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1. Splitting Heirs (1993)

PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy, Crime

5.5

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A duke dies and leaves the title and wealth to his adult son. But who's the real son: the found baby raised in USA or the abandoned baby raised by a Hindi family in London? Comedy follows.

Director: Robert Young | Stars: Eric Idle, Rick Moranis, Barbara Hershey, Catherine Zeta-Jones

Votes: 4,586 | Gross: $3.25M

2. Comedy Playhouse (1993– )

Comedy

5.0

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Stars: James Nesbitt, Lisa Maxwell, Neil Morrissey, Sheila Hancock

Votes: 13

3. Comedy Playhouse (1993– )
Episode: The 10%ers (1993)

Comedy

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Directors: Rob Grant, Doug Naylor | Stars: Denis Lill, Clive Francis, Beatie Edney, Madge Ryan

4. Alleyn Mysteries (1990–1994)
Episode: Death in a White Tie (1993)

TV-14 | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

7.6

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Inspector Alleyn enlists the help of his friend Lord Robert "Bunchy" Gospell to uncover a society blackmailer. After Lord Robert is killed, a murder hunt follows among the world of titled heiresses, gamblers and adulterers.

Director: John Woods | Stars: Patrick Malahide, Harold Innocent, Charles Kay, Matt Heller

Votes: 124

5. Screenplay (1986–1993)
Episode: The Countess Alice (1992)

81 min | Drama

7.8

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A reporter is assigned a then-and-now piece on a 50-year old photospread of three society beauties. One of them, Lady Alice Munroe, now the widowed Grafin von Holzendorf, has agreed to be ... See full summary »

Director: Moira Armstrong | Stars: Wendy Hiller, Zoë Wanamaker, Duncan Bell, Patricia Quinn

Votes: 79

6. Casualty (1986– )
Episode: One Step Forward (1992)

TV-PG | Drama

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A game of squash leads to a freak accident when a woman slips and lands on her racket; Duffy is concerned when she receives an invite for a second smear test and Julian tells Sandra he has feelings for her.

Director: Michael Brayshaw | Stars: Derek Thompson, Catherine Shipton, Nigel Le Vaillant, Patrick Robinson

7. Alleyn Mysteries (1990–1994)

TV-14 | Crime, Drama, Mystery

7.6

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Drawing on her love of theatre and art, New Zealand author Ngaio Marsh created elegant crime-puzzlers full of quirky characters with hidden agendas, all brought meticulously to life in this BBC series.

Stars: William Simons, Patrick Malahide, Belinda Lang, Tim Dutton

Votes: 753

8. Families (1990–1993)

30 min | Drama

7.9

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This weekly soap opera depicted the relationships of two families, the Thompsons in England and the Stevenses in Australia. The main storyline concentrated on Mike Thompson leaving his ... See full summary »

Stars: Emma Davies, Briony Behets, Malcolm Stoddard, Morag Hood

Votes: 51

9. Kokoda Crescent (1989)

83 min | Drama

5.8

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The grandson of a war veteran is found dead from an overdose of heroin. He and his old army buddies swing into action and stake out the drug dealer, only to discover a web of police ... See full summary »

Director: Ted Robinson | Stars: Warren Mitchell, Ruth Cracknell, Bill Kerr, Madge Ryan

Votes: 30

10. Hills End (1988 TV Movie)

100 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

8.0

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A violent storm traps seven children and their schoolteacher in a cave.

Director: Di Drew | Stars: Katharine Cullen, Jason Degiorgio, Keith Eisenhuth, Emma Jane Fowler

Votes: 7

11. Casualty (1986– )

TV-PG | 50 min | Drama

6.1

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The everyday lives of the people frequenting the frenetic Accident and Emergency department of Holby City Hospital.

Stars: Derek Thompson, Tony Marshall, Suzanne Packer, Ian Bleasdale

Votes: 3,691

12. Screenplay (1986–1993)

Drama

6.6

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An anthology drama series.

Stars: John Kavanagh, Tony Doyle, Michael Liebmann, Benjamin Whitrow

Votes: 94

13. Heartattack Hotel (1983 TV Movie)

Comedy

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Mr and Mrs Todd run an extraordinary luxury hotel - too much food, drink and violent exercise. Stephen Daker and his girlfriend, Lyn, arrive for an unusual weekend.

Director: Mike Vardy | Stars: Michael Gough, Madge Ryan, Robert Lang, Hugh Fraser

14. Events in a Museum (1983 TV Movie)

75 min | Drama

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Changes are afoot at a museum, thanks to the arrival of a new director.

Director: Gareth Davies | Stars: Madge Ryan, Dinsdale Landen, Raymond Witch, Clive Swift

15. Bergerac (1981–1991)
Episode: Prime Target (1983)

TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

7.2

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Jim is sent to France to help solve the murder of an unidentified Jersey resident. He turns out to have been Jack Moberley, a private eye, who was trailing eccentric lawyer Lionel Carteret ... See full summary »

Director: Henry Herbert | Stars: John Nettles, Terence Alexander, Celia Imrie, Anthony Valentine

Votes: 58

16. Nanny (1981–1983)
Episode: A Journey (1983)

Drama

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Director: Peter Cregeen | Stars: Wendy Craig, Colin Douglas, Michael Ames, Philip Barnes

17. Nanny (1981–1983)
Episode: Frankly Speaking (1983)

Drama

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Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Wendy Craig, Colin Douglas, Geoffrey Chater, Allan Cuthbertson

18. Nanny (1981–1983)
Episode: Let Nothing You Dismay (1983)

Drama

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Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Wendy Craig, David Burke, Amanda Boxer, James Cossins

19. Nanny (1981–1983)
Episode: Short Engagements (1983)

Drama

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Director: Peter Cregeen | Stars: Wendy Craig, Colin Douglas, Geoffrey Chater, Peter Clapham

20. Cymbeline (1982 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 175 min | Drama, Comedy

7.0

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Cymbeline (Richard Johnson), the King of Britain, is angry that his daughter Imogen (Dame Helen Mirren) has chosen a poor (but worthy) man for her husband. So he banishes Posthumus (Michael... See full summary »

Director: Elijah Moshinsky | Stars: Richard Johnson, Michael Pennington, Claire Bloom, Robert Lindsay

Votes: 199

21. Bergerac (1981–1991)

TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

6.9

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Recovering alcoholic and divorced father of a young daughter, DS Jim Bergerac is a true maverick who prefers doing things his own way, and consequently doesn't always carry out his investigations the way his boss would like.

Stars: John Nettles, Terence Alexander, Sean Arnold, Mela White

Votes: 2,224

22. Nanny (1981–1983)

50 min | Drama

8.1

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A divorced woman decides to train as a Nanny in 1930s England. The series is unique as, not only, is she a more mature person but she is also modern with 'progressive' ideas.

Stars: Wendy Craig, Natalie Forbes, John Quayle, Jane Booker

Votes: 106

23. S.O.S. Titanic (1979 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 194 min | Drama, History

6.2

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On her maiden voyage in April 1912, the supposedly unsinkable R.M.S. Titanic strikes an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean.

Director: William Hale | Stars: David Janssen, Cloris Leachman, Harry Andrews, David Battley

Votes: 1,503

24. The Lady Vanishes (1979)

PG | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Mystery

6.0

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While travelling by rail in interwar Nazi Germany, a young socialite finds that a fellow female passenger has disappeared from the train, but nobody else remembers her having been on board.

Director: Anthony Page | Stars: Elliott Gould, Cybill Shepherd, Angela Lansbury, Herbert Lom

Votes: 2,991

25. All Creatures Great and Small (1978–1990)

TV-PG | 50 min | Comedy, Drama

8.4

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The trials and misadventures of the staff of a country veterinary office in Yorkshire from the 1930s to the 1950s.

Stars: Christopher Timothy, Robert Hardy, Peter Davison, Lynda Bellingham

Votes: 4,398

26. Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978)

PG | 112 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

6.4

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One by one, the greatest Chefs in Europe are being killed. Each chef murdered in the same manner that their own special dish is prepared in. Food critics and the (many) self-proclaimed greatest Chefs in Europe demand the mystery be solved.

Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Morley, Jean-Pierre Cassel

Votes: 2,603

27. A Horseman Riding By (1978)

50 min | Drama

7.5

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Having been invalided out of the Boer War, Paul Craddock buys Shallowford, a manor house and estate in Devon, with money from his late father's scrap-yard business. He soon becomes a ... See full summary »

Stars: Nigel Havers, Glyn Houston, Prunella Ransome, Wendy Holloway

Votes: 156

28. All Creatures Great and Small (1978–1990)
Episode: Calf Love (1978)

TV-PG | 50 min | Comedy, Drama

7.9

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James continues to pine for Helen and learns he has a rival for her affections in the form of Richard Edmundson, a wealthy member of the local gentry. Tristan suggests James may want to ... See full summary »

Director: Terence Dudley | Stars: Christopher Timothy, Robert Hardy, Peter Davison, Carol Drinkwater

Votes: 117

29. All Creatures Great and Small (1978–1990)
Episode: It Takes All Kinds (1978)

TV-PG | 48 min | Comedy, Drama

8.1

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James visits the Alderson farm to treat a calf with a broken leg and meets the very attractive Helen Alderson for the first time since asking her for directions on his arrival in Darrowby. ... See full summary »

Director: Christopher Baker | Stars: Christopher Timothy, Robert Hardy, Peter Davison, Carol Drinkwater

Votes: 126

30. Shadows (1975–1978)
Episode: Honeyann (1978)

Family, Horror

6.8

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A country girl takes a job as nursemaid to a wealthy family, and finds that everyone in the house seems to be suffering under the rule of a strict, authoritarian nanny. She has a few country tricks up her sleeve for dealing with nanny.

Director: Pamela Lonsdale | Stars: Madge Ryan, Gwyneth Strong, Adrienne Posta, Jeanne Watts

Votes: 31

31. A Horseman Riding By (1978)
Episode: 1902: The Party (1978)

Drama

7.4

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Paul has achieved his aim: Shallowford House is his. Now he must learn his job of being Squire. John Rudd is a help and so, in different ways, are Claire Derwent and Grace Lovell.

Director: Philip Dudley | Stars: Nigel Havers, Glyn Houston, Prunella Ransome, Fiona Gaunt

Votes: 11

32. A Horseman Riding By (1978)
Episode: 1902: Valley for Sale (1978)

Drama

8.2

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Paul Craddock answers an advertisement and arrives in Devon, not realising he has made the most momentous journey of his life.

Director: Philip Dudley | Stars: Nigel Havers, Glyn Houston, Prunella Ransome, Fiona Gaunt

Votes: 12

33. A Horseman Riding By (1978)
Episode: 1903: An Outbreak of Romance (1978)

Drama

7.6

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Paul has married Grace Lovell. Will Codsall also has marriage on his mind, but with a mother like Arabella, he needs a lot of help.

Director: Philip Dudley | Stars: Nigel Havers, Glyn Houston, Fiona Gaunt, Prunella Ransome

Votes: 10

34. A Horseman Riding By (1978)
Episode: 1905: A Birth and a Death (1978)

Drama

7.2

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When Grace returns from London, there is a tragedy in the Valley and Paul has a most difficult decision to make.

Director: Philip Dudley | Stars: Nigel Havers, Glyn Houston, Fiona Gaunt, Glyn Owen

Votes: 11

35. London Belongs to Me (1977)

50 min | Drama

7.7

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This drama focuses on London lodging house in the early days of World War Two. Stories ranged from within the house to the drama of Dunkirk.

Stars: Derek Farr, Madge Ryan, Fiona Gray, Patricia Hayes

Votes: 25

36. Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode: One Day at a Time (1977)

73 min | Comedy, Drama

8.0

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"People coming to their first AA meeting, prosperous people, sometimes, accustomed to the best. They look round the places where we meet, and you can see them thinking: what am I doing here? I owe my life to these rooms!"

Director: Ronald Wilson | Stars: Benjamin Whitrow, Josie Kidd, Lionel Murton, Stephanie Cole

Votes: 10