British telefantasy of the 1990s
by strieb_griebling | created - 03 Jun 2020 | updated - 10 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: Assignment - Europe on the Brink 3: War with America (BBC2, 1993) and Present Spirits (C4, 1994)
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1.
10x10 (1989–2000)
Episode:
Markheim
(1990)
10 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
An original spin on Robert Louis Stevenson's supernatural story examining the theme of good and evil in one personality, and a human mind distorted by sin and guilt.
Director: Derek Dodd | Stars: Oscar Quitak, James Vaughan
2.
Bergerac (1981–1991)
Episode:
The Dig
(1990)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Locals are hostile when a party of archaeologists embark on a dig with eccentric blacksmith predicting doom at disturbing a supposedly sacred site. Then one of the group is mysteriously ... See full summary »
Director: Geoffrey Sax | Stars: John Nettles, Terence Alexander, Susan Wooldridge, Gordon Gostelow
Votes: 44
3. The Silver Chair (1990)
Unrated | 30 min | Fantasy, Family, Adventure
Eustace, along with a new companion named Jill Pole, is brought back to Narnia. The pair are told by Aslan they must search for King Caspian's missing son, Prince Rilian.
Stars: David Thwaites, Camilla Power, Tom Baker, Richard Henders
Votes: 2,112
4.
Debut on Two (1990– )
Episode:
Kingdom Come
(1990)
Drama
Keef owns a small seaside café. His comfortable routine with regular customer Wayne is disrupted by a confrontational punk girl who has seen something extraordinary on the beach.
Director: Bob Blagden | Stars: David Hargreaves, Pete Postlethwaite, Laurance Rudic, Rita Wolf
5. Emlyn's Moon (1990– )
25 min | Fantasy
Stars: Siân Phillips, Gareth Thomas, Lucy Donovan, Steffan Morris
Votes: 20
6. The Gift (1990– )
25 min | Family, Fantasy, Horror
A young boy discovers that he has the power to read other people's thoughts.
Stars: Tat Whalley, Jeff Rawle, Jacqueline Tong, Emma-Louise Harrington
Votes: 30
7. The Storyteller: Greek Myths (1991)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A storyteller in a labyrinth tells his dog the stories of Perseus and Medusa, Icarus and Daedalus, Theseus and the Minotaur, and Orpheus and Euridyce.
Stars: Michael Gambon, Brian Henson, Steve Varnom, Derek Jacobi
Votes: 1,862
8. The Green Man (1990)
50 min | Comedy, Horror
An alcoholic pub landlord has visions of a 17th-century doctor of the occult, beginning a monumental clash between good and evil. Adapted from the novel by Kingsley Amis.
Stars: Albert Finney, Linda Marlowe, Sarah Berger, Nicky Henson
Votes: 507
9. Jekyll and Hyde (1990 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 96 min | Horror, Thriller
Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
Director: David Wickes | Stars: Michael Caine, Cheryl Ladd, Joss Ackland, Ronald Pickup
Votes: 1,291
10. Jupiter Moon (1990–1996)
30 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Ilea is an old space craft cruising around the Jupiter system, and functioning as a university. This is the story of its crew and students.
Stars: Charlotte Martin, Anna Pernicci, Phil Willmott, Suzy Cooper
Votes: 92
11. Kappatoo (1990– )
30 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Kappatoo, a 23rd century kid, time-swaps with his 20th century counterpart, Simon Cashmere. A children's sci-fi comedy that tries to offer observations on what we are doing to this planet ... See full summary »
Stars: Simon Nash, Andrew O'Connor, Graeme Hawley, Felipe Izquierdo
Votes: 28
12. Not with a Bang (1990)
30 min | Comedy
All people in the world have been eliminated except this small group of people ... which include only one woman!
Stars: Ronald Pickup, Stephen Rea, Mike Grady, Josie Lawrence
Votes: 27
13.
The Play on One (1988–1991)
Episode:
Yellowbacks
(1990)
80 min | Drama
Britain in the very near future. In an abandoned hotel, a young female doctor and a middle-aged male scientist are interrogated separately. The question they are both asked is 'Where is Martin Pitt?'
Director: Roy Battersby | Stars: Janet McTeer, Roy Marsden, Tim Roth, Bill Paterson
Votes: 22
14.
Screen One (1985–2002)
Episode:
Frankenstein's Baby
(1990)
75 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Paul quarrels with his girlfriend Jane about when to start a family and Dr Eva Frankenstein comes to his aid by helping him to become the world's first pregnant man!
Director: Robert Bierman | Stars: Nigel Planer, Kate Buffery, Yvonne Bryceland, William Armstrong
Votes: 22
15.
Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode:
The Lorelei
(1990)
TV-14 | 75 min | Drama
A lonely schoolteacher has a strange experience on her walking holiday. It haunts her and threatens to wreck her growing romance with a colleague.
Director: Terry Johnson | Stars: Amanda Redman, Michael Maloney, Ellie Haddington, John Nettleton
Votes: 39
16. She-Wolf of London (1990–1991)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
A female American graduate student in London is bitten by a werewolf, then teams up with an English professor to investigate supernatural occurrences.
Stars: Neil Dickson, Kate Hodge, Scott Fults, Dorothea Phillips
Votes: 421
17. Uncle Jack and Operation Green (1990– )
25 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Uncle Jack gets hold of a secret formula, and has to stop it from falling into the hands of the notorious criminal known as the Vixen.
Stars: Paul Jones, Helen Lambert, Giuseppe Peluso, Tricia George
Votes: 12
18. House of Glass (1992 TV Movie)
30 min | Drama, Thriller
A young couple inherit a stately home in the English countryside, but soon find the otherworldly occupants don't approve of the American wife.
Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Lisa Orgolini, Jeremy Northam, Matyelok Gibbs, Mary Wimbush
Votes: 18
19. Bernard and the Genie (1991 TV Movie)
70 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
After mild-mannered art-buyer Bernard Bottle is fired by his greedy boss and abandoned by his girlfriend, he discovers a genie in an old bottle. The genie immediately embraces the modern world and helps Bernard on the side.
Director: Paul Weiland | Stars: Lenny Henry, John Gabriel, Alan Cumming, Rowan Atkinson
Votes: 1,844
20. The Chestnut Soldier (1991– )
25 min | Fantasy
Stars: Siân Phillips, Cal MacAninch, Osian Roberts, Lucy Donovan
Votes: 14
21. Chimera (1991– )
60 min | Horror
A journalist investigates the death of his girlfriend at a fertility clinic where she worked and uncovers a plot to create a new breed of human based on crossing the genetics of a man and an ape.
Stars: John Lynch, Christine Kavanagh, Kenneth Cranham, Gary Mavers
Votes: 286
22. Dark Season (1991)
25 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Three children investigate strange goings-on in their school and protect it from such threats as a computer scientist with dreams of world domination and a mysterious group of archaeologists hoping to bring about the end of the century.
Stars: Ben Chandler, Brigit Forsyth, Victoria Lambert, Kate Winslet
Votes: 257
23. Five Children and It (1991)
291 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A group of children discovers a mysterious creature in the local sand pit who agrees to grant them one wish each day.
Stars: Simon Godwin, Nicole Mowat, Charles Richards, Tamzen Audas
Votes: 362
24. Gray Clay Dolls (1991 TV Movie)
30 min | Horror
Director: George Pavlou | Stars: Meg Davies, Richard Graham, Robert Hines, Clarke Peters
25. Merlin of the Crystal Cave (1991– )
164 min | Drama
A star-studded TV production of the classic tale by Mary Stewart which follows Merlin down through history to the days of King Arthur.
Stars: George Winter, Trevor Peacock, Roger Alborough, Robert Powell
Votes: 73
26.
Murder Most Horrid (1991–1999)
Episode:
A Determined Woman
(1991)
30 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A scientist brings her equipment home to start working on the time machine. But this causes friction at home with disastrous results.
Director: James Hendrie | Stars: Dawn French, Jim Broadbent, Kathy Burke, Caroline Blakiston
Votes: 59
27.
10x10 (1989–2000)
Episode:
The Recordist
(1991)
Short, Comedy, Drama
Ghost story about a female sound recordist who becomes personally involved with figures from Arthurian legend one Midsummer's Eve when she is near Cadbury Hill and Glastonbury Tor in Somerset.
Director: Neil Grant | Stars: Bernard Archard, Petra Markham
28.
Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode:
Do Not Disturb
(1991)
TV-14 | Drama
When Jenny and Bruce Coldfield bring a curious party of enthusiasts to a remote Norfolk village to visit the hidden world of ghost story writer Eleanor Mont other forces start to stir.
Director: Nicholas Renton | Stars: Frances Barber, Peter Capaldi, Éva Darlan, Stefan Schwartz
Votes: 33
29. Time Riders (1991)
25 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
BB Miller, accidental time-traveller and Ben Hardy, a street urchin from Victorian England, arrive back in the middle of the English Civil War on BB's motorbike time machine. Before their ... See full summary »
Stars: Haydn Gwynne, Kenneth Hall, Ian McNeice, Clive Merrison
Votes: 45
30. Uncle Jack and the Loch Noch Monster (1991– )
25 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Uncle Jack's cousin disappears near Loch Ness. A marine base is hiding something and the Vixen has a new evil scheme.
Stars: Paul Jones, Helen Lambert, Giuseppe Peluso, Laura Wilson
Votes: 15
31. Watt on Earth (1991–1992)
15 min | Family, Comedy, Sci-Fi
An alien named Watt is on the run from his uncle. He is helped by his human friend Sean and hunted by fellow alien Jemadah. Both Watt and Jemadah can alter their looks, a process Watt calls... See full summary »
Stars: Garth Napier Jones, Tom Brodie, Jessica Simpson, Simon Cook
Votes: 50
32. Angels (1992 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 78 min | Comedy
Three guardian angels help three souls evaluate their past lives.
Director: Philip Saville | Stars: Tom Bell, David Birrell, David Boyce, Phillip Brock
Votes: 35
33. Archer's Goon (1992)
25 min | Family, Fantasy
Stars: Susan Jameson, Angela Forry, Morgan Jones, Victoria Worsley
Votes: 64
34. The Borrowers (1992)
164 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Family
The Borrowers, a family of tiny people, are forced to find a new home after being displaced. They get help from a human boy as they try to survive by borrowing what they need.
Stars: Ian Holm, Penelope Wilton, Rebecca Callard, Paul Cross
Votes: 803
35. The Cloning of Joanna May (1992)
180 min | Sci-Fi
Joanna once was married to Carl May, a very rich and powerful nuclear energy magnate. They love each other, but had to divorce after Joanna was caught on an incidental love affair. Since ... See full summary »
Stars: Patricia Hodge, Brian Cox, Billie Whitelaw, Sarah Badel
Votes: 83
36. Growing Rich (1992)
60 min | Drama, Fantasy
For school leavers Laura, Annie and Carmen, life in East Anglia is as dull as it gets. The only options are marriage to the boy next door...or work in the local poultry factory. How are they going to find love and riches...?
Stars: Martin Kemp, John Stride, Rosalind Bennett, Claire Hackett
Votes: 24
37. Moon and Son (1992– )
50 min | Mystery
Astrologer Gladys Moon and her psychic son, Trevor, travel between Folkestone and Calais, conducting readings, selling occult wares and getting involved in various crimes and mysteries.
Stars: Millicent Martin, John Michie, Laure Killing, Ian Redford
Votes: 32
38. Mulberry (1992–1993)
30 min | Comedy, Fantasy
The son of Death and Springtime is sent to collect the acerbic and reclusive Miss Farnaby. He joins the staff in her manor house, becomes her personal servant, and endeavors to help her enjoy life during her three month extension.
Stars: Karl Howman, Geraldine McEwan, Tony Selby, John Bennett
Votes: 429
40. My Friend Walter (1992 TV Movie)
120 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Sir Walter Raleigh,who laid his cloak over a puddle so Queen Elizabeth I could cross, meets up with his friend and long lost cousin: Bess Throckmorton.He lives with them as a ghost but ... See full summary »
Director: Gavin Millar | Stars: Ronald Pickup, Prunella Scales, Polly Grant, James Hazeldine
Votes: 24
41. Ghostwatch (1992 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
In a "live" broadcast on Halloween night, a BBC team investigate a reported poltergeist in an ordinary London home.
Director: Lesley Manning | Stars: Michael Parkinson, Sarah Greene, Mike Smith, Craig Charles
Votes: 5,880
42.
Screenplay (1986–1993)
Episode:
Dread Poets Society
(1992)
30 min | Drama
Benjamin Zephaniah, renowned Rastafarian poet/rapper is traveling by train from Birmingham to Cambridge to receive his Creative Arts Fellowship sharing a carriage with a racist and ... See full summary »
Director: Andy Wilson | Stars: Benjamin Zephaniah, Timothy Spall, Alex Jennings, Alan Cumming
Votes: 24
43. So Haunt Me (1992–1994)
30 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A suburban family find their new home is still occupied by the ghost of its previous owner, a middle-aged Jewish woman.
Stars: Miriam Karlin, George Costigan, Tessa Peake-Jones, Laura Howard
Votes: 110
44. Spacevets (1992– )
15 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Space Vets was a 39-episode children's science fiction show about a motley crew of misfit intergalactic space vets.
Stars: Mark Alexander Todd, Ann Bryson, William Mannering, Robin Kingsland
Votes: 11
45. The Tomorrow People (1992–2023)
TV-Y7 | 25 min | Sci-Fi
The Tomorrow People are the next stage of human evolution. They can teleport, communicate by telepathy, heal with the power of thought and they are unable to kill or harm any living ... See full summary »
Stars: Kristian Schmid, Christian Tessier, Naomie Harris, Jeff Harding
Votes: 413
46. The Torch (1992)
30 min | Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
In the future, when the world has reverted to a more rural way of life, five children help a dying man by embarking on a quest to discover the torch of the Olympic Games.
Stars: Judi Dench, Altay Lawrence, Graham McGrath, Finty Williams
Votes: 17
47. Uncle Jack and the Dark Side of the Moon (1992– )
60 min | Family, Comedy, Mystery
The evil Vixen has concocted a plan to control the world's weather. Will Uncle Jack and friends be able to stop her before it's too late?
Stars: Paul Jones, Elaine Tan, Roger Hammond, Fenella Fielding
Votes: 18
48. The Vampyr: A Soap Opera (1992 TV Movie)
125 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Ripley the vampire, revived and flourishing after being entombed beneath the streets of London for two centuries, must murder three women at the command of his master, Satan, to ensure his ... See full summary »
Directors: Nigel Finch, Robert Chevara | Stars: Omar Ebrahim, Philip Salmon, Winston, China Gordon
Votes: 51
49. Virtual Murder (1992)
Crime
Psychology lecturer Dr John Cornelius and his partner Samantha Valentine solve offbeat mysteries
Stars: Nicholas Clay, Kim Thomson, Stephen Yardley, Jude Akuwudike
Votes: 30
50. Wail of the Banshee (1992– )
25 min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Stars: Michael Angelis, David Barber, Gregory Chisholm, Susie Blake
Votes: 7
51. Witchcraft (1992)
Horror, Mystery
Drama series about a crew making a film about witchcraft. The director gets rather carried away and endangers the lives of his cast.
Stars: Peter McEnery, Lisa Harrow, Alan Howard, Judy Campbell
Votes: 50
54.
The Comic Strip Presents (1982– )
Episode:
Demonella
(1993)
28 min | Comedy
Music producer Arnold Silverstein is desperate for a song hit so when the Devil - a woman - supplies him with the answer to his dreams,a piece called 'Demonella' he is anxious to fulfill ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Bartel | Stars: Robbie Coltrane, Jennifer Saunders, Miriam Margolyes, Sue Holland
Votes: 49
55.
Are You Being Served? Again! (1992–1993)
Episode:
A Mummified Cat
(1993)
TV-PG | 28 min | Comedy
Paranormal activity runs rampant in Millstone Manor when Captain Peacock removes a petrified pussycat from the attic wall.
Director: Mike Stephens | Stars: John Inman, Fleur Bennett, Frank Thornton, Joanne Heywood
Votes: 83
56.
The Comic Strip Presents (1982– )
Episode:
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
(1993)
31 min | Comedy
A craft full of Space Rats,glamorous extra-terrestrials from the planet Sex,arrive on Earth desperate to find men with whom they can procreate in order to ensure the continuity of their ... See full summary »
Directors: Keith Allen, Peter Richardson | Stars: Sara Stockbridge, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Robbie Coltrane
Votes: 61
57. Century Falls (1993)
25 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Local teenager Tess Hunter tries to stop her small town from making the repeated decision to conjure a demonic entity.
Stars: Catherine Sanderson, Mary Wimbush, Tatiana Strauss, Georgine Anderson
Votes: 109
58. Eye of the Storm (1993)
Drama, Family, Fantasy
A father and daughter's search for a covered-up threat to the environment collides with a malevolent old local woman, her disturbed young boy, and the evil legacy of his seventeenth century alchemist ancestor in a fantastical eco-thriller.
Stars: Bill Nighy, Judy Parfitt, Michael Feast, Cordelia Bugeja
Votes: 30
59. Goodnight Sweetheart (1993–2016)
Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
British sitcom in which an unhappily married man discovers he can time travel back to 1940s war-torn London where he masquerades as an MI5 agent and part-time songwriter whilst courting the local barmaid.
Stars: Nicholas Lyndhurst, Victor McGuire, Christopher Ettridge, Elizabeth Carling
Votes: 3,330
60. A Haunting Harmony (1993 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama, Fantasy
A young member of a choir becomes friends with a ghost in a school of English cathedral.
Director: Alvin Rakoff | Stars: Tim Wylton, Jean-Marc Perret, John Hallam, Nathaniel Moreau
Votes: 20
61. I, Lovett (1989–1993)
30 min | Comedy
This series revolves around main character Norman, an inventor whose inventions land him in a series of comedic situations.
Stars: Norman Lovett, Dicken Ashworth, Geoffrey Hughes, Leon Sinden
Votes: 58
62. The Return of the Borrowers (1993)
166 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
The Borrowers leave their new home and find a model village just the right size for them. They find George (Paul Cross), but the village's owner also finds out about the Borrowers.
Stars: Ian Holm, Penelope Wilton, Rebecca Callard, Siân Phillips
Votes: 198
63. The Return of the Psammead (1993)
30 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Four children encounter the magic powers of Psammead, the sand fairy.
Stars: Toby Ufindell-Phillips, Laura Clarke, Leonard Kirby, Vicci Avery
Votes: 76
64. Stark (1993)
158 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
In the near future, the greenhouse effect has plunged the world into recession, and the unscrupulous Stark Corporation is making as much money as it can from the crisis.
Stars: Colin Friels, Ben Elton, Derrick O'Connor, Jacqueline McKenzie
Votes: 207
65. Uncle Jack and Cleopatra's Mummy (1993– )
25 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Uncle Jack and Helen travels to Egypt on a quest to find Cleopatra's treasure.
Stars: Paul Jones, Catherine Bailey, Roger Hammond, Moyra Fraser
66. Earthfasts (1994)
25 min | Family, Fantasy
Based on the children's book by William Mayne, school friends Keith and David investigate sounds coming from a hill on a moor near their home. During their investigation, the hillside opens up and an 18th Century drummer boy marches out.
Stars: Chris Downs, Paul Nicholls, David Hargreaves, Bobby Knutt
Votes: 43
67. The Healer (1994 TV Movie)
130 min | Drama
John Lassiter, an Irish doctor working in an English hospital, finds that he has a mysterious gift of healing. This makes him popular with patients but sets him at odds with the hospital authorities.
Director: Mike Hodges | Stars: Paul Rhys, Geraldine James, Julie Covington, Michael Britton
Votes: 24
68. The Ink Thief (1994– )
Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
The Ink Thief steals the power of children's imaginations by taking the ink from drawings and pulling two young children into his world inhabited by Oobs and other creatures of imagination.
Stars: Richard O'Brien, Joyce Springer, Richard Ridings, Toyah Willcox
Votes: 45
69.
Look and Read (1967–2004)
Episode:
Earth Warp: Part 1 - It Came from Outer Space
(1994)
Drama, Family, Fantasy
Star: Mark Chapman
Votes: 6
70. Monster Cafe (1994)
25 min | Family
Stars: Isobel Middleton, David Shimwell, Toby Sedgwick, Richard Ashton
Votes: 27
71. Moonacre (1994)
25 min | Mystery, Family
Stars: Noah Huntley, Camilla Power, Thomas Szekeres, Jean Anderson
Votes: 31
72.
Performance (1991–1998)
Episode:
Summer Day's Dream
(1994)
105 min | Drama
In 1975, after a nuclear war, the nations have combined to set up a World Government. An old man who lives quietly in the country finds his peace threatened by a visit from three World Government figures.
Director: Christopher Morahan | Stars: Paul Bhattacharjee, John Gielgud, Rosemary Harris, Michael McShane
Votes: 41
73.
Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode:
Genghis Cohn
(1994)
TV-14 | Drama
A Jewish comedian and ventriloquist, Genghis Cohn, is killed at the Dachau concentration camp by Nazi officer Shatz. Seventeen years later Shatz is a policeman and Cohn returns to haunt him.
Director: Elijah Moshinsky
74. Siren Spirits (1994– )
Drama
"Siren Spirits" is a wonderful feature comprising four short dramas directed by women of color, produced by Leda Serene for the British Film Institute and BBC Television.
Stars: Archie Panjabi, Jon Finch, Roshan Seth, Ronny Jhutti
Votes: 12
75. Space Precinct (1994–1995)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
The alien adventures of former NYPD detective Patrick Brogan, now a lieutenant in the Demeter City Police Department on the planet Altor.
Stars: Ted Shackelford, Rob Youngblood, Simone Bendix, Nancy Paul
Votes: 1,011
76. Stanley's Dragon (1994)
G | 80 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Exploring a cavern, Stanley loses his friends but finds an old egg. He is excited when it hatches and a dragon comes out of it, but the authorities don't agree and put the dragon in the zoo. Stanley sets out to free his new discovery.
Director: Gerry Poulson | Stars: Judd Trichter, Mia Fothergill, Milton Johns, Paul Venables
Votes: 48
77. The Wanderer (1994)
45 min | Drama, Fantasy
Two immortal twin knights, one standing for all that's good, the other evil incarnate, must face each other at the end of the 2nd millennium to fight for one last time and determine the fate of all mankind.
Stars: Bryan Brown, Kim Thomson, Otto Tausig, Götz Otto
Votes: 89
78. Bliss (1995 TV Movie)
90 min | Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Dr. Sam Bliss, a medical research scientist based at Cambridge University, investigates bizarre and unexplained deaths, with the help of his assistant, Dr. Melanie Kilpatrick.
Directors: Marc Evans, Crispin Reece, Simon Shore, Richard Standeven | Stars: Simon Shepherd, Jonathan Hyde, Reece Dinsdale, Sian Webber
Votes: 29
79. The Blue Boy (1994 TV Movie)
52 min | Thriller
Marie Bonnar (Dame Emma Thompson) is an insecure housewife whose husband, Joe (Adrian Dunbar), is having an affair. The two of them take a vacation to rural Scotland, but by sheer bad luck,... See full summary »
Director: Paul Murton | Stars: Emma Thompson, Adrian Dunbar, Eleanor Bron, David Horovitch
Votes: 177
80. Bugs (1995–1999)
50 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Ed, Ros, Alex and Beckett form the high-tech crime fighting team who work for the mysterious, secretive Bureau 2 chief, Jan, and are only assigned the most difficult and dangerous cases.
Stars: Jaye Griffiths, Jesse Birdsall, Craig McLachlan, Jan Harvey
Votes: 583
81. Chiller (1995– )
Not Rated | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A British horror/fantasy anthology series where each story involves, to some extent, the supernatural and features lead actors from UK television.
Stars: Nigel Havers, Phyllis Logan, Kevin McNally, John Simm
Votes: 328
82. Elidor (1995)
30 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Four children discover a ruined church is the gateway to the fantastic and dangerous world of Elidor.
Stars: Damian Zuk, Suzanne Shaw, Alexander Trippier, Gavin J. Morris
Votes: 45
83. Ghosts (1995– )
Drama, Mystery
British anthology series of ghost stories.
Stars: Wesley Moore, Amy Moore, Samantha Bond, Douglas Henshall
Votes: 32
84.
Heartbeat (1992–2010)
Episode:
Gone Tomorrow
(1995)
TV-PG | 51 min | Drama, Comedy, Crime
During a terrible thunderstorm several people claim to have seen an UFO flying over Aidensfield, and sergeant Blaketon cannot just dismiss the matter because PC Ventress is one of them. ... See full summary »
Director: Graeme Harper | Stars: Nick Berry, Derek Fowlds, Bill Maynard, William Simons
Votes: 43
85. Johnny and the Dead (1995)
30 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
After the dead hear their cemetery is going to be sold as a building site, they ask Johnny to stop it.
Stars: Brian Blessed, George Baker, Jane Lapotaire, Harry Landis
Votes: 77
86. Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde (1995–1998)
TV-G | 15 min | Family
Julia Jekyll mistakenly takes an ancient elixir that gives her an alter ego, the frightening Harriet Hyde. Follows her escapades through school as she tries to keep Harriet away from her classmates and teachers.
Stars: Olivia Hallinan, John Asquith, Simon Green, Tiffany Griffiths
Votes: 45
87.
Performance (1991–1998)
Episode:
Bed
(1995)
50 min | Drama
Surreal drama about seven old people living in the same bed.
Director: Steve Shill | Stars: Renée Asherson, Robin Bailey, June Brown, Dora Bryan
88. The Plant (1995 TV Movie)
85 min | Drama, Romance
Strange tale of an alien who moves to a leafy London suburb.
Director: Jonathan Lewis | Stars: Valentine Pelka, Tamio Okada, Yasuko Okada, April Bird
Votes: 40
89. The Queen's Nose (1995–2003)
25 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Children's series about a magic coin that can grant wishes.
Stars: Heather-Jay Jones, Victoria Shalet, Paula Wilcox, Stephen Moore
Votes: 775
90.
Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode:
Black Easter
(1995)
TV-14 | 89 min | Drama
Germany, March 2000: Detective Alex Fischer investigates the murder of a young Danish woman, whose body has been slashed from head to foot. On the ground beside her are the words in Arabic:... See full summary »
Director: Ben Bolt | Stars: Trevor Eve, Amanda Ooms, Bruce Myers, Peter Stormare
Votes: 67
91. Cold Lazarus (1996)
300 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Writer Daniel Feeld, first seen in Dennis Potter's "Karaoke," returns three centuries later as a disembodied head.
Stars: Albert Finney, Ciarán Hinds, Frances de la Tour, Grant Masters
Votes: 770
92. Delta Wave (1996– )
30 min | Short, Sci-Fi
Scientist Dr Ruby Munro takes two children with very strong psychic powers into her Department for Experimentation into Linked Thought Activity (the Delta of the title) and the trio have ... See full summary »
Stars: Ania Sowinski, Robin McCaffrey, Jason Stracey, Una Stubbs
Votes: 9
93. The Demon Headmaster (1996–1998)
25 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Dinah Glass moves in with a new foster family and begins to attend the same school as her new foster brothers. But there is something very strange going on at the school. BBC adaptation of the children's novels by Gillian Cross.
Stars: Terrence Hardiman, Frances Amey, Gunnar Cauthery, Thomas Szekeres
Votes: 771
94. Doctor Who (1996 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 89 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
The newly-regenerated Doctor takes on the Master on the turn of the millennium, 31 December 1999.
Director: Geoffrey Sax | Stars: Paul McGann, Eric Roberts, Daphne Ashbrook, Sylvester McCoy
Votes: 10,437
95. Frighteners (1996–1997)
Thriller
Anthology series of stories with a supernatural theme for children.
Stars: Christopher Longman, John Light, Lucy Robinson, Joe Absolom
96. Gulliver's Travels (1996)
PG | 93 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
An Englishman returns after nine years abroad and tells strange stories of the tiny people of Lilliput, the giants of Brobdingnag, the flying island Laputa and the Houyhnhnms, a race of intelligent horses.
Stars: Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, James Fox, Robert Hardy
Votes: 7,150
97. It Happened Next Year (1996 TV Movie)
25 min | Comedy
A one-off BBC2 sketch show, supposedly a newscast broadcast from one year in the future, in this case 1997.
Directors: Dominic Brigstocke, Simon Delaney | Stars: Roger Blake, Melanie Hudson, Pauline McLynn, Sally Phillips
98.
Murder Most Horrid (1991–1999)
Episode:
Dead on Time
(1996)
30 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
These days, Death drives a Mini Cooper and wields a garden trimmer instead of a scythe. And to make matters worse, her latest 'client' is proving extremely difficult to terminate.
Director: Ferdinand Fairfax | Stars: Dawn French, Danny Webb, Regina Freedman, Sophie Okonedo
Votes: 32
99. Neverwhere (1996)
30 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A man in London encounters an injured young woman, and instantly exists only to those in London Below. As he helps the woman escape from assassins, he must try to find his way back to London Above.
Stars: Gary Bakewell, Laura Fraser, Hywel Bennett, Clive Russell
Votes: 3,040
100. Out of Sight (1996–1999)
25 min | Comedy, Family
Stars: Shane Fox, Moira Brooker, Sacha Dhawan, Simon Pearsall
Votes: 36
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