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1. Sorry! (1981–1988)
Episode: Great Expectations (1982)

Comedy

When rich Aunt Esme visits the family Timothy and his father are so embarrassed by Mother's attempts to get Esme to leave her her money they sneak off to the pub but prang the car in the ... See full summary »

Director: David Askey | Stars: Ronnie Corbett, Barbara Lott, William Moore, Sheila Raynor

Votes: 19

2. Sorry! (1981–1988)

30 min | Comedy

A 41-year-old man is unable to leave home because of his domineering mother.

Stars: Ronnie Corbett, Barbara Lott, William Moore, Marguerite Hardiman

Votes: 519

3. Solo (1981–1982)

30 min | Comedy

Gemma Palmer, a woman who changes her life after discovering her live-in boyfriend has had an affair. Excerpt from Wikipedia

Stars: Felicity Kendal, Elspet Gray, Stephen Moore, Michael Howe

Votes: 123

4. To the Manor Born (1979–2007)
Episode: Birds Vs. Bees (1981)

TV-PG | 28 min | Comedy, Romance

Audrey takes up beekeeping and starts to do well selling her own honey until a rare bird turns up at Grantleigh. She's not happy because it's a bee-eater, but its rarity and its ... See full summary »

Director: Gareth Gwenlan | Stars: Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles, Angela Thorne, Anthony Sharp

Votes: 67

5. To the Manor Born (1979–2007)
Episode: Cosmetics (1981)

TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy, Romance

Richard is about to sign a lucrative deal with cosmetics-firm boss Mademoiselle Dutoit, but to fend off her advances he claims to have a wife. When Marjory volunteers to impersonate 'her' ... See full summary »

Director: Gareth Gwenlan | Stars: Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles, Angela Thorne, Rula Lenska

Votes: 65

6. To the Manor Born (1979–2007)
Episode: Back to the Manor (1981)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Romance

Richard's position at Cavendish Foods is saved but he still needs money to keep going after buying the Argentinian plant and feels that selling the manor is his only alternative. But Audrey... See full summary »

Director: Gareth Gwenlan | Stars: Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles, Angela Thorne, John Barron

Votes: 79

7. To the Manor Born (1979–2007)
Episode: The New Scout Hut (1981)

Not Rated | Comedy, Romance

After her picnic with Marjory is disrupted by a bull, Audrey sponsors the local scouts in their raft race to raise funds for a new meeting hut and is annoyed to hear--erroneously--that ... See full summary »

Director: Gareth Gwenlan | Stars: Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles, Angela Thorne, Gerald Sim

Votes: 68

8. To the Manor Born (1979–2007)
Episode: Connections in High Places (1981)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Romance

When the stockholders of Richards company threaten to throw him off the board for being an upstart foreigner, Audrey calls upon her upper crust family connections to come to the rescue.

Director: Gareth Gwenlan | Stars: Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles, Angela Thorne, John Barron

Votes: 66

9. To the Manor Born (1979–2007)
Episode: Horses Vs. Cars (1981)

Not Rated | Comedy, Romance

Having censured Richard for polluting the environment in his new helicopter, Audrey is unable to pay for her car to be repaired. After agreeing to run a friend's riding school, she sees the... See full summary »

Director: Gareth Gwenlan | Stars: Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles, Angela Thorne, Gerald Sim

Votes: 65

10. To the Manor Born (1979–2007)
Episode: Station Closing (1981)

TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy, Romance

When British Rail announces that the local railway station will close, Audrey opposes the plan and is angry that Richard intends to turn the building into the site of his new Cash and Carry... See full summary »

Director: Gareth Gwenlan | Stars: Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles, Angela Thorne, Anthony Sharp

Votes: 63

11. Solo (1981–1982)
Episode: Episode #1.4 (1981)

Comedy

Gemma starts her social work. Gemma's mother reveals that she has being having an affair and Gemma is stunned to learn that he is only 35. Josie tells her boyfriend that she is pregnant but he says that he isn't the marrying kind.

Director: Gareth Gwenlan | Stars: Felicity Kendal, Stephen Moore, Elspet Gray, Stella Goodier

12. To the Manor Born (1979–2007)
Episode: The Honours List (1980)

TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy, Romance

Richard decides to clear some of the trees and hedgerows from the estate to create extra farming land; appalled, Audrey leads the local conservationists in protest. Then she learns that ... See full summary »

Director: Gareth Gwenlan | Stars: Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles, Angela Thorne, Anthony Sharp

Votes: 64

13. To the Manor Born (1979–2007)
Episode: Vive Le Sport (1980)

TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy, Romance

Audrey injures her back carrying firewood into the house, and after a visit to the doctor she exaggerates the severity of her condition so that Richard will visit her with flowers and ... See full summary »

Director: Gareth Gwenlan | Stars: Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles, Angela Thorne, Daphne Heard

Votes: 64

14. To the Manor Born (1979–2007)

Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy, Romance

Following her husband's passing, Audrey fforbes-Hamilton is forced to sell her stately home. While she comes to terms with her downward mobility, she decides to show the new owner a thing or two about "nobility".

Stars: Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles, Angela Thorne, Daphne Heard

Votes: 2,721

15. To the Manor Born (1979–2007)
Episode: A Touch of Class (1979)

TV-PG | 31 min | Comedy, Romance

To make himself appear more English, Richard decides to appear in a TV advert for Fontleroy's Old English Tonic, to be filmed at the manor and utilise Audrey's butler and Rolls-Royce. But ... See full summary »

Director: Gareth Gwenlan | Stars: Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles, Angela Thorne, John Rudling

Votes: 69

16. To the Manor Born (1979–2007)
Episode: All New Together (1979)

TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy, Romance

Death duties force Audrey to bid for the manor at auction but she loses out Richard De Vere, millionaire owner of Cavendish Foods and representative of the new money she despises. Now ... See full summary »

Director: Gareth Gwenlan | Stars: Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles, Angela Thorne, John Rudling

Votes: 86

17. To the Manor Born (1979–2007)
Episode: Grantleigh (1979)

TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy, Romance

After the death of her husband, Audrey fforbes-Hamilton is faced with the prospect of losing the ancestral home to death taxes.

Director: Gareth Gwenlan | Stars: Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles, Angela Thorne, John Rudling

Votes: 103

18. To the Manor Born (1979–2007)
Episode: Nations of Heritage (1979)

Not Rated | Comedy, Romance

When Audrey sees Richard throw out an Adam fireplace which he considers ugly, she lectures him on the need to preserve the nation's heritage, then mentions that her mantelpiece is very ... See full summary »

Director: Gareth Gwenlan | Stars: Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles, Angela Thorne, John Rudling

Votes: 82

19. To the Manor Born (1979–2007)
Episode: The Grape Vine (1979)

Not Rated | Comedy, Romance

To keep up appearances, Audrey pretends to go on holiday to Spain, but she's actually hiding at the lodge with only Ned aware of her secret. She becomes suspicious when she sees Richard and... See full summary »

Director: Gareth Gwenlan | Stars: Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles, Angela Thorne, John Rudling

Votes: 76

20. To the Manor Born (1979–2007)
Episode: The Summer Hunt Ball (1979)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Romance

To prove a point, Audrey refuses to organize the manor hunt ball as she has always done, hoping Richard will beg her to reconsider. Instead he gets Marjory to run it and escorts her to the ... See full summary »

Director: Gareth Gwenlan | Stars: Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles, Angela Thorne, John Rudling

Votes: 77

21. The Two Ronnies (1971–1987)
Episode: Episode #7.4 (1979)

Comedy

Sketches include a day at the men's club, there is a message from the chairman of the International Society for the Shy and Embarrassed (or C.I.S.S.E.), there's a discussion about last ... See full summary »

Stars: Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett, The Manhattan Transfer, Julia Breck

Votes: 18

22. To the Manor Born (1979–2007)
Episode: Going to Church (1979)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Romance

Audrey is disgusted that new lord of the manor Richard does not go to Sunday service at the local church. Attempting to be go-between, his mother invites Audrey to dinner; she accepts on ... See full summary »

Director: Gareth Gwenlan | Stars: Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles, Angela Thorne, John Rudling

Votes: 87

23. Wodehouse Playhouse (1974–1978)
Episode: The Luck of the Stiffhams (1978)

Comedy, Romance

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Director: Gareth Gwenlan | Stars: John Alderton, Leslie Sands, Liza Goddard, David Healy

Votes: 13

24. The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976–1979)

30 min | Comedy

He story concerns a middle-aged middle manager, Reginald "Reggie" Perrin, and is driven to bizarre behaviour by the pointlessness of his job at Sunshine Desserts.

Stars: Leonard Rossiter, Pauline Yates, John Barron, Sue Nicholls

Votes: 2,172

25. The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976–1979)
Episode: The Speech to the British Fruit Association (1976)

Comedy

A nervous Reggie is to address the British Fruit Association and mixes Dutch courage with sedative pills, with the result that the speech is a disaster and he has to be dragged off the ... See full summary »

Director: Gareth Gwenlan | Stars: Leonard Rossiter, Pauline Yates, Terence Conoley, Sue Nicholls

Votes: 78

26. Porridge (1974–1977)
Episode: Just Desserts (1975)

TV-14 | 29 min | Comedy, Crime

Fletch's stolen tin of pineapple chunks has gone missing and the unlikely culprit is Mr. Barraclough, who took them home pending the opportunity to return them to the kitchen, only to ... See full summary »

Director: Sydney Lotterby | Stars: Ronnie Barker, Brian Wilde, Fulton Mackay, Richard Beckinsale

Votes: 151

27. Porridge (1974–1977)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Crime

The prison life of Fletcher, a criminal serving a five-year sentence, as he strives to bide his time, keep his record clean, and refuses to be ground down by the prison system.

Stars: Ronnie Barker, Brian Wilde, Fulton Mackay, Richard Beckinsale

Votes: 6,825

28. Wodehouse Playhouse (1974–1978)

30 min | Comedy, Romance

A series of dramatisations of some of P. G. Wodehouse's comic short stories - in which P. G. Wodehouse, himself, introduced some of the early episodes.

Stars: John Alderton, Pauline Collins, P.G. Wodehouse, Paul McDowell

Votes: 147

29. The Liver Birds (1969–1996)
Episode: Girl Saturday (1974)

28 min | Comedy

Following an eye test Beryl is told that she will need to wear glasses and that she can pick them up on Saturday. By coincidence this is the day when she is meeting boyfriend Robert, who is... See full summary »

Director: Ray Butt | Stars: Polly James, Nerys Hughes, Jonathan Lynn, John Nettles

30. 7 of 1 (1973)

30 min | Comedy

An anthology of single plays starring actor-comedian Ronnie Barker. Two of the plays were developed into their own sitcoms: Open All Hours and Porridge.

Stars: Ronnie Barker, David Jason, Joan Sims, Bill Maynard

Votes: 113

31. 7 of 1 (1973)
Episode: My Old Man (1973)

30 min | Comedy

Sam Cobbett is a cantankerous, retired railwayman whose house is demolished by the council, forcing him to live in a tower block with his daughter Doris and her husband, whom he sees as ... See full summary »

Director: Sydney Lotterby | Stars: Ronnie Barker, Graham Armitage, Ann Beach, Leslie Dwyer

Votes: 38

32. The Hole in the Wall (1972– )

25 min | Drama

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Stars: Peter Bayliss, Joseph O'Conor, Nigel Rathbone, Neil McCarthy

33. The Hole in the Wall (1972– )
Episode: Part 4 (1972)

Drama

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Director: Joan Craft | Stars: Peter Bayliss, Alan Collins, Simon Cord, Edwin Finn

34. The Two Ronnies (1971–1987)

Comedy

This long-running BBC comedy show consisted of sketches and humourous musical routines.

Stars: Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett, The Fred Tomlinson Singers, John Owens

Votes: 3,579

35. Journey to Murder (1971)

100 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Consists of two episodes from the UK TV series Journey to the Unknown (1968): Journey to the Unknown: Do Me a Favor and Kill Me (1968) and Journey to the Unknown: The Killing Bottle (1969).

Directors: John Gibson, Gerry O'Hara | Stars: Joan Crawford, Joseph Cotten, Judy Parfitt, Douglas Wilmer

Votes: 173

36. Kate (1970–1972)

60 min | Drama

Kate Graham (Phyllis Calvert) works on a popular magazine as agony column writer "Dear Monica". Sometimes (in fact most times) she cannot help getting personally involved with the desperate who write to her.

Stars: Phyllis Calvert, Elizabeth Burger, Penelope Keith, Jack Hedley

Votes: 13

37. Kate (1970–1972)
Episode: A Little Learning (1970)

Drama

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Director: Michael Currer-Briggs | Stars: Phyllis Calvert, Bernard Archard, Giles Block, Elizabeth Burger

38. The Liver Birds (1969–1996)

30 min | Comedy

The lives and loves of Beryl Hennessey (Polly James) and Sandra Hutchinson (Nerys Hughes), two young, single women sharing a flat in Liverpool.

Stars: Nerys Hughes, Polly James, Mollie Sugden, Elizabeth Estensen

Votes: 288

39. Dombey and Son (1969– )

325 min | Drama

The dream of Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to continue his business. Tragically, Dombey's wife dies shortly after giving birth to their son.

Stars: John Carson, Kara Wilson, Christopher Sandford, William Moore

Votes: 18

40. Journey to the Unknown (1968– )
Episode: The Killing Bottle (1969)

Drama, Horror, Mystery

An aspiring composer is unaware that his unscrupulous manager plans to take control of his estate.

Director: John Gibson | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Ingrid Boulting, Barry Evans, William Marlowe

Votes: 38

41. Dombey and Son (1969– )
Episode: A Voyage for Walter (1969)

Drama

To spite his daughter Florence, Mr. Dombey sends Walter Gay abroad.

Director: Joan Craft | Stars: Hilda Braid, John Carson, Pat Coombs, Helen Fraser

42. Dombey and Son (1969– )
Episode: Edith Granger (1969)

Drama

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Director: Joan Craft | Stars: John Carson, Helen Fraser, David Garth, Davyd Harries

43. Dombey and Son (1969– )
Episode: Vengeance (1969)

Drama

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Director: Joan Craft | Stars: Edmund Bailey, John Carson, John DeVaut, Moris Farhi

44. Journey to the Unknown (1968– )

60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

"Journey to the Unknown" was a British anthology series about everyday people finding themselves put into unusual circumstances...many of them supernatural in nature.

Stars: Vera Miles, Brandon De Wilde, Carol Lynley, Stefanie Powers

Votes: 265

45. Middlemarch (1968)

45 min | Drama

"Middlemarch" is a story of provincial life on the brink of momentous change and a deeply moving saga about a group of people striving to give meaning and value to their lives during the Industrial Revolution.

Stars: Michele Dotrice, Fabia Drake, Michael Pennington, Marilyn Taylerson

46. The Gunpowder Plot (1968 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary, Drama

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Stars: John Gregson, Martin Shaw, Paul Chapman, Charles Hodgson

47. ITV Playhouse (1967–1982)
Episode: Lucky for Some (1968)

Comedy, Drama

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Director: Christopher Hodson | Stars: John Turner, Jimmy Jewel, Sarah Atkinson, James Chase

48. Middlemarch (1968)
Episode: The Husbands (1968)

Drama

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Director: Joan Craft | Stars: Barbara Bermel, Yvonne Coulette, Michele Dotrice, Donald Douglas

49. Middlemarch (1968)
Episode: The Wife and the Widow (1968)

Drama

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Director: Joan Craft | Stars: Hazel Bainbridge, Helen Christie, Basil Clarke, Yvonne Coulette

50. ITV Playhouse (1967–1982)

Comedy, Drama

Anthology series of dramatic works.

Stars: Michael Bryant, William Simons, Katherine Barker, Geoffrey Palmer

Votes: 87