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1. Code of a Killer (2015)
65 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of Sir Alec Jeffreys' discovery of DNA fingerprinting and its first use by DCS David Baker in catching a double murderer.
Stars: John Simm, Anna Madeley, David Threlfall, Lorcan Cranitch
Votes: 3,726
2. Place of Execution (2008)
TV-PG | 137 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young girl mysteriously vanishes from her English village home. 45 years later, a journalist's attempts to make a documentary on the case threaten to shatter the lives of all involved.
Stars: Lee Ingleby, Emma Cunniffe, Juliet Stevenson, Philip Jackson
Votes: 1,721
3. Texas Rising (2015)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, History, Western
The story of how the Texas Rangers were created.
Stars: Bill Paxton, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Olivier Martinez, Thomas Jane
Votes: 4,573
4. The Name of the Rose (2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, History, Mystery
In 1327, an enlightened friar and his young apprentice investigate a series of mysterious deaths at an abbey risking the wrath of a powerful Inquisitor. Television adaptation of Umberto Eco's novel 'The Name of the Rose'.
Stars: John Turturro, Rupert Everett, Damian Hardung, Fabrizio Bentivoglio
Votes: 4,458
5. SS-GB (2017)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A British homicide detective investigates a murder in a German-occupied England in a parallel universe where the Nazis won World War II.
Stars: Sam Riley, James Cosmo, Rainer Bock, Kate Bosworth
Votes: 3,652
6. The Color of Magic (2008)
Not Rated | 191 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A cowardly wizard is roped into a life of adventure. A tale from the first two books of Terry Pratchett's fantasy series "Discworld".
Stars: David Jason, Sean Astin, Tim Curry, Jeremy Irons
Votes: 10,576
7. The 10th Kingdom (2000)
Not Rated | 42 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A father and daughter are caught in a parallel universe where the great Queens Snow White, Cinderella and Riding Hood III have had their kingdoms fragmented by warring trolls, giants and goblins.
Stars: Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Scott Cohen, Dianne Wiest, Daniel Lapaine
Votes: 20,254
8. Ain't Misbehavin' (1997)
TV-14 | 150 min | Comedy, Musical, War
Wartime comedy about two very different bandsmen (Eddie and Eric) and their misadventures with gangsters, romance, and black-marketing in Blitz-time London.
Stars: Jerome Flynn, Robson Green, Warren Mitchell, Julia Sawalha
Votes: 97
9. Ivanhoe (1997)
270 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
After returning from the Third Crusade in the Holy Land, Ivanhoe discovers that England is under the rule of the corrupt Prince John.
Stars: Ciarán Hinds, Susan Lynch, Victoria Smurfit, Steven Waddington
Votes: 1,209
10. Rough Diamond (2005–2007)
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A former thief uses his skills for Scotland Yard.
Stars: David Jason, Stephen Wight, Gary Whelan, Don Warrington
Votes: 266
11. Jo (2013)
366 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Joachim Jo Saint-Clair is a veteran detective in Paris elite Criminal Brigade tackling the city's most challenging murder cases.
Stars: Jean Reno, Jill Hennessy, Tom Austen, Orla Brady
Votes: 1,718
12. Pine Gap (2018)
TV-MA | 56 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Set in the intensely secretive world of intelligence and the enigmatic US/Australia joint defence facility in central Australia, the spy-thriller Pine Gap delves into the famously strong alliance between the two countries.
Stars: Parker Sawyers, Jacqueline McKenzie, Steve Toussaint, Tess Haubrich
Votes: 6,880
13. The Last Post (2017)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, History, Romance
Aden 1965. This is the story of a British army unit quashing a Yemeni fight for independence in the Middle East and the women and children who were there with them.
Stars: Jessie Buckley, Jeremy Neumark Jones, Tom Glynn-Carney, Stephen Campbell Moore
Votes: 2,840
14. Decline and Fall (2017)
180 min | Comedy
The series sees Paul Pennyfeather as an inoffensive divinity student at Oxford University in the 1920s, who is wrongly dismissed for indecent exposure having been made the victim of a prank by The Bollinger Club.
Stars: Jack Whitehall, Douglas Hodge, Stephen Graham, David Suchet
Votes: 1,357
15. Europe's Last Warrior Kings (2017)
TV-PG | 59 min | Documentary, Drama, History
Drama-Documentary in which historian Dan Snow explores the political intrigues and family betrayals between Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and Normans that led to the Battle of Hastings.
Stars: Adam James, Clive Russell, Juliet Stevenson, Freya Parker
Votes: 269
16. The English Game (2020)
TV-14 | 47 min | Drama, History, Sport
The story of the invention of football and how it quickly rose to become the world's most popular game by crossing class divides.
Stars: Edward Holcroft, Kevin Guthrie, Charlotte Hope, Niamh Walsh
Votes: 17,103
17. Good Cop (2012)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Thriller
After his best mate and collegue is brutally attacked and killed, Good Cop John Paul Rocksavage seeks revenge on the men who killed him
Stars: Stephen Graham, Warren Brown, Stephen Walters, Aisling Loftus
Votes: 1,974
18. The Murders at White House Farm (2020)
TV-MA | 46 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Revolves around the true story of a fateful night in August 1985 when five members of the same family are murdered at an Essex farmhouse, and the ensuing police investigation and court case that follows.
Stars: Freddie Fox, Alexa Davies, Mark Addy, Scott Reid
Votes: 12,026
19. Little Boy Blue (2017)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, History
The true story of the 2007 murder of Rhys Jones in Liverpool. The story of the aftermath and police investigation.
Stars: Sinéad Keenan, Brían F. O'Byrne, Matthew Devlin, Stephen Graham
Votes: 5,584
20. The Secret Agent (2016)
60 min | Drama, Thriller
Verloc, the owner of a seedy shop in Victorian Soho, plays a dangerous game spying on an agitating anarchist group that will prove useful to the foreign power he is secretly working for.
Stars: Toby Jones, Vicky McClure, Charlie Hamblett, Marie Critchley
Votes: 1,075
21. Gunpowder (2017)
TV-MA | 59 min | Drama, History
Robert Catesby leads Guy Fawkes a group of English Catholic traitors plan to blow up the Palace Of Westminster and kill King James I in the infamous Gunpowder Plot.
Stars: Kit Harington, Liv Tyler, Edward Holcroft, Shaun Dooley
Votes: 11,644
22. Wolf Hall (2015)
TV-14 | 60 min | Biography, Drama, History
After the downfall of Cardinal Wolsey, his secretary, Thomas Cromwell, finds himself amongst the treachery and intrigue of King Henry VIII's court and soon becomes a close advisor to the King, a role fraught with danger.
Stars: Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis, Claire Foy, Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Votes: 13,093
23. Black Narcissus (2020– )
TV-MA | 59 min | Drama
Adaptation of the 1939 novel by Rumer Godden. A group of nuns face challenges in the hostile environment of a remote old Himalayan palace that they wish to make a convent.
Stars: Gemma Arterton, Aisling Franciosi, Nila Aalia, Patsy Ferran
Votes: 3,090
24. Too Close (2021)
48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A forensic psychiatrist must assess a woman accused of a heinous crime who claims she can't remember a thing.
Stars: Emily Watson, Denise Gough, Thalissa Teixeira, Karl Johnson
Votes: 4,092
25. Young James Herriot (2011)
180 min | Drama
The university days of the vet, James Herriot, set in 1933 Glasgow, Scotland.
Stars: Iain De Caestecker, Amy Manson, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Gary Lewis
Votes: 430
26. Breathless (2013)
Drama
A TV series set in early 1960s England and centered around the doctors and nurses in a gynecology ward.
Stars: Catherine Steadman, Zoe Boyle, Shaun Dingwall, Jack Davenport
Votes: 1,513
27. Moses Jones (2009)
180 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Police investigate a mutilated body found in the Thames which appears to be the product of a witchcraft killing.
Stars: Eamonn Walker, Shaun Parkes, Wunmi Mosaku, Dave Fishley
Votes: 249
28. The Shadow Line (2011)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Christopher Eccleston and Chiwetel Ejiofor star in this intricate conspiracy thriller set in a world of blurred morality, inhabited by conflicted characters on both sides of the law.
Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Christopher Eccleston, Kierston Wareing, Richard Lintern
Votes: 5,003
29. Emma (2009)
TV-PG | 62 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Emma Woodhouse, a wealthy young woman living in the early 19th century, whose misplaced confidence in her matchmaking abilities occasions several romantic misadventures, which leads her into deeper meanings of love and life
Stars: Romola Garai, Michael Gambon, Jonny Lee Miller, Jodhi May
Votes: 18,047
30. The Honorable Woman (2014)
58 min | Drama, Thriller
Centers on Nessa Stein, a woman who inherits her father's arms business and finds herself in an international maelstrom as she continues to promote the reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians.
Stars: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Stephen Rea, Lubna Azabal, Katherine Parkinson
Votes: 11,558
31. Doctor Thorne (2016)
TV-G | 48 min | Drama
Penniless Mary Thorne grows up with her uncle, Doctor Thorne, and develops a friendship with the family at the nearby Greshamsbury Park estate.
Stars: Harry Richardson, Tom Hollander, Stefanie Martini, Rebecca Front
Votes: 5,239
32. A Dinner of Herbs (2000)
286 min | Drama, Thriller
A man gets killed and his woman friend agrees to take on his surviving children. But as the decades started passing by, the children soon become aware of some painful secrets from the past.
Stars: Tom Goodman-Hill, Jonathan Kerrigan, Melanie Clark Pullen, Billie Whitelaw
Votes: 376
33. Fame Disease (2020– )
5 min | Comedy
Fame Disease is a series of comedy sketches which poke fun at contemporary society's obsession with fame. The main character is our therapist - a Ph.D. in Fame disease, (specialising in ... See full summary »
Stars: Kate Magowan, Neil Stuke, Kellie Shirley, Simon Killick
34. In the Beginning (2000)
189 min | Adventure, Drama
Biblical tales from the books of Genesis and Exodus, including the stories of Abraham's devotion and Joseph's betrayal.
Stars: Martin Landau, Jacqueline Bisset, Billy Campbell, Eddie Cibrian
Votes: 886
35. Summer of Rockets (2019)
60 min | Drama
Cold war drama following a Russian Jewish inventor and his family living in Britain.
Stars: Toby Stephens, Keeley Hawes, Lily Sacofsky, Linus Roache
Votes: 2,162
36. Oliver Twist (2007–2008)
TV-PG | 35 min | Drama, History
The adventures of the orphaned Oliver Twist in Victorian London.
Stars: William Miller, Tom Hardy, Timothy Spall, Morven Christie
Votes: 3,126
37. Collision (2009)
TV-PG | 40 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The story of a major road accident and a group of people who have never met, but who all share one single defining moment that will change their lives.
Stars: Douglas Henshall, Dean Lennox Kelly, Lucy Griffiths, Phil Davis
Votes: 2,544
38. Inside Men (2012)
60 min | Crime, Drama
The story of three employees of a security depot who plan and execute a multi-million pound cash heist.
Stars: Steven Mackintosh, Warren Brown, Nicola Walker, Ashley Walters
Votes: 2,771
39. Mobile (2007– )
207 min | Drama, Thriller
A British television drama with an interweaving plot based around a fictional mobile phone operator and the adverse-effect of mobile phone radiation to health.
Stars: Keith Allen, John Thomson, Sunetra Sarker, Shaun Dooley
Votes: 388
40. By Any Means (2013)
60 min | Crime, Drama
By Any Means follows a clandestine unit living on the edge and playing the criminal elite at their own game, existing in the grey area between the letter of the law and true justice.
Stars: Gina McKee, Shelley Conn, Warren Brown, Andrew Lee Potts
Votes: 1,316
41. White Teeth (2002– )
240 min | Drama, Comedy
The lives of three families are woven together across three decades in multi-cultural Britain.
Stars: Om Puri, Phil Davis, Naomie Harris, Archie Panjabi
Votes: 779
42. The Smoke (2014)
44 min | Drama
An experienced fire fighter is badly injured and spends almost a year recovering at home. Now he returns to work, but is he as emotionally and physically sound as he thinks he is?
Stars: Jamie Bamber, Taron Egerton, Gerard Kearns, Rhashan Stone
Votes: 1,045
43. Egypt (2005)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary, Drama, History
Dramatization of the great discoveries of ancient Egypt, from the exploration of tombs in the early 1800s, to the unraveling of the Rosetta Stone to translate the ancient language on the tombs, to the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb.
Stars: Andrew Sachs, Neji Nejah, Elliot Cowan, Stuart Graham
Votes: 836
44. The Glass (2001– )
300 min | Drama
Jim Proctor, a middle-aged tycoon, decides to hand over his glass-making company to his young nephew Paul Duggan
Stars: John Thaw, Sarah Lancashire, Joe McFadden, Paul Jesson
Votes: 69
45. He Knew He Was Right (2004)
240 min | Drama
Louis Trevelyan's refusal to trust his wife Emily destroys their marriage.
Stars: Oliver Dimsdale, Christina Cole, Laura Fraser, Nathan Heath
Votes: 1,715
46. Self-Isolation (I) (2020– )
Drama
Stars: Ashleigh Carter, Louise Jameson, Devante Fleming, Oliver Martin
47.
Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor Adventures (2012– )
The Fate of Krelos
(2015 Podcast Episode)
Sci-Fi
There are dark skies on Krelos - and something gigantic is descending. Meanwhile, the Doctor and Leela set off for some fishing in the mountain pools of Krelos. K9 is interfacing with the TARDIS.
Director: Nicholas Briggs | Stars: Tom Baker, Michael Cochrane, Louise Jameson, John Leeson
48.
Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor Adventures (2012– )
Energy of the Daleks
(2012 Podcast Episode)
Sci-Fi
The Doctor and Leela find themselves in the middle of London at the time of a new energy crisis. The GlobeSphere Corporation seems to have all the answers - but several thousand protesters beg to differ.
Director: Nicholas Briggs | Stars: Tom Baker, Mark Benton, Nicholas Briggs, John Dorney
49.
Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor Adventures (2012– )
Destination Nerva
(2012 Podcast Episode)
Sci-Fi
The Doctor answers a distress call from Victorian England which then brings him back to Space Station Nerva. But he returns to the space station at a point in time before it launches into space.
Director: Nicholas Briggs | Stars: Tom Baker, Tim Bentinck, Raquel Cassidy, Tilly Gaunt
50.
Doctor Who: The Lost Stories (2009– )
Episode:
The Valley of Death
(2012)
Sci-Fi
A century after his great-grandfather Cornelius vanished in the Amazon rainforest, Edward Perkins is journeying to the depths of the jungle to find out what became of his ancestor's lost ... See full summary »
Director: Ken Bentley | Stars: Tom Baker, Richard Bremmer, Nigel Carrington, Anthony Howell
51. Don't Forget the Driver (2019)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy
A coach driver and single father navigates the post-Brexit world surrounding his seaside enclave.
Stars: Toby Jones, Claire Rushbrook, Danny Kirrane, Erin Kellyman
Votes: 1,022
52. Requiem (2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
When her mother commits suicide, a cellist's life is turned upside down by mysterious questions raised about her past.
Stars: Lydia Wilson, James Frecheville, Sian Reese-Williams, Brendan Coyle
Votes: 7,411
53. Kiri (2018)
TV-MA | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A drama dealing with the abduction and murder of a young black girl, soon to be adopted by her white foster family, and the trail of lies, blame, guilt and notoriety which follow.
Stars: Sarah Lancashire, Lia Williams, Lucian Msamati, Wunmi Mosaku
Votes: 3,044
54. Mrs Biggs (2012)
TV-MA | 258 min | Crime, Drama, History
The true story of Charmian Brent (née Powell), the rebellious product of a strict 1950s upbringing, and her whirlwind romance with Ronald Biggs leading to a descent into crime, most infamously 1963's Great Train Robbery.
Stars: Sheridan Smith, Daniel Mays, Caroline Goodall, Adrian Scarborough
Votes: 922
55. The Passing Bells (2014)
TV-14 | Drama, War
An epic historical drama spanning the five years of the First World War, as seen through the eyes of two ordinary young soldiers.
Stars: Patrick Gibson, Jack Lowden, Hubert Burton, Adam Long
Votes: 1,238
56. Any Human Heart (2010)
Drama, Romance
A novelist's life ricochets from 1920s Paris to '50s New York and '80s London. Along the way he meets Ernest Hemingway, Ian Fleming and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor - the exiled British king and his mistress Wallis Simpson.
Stars: Jim Broadbent, Matthew Macfadyen, Conor Nealon, Hayley Atwell
Votes: 2,348
57. Cambridge Spies (2003)
59 min | Drama, History
The true story of a group of Cambridge University Students who are recruited to spy for the Soviet Union in the early 1930s.
Stars: Tom Hollander, Toby Stephens, Rupert Penry-Jones, Samuel West
Votes: 2,207
58. Stanley and the Women (1991– )
202 min | Drama
Stanley Duke is a middle aged advertising executive who's life is turned upside down when his son is diagnosed schizophrenic. To make matters worse Stanley's home is suddenly invaded by of his past and current wives amongst other women.
Stars: John Thaw, Geraldine James, Sheila Gish, Penny Downie
Votes: 30
59. The Last Enemy (2008)
60 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Britain has been transformed into a security state. A mathematical genius's search for the truth about his brother's death catapults him into a conspiracy and a love affair.
Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Anamaria Marinca, Max Beesley, Robert Carlyle
Votes: 2,700
60. The Time of Your Life (2007– )
60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A 35 year old woman, Kate, awakes from an eighteen year coma following a tragic accident to an unfamiliar world. As she tries to make sense of what has happened her family and old school friends are reluctant to dig up the past.
Stars: Genevieve O'Reilly, Geraldine James, Robert Pugh, Joe Duttine
Votes: 103
61. Fairy Tales (2008– )
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Traditional fairy tales are loosely adapted into a modern setting.
Stars: Bernard Hill, Lee Ingleby, James Nesbitt, Denise Van Outen
Votes: 117
62. Dickens (2002)
164 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A docudrama biopic of the 19th-century author Charles Dickens
Stars: Peter Ackroyd, Miriam Margolyes, Kenneth Cranham, Geoffrey Palmer
Votes: 80
63. Going Postal (2010)
TV-14 | 93 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A con artist is conned into taking the job as Postmaster General in the Ankh-Morpork Post Office.
Stars: Richard Coyle, Charles Dance, David Suchet, Claire Foy
Votes: 9,791
64. The Nest (2020)
R | 60 min | Thriller
A teenage girl in Glasgow agrees to carry a baby for couple Dan and Emily.
Stars: Sophie Rundle, Martin Compston, Christine Bottomley, Katie Leung
Votes: 4,472
65. The Victim (2019)
Not Rated | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A mother seeks the whereabouts of her son's killer after he is released from prison, unleashing a series of events that surface tragic memories and unexpected consequences.
Stars: Kelly Macdonald, James Harkness, Jamie Sives, John Scougall
Votes: 6,983
66. Deadwater Fell (2020)
46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a seemingly perfect and happy family is murdered by someone they knew and trusted, cracks appear on the surface of a supposedly idyllic community.
Stars: David Tennant, Cush Jumbo, Matthew McNulty, Bradley Connell
Votes: 9,754
67. Litvinenko (2022)
TV-14 | 47 min | Biography, Drama, History
Determined detectives work to prove who was responsible for the death of Alexander Litvinenko, in one of the most complex and dangerous investigations in the history of the Metropolitan Police.
Stars: Mark Bonnar, Margarita Levieva, Richard Pepper, Temirlan Blaev
Votes: 2,915
68. Innocent (2018–2021)
TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After having their conviction overturned, people wrongly accused of murder rebuild their lives while the police hunt the true culprit.
Stars: Lee Ingleby, Daniel Ryan, Adrian Rawlins, Hermione Norris
Votes: 5,599
69. Paradox (2009–2010)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
During a period of high activity on the sun a physicist receives images in his lab that show an event that has yet to happen.
Stars: Tamzin Outhwaite, Emun Elliott, Mark Bonnar, Chiké Okonkwo
Votes: 2,019
70. Inside Man (II) (2022)
TV-MA | 240 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A prisoner on death row in the US and a woman trapped in a cellar under an English vicarage, cross paths in the most unexpected way.
Stars: David Tennant, Stanley Tucci, Dolly Wells, Lydia West
Votes: 36,402
71. Anna Karenina (II) (2013–2018)
Not Rated | 354 min | Drama
Set in late-19th-century Russia high-society, the aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent and handsome Count Vronsky. Tolstoy's novel adaptation.
Stars: Santiago Cabrera, Lou de Laâge, Sydne Rome, Ángela Molina
Votes: 646
72. Anna Karenina (1977)
500 min | Drama, History, Romance
Anna Karenina is the young wife of an older husband. She has an affair with the handsome Count Vronsky. By following her desires, Anna complicates her life.
Stars: Nicola Pagett, Stuart Wilson, Eric Porter, Robert Swann
Votes: 290
73. Room at the Top (2012)
120 min | Drama, Romance
An adaption of John Braine's novel.
Stars: Matthew McNulty, Maxine Peake, Jenna Coleman, Tom Brooke
Votes: 372
74. Unforgiven (2009)
TV-14 | 135 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young woman imprisoned for murdering two police officers is released from prison after 15 years. All she wants now is to find her younger sister.
Stars: Suranne Jones, Emily Beecham, Matthew McNulty, Siobhan Finneran
Votes: 1,734
75. Come in Spinner (1990)
213 min | Drama
The three proprietors of a beauty salon located in a lavish Sydney hotel find their futures looking uncertain as American troops gain the upper hand against Nazi forces in the winning days of WWII.
Stars: Lisa Harrow, Kerry Armstrong, Rebecca Gibney, Rhys McConnochie
Votes: 86
76. A Respectable Trade (1998)
240 min | Drama
The devastating consequences of the slave trade in 18th century Bristol are explored through the powerful but impossible attraction of well-born Frances and her Yoruban slave, Mehuru. ... See full summary »
Stars: Emma Fielding, Anna Massey, Warren Clarke, Ariyon Bakare
Votes: 150
77. Last Light (2022)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Your family. Your world. What if it all disappeared tomorrow? If society were collapsing, how far would you go to save the ones you love?
Stars: Matthew Fox, Joanne Froggatt, Alyth Ross, Taylor Fay
Votes: 2,537
78. Bob Servant Independent (2013)
30 min | Comedy
When Broughty Ferry's MP is decapitated in a car crash, local cheeseburger tycoon Bob Servant decides to run as an independent candidate in the upcoming by-election.
Stars: Brian Cox, Jonathan Watson, Rufus Jones, Pollyanna McIntosh
Votes: 286
79. Oliver Twist (1999)
386 min | Crime, Drama
An orphan named Oliver Twist (Sam Smith) meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.
Stars: Sam Smith, David Ross, Julie Walters, Annette Crosbie
Votes: 841
80. Psychos (1999– )
50 min | Drama
A challenging and provocative six-part drama set in the psychiatric ward of a Glasgow hospital.
Stars: Douglas Henshall, Neve McIntosh, Alastair Mackenzie, Alison Peebles
Votes: 119
81. Shades (2000– )
50 min | Drama, Fantasy
Meeting as "shades" after their unexpected deaths, Mark and Maeve team up to try influencing the world they can't seem to leave.
Stars: Dervla Kirwan, Sally Hurst, Stephen Tompkinson, Hannah Bridges
Votes: 80
82. The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells (2001)
265 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
H.G. Wells foresaw the future in such visionary novels as The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds. On a night in London in 1946, newspaper reporter Ellen McGillivray arrives at the home ... See full summary »
Stars: Tom Ward, Barry Stanton, Raymond Coulthard, Mark Lewis Jones
Votes: 627
83. Great British Theatre (2021)
Drama
A series of blockbuster theatre productions filmed live by the National Theatre.
Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Jonny Lee Miller, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Ciarán Hinds
Votes: 135
84. Death and Nightingales (2018)
TV-MA | 58 min | Drama
An epic tale of love, betrayal, deception, and revenge set in the Irish countryside in 1885.
Stars: Matthew Rhys, Ann Skelly, Jamie Dornan, Valene Kane
Votes: 2,001
85. The Replacement (2017)
58 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A woman about to begin her maternity leave from work begins to suspect that her replacement is plotting to take over her life.
Stars: Morven Christie, Vicky McClure, Richard Rankin, Dougray Scott
Votes: 3,014
86. The Shell Seekers (2006– )
129 min | Drama, Romance
Artist's daughter Penelope Keeling can look back on a full, varied life: a bohemian childhood in London and the wilds of Cornwall, an unhappy wartime marriage, and the one man she ever truly loved. Based on the work of Rosamunde Pilcher.
Stars: Maximilian Schell, Vanessa Redgrave, Charles Edwards, Maisie Dimbleby
Votes: 444
87. North & South (2004)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance
North and South is a four-part adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's love story of Margaret Hale, a middle-class southerner who is forced to move to the northern town of Milton.
Stars: Daniela Denby-Ashe, Richard Armitage, Tim Pigott-Smith, Sinéad Cusack
Votes: 34,976
88. The Serpent Queen (2022–2024)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama
Series based on Leonie Frieda's book "Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France."
Stars: Samantha Morton, Amrita Acharia, Enzo Cilenti, Sennia Nanua
Votes: 7,322
89. Banished (2015)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, History
British convicts have been sent to Australia as punishment for their crimes. As they try to live their new lives, they have to live with the new rules. The soldiers also have to adjust.
Stars: Orla Brady, Ewen Bremner, MyAnna Buring, Ryan Corr
Votes: 4,165
90. The Mill (2013–2014)
60 min | Drama
The hard labour of cotton mill workers and the abuse they endure.
Stars: Kerrie Hayes, Ciaran Griffiths, Barbara Marten, Matthew McNulty
Votes: 1,222
91. Rebellion (2016–2019)
TV-MA | 258 min | Drama, History, War
Rebellion is a five part serial drama about the birth of modern Ireland. The story is told from the perspectives of a group of fictional characters who live through the political events of the 1916 Easter Rising.
Stars: Michael Ford-FitzGerald, Jordanne Jones, Brian Gleeson, Jaelynne Wallace Ruane
Votes: 4,543
92. Tess of the D'Urbervilles (2008)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance
The story of Tess Durbeyfield, a low-born country girl whose family find they have noble connections.
Stars: Gemma Arterton, Eddie Redmayne, Ruth Jones, Hans Matheson
Votes: 6,621
93. Jericho (2005)
Not Rated | 120 min | Crime, Drama
Detective Chief Inspector Michael Jericho of Scotland Yard is a respected, uncompromising and forward thinking detective investigating high-profile murders in 1950s London.
Stars: David Troughton, Robert Lindsay, Ciarán McMenamin, Nicholas Jones
Votes: 521
94. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996)
53 min | Drama
An adaptation of Anne Bronte's novel; a young widow takes her son and moves to Yorkshire.
Stars: Toby Stephens, Tara Fitzgerald, Rupert Graves, Sarah Badel
Votes: 3,010
95. The Crimson Petal and the White (2011)
TV-MA | 69 min | Drama, Romance
Set in 1870s London, a young prostitute finds potential power and status after becoming the mistress of a powerful patriarch.
Stars: Romola Garai, Chris O'Dowd, Amanda Hale, Shirley Henderson
Votes: 3,610
96. Jane Eyre (2006)
TV-PG | 58 min | Drama, Romance
A young governess falls in love with her brooding and complex master. However, his dark past may destroy their relationship forever.
Stars: Ruth Wilson, Toby Stephens, Lorraine Ashbourne, Aidan McArdle
Votes: 22,367
97. Sense & Sensibility (2008)
TV-14 | 58 min | Drama, Romance
The sisters Eleanor and Marianne Dashwood try to find love and security in the 1800's. These two sisters coudn't be more different. Where Eleanor is calm and always acts proper Marianne is passionate and usally forgets herself.
Stars: Dominic Cooper, Charity Wakefield, Hattie Morahan, Janet McTeer
Votes: 12,992
98. Our Zoo (2014)
312 min | Drama, History
A drama series about the family who founded Chester Zoo in the 1930s.
Stars: Lee Ingleby, Liz White, Anne Reid, Honor Kneafsey
Votes: 1,483
99. Blue Water Empire (2019)
Drama
Blue Water Empire is a 3-part dramatised-documentary series, giving a unique insight into the history of the Torres Strait Islands.
Traversing the pre-colonial era through to contemporary ... See full synopsis »
Stars: Jimi Bani, Roy Billing, Lilah Billy, Karo Cardelli
Votes: 15
100. The Commons (2019–2020)
55 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Set in a gripping vision of the near future, THE COMMONS is an absorbing character-driven relationship drama and a story about motherhood as the ultimate act of faith in humanity.
Stars: Joanne Froggatt, Rupert Penry-Jones, David Lyons, Ryan Corr
Votes: 696
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