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1. Trinity Tales (1975– )

50 min

On their way to London for the Rugby League final, a group of northerners start telling each other stories, in the manner of Chaucer's pilgrims in "The Canterbury Tales".

Stars: Francis Matthews, Bill Maynard, Paul Copley, Susan Littler

Votes: 14

2. The Stars Look Down (1974– )

60 min | Drama

Mini series about a Northumberland mining village - the daily lives of the inhabitants and the tragedies and disasters that befell them. It's a lovely story-line and very well portrayed in this series.

Stars: Ian Hastings, Basil Dignam, Alun Armstrong, Avril Elgar

Votes: 34

3. On Your Way Riley (1985 TV Movie)

60 min | Drama

Bio-pic of two British stars of variety.

Director: John Glenister | Stars: Brian Murphy, Maureen Lipman, Norman Bird, Michael Kingsbury

Votes: 6

4. The First Lady (1968–1969)

50 min | Drama

Stories of a local councillor and her various projects

Stars: Thora Hird, Henry Knowles, Bob Keegan, James Grout

Votes: 11

5. Softly Softly (1966–1969)

50 min | Crime, Drama

Thie West Country police force solving local crime. its a spin-off from another BBC drama series, Z Cars (1962).

Stars: Stratford Johns, Frank Windsor, Norman Bowler, John Barron

Votes: 122

6. Tales of Sherwood Forest (1989)

60 min | Comedy, Drama

Eric, the owner of a night-club in Nottingham, is obsessed by the film Casablanca (1942) and dreams of being Rick Blaine.

Stars: Pete Postlethwaite, Jill Baker, David Troughton, Robin Soans

Votes: 16

7. 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

8. Coming Through (1988 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, Romance

Celebrated actor and actress Sir Kenneth Branagh (Hamlet) and Dame Helen Mirren (Prime Suspect) star in this movie by award-winning playwright Alan Plater about one of the great love ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Barber-Fleming | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Helen Mirren, Alison Steadman, Philip Martin Brown

Votes: 186

9. Death Is Part of the Process (1986 TV Movie)

150 min | Drama

The struggles of white intellectuals and their black activist friends in the apartheid of South Africa during the 1950s.

Director: Bill Hays | Stars: Art Malik, John Matshikiza, Jack Klaff, Estelle Kohler

11. It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1976)

G | 94 min | Comedy, Drama

The adventures of a Yorkshire vet and his colleague in their everyday life.

Director: Eric Till | Stars: John Alderton, Colin Blakely, Lisa Harrow, Bill Maynard

Votes: 183

12. Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt (1974–1978)

30 min | Comedy

Selwyn Froggitt, a well read clumsy buffoon smashes his way through his sleepy Yorkshire village of Scarsdale.

Stars: Bill Maynard, Megs Jenkins, Bob Keegan, Richard Davies

Votes: 180

13. The Edwardians (1972–1973)

50 min | Drama, History

This series covers the turning points in 9 different figures during the Edwardian era of the United Kingdom - Henry Royce and Charles Rolls - of Rolls Royce fame; Horatio Bottomly founder ... See full synopsis »

Stars: Thorley Walters, Judy Parfitt, Timothy West, Ron Moody

Votes: 76

14. ITV Playhouse (1967–1982)

Comedy, Drama

Anthology series of dramatic works.

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

Votes: 87

15. Belonging (2004 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama

Middle-aged Jess Copplestone is left to look after the elderly relatives of her husband Jacob and to make a new life for herself, after he leaves her for a younger woman.

Director: Christopher Menaul | Stars: Brenda Blethyn, Kevin Whately, Rosemary Harris, Anna Massey

Votes: 310

16. Flambards (1979– )

780 min | Drama

In the early 1900's in England, young Christina is orphaned and goes to live with her Uncle Russell, and two cousins. Christina finds herself struggling with classicism and during War must keep the Flambards afloat by herself.

Stars: Christine McKenna, Rosalie Williams, Steven Grives, Frank Mills

Votes: 482

17. Shades of Darkness (1983–1986)

60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

"Shades of Darkness" was a anthology of short mysterious dramas, each with a supernatural twist.

Stars: Norma West, Annette Wilkie-Miller, Francesca Annis, Eileen Atkins

Votes: 331

18. The Good Companions (1980– )

60 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

A musical adaptation of J. B. Priestley's novel about a British concert party.

Stars: John Stratton, Jeremy Nicholas, Frank Mills, John Blythe

Votes: 39

20. 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: 1,218

21. 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: 244

22. Get Lost! (1981– )

60 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

School teachers Judy Threadgold and Neville Keaton turn amateur detectives to find out how and why Judy's husband has disappeared.

Stars: Bridget Turner, Alun Armstrong, David Calder, Michael Goldie

Votes: 51

23. Cribb (1980–1981)

90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The Victorian era cases of Detective Sergeant Cribb of Scotland Yard's newly formed Criminal Investigation Department.

Stars: Alan Dobie, William Simons, David Waller, Alfie Curtis

Votes: 160

24. BBC2 Play of the Week (1977–1979)

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length movies.

Stars: Judi Dench, Richard O'Callaghan, Frederick Treves, Clive Swift

Votes: 46

25. Maigret (1992–1993)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

From Montmartre to the remote French countryside, Maigret encounters the dark side of the human psyche. Yet, he manages to maintain both compassion and a sense of humor as he explores the complex motives that lie behind every crime.

Stars: Michael Gambon, Geoffrey Hutchings, Jack Galloway, James Larkin

Votes: 1,096

26. Midsomer Murders (1997– )

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

A veteran Detective Chief Inspector and his young Sergeant investigate murders around the regional community of Midsomer County.

Stars: John Nettles, Jane Wymark, Barry Jackson, Neil Dudgeon

Votes: 39,329

27. ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)

90 min | Comedy, Drama

An anthology series from the U.K., from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television.

Stars: Derek Francis, Alfred Burke, Arthur Hewlett, Esther Lawrence

Votes: 93

28. Mystery!: Campion (1989–1990)

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

In 1930s England, a man from an aristocratic family takes up the pseudonym Albert Campion and, with the help of his ex-burglar manservant, solves mysteries.

Stars: Peter Davison, Brian Glover, Andrew Burt, Moray Watson

Votes: 1,010

29. 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: 121

30. The Beiderbecke Affair (1985)

320 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Trevor Chaplin teaches woodwork and likes to listen to jazz. Jill Swinburne teaches English and wants to help save the planet. Trevor meets a beautiful blond, a detective sergeant and a pair of men running a junior football team.

Stars: James Bolam, Barbara Flynn, Dudley Sutton, Dominic Jephcott

Votes: 618

31. The Consultant (1983– )

50 min | Thriller

An ambitious computer consultant is hired to detect fraud in a major bank's computer system and finds himself involved in a complex scheme of lies, blackmail and murder.

Stars: Hywel Bennett, Donald Burton, Jonathon Morris, Geoffrey Whitehead

Votes: 35

32. The Beiderbecke Connection (1988)

201 min | Comedy, Drama

Trevor Chaplin teaches woodwork and likes to listen to jazz. Jill Chapman teaches English and wants to help save the planet. They live together and just want a quiet life. Since their last ... See full summary »

Stars: James Bolam, Barbara Flynn, Terence Rigby, Danny Schiller

Votes: 341

33. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984–1985)

TV-PG | 688 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson solve the mysteries of copper beeches, a Greek interpreter, the Norwood builder, a resident patient, the red-headed league, and one final problem.

Stars: Jeremy Brett, David Burke, Rosalie Williams, Eric Porter

Votes: 24,185

34. The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986–1988)

TV-PG | 781 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson solve the mysteries of the devil's foot, Silver Blaze, Wisteria Lodge and the Bruce-Partington Plans.

Stars: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Rosalie Williams, Colin Jeavons

Votes: 13,387

35. The Beiderbecke Tapes (1987– )

151 min | Drama, Music, Mystery

Trevor Chaplin teaches woodwork and likes to listen to jazz. Jill Swinburne teaches English and wants to help save the planet. They live together and just want a quiet life. Then they meet ... See full summary »

Stars: James Bolam, Barbara Flynn, Dudley Sutton, Malcolm Storry

Votes: 372

37. Z Cars (1962–1978)

TV-14 | Crime, Drama

A gritty drama which follows the work of the police force in the fictional town of Newtown in the North of England.

Stars: James Ellis, John Slater, Douglas Fielding, Bernard Holley

Votes: 381

38. Smashing Day (1962 TV Movie)

60 min | Drama

A young man dreams of improving his lot in life, and meets a girl who might help him achieve his ambitions. But will he abandon the life he knows for the love of her?

Stars: Alfred Lynch, June Barry, Angela Douglas, John Thaw

39. Crane (1963–1965)

60 min | Adventure

The adventures of Richard Crane, cafe owner & part-time smuggler, around the coast of Morocco, aided (and sometimes abetted) by his ex-Foreign Legion sidekick Orlando, waitress Halina, and local cop Colonel Mahmoud.

Stars: Patrick Allen, Sam Kydd, Gerald Flood, Laya Raki

Votes: 50

40. The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)

75 min | Drama

Series of one-off plays made by BBC television, which gave breaks to a wide range of writers and directors in the late 1960s, such as Dennis Potter, Ken Loach, David Mercer, and John ... See full summary »

Stars: Edwin Brown, Neville Smith, Tony Selby, Ken Jones

Votes: 131

42. 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: 58

43. Mike Neville: A Life in Television (2002 TV Movie)

49 min | Documentary

Legendary TV personality MIKE NEVILLE looks back on his life in television with help from a host of stars. Over the past four decades he has interviewed all the famous faces of the day, ... See full summary »

Director: Tony Kysh | Stars: Robson Green, Mike Neville, Nicholas Owen, Alan Plater

44. Curriculee Curricula (1978 TV Movie)

50 min | Musical

A plumber named Benny tries to find his way around a university, and gets no sense out of the intellectuals who work and study there.

Director: Alastair Reid | Stars: Chris Farlowe, Sonja Kristina, Richard Barnes, Gaye Brown

Votes: 5

45. Play for Love (1978– )

60 min | Drama

Series of plays on various themes of love.

Stars: Michael Gambon, Anne Stallybrass, David Parfitt, Jan Francis

48. Joe Maddison's War (2010 TV Movie)

85 min | Drama, War

Tyneside ship-builder Joe Maddison lost his faith in the trenches at the Somme in 1916. Now that World War II has begun, he is too old to enlist alongside his son and son-in-law, and is ... See full summary »

Director: Patrick Collerton | Stars: Sammy T. Dobson, James Atherton, Angela Lonsdale, James Baxter

Votes: 241

50. The Loner (1975)

26 min | Comedy

An offbeat black comedy trilogy about, in Les Dawson's own words, "a man coming from nowhere, going nowhere" and what happens to him in transit.

Stars: Les Dawson, Reginald Marsh, Anita Carey, George Malpas

51. Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

From cold, rock-strewn moors to comfortable suburban estates, award-winning writer Ruth Rendell explores the dark fissures between friends and family members that motivate murder.

Stars: George Baker, Christopher Ravenscroft, Louie Ramsay, Ken Kitson

Votes: 692

52. Scene (1968–2007)

24 min | Drama, Family

Mixture of fictional and non-fictional thought-provoking short films aimed at students of school and college.

Stars: Nick Ross, Ken Jones, Mark Draper, Paddy Feeny

Votes: 30

54. Premiere (1977–1980)

30 min | Drama

A series of anthologies highlighting the initial projects of directors venturing into television drama filmmaking.

Stars: Phil Daniels, Johnny Allan, David Parfitt, Brian Poyser

Votes: 9

55. Bedtime Stories (1974)

50 min | Mystery

Modern-day interpretation of fairy tales, with a contemporary, darker twist.

Stars: Lesley-Anne Down, Diana Quick, Liz Smith, Jeff Rawle

57. Here I Stand... (1977– )

45 min | Drama, History

Series of dramas about people who suffered for their beliefs,

Stars: Gerry Cowan, Maurice Denham, Philip Stone, Clive Merrison

58. Oranges and Lemons (1973)

60 min | Drama

'Oranges & Lemons' is the name of a well-known rhyme about the city of London. This is a handful of plays with England's capital the common theme.

Stars: Ray Brooks, Dennis Waterman, Tony Melody, Jane Lapotaire

59. Six of the Best (1965– )

30 min | Comedy

A series of 6 unrelated comedy plays.

Stars: Hazel Coppen, Peter Butterworth, June Whitfield, Dudley Foster

60. Middlemen (1977)

30 min | Comedy

George Livingstone is middle-aged, middle-class, and middle-management--until he is made redundant and takes his first tentative steps downward.

Stars: Frank Windsor, Francis Matthews, Avril Elgar, Gwen Taylor

Votes: 8

62. Slagskämpen (1984)

Not Rated | 95 min | Mystery, Action, Thriller

"The Inside Man" is based on a real-life incident during the days of the Cold War when a Soviet submarine was spotted in Swedish waters.

Director: Tom Clegg | Stars: Dennis Hopper, Hardy Krüger, Gösta Ekman, Kåre Mölder

Votes: 474

63. Bookmark (1983–1999)
Episode: Selected Exits (1993)

Biography

Dramatization of the memoirs of Gwyn Thomas, Welsh author, raconteur, and British television personality.

Director: Tristram Powell | Stars: James Arlon, Gavin Ashcroft, John Grillo, Abigail Hopkins

Votes: 55

64. Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode: Land of Green Ginger (1973)

49 min | Comedy, Drama

Faced with the prospect of being sent to work abroad, Sally Brown returns home from London to Hull, to see if she still feels the same attachment for her home town - and for her old ... See full summary »

Director: Brian Parker | Stars: Gwen Taylor, John Flanagan, Jean Heywood, Michael Elwyn

Votes: 32

73. Thank You, Mrs. Clinkscales (1984 TV Movie)

73 min | Drama

A group of young men gather in the pub to celebrate New Year's Eve, 1951.

Director: David Cunliffe | Stars: Philip Batty, Nick Conway, Kenneth Cope, Clive Duncan

75. The Wednesday Play (1964–1970)
Episode: Rest in Peace, Uncle Fred (1970)

60 min | Drama

A tragi-comic study of a Northern funeral.

Director: Michael Hayes | Stars: Susan Jameson, Corin Redgrave, Anne Dyson, Jack Watson

78. The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991–1993)

616 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Holmes and Dr. Watson solve the mysteries of the Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax, Thor Bridge, Shoscombe Old Place, The Boscombe Valley Mystery, The Illustrious Client and The Creeping Man.

Stars: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Rosalie Williams, Colin Jeavons

Votes: 6,171

79. 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: 392

80. Out of the Unknown (1965–1971)

60 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

A classic anthology science fiction series which features adaptations of stories by famous authors including Isaac Asimov, J.G. Ballard, Frederik Pohl and John Wyndham.

Stars: John Gabriel, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Erik Chitty, Peter Copley

Votes: 175

81. Redcap (1964–1966)

50 min | Crime, Drama

The cases & adventures of tough Sergeant John Mann, officer of Her Majesty's Royal Military Police Special Investigation Branch.

Stars: John Thaw, Keith Barron, James Grout, James Kerry

Votes: 52

82. Parkin's Patch (1969–1970)

30 min | Crime, Drama

Shown at Saturday teatime, this series centred around a village policeman and the drama that his everyday duties brought him into contact with. A sort of forerunner to "Heartbeat", it was also set in Yorkshire.

Stars: John Flanagan, Heather Page, Gareth Thomas, Robert Urquhart

Votes: 27

84. Colditz (1972–1974)

50 min | Drama, History, War

The series deals with Allied prisoners of war imprisoned at Colditz Castle and their many attempts to escape captivity, as well as the relationships formed between the various nationalities and their German captors.

Stars: David McCallum, Richard Heffer, Paul Chapman, Jack Hedley

Votes: 1,021

85. 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

86. Screen One (1985–2002)

120 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Anthology of unconnected movies of different genres.

Stars: Mark Chapman, Alfred Molina, Julie Walters, Geraldine James

Votes: 139

87. 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

88. Crane (1963–1965)
Episode: Return of a Hero (1963)

Adventure

Having rescued a man being pursued though the dark streets of Morocco, Crane finds himself faced with an intriguing mystery - one which somehow includes a yellow rabbit.

Directors: Peter Moffatt, Christopher Hodson | Stars: Patrick Allen, Sam Kydd, Gerald Flood, Laya Raki

89. Crane (1963–1965)
Episode: Gypsy's Warning (1964)

Adventure

When Philipe plans to take revenge on a police informer, a turn of the cards from Gypsy leads Crane into violence ans murder - and the shadow of death looms dark over his friends.

Director: Richard Doubleday | Stars: Patrick Allen, Sam Kydd, Gerald Flood, Laya Raki

94. Z Cars (1962–1978)
Episode: Tuesday Afternoon (1963)

TV-14 | Crime, Drama

A desperate out-of-work laborer gets nicked for shoplifting a toy for his grandson and shamefully contemplates his future. A fey upper-class young man causes a bit of bother with his ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Leeston-Smith | Stars: Joseph Brady, Brian Blessed, Stratford Johns, Frank Windsor

96. Z Cars (1962–1978)
Episode: Promise Made (1964)

TV-14 | Crime, Drama

Tearaways Rafferty and Hayward are arrested with a large amount of money on them. Wealthy Mrs Peterson has withdrawn £100 and has cigarette burns on her arms. Barlow believes she is being blackmailed but she won't talk.

Director: Terence Williams | Stars: Kate Allitt, Arnold Bell, Clive Colin Bowler, Terence Edmond

97. Z Cars (1962–1978)
Episode: A Question of Storage (1964)

TV-14 | Crime, Drama

Smith and Weir spot a vagrant wearing a brand new Old Boys Grammar School blazer which can only be bought from Davies' store. Inquiries find systematic, robbery by employees, stealing everything for suits to TV sets.

Director: Shaun Sutton | Stars: Kate Allitt, Brian Blessed, Joseph Brady, Terence Edmond

98. Z Cars (1962–1978)
Episode: Family Reunion (1964)

TV-14 | Crime, Drama

Barlow is expecting a mini crime wave when rogue Danny Sullivan moves back to Newtown. His attempts to go straight are hampered when his teenage son is caught stealing bikes. When another son goes missing police reaction is slow.

Director: Paul Bernard | Stars: Alan Baulch, Kenneth Colley, Jonathan Collins, Ursula Curtis



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