British telefantasy of the 1980s
by strieb_griebling | created - 21 May 2020 | updated - 2 months ago | PublicMostly based on the now defunct Telefantasy List website plus a few bonus ones I've found that weren't listed on there.
Missing Middle English - The Shadow Cage (ITV, 1981), The Dybbuk (C4, 1984), Night Voices (ITV, 1987), The Magic Toyshop (ITV, 1988) and See Hear! - The Monkey's Paw (BBC1, 1989).
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1. The Bells of Astercote (1980 TV Movie)
52 min | Family, Fantasy
An adaptation of the novel by Penelope Lively. The plot revolves around the ghosts of plague victims in a sleepy wood.
Director: Marilyn Fox | Stars: Siobhan Brooks, Ifor Williams, John Branwell, Janis Winters
Votes: 15
2. The Boy Merlin (1979)
Fantasy
Merlin, the illegitimate son of a princess, is made unwelcome at court and is fostered by a local smith and his wife. However, Merlin's true destiny lies ahead in the service of King Arthur, and he must face many dangers along the way.
Stars: Donald Houston, Margaret John, Ian Rowlands, Rachel Thomas
Votes: 20
3. The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (1980 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 98 min | Adventure, Horror, Mystery
After an archeological expedition discovers the tomb of the Egyptian king Tutankhamen, many of the scientists, engineers and workmen begin mysteriously dying off.
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Eva Marie Saint, Robin Ellis, Raymond Burr, Harry Andrews
Votes: 386
4. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1980 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 115 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Dr. Henry Jekyll, a respectable Victorian scientist, concocts a drug which releases another side to his personality: a brutal, murderous alter-ego.
Director: Alastair Reid | Stars: David Hemmings, Lisa Harrow, Ian Bannen, Diana Dors
Votes: 111
5. The Dybbuk (1980 TV Movie)
Drama
A young bride is possessed by a dybbuk, a malicious possessing spirit, believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person, on the eve of her wedding.
Director: Jane Howell | Stars: Jeffrey Chiswick, David Swift, John Bennett, John Burgess
6. The Ghost Sonata (1980 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama
A young student makes the acquaintance of the mysterious man who helps him to find his way into the apartment of betrayal and sickness.
Director: Philip Saville | Stars: Donald Pleasence, Lila Kedrova, Clive Arrindell, Ferdy Mayne
7. Hammer House of Horror (1980)
TV-14 | 54 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
This British anthology series, which was produced by England's leading exporters of horror films, told tales of haunted houses, demons, ghosts, and other supernatural wonders.
Stars: Peter Cushing, Denholm Elliott, Anna Calder-Marshall, Kathryn Leigh Scott
Votes: 2,282
8.
ITV Playhouse (1967–1982)
Episode:
Friends in Space
(1980)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
Professor Rex Thornton summons a meeting of fellow UFO-nuts, "The Friends in Space Society", to unveil a wonderful surprise...
Director: Robert Chetwyn | Stars: Eleanor Bron, Pat Heywood, John Ratzenberger, Terence Rigby
Votes: 9
9. Metal Mickey (1980–1983)
30 min | Family, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Metal Mickey was a robot built by young Ken to do chores around the house. Ken was the eldest child of a typical British family--well, almost typical. Metal Mickey was endowed with a number... See full summary »
Stars: Michael Stainton, Georgina Melville, Ashley Knight, Lucinda Bateson
Votes: 258
10. The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls (1980 TV Movie)
70 min | Drama
Action and animation combine for a play based on a story by E. Nesbitt. The Academy for the Daughters of Respectable Monarchs is disrupted by the arrival of Professor of Magic who turns their world is turned upside down.
Director: Andrew Gosling | Stars: Anna Massey, John Savident, Richard Murdoch, Bridget Armstrong
Votes: 10
11. Noah's Castle (1979– )
30 min | Adventure, Family
The father, an ex-military man, sees the 'handwriting on the wall' as to where his country's economy is headed. In an effort to prepare for this, he moves his family of wife, two sons and ... See full summary »
Stars: Simon Gipps-Kent, Marcus Francis, David Neal, Annette Ekblom
Votes: 37
12.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
The Flipside of Dominick Hide
(1980)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Dominick Hide has a mission to study and report on the transport systems of the past, but only as an observer. Yet when his Great Aunt Mavis talks about one of his ancestors, Dominick begins to bend the rules and become involved.
Director: Alan Gibson | Stars: Peter Firth, Caroline Langrishe, Pippa Guard, Patrick Magee
Votes: 343
13.
BBC2 Playhouse (1973–1983)
Episode:
The Unborn
(1980)
Drama
A physicist has visions of his unborn baby - it turns out that the child will grow up to become a Hitler-like dictator responsible for World War III.
Director: Michael Custance | Stars: Jack Shepherd, Judy Parfitt, Granville Saxton, Richard Leech
14. Spine Chillers (1980– )
10 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Readings of classic ghost and horror stories aimed at older children.
Stars: Jonathan Pryce, Freddie Jones, John Woodvine, Michael Bryant
Votes: 17
15.
Tales of the Unexpected (1979–1988)
Episode:
Royal Jelly
(1980)
TV-14 | 26 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Bee-keeper Albert Taylor and his wife Mabel are concerned that their baby daughter is underweight and seems reluctant to take any nourishment until, that is, Albert decides to feed her on ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Roald Dahl, Timothy West, Susan George, Andrew Ray
Votes: 378
16. West Country Tales (1982–1983)
25 min | Horror
West Country Tales was an early 1980s supernatural drama series based on real-life experiences sent in by viewers in response to a BBC appeal. Of the hundreds of letters received, 13 stories were selected and turned into TV scripts.
Stars: Keith Barron, Jack Watson, Brian Jennings, Gillian Miles
Votes: 57
17. Artemis 81 (1981 TV Movie)
185 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The epic battle for the future of mankind is fought between an angel of light and an angel of death.
Director: Alastair Reid | Stars: Hywel Bennett, Dinah Stabb, Dan O'Herlihy, Sting
Votes: 208
18. Astronauts (1981–1982)
25 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Mattocks, Fost and Ackroyd are Britain's first three astronauts. They must live in small, cramped space station orbiting the earth. Naturally, these conditions make coexistence difficult for them, but funny to us.
Stars: Christopher Godwin, Carmen Du Sautoy, Barrie Rutter, Bruce Boa
Votes: 27
19. Christmas Spirits (1981 TV Movie)
45 min | Horror
Julia, a Hollywood property scout, is looking for a house to star in a horror movie, she finds more than she bargained for at Glebes Hall.
Director: June Wyndham-Davies | Stars: Elaine Stritch, Stephanie Cole, Norma West, Ben Aris
Votes: 45
20. Codename Icarus (1981– )
106 min | Drama, Family
A child prodigy is being manipulated as the basis for a complex scheme involving nuclear missiles and the mysterious Icarus Foundation's plot to take over the world.
Stars: Barry Angel, Jack Galloway, Philip Locke, Peter Cellier
Votes: 40
21. The Day of the Triffids (1981)
50 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
When a comet blinds nearly everyone in the world, a genetically-engineered species of plant takes over.
Stars: John Duttine, Emma Relph, Maurice Colbourne, Jonathan Newth
Votes: 2,436
22. Echoes of Louisa (1981– )
25 min | Family, Fantasy
Ghost story for children, set in modern and Victorian times.
Stars: Amanda Kirby, Bernard Horsfall, Phyllida Hewat, Jeremy Nicholas
23. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981)
TV-PG | 152 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Arthur Dent and his friend, Ford Prefect, escape the destruction of Earth, only to face incredible trials, tribulations and adventures in space and time.
Stars: Simon Jones, David Dixon, Peter Jones, Sandra Dickinson
Votes: 11,707
24. Into the Labyrinth (1981–1982)
30 min | Family, Fantasy
Three children stumble upon the imprisoned sorcerer Rothgo and are drawn into a mysterious search through time for the magical Nidus which has been stolen by the evil witch Belor.
Stars: Pamela Salem, Charlie Caine, Ron Moody, Lisa Turner
Votes: 172
25.
ITV Playhouse (1967–1982)
Episode:
Sin with Our Permission
(1981)
Comedy, Drama
Set in the future about a new town that is under constant surveillance and also where a daily TV soap opera provides solutions to problems in the town.
Director: Paul Harrison | Stars: Paul Eddington, Gregory Floy, Robin Bailey, Kate Fahy
26. K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend (1981 TV Movie)
50 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi
One time companion of the Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith returns to Earth and carries on with her journalist career. Now, in 1981, she has managed to rebuild her career and has come, a matter of ... See full summary »
Director: John Black | Stars: Elisabeth Sladen, John Leeson, Bill Fraser, Ian Sears
Votes: 667
27. Kinvig (1981)
30 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Lazy, unambitious repairman and UFO enthusiast Des Kinvig encounters a spaceship captained by the beautiful Miss Griffin from Mercury. Or is it all just the fantasy of a man having a quiet breakdown?
Stars: Tony Haygarth, Patsy Rowlands, Prunella Gee, Colin Jeavons
Votes: 83
28. Miss Morison's Ghosts (1981 TV Movie)
103 min | Fantasy, Thriller
Two British women claim to have been thrown into a time warp where they saw Marie Antoinette as they were strolling through the gardens at Versailles Palace in France. After they tell their... See full summary »
Director: John Bruce | Stars: Wendy Hiller, Hannah Gordon, Bosco Hogan, Vivian Pickles
Votes: 144
29. The Nightmare Man (1981)
30 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A lonely Scottish island is stalked by a brutal killer who may be from another world...
Stars: James Warwick, Celia Imrie, Maurice Roëves, Jonathan Newth
Votes: 205
30.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Dear Brutus
(1981)
80 min | Comedy, Drama
"They say that in the wood you get what nearly everybody here is longing for - a second chance." J. M. Barrie's fantasy play, depicting alternative realities for its characters and their eventual return to real life.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Frank Finlay, Sarah Badel, Nigel Stock, Peter Egan
31.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Psy-Warriors
(1981)
73 min | Comedy, Drama
Soldiers are captured and interrogated by terrorists: but is it real or only a sadistic form of psychological training exercise?
Director: Alan Clarke | Stars: Rosalind Ayres, Anthony Bate, Colin Blakely, Warren Clarke
Votes: 94
32. Stainless Steel and the Star Spies (1981 TV Movie)
60 min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi
The Metaliens, alien robots intent on galactic domination, encounter a major setback. Their enormous Space Saucer, 'Compromise', enters a black hole in a strange, uncharted region of Space,... See full summary »
Director: Anthony Simmons | Stars: Ed Bishop, Bob Hoskins, Al Matthew, Bill Mitchell
Votes: 11
33. Stig of the Dump (1981)
25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Young boy discovers a teenaged caveman living in the local rubbish dump.
Stars: Keith Jayne, Grant Warnock, Janine Tidman, Bay White
Votes: 98
34.
Tales of the Unexpected (1979–1988)
Episode:
The Sound Machine
(1981)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Amateur scientist Mr. Klausner invents a sound machine that can detect sounds so quiet he can hear plants.
Director: John Gorrie | Stars: Harry Andrews, James Warwick, Margery Mason
Votes: 191
35.
Theatre Box (1981– )
Episode:
Death Angel
(1981)
Drama, Family
A trio of troublesome tykes are fascinated by a mysterious masked wrestler.
Director: Peter Smith | Stars: Bill Maynard, Malcolm Storry, Ray Winstone, Gary Beadle
36.
Theatre Box (1981– )
Episode:
Marmalade Atkins in Space
(1981)
Drama, Family
One-off episode in the "Theatre Box" TV series about Marmalade Atkins, the naughtiest schoolgirl in the world, who is fired into space in an attempt to cure her of her wild behaviour.
Director: Colin Bucksey | Stars: Charlotte Coleman, Lynda La Plante, John Bird, Gillian Raine
Votes: 8
37. Vice Versa (1981– )
Comedy
Role reversal comedy as a father and son swap bodies thanks to a magic talisman.
Stars: Peter Bowles, Iain Cuthbertson, Paul Spurrier, Jeremy Child
Votes: 24
38. Dead Ernest (1982)
30 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Ernest (Andrew Sachs) dies after getting hit between the eyes by a flying champagne cork. Goes to heaven, and that's where the fun really starts.
Stars: Andrew Sachs, Ken Jones, Harry Fowler, Janet Rawson
Votes: 17
39. The Ghost Downstairs (1982 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Andrew Gosling | Stars: Cyril Cusack, Mike Gwilym, Jonathan Byatt, William Squire
Votes: 5
40. Ghost in the Water (1982 TV Movie)
55 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Teresa and David, two young history fanatics, have been copying inscriptions from gravestones at the local Church. At a later meeting of the school history society, Teresa happens to ... See full summary »
Director: Renny Rye | Stars: Judith Allchurch, Ian A. Stevens, Jane Freeman, Dave Mitty
Votes: 51
41. Gulliver in Lilliput (1982)
107 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Gulliver washes ashore on Lilliput and attempts to prevent war between that tiny kingdom and its equally minuscule rival Blefuscu.
Stars: Andrew Burt, Linda Polan, Jonathan Cecil, Elisabeth Sladen
Votes: 28
42. The Haunting of Cassie Palmer (1982)
30 min | Family, Horror, Sci-Fi
13 year old Cassie, the daughter of a psychic medium, decides to see if she has inherited her mothers powers. She tries to conjure up a spirit, with unexpected results.
Stars: Helen Probyn, Elizabeth Spriggs, Ruth Adcock, Stephen Bint
Votes: 27
43.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Another Flip for Dominick
(1982)
83 min | Comedy, Drama
Now a respected teacher of temporal observers, Dominick has not visited the past for several years. He is content with his lot, resigned to the idea that he will never again see Jane, the ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Gibson | Stars: Peter Firth, Caroline Langrishe, Pippa Guard, Patrick Magee
Votes: 147
44.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
The Remainder Man
(1982)
63 min | Comedy, Drama
Jack's obsession with the possibility of nuclear war sees him usher his family down into his home made fall out shelter after a nuclear strike hits the country. Will their time in confinement draw them together or push them apart?
Director: Richard Wilson | Stars: Sheila Hancock, Antony Brown, Nick Reding, Valerie Whittington
45. Play for Tomorrow (1982)
60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
An anthology of six plays that offered predictions of the future ranging from 1997-2016. Made by the same team behind the more regarded Play For Today, it lasted for a single series.
Stars: Gavin Campbell, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Robin Ellis, Tracey Childs
Votes: 29
46.
BBC2 Playhouse (1973–1983)
Episode:
The Queen of Annagh
(1982)
Drama
Director: Jane Jackson | Stars: Diane Fletcher, Eamon Boland, Trevor T. Smith
47.
BBC Play of the Month (1965–1983)
Episode:
I Have Been Here Before
(1982)
Drama
Guests at a small hotel are disquieted by the insistence of a mysterious doctor that he has been there before.
Director: James Ormerod | Stars: Herbert Lom, James Griffiths, Anthony Valentine, Lorna Heilbron
Votes: 12
48.
Tales of the Unexpected (1979–1988)
Episode:
Death in the Morning
(1982)
TV-14 | 27 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Newly married young wife Karen seeks to discover and overcome a malign presence in her new abode.
Director: John Gorrie | Stars: Cherie Lunghi, Moray Watson, Carol Drinkwater, Alan Rowe
Votes: 175
49. Whoops Apocalypse (1982)
138 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
During an election week, the U.S. president deals with the Russians, a deposed Shah and a stolen quark bomb while a terrorist plots an attack.
Stars: Barry Morse, John Barron, Ed Bishop, Bruce Montague
Votes: 332
50. The Aerodrome (1983 TV Movie)
91 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In the future England is ruled by a fascist government, and one day the leaders begin the construction of a heavily guarded, mysterious airport.
Director: Giles Foster | Stars: Peter Firth, Richard Johnson, Richard Briers, Dominic Jephcott
Votes: 33
51. The Dark Side of the Sun (1983– )
55 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Supernatural thriller series dealing with a secret society on the Greek island of Rhodes.
Stars: Peter Egan, Emily Richard, Patrick Mower, Christopher Scoular
Votes: 93
52.
Dramarama (1983–1989)
Episode:
Jack and the Computer
(1983)
Drama, Family, Fantasy
Director: Diarmuid Lawrence | Stars: David Doyle, Mark Farmer, Annie Hayes, William Lindsay
53.
Dramarama (1983–1989)
Episode:
The Young Person's Guide to Getting Their Ball Back!
(1983)
Drama, Family, Fantasy
Director: Diarmuid Lawrence | Stars: John Albasiny, Steve Fletcher, Patrick Troughton, Rosemary Martin
Votes: 7
54. Facelift (1984)
90 min | Musical, Sci-Fi
Director: Tony Bicât | Stars: Martin Shaw, Clarke Peters, Sue Jones-Davies, Eleanor David
Votes: 21
55. Luna (1983–1984)
30 min | Sci-Fi, Comedy, Family
In 2040, the dimini female (teenage girl) 72 Batch 19Y and her misfit family in the Efficiecity, a completely enclosed bureaucratic city sealed off from the polluted and abandoned outside world.
Stars: Aaron Brown, Frank Duncan, Colin Bennett, Roy Macready
Votes: 27
56. The Old Men at the Zoo (1983– )
275 min | Comedy
Satirical piece set in a zoo, which is plunged into a crisis when a giraffe escapes.
Stars: Stuart Wilson, Marius Goring, Andrew Cruickshank, Barry Stanton
Votes: 23
57. A Pattern of Roses (1983 TV Movie)
65 min | Drama, Thriller
Teenagers Tim Ingram and his friend Rebecca investigate a ghost story involving a boy, Tom Inskip, who mysteriously died in Tim's parents' cottage in 1910. Tim soon discovers eerie parallels between himself and Tim during his final days.
Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark | Stars: Stuart MacKenzie, Suzanna Hamilton, Vivian Pickles, Norman Rodway
Votes: 126
58. 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: 332
59. Spooky (1983)
25 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
A precursor to the later Dramarama series, Spooky explores the supernatural, and ventures into the dark corners of the imagination.
Stars: Annabelle Lanyon, Wilfrid Brambell, Nicholas Ball, Faith Brook
Votes: 26
60. Terrahawks (1983–1986)
TV-G | 23 min | Action, Adventure, Family
The missions of a planetary defense organization dedicated to protecting Earth from a Martian menace.
Stars: Jeremy Hitchen, Denise Bryer, Anne Ridler, Robbie Stevens
Votes: 818
61. The Witches and the Grinnygog (1983)
25 min | Family, Fantasy
When a family come into possession of a statue called The Grinnygog, a trio of benevolent witches are summoned to the village where they live.
Stars: Adam Woodyatt, Zoe Loftin, Giles Harper, Heidi Mayo
Votes: 68
62. The Box of Delights (1984)
30 min | Family, Fantasy
Based on the classic children's novel by John Masefield, the story follows the exploits of a young boy, Kay Harker, who finds himself drawn into a world of magic and danger when he encounters an old Punch and Judy man.
Stars: Devin Stanfield, Robert Stephens, Geoffrey Larder, Jonathan Stephens
Votes: 951
63. Chocky (1984)
25 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A story centered on a young schoolboy and his strange relationship with an extraterrestrial entity.
Stars: James Hazeldine, Carol Drinkwater, Andrew Ellams, Zoë Hart
Votes: 395
64. The Clairvoyant (1984–1986)
30 min | Comedy
After being hit by a car Arnold Bristow (Roy Kinnear) believes he has psychic abilities. This sitcom was created by Roy Clarke (The Last of The Summer Wine) and was broadcast on BBC2 for one series.
Stars: Roy Kinnear, Sandra Dickinson, Hugh Lloyd, Shaun Curry
Votes: 7
65.
The Comic Strip Presents (1982– )
Episode:
Slags
(1984)
31 min | Comedy
Teen-age gang leaders Passion and Little Sister are released from prison, only to find that their gang the Slags have disbanded due to rival gang, the Hawaiians, who wear garlands and drink Pina Coladas.
Director: Sandy Johnson | Stars: Mark Arden, Lee Cornes, Steve Dixon, Adrian Edmondson
Votes: 106
66. Comrade Dad (1984–1986)
30 min | Comedy
In an alternative future, Great Britain is part of the USSR in 1999 - an imperfect situation but one that pleases Reg, the 'Comrade Dad' of the Dudgeon family.
Stars: George Cole, Claire Toeman, Barbara Ewing, Doris Hare
Votes: 47
67.
Dramarama (1983–1989)
Episode:
Josephine Jo
(1984)
Drama, Family, Fantasy
Director: Andrew Morgan | Stars: Kevin Lloyd, Denis Carey, Kelly Lawrence, Keeley Coxon
68.
Dramarama (1983–1989)
Episode:
Mr. Stabs
(1984)
25 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Mr Stabs is summoned to the City of Shadows, where he must perform various heroic deeds in order to defeat the evil Polandi, and ultimately face mortal, magical combat with Melchisedek.
Director: John Woods | Stars: David Jason, David Rappaport, Patrick Malahide, John Woodnutt
Votes: 13
69.
Dramarama (1983–1989)
Episode:
Que Sera
(1984)
Drama, Family, Fantasy
Director: J. Nigel Pickard | Stars: Peter Attard, Sally Baxter, Joanne Campbell, Annette Crosbie
70. Frankenstein (1984 TV Movie)
81 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A scientist who is obsessed with creating life finally does it, with tragic results.
Director: James Ormerod | Stars: Robert Powell, David Warner, Carrie Fisher, John Gielgud
Votes: 208
71. Fox Mystery Theater (1984)
70 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
"Fox Mystery Theater" was an anthology series of chilling tales with a twist.
Stars: David McCallum, David Carradine, Carol Lynley, Dean Stockwell
Votes: 469
aka Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
72. The Invisible Man (1984)
165 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A scientist named Griffin invents a way to change his body's refractive index and thus becomes invisible. He uses the opportunity to carry out random acts of violence.
Stars: Pip Donaghy, Lila Kaye, David Gwillim, Ron Pember
Votes: 224
73.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Z for Zachariah
(1984)
117 min | Comedy, Drama
Based on a book of the same name, depicting events in a Welsh valley after a nuclear holocaust, in which almost everyone has dies, leaving just two families. Eventually just one girl and ... See full summary »
Director: Anthony Garner | Stars: Anthony Andrews, Pippa Hinchley, David Daker, Angela Galbraith
Votes: 114
74. Robin Hood (1984–1986)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
A forest mystical being appoints two men in succession as the legendary outlaw defender of the oppressed.
Stars: Peter Llewellyn Williams, Ray Winstone, Mark Ryan, Clive Mantle
Votes: 4,970
75. The Steam Video Company (1984)
25 min | Comedy
A sketch comedy program with a difference!
Stars: William Franklyn, Barry Cryer, Anna Dawson, Bob Todd
Votes: 19
76. They Came from Somewhere Else (1984– )
30 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
The new town of Middleford is taken over by aliens. Not quite a sitcom or a sketch comedy but it fell somewhere in between.
Stars: Robin Driscoll, Tony Haase, Pete McCarthy, Rebecca Stevens
Votes: 29
77. Threads (1984 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 112 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The effects of a nuclear holocaust on the working class city of Sheffield, England and the eventual long-term effects of nuclear war on civilization.
Director: Mick Jackson | Stars: Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierly, Rita May
Votes: 20,056
78. The Tripods (1984–1985)
TV-PG | 30 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Earth has been conquered by an alien race known as the Masters using their giant Tripods. When humans reach the age of sixteen, they must undergo a process known as capping which places ... See full summary »
Stars: John Shackley, Ceri Seel, Jim Baker, Robin Hayter
Votes: 1,569
79. Alice in Wonderland (1986)
120 min | Fantasy
One of the most well-known stories begins one golden summer afternoon. Alice is sitting on a riverbank with her sister when a fully-dressed, talking rabbit runs past her. She follows the ... See full summary »
Stars: Kate Dorning, Jonathan Cecil, David Leonard, Alison Neil
Votes: 92
80.
Bergerac (1981–1991)
Episode:
What Dreams May Come?
(1985)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Photographer Jerry Grant throws himself in front of a car and dies raving in hospital. Jim learns that he worked for a newspaper and had befriended Helene Duvall in order to gain entry to a... See full summary »
Director: Ben Bolt | Stars: John Nettles, Terence Alexander, Charles Gray, Jill Meager
Votes: 40
81. Chocky's Children (1985)
30 min | Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Chocky, the mental extra-terrestrial, returns to help to his friend Matthew.
Stars: Andrew Ellams, Angela Galbraith, Michael Crompton, Anabel Worrell
Votes: 129
82. Chocky's Challenge (1986)
30 min | Sci-Fi, Drama
The final moment has arrived. Chocky, Matthew and Albertine return to work together to defeat the enemy and to discover Chocky's secrets for humanity.
Stars: Prentis Hancock, Anabel Worrell, Illona Linthwaite, Joan Blackham
Votes: 96
83.
Dramarama (1983–1989)
Episode:
Frog
(1985)
Drama, Family, Fantasy
Director: Alistair Clarke | Stars: Jonathan Adams, Timothy Bateson, Clive Corner, Phil Davis
84.
Dramarama (1983–1989)
Episode:
Purple Passion Video
(1985)
Drama, Family, Fantasy
Director: Terry Miller | Stars: Bobby Gubby, Michael O'Hagan, Suzanna Grant, Oona Kirsch
85.
Dramarama (1983–1989)
Episode:
The Universe Downstairs
(1985)
Drama, Family, Fantasy
Vincent and his parents move into an old house. When they hear noises coming from the cellar he goes down to investigate and finds a whole new world, Cosmos, with its own unique people.
Director: Michael Kerrigan | Stars: Jay Simpson, Cassie Stuart, Rosemary Leach, Brian Peck
Votes: 8
86.
Dramarama (1983–1989)
Episode:
The Young Person's Guide to Going Backwards in the World
(1985)
Drama, Family, Fantasy
Director: Diarmuid Lawrence | Stars: John Albasiny, Annette Badland, Charlotte Cornwell, Desirée Erasmus
Wiped
87. Edge of Darkness (1985)
53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When his daughter Emma is murdered, cop Craven discovers that she was in a GAIA group of activists occupied with exposing Northmoor nuclear waste storage facility for illegal activities.
Stars: Bob Peck, Joe Don Baker, Charles Kay, Ian McNeice
Votes: 4,161
88. The Galactic Garden (1985 TV Movie)
60 min | Sci-Fi
A pair of space travellers arrive on Earth to study the planet's lifeforms, landing in an English garden. However, on Earth they are about three quarters of an inch tall and therefore find ... See full summary »
Director: John Downer | Stars: Andrew Sachs, Sarah Neville, Mona Bruce, Christian Rodska
Votes: 19
89. Galloping Galaxies! (1985–1986)
25 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Chidren's series set on board the interplanetary merchant ship Voyager in the 25th century.
Stars: Kenneth Williams, Robert Swales, Paul Wilce, Michael Deeks
Votes: 36
90.
Middle English (1981–2001)
Episode:
Interference
(1985)
Family
When Mum and her three children rent a country cottage, the arrival of Dad coincides with the manifestation of a ghostly crying woman on the telephone, radio, record player and television.
Director: Richard Callanan | Stars: Annie Hayes, John Bleasdale, Samantha Holland, Danny Adams
Votes: 10
91. Max Headroom (1985 TV Movie)
57 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
In the dystopic near future, a crusading TV reporter investigates news stories with the help of a wisecracking computer version of himself.
Directors: Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton | Stars: Matt Frewer, Nickolas Grace, Hilary Tindall, William Morgan Sheppard
Votes: 2,279
92.
Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode:
Unfair Exchanges
(1984)
TV-14 | 70 min | Drama
Mavis's plight will ring a bell in the heart of anyone who ever felt like murdering a telephone. Is some ghoulish mind behind the increasingly mysterious and sinister calls she gets? Is it ... See full summary »
Director: Gavin Millar | Stars: Julie Walters, George Lapham, David Rappaport, Robert Kingswell
Votes: 23
93. Super Gran (1985–1987)
60 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
The adventures of a super-powered granny who fights crime in her community.
Stars: Gudrun Ure, Iain Cuthbertson, Bill Shine, Alan Snell
Votes: 571
94. Alice in Wonderland (I) (1985)
100 min | Family, Fantasy
Anglia Television's 5 episode adaption of Lewis Caroll's Alice in Wonderland was inspired and based upon an early production put on by the famous Da Silva Puppets group at the Norwich Puppet Theatre.
Stars: Giselle Andrews, Robert Peters, Kesser Andrews, Kate Tooley
Votes: 39
95.
Bergerac (1981–1991)
Episode:
Fires in the Fall
(1986)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jim investigates when Charlie expresses concern at the influence supposed medium Raoul Barnaby has over elderly Mrs. Jardine with his story that he was contacted by the spirit of a little ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Clegg | Stars: John Nettles, Terence Alexander, Amanda Redman, Barrie Ingham
Votes: 51
96. C.A.B. (1986–1989)
20 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Stars: Felipe Izquierdo, Frank Gatliff, Louise Mason, Graham Seed
Votes: 16
97. The Children of Green Knowe (1986)
100 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
A young boy goes to live with his great-grandmother. While she tells him stories of his ancestors, he begins to see the spirits of children who lived in the house during the reign of Charles II.
Stars: Alec Christie, Daphne Oxenford, George Malpas, Heather Ramsay
Votes: 199
98. Classic Ghost Stories (1986– )
Horror
Five partially-dramatized readings of classic M.R. James ghost stories by actor Robert Powell. Including "The Mezzotint", "The Ash-Tree", "The Rose Garden", "Wailing Well" and "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad".
Stars: Robert Powell, Arthur Nightingale, Barry Summerford, Jeremy Roberts
Votes: 31
99.
Dramarama (1983–1989)
Episode:
The Come-Uppance of Captain Katt
(1986)
Drama, Family, Fantasy
Ludo French stars in a sci-fi series, but working with the arrogant, conceited, always dissatisfied man pushes the production to its limits.
Director: Peter Grimwade | Stars: Janet Behan, Clare Clifford, John Elmes, Ian Fairbairn
Votes: 8
100.
Dramarama (1983–1989)
Episode:
Flashback
(1986)
Drama, Family, Fantasy
Film material from the Second World War is leaked to two young people. The film stars a schoolboy who obviously doesn't belong there. Who is the boy and when did this happen?
Director: Terry Miller | Stars: Graham Stark, Dorian MacDonald, Charlotte Chatton, Noel Williams
Votes: 5
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