (1959– )
30 min | Drama
Stars: Richard Denning, Jill Adams, Alan White, Peter Madden
Votes: 35
33. Jackanory Playhouse (1972–1985)
30 min | Drama, Family
A spin-off series from "Jackanory", was "Jackanory Playhouse" (1972-85), which was a series of thirty-minute dramatisations.
Stars: Peter Settelen, Maurice Denham, Patsy Smart, George Innes
Votes: 18
34.
The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
Episode:
The Prince and the Pauper: The Merciful Law of the King
(1962)
Unrated | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Part 2 of 3. Tom, as Prince Edward, tries to cope with court customs and manners. Edward's father, King Henry VIII, his nobles and the palace staff think the prince has an illness that has caused memory loss and fear he will go mad.
Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: Guy Williams, Donald Houston, Sean Scully, Niall MacGinnis
Votes: 40
35.
Gideon C.I.D. (1964–1966)
Episode:
The Alibi Man
(1965)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
A racing car driver accidentally kills his accountant over some missing money. With the help of his mechanic he proceeds to cover up the crime by establishing alibis. Gideon knows that they're guilty but proving it is difficult.
Director: Cyril Frankel | Stars: John Gregson, Alexander Davion, Daphne Anderson, Jack Hedley
Votes: 57
36. Love Actually (2003)
R | 135 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.
Director: Richard Curtis | Stars: Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon, Liam Neeson, Laura Linney
Votes: 532,009 | Gross: $59.70M
37. Armchair Theatre (1956–1974)
60 min | Drama
This show was a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and from mid-1968 by Thames Television.
Stars: Harry H. Corbett, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Billie Whitelaw, Neil McCallum
Votes: 246
38. 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
39. Shroud for a Nightingale (1984)
50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a student nurse with a penchant for petty blackmail is lethally poisoned during a routine procedure, Commander Dalgliesh and Inspector Massingham have to discover which, of the many ... See full summary »
Stars: Roy Marsden, Joss Ackland, Sheila Allen, Liz Fraser
Votes: 396
40.
Crown Court (1972–2007)
Episode:
Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil: Part 1
(1976)
TV-14 | Drama
Thomas Nolan was so badly assaulted that he is unable to give evidence in court. Teenagers Frank Price and Sheila Cronin are charged with committing grievous bodily harm on him. The ... See full summary »
Director: Derek Lister | Stars: Alan Rowe, Sheila Allen, Brian Cox, Julie Shipley
Votes: 8
41. Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965–1973)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television.
Stars: Robin Chadwick, Donald Sinden, Helen Lindsay, Paul Moriarty
Votes: 57
42. Drama 61-67 (1961–1967)
60 min | Drama
Stars: Brian Haines, Robert Cartland, Alister Williamson, Joe Ritchie
Votes: 30
43.
Omnibus (1967–2003)
Episode:
Find Me
(1974)
Not Rated | Documentary, Biography, Music
Todays theme is Find Me.
Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Sheila Allen, David Collings, Charlotte Cornwell
Votes: 13
44.
Dick Turpin (1979–1982)
Episode:
The Secret Folk
(1982)
25 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
Swiftnick frees Aphrina, a gypsy girl from a forester's trap. In order to prove to her tribe he has not shamed the girl, Swiftnick must face three ordeals chosen by fate. As Swiftnick is ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Richard O'Sullivan, David Daker, Michael Deeks, Kay Adshead
Votes: 10
45. Crown Court (1972–2007)
TV-14 | 25 min | Drama
A courtroom drama in which each case is usually presented in three episodes. At the end of the third episode, a jury of "ordinary people" comes to a verdict on the evidence presented.
Stars: Peter Wheeler, Joseph Berry, Richard Colson, Derek Hockridge
Votes: 348
46. Dick Turpin (1979–1982)
25 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
Famed 18th-century English highwayman Dick Turpin eludes authorities while romancing a farmer's daughter, though his days robbing coaches under the alias John Palmer may be numbered.
Stars: Richard O'Sullivan, Michael Deeks, Christopher Benjamin, Billy Dean
Votes: 612
47.
Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode:
Mothertime
(1997)
TV-14 | Drama
A drunken woman's children lock her in the sauna in an attempt to cure her of her alcoholism.
Director: Matthew Jacobs | Stars: Kate Maberly, Gina McKee, Zohren Weiss, Megan De Wolf
Votes: 109
48.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
Problem at Sea
(1989)
TV-14 | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Poirot's Mediterranean cruise is disrupted when an unlikeable passenger is found murdered in her stateroom.
Director: Renny Rye | Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Melissa Greenwood, Victoria Hasted
Votes: 1,792
49. The Ring (1996 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 180 min | Drama, Romance
During WW II, a young German woman is separated from her family and imprisoned by the Nazis. After being freed she falls in love with and marries a German officer. When Berlin falls to the ... See full summary »
Director: Armand Mastroianni | Stars: Nastassja Kinski, Michael York, Rupert Penry-Jones, Carsten Norgaard
Votes: 959
50. Omnibus (1967–2003)
Not Rated | 43 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Arts documentary series with concerts and experimental dramatizations.
Stars: Humphrey Burton, Kirsty Wark, David Collings, Michael Hordern
Votes: 294